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The Showcase aka Not Him Again of da U-Wreck Squad

Too much drama, not enough comedy.

About Me

Yo, it's the Showcase a.k.a. Joseph Battle III. I'm a mixed brotha from the 410, Maryland, baby. My crew, Unit Wreck, is lead by my cousin, Billy Lyve the General. The other two emcees in the group are Ambush, the Lieutenant, and my brother, Babe Ruthless. We are out to bring East Coast lyrical skills back to Hip-hop! Check us out. The Mosaic, a collaborative effort with our homeboy Imahj, is coming soon! Cop that hot shit. All I know is that I'm tired of this cookie-cutter, pre-packaged, manufactured, candy-ass shit that they call Hip-hop nowadays. Bubble-gum rap wit' nursery rhyme lines. The days of the real emcee need to come back around, for real! As far as me, I been rappin' since like '96, even though I been listening to Hip-hop since it all started back in '78-'79, you know. I came up on the art-form and it hurts my heart to see what corporations have done to it, but I still maintain hope. Real emcees still exist, man! Just go check out the Boot Camp Clik, Sean Price, Little Brother (Especially Phontay!), Talib Kweli, Common, Mos Def, as well as some new cats like Lupe Fiasco. Y'all brothas give me hope for the future of Hip-hop, man. I am a video game fanatic to the utmost. If you wanna see me, my X-box Live gamer-tag is The Shocase. Send me a friend request, a'ight. My favorite games of all-time are Resident Evil 4, Half-life 2, Halo 2, Gears of War, GTA 3, Vice City, San Andreas, Metroid, Super Mario 3, and Super Mario World. I was lucky enough to play the Halo 3 Beta and that game is RIDICULOUS! I can't wait til September 25th! FINISH THE FIGHT! I'm currently playing RE 4 for the Wii because my 360 crapped out again! I love movies and food, as well. Transformers was the shit! The most entertaining movie of the summer, as well as recent history. Some of my favorites are Spider-man 1, 2 &3(Venom was the truth!); all three X-men movies, every Star Wars movie, Juice, all three Fridays, King Kong, Batman Begins, Hellboy, Escape from New York, The Warriors, Fantastic 4 and Rise of the Silver Surfer, Heat, The Incredibles, The Lion King, Usual Suspects, King of New York, Gladiator, Empire, and 8 Mile to name a few (phew! that's just the tip of the iceburg). One of my favorite things to do is blaze up and watch Family Guy. The only tv shows I watch are Family Guy and C.S.I. Other than that, it's Sportscenter and G4. I drink a lot of Miller Lite (although I'm trying to cut back), and occasionally some shots of Hennesy. I eat everything except liver, but I love crabs (I am from MD, man!), shrimp, chicken parmesan, jambalaya, fried chicken, subs, and burgers. A'ight, enough about me, I'm just being conceited. Peace!

My Interests

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Member Since: 7/18/2006
Band Members: Unit Wreck is like an army, better yet the frontline! Word up. The General, Billy Lyve, calls the shots. Ambush, the Lieutenant, takes the point. Then my brother and I, Babe Ruthless and The Showcase, come through with the lyrical weaponry. You can't f*@Want this badge?


Influences: I listen to hip-hop, r & b (yeah, I said it!), and that old soul. My favorite group of all-time is the Boot Camp Clik. Black Moon, Smif -N- Wessun, Heltah Skeltah, O.G.C., and the Reps (What yall know about them?!). Sean Price, Rock, Steele, and Tek are the dudes that push me to excel on the microphone. I recently got put on to a group out of N.C. called Little Brother. They are the SHIT! Ninth Wonder got them sick beats, Rapper Pooh does his thing, and Phontay is that dude! I'm tellin' you. Go check them out! No wonder Boot Camp fucks wit them so heavy! I also listen to Talib Kweli, Big Punisher (R.I.P.), Outkast, T.I., Mobb Deep, Fat Joe, Jay-Z, Nas, Cormega, C-N-N, Ghostface, Joe Budden, The Roots, Kool G. Rap, Young Buck, 50, Lloyd Banks, a little Eminem (when he really spits and shows his true skills), old Wu-tang, old N.W.A., old Ice Cube, Big L (R.I.P.), Biggie (R.I.P.), The Lox, Eric B. and Rakim, The Beastie Boys, old LL, Run DMC, Lupe Fiasco, Youngbloodz, Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious 5, and a bunch of other shit. Of course I listen to my cousin, Billy Lyve, and Unit Wreck, you know that shit! I also listen to Alicia Keys, Sade, John Legend, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, the Gap Band, Michael Jackson, Mary J., Mariah, David Ruffin (What up, Aaron B.?), Teddy Pendergrass, Otis Redding, James Brown, Prince (Don't front, you know Prince is the shit!), Jon B, Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild, Remy Shand, Dru Hill (B-more, baby!), and some mo' shit. My all-time favorite in the genre, though, is Jodeci. Couldn't nobody do it like them dudes. As you can see, I listen to a whole lotta stuff, but I wouldn't say I'm influenced by any in particular. I just formed my whole style from everything I was exposed to over the years. If I'm influenced by anybody, it's Unit Wreck, mothafu..%@s!
Sounds Like: Nobody.
Type of Label: None