}In today’s one-dimensional hip-hop community, you rarely see a rapper on the drum machine or a producer on the mic. Why? Well aside from the occasional Kanye West, Eminem or Havoc experience, the line between MC and producer has always been clearly defined. But BLA blurs that separation. The self proclaimed, “Best Living Artist†has the skill to print a picture with his lyrics, but is just as precise behind the MPC.This Arizona born, Jersey raised MC has a distinctive tone of voice that immediately grabs the attention of the listeners. His flows rides tracks with lines like, “I’mma cop lots of lots and put rocks on blocks/ Like I’m workin at the gravel pit/ No I don’t shop a lot show like the idiot box/ So you can’t read my manuscript†More impressive is BLA’s ability to write songs with topics from different aspects of life, shunning the tunnel vision that most rappers have today. Touching on serious situations like violence in the community, hustling and how society stereotypes persons with a GED; BLA, also speaks about falling in love, gaining consciousness and how to get the ‘Hood On Lean!’BLA and his CTC Entertainment family have made major noise in the Jersey underground music scene over the past nine years. In that time, several street level albums were released: Preemo Show, Let’s Ride Dawn of a New Era, It’s the Nine, The Goods, dual album The Cable Guy/Cookies,The Rookie to Take It and more recent mixtape The Underdog Vol. 1. They have performed in venues throughout the New York tri-state area and other states along the east coast. Steadily recieve local love with airplay on radio station STREETZ 96 in Newark, NJ; as well as being invited to participate in freestyles on D.C.'s WKYS. BLA and his comarades recorded drops for industry noted Atlanta DJ Coco Brova on Hot 107.9BLA has worked with several well known established producers in the game. Just Blaze, Kay Gee, Eddie F, Tony Dofat, Digga, Fonz, and L.O.S. The Maestro just to name a few. He was also a top prospect for Lance ‘Un’ Rivera before Untertainment closed their doors in 2000. In the midst of creating beats for It’s the Nine album, BLA was asked to produce tracks for the score of Durdy Game, a straight to DVD movie on Mody Mod Films/ Xenon Pictures. In addition, BLA’s songs were featured on the score of Street Ballers, a documentary of the music industry, directed by Tony Dofat.Capable of tight production, clever punch lines, and more vivid story telling than John Grisham, BLA continues to blur that line between beat maker and master of ceremonies. He can be rapper or producer showing that he just might be the “Best Living Artist"
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