About Me
She goes by Natural Bliss, a name coined out of the notion that she needed no foreign stimuli to attain a mental state of utopia on earth. Upon vibing with the 57 passionate lyricist it is clearly evident that the name is suiting. She is as passionate about Hip-Hop, its past, present and future as she is about the plight of Black people across the globe, which already differentiates her from a slew of women in Hip-Hop. Her range of knowledge is broad and far surpasses that of many of her peers.
Within a five to ten minute conversation one may not have a grasp of the diversity of her mind, but probe a bit deeper and learn that her first love was, rhythm, motion or as others may call it, dance; which she studied early on in her life. Of course, she had other loves. Many of which have not left her and still linger, like literature, the art of writing and science, the latter of which led her to study biotechnology. Her tendency to romanticise everything in her mind had made her a natural poet. She has written prose and poetry in a style reminscent of a melange of Shakespeare and Rita Dove, proving she is no stranger to writing; lending those skills to different artists and magazines. Her thirst for knowledge is unsatiable and is demonstrated by her diverse field of interests. A true artist, her many influences can be seen, heard and felt in every manner of her being.
Bliss, as her peers like to call her, will not hesitate to tell you, all I know I incorporate in my world, my art, but Hip-Hop is not a nominal or cliche adjectival used to describe my state of mind at a certain timeI am Hip-Hop. Hip-Hop has shaped the way this artist thinks, acts and sees the world, since her inception into the culture. Born on the island of Haiti and moving to the U.S. at the early age of 9 gives her a unique outlook on Hip-Hop. Though she was not born into the culture, she became Hip-Hop, as she claims by rite of passage. Breaking, was bigger than Rap music in the streets of Haiti and there she hung out with local breakers and worked on dance moves, she was a B-girl before even knowing what the term meant.
While in the U.S. and just learning to speak English, a friend played Slick Rickss La Di Da Di upon hearing it Bliss became amazed and this her curiosity in the artform. Rakim, Public Enemy, Poor Righteous Teachers, Lynque(Isis), and Run DMC. It was from some of these emcees that Natural Bliss began to learn real black culture and history. Thus began to overstand the connection Hip-Hop culture had to Blacks all over the world and the significance of that connection. Since then she has become an advocate of black self-love and self-awareness.
Natural Bliss is the preeminent female emcee in her hometown of Boston. Representing herself and others like her since 1993 she has taken the underground style from the male dominated ciphers and introduced it to female emcees, proving that it is not testosterone that makes one ill, but that ones skill is all in the mind. Her rhymes are tainted with references that range from political figures to chemistry anecdotes that will drown the metaphorically challenged. A listener will oft find his/herself rewinding to absorb the messages within her lyrics. She attacks the injustices of societys oppressive forces. Attacking corporate mindsets, the inadequacy of governments and the ignorance that befalls her people, none is safe from lyrical, rhythmical assault.
If sound was ever subject to the laws of gravity, laced with her rhymes it would be defied. As she spits fast, sometimes slow with cadences that rise, fall and sometimes swagger, but always manage to ride the beat. For example on her anti-police brutality piece titled Amadou she boasts with vengeance;
Im spittin fire verses with a higher purpose, on these accured cops I lurches with verbs scorchin through your cute blue uniforms, I unibomb with words more true to life than true to form, its violence how I words the truth in song!
These lyrics are piercing and charged enough to make every cop in every precent run to their nearest FCC office and file for censorship of that song. She is ready to take Hip-Hop and the world of music by storm as she is predominantly an emcee and a female to be reckoned with.
