Right now, Symantix is on stage, doing what she does best: bringing that heat on the microphone, spittin' lyrics with the machine gun cadence of a corner freestyler, then switching it up and singing the hook with that sultry, juke-joint voice. All of a sudden, the beat and the energy from the crowd inspire her to move her body with the precision and dexterity of the step show performer she once was. The backpackers are both shook and smitten. Women feel a surge of pride, and maybe a tad bit of envy. Industry heads take note. She's all style and wit, with just a touch of sex appeal, backed up by background singers, exhibiting a polish and professionalism rare in many hip-hop performances, but everyone here understands that this ain't just another hip-hop show, and Symantix isn't your average rapper, much less your average female emcee.
Her debut album, "Devil With the Blue Mic", radiates with rock hard femininity and the sheer essence of hip-hop as it offers listeners a glimpse into the heart, mind and soul of this quirky, enigmatic artist. "New York Life", with its taunting hook, gritty lyrics, and sinister beat, reflect on the joys and sorrows of living in a cut-throat, gritty and grimy city where just getting by, not to mention living out your dreams of stardom, is a struggle—something Symantix has experienced first-hand after years of rocking shows until three in the morning, and then having to get up early the next morning to go to work. "Clap Your Hands" is your classic club banger--with a flirtatious, female twist, of course. She reveals her soft, vulnerable side with "Feeling You", and expresses her complex emotions towards her father in "My Father's Daughter." Unflinchingly, "Devil With the Blue Mic" reveals an artist whose music is as real and as dynamic as she is.
As Symantix continues to rock shows up and down the east coast, from dark, grimy, hole-in-the-wall clubs filled with fatigued-down hip-hop headz, to bigger, classy, glamour-and-glitz venues packed with discriminating professionals, the momentum steadily builds. Buzz, buzz, buzz, from New York to London, where she was featured in a reality documentary as one of the newest female artist to emerge as a break-out star of Hip Hop . She has two new videos out, one for "Hope and Pray" which features the talented Sony Recording artist M-1, front-man of the group Dead Prez. Her second music video for "New York Life" has played on MTV2 and Music Choice and her upcoming album will be produced by DJ Evil Dee, of Black Moon fame. Equipped with confidence in her talent and the knowledge that she has much more to offer than sex appeal, she is prepared to go toe-to-toe with the naysayers and has started a record label of her own, Blackout Entertainment, to invest in her unique vision. As she says in "New York Life", "This is my music, fucker, not the art of no clown/what you see is what you get, that's the way I get down."
