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Our new mixtape comes courtesy of a DC resident. From My Perspective shows that Washington has more to offer than hoodlums shooting at Dipset members and a leader of the free world who seems to enjoy watching his approval rating fall.
| A little about myself... |
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For the past 2 years, I’ve been one-third of the Loop Diggin 101 team. We have the largest underground hip-hop show in Maryland (88.1 WMUC). I’m a co-host along with Nick Tha 1da & Pole Low. I’m just an average person who dabbles in a little bit of everything good. I want to bring music that people may not have access to, up to the forefront.
I used to make tapes for friends, to the point that they became in demand at local shops. Eventually, I was building up a name locally to the point that I had people approaching me to put their music on my tapes. I’m a networker, I’ve been a fan of Hiphop music since the womb, so it’s only natural for me to put 2 and 2 together and start the grind.
To be honest, I put what I like on these tapes. I don’t cater to anyone, this is 110% me! So if people are bobbin’ their head to a joint, so am I. I tend to put good music out there – either music is going to be good or bad. There’s not one bad song EVER on my mix tapes. I’m brutally honest with the artists, if I don’t like it – it’s not going to get on. |
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| When I'm making a mixtape... |
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Really good music. If you notice, my tapes don’t necessarily have multi-platinum artists, but rather quality acts that could use that extra push. It’s a give and take thing, but I think ultimately everyone benefits from it. |
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| What I'm working on... |
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Right now, I’m working on From My Perspective Volume II and Nick Tha 1da has Tha 1da Years coming out, probably by the time this goes up. It’s just a day-by-day grind!
You can also catch my show Saturday nights from 12-2AM Sunday morning, 88.1 WMUC in the College Park/Washington DC area. If you’re not local, you can listen live online via WMUC's site . That’s Loop Diggin 101 with Nick The 1da, Pole Low, & myself. |
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| My influences & favorites... |
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You know, it probably would surprise folks as to what I’m into. Growing up, I was real big on Southern & West coast Hiphop. Some of my favorites are Suga Free, Little Bruce, Tela, Lil Black, Z-Ro, Devin The Dude, Street Military, and of course Scarface & the Geto Boys. Right now, aside from Nick Tha 1da’s project, I’m diggin’ Little Brother & The Justus League, Cunninlynguists' A Piece Of Strange album, Kev Brown and The Halftooth/Low Budget Fam. Good Hiphop these days, you really have to wade through a lot of sub-par music to find something good. I’m also a big lounge, bossa nova, soul person too – Everything from Jazzanova to the Naked Music family to Willie Hutch and Curtis Mayfield. |
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| My take on the current hip-hop state... |
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I think Sean Price answered this question with: “Nebraska.” I tend to think the same; it’s alienating and desolate. It seems over the years, fans have become supportive of microwavable music. It all sounds the same, they (fans) download it to their iPod, listen to it for a week, and then get rid of it. I want to create timeless music, timeless tapes. On the flipside, I think there’s been this movement of white people who are trying to find a place for themselves, so they tend to gravitate towards the emo, soulless acts like Rhymesayers (save Brother Ali) and Def Jux (save Murs). I used to work in a record store and those fans, used to kill me. They wouldn’t touch anything that was remotely made by a black artist. I think there’s a lot of closeted racism by white fans out there and the scope is bigger than what we imagine the storm to be. To me, it seems as if magazines like Pitchfork, The Fader, & URB are huge contributors to that closet racism movement. I’m sure I probably lost a few interviews with that comment, but a spade is a spade. |
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| 01. |
Nick The 1da |
DJ Dub-P Drop |
| 02. |
Memphis Bleek |
Victim exclusive |
| 03. |
Splash |
It Ain't Funny exclusive |
| 04. |
Chaudon & Skyzoo |
Freestyle |
| 05. |
Mash Comp's Check In |
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| 06. |
Edgar Allen Floe |
On Schedule exclusive |
| 07. |
The A.L.L.I.E.S. |
Reserves exclusive |
| 08. |
Jim Sheisty |
Hollow Bones |
| 09. |
Cesar Comanche |
The Gift |
| 10. |
Legacy |
Dear Winter exclusive |
| 11. |
Sin |
Good To Be Me |
| 12. |
Amen |
DJ Dub-P Drop |
| 13. |
Amen |
Rookie |
| 14. |
J. Haffa |
Pain (feat. Nature) exclusive |
| 15. |
Memphis Bleek |
R.O.C. Freestyle exclusive |
| 16. |
Kenn Starr & Kaimbr |
Super Lyrical Freestyle |
| 17. |
Big Remo & Joe Scudda |
Pedal 2 The Metal exclusive |
| 18. |
Legacy |
I Bet Cha exclusive |
| 19. |
Tight Man |
At The Same Time |
| 20. |
The A.L.L.I.E.S. |
The Sweetest Language |
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