SOULJA P

ALOT PEOPLE THINK ITS SO FUNNY THAT A WHITE BOY WANTS TO RAP, OR EVEN TRY TO BE IN THE GAME BUT IM GOING TO HAVE TO SAY THAT SOULJA-P FROM CLEARWATER #727 IS DEFINITELY AN ARTIST THAT I FEEL COMFORTABLE PUTTING IN MY TOP 10 CATEGORY FROM THE BAY AREA. FROM THE FIRST TIME THAT I HEARD SOULJA-P ON YOUTUBE I JUST ABOUT BECAME A FAN INSTANTANEUOSLY. I THINK ALOT OF SOULJA-P'S MUSIC HAS LYRICS THAT I CAN RELATE TO. HIS LYRICS ARE ABOUT EVERYDAY STRUGGLES. GRILS, MONEY, BEING LOCKED UP, LOSING LOVED ONES, AND GRINDING OUT ON THE STREETS. TRY NOT TO HAVE YOUR OPINIONS JUST BECAUSE SOULJA-P IS WHITE AND A RAPPER. HE HAS HIS OWN FLOW THAT IS CONTINUOUS, AND HAS HIS FANS CONNECTING WITH THE LYRICS RIGHT AWAY. FOLLOWING SOULJA-P AND DOING SOME RESEARCH THROUGH HIS VARIOUS WEBSITES I QUICKLY LEARNED THE MANY REASONS HE WAS NATURALLY MUSICALLY INCLINED.SOULJA-P STARTED PLAYING THE DRUMS AT 8 YEARS OLD AND CONTINUED FOR NUMEROUS YEARS IN SCHOOL AND WAS IN A JAZZ BAND WHICH WENT AROUND THE STATE AND PLAYED IN FRONT OF LARGE CROWDS. AS SOULJA P GOT OLDER AND CHANGES OF HIS LIFESTYLE WERE MADE HE SAYS THAT HE GREW AN INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE RAP GENRE AND THE TRANSFORMATION FOR HIM EASY. FROM HIS KNOWLEDGE OF BEING A MUSICIAN HE WAS USED TO PLAYING WITH NOTES AND "TRIPLETS" WHICH HE QUOTES HELPED HIM ALONG THE WAY PERFECTING HIS RYTHM. HE ALSO QUOTES THAT "TWISTA IS A MASTER, ALONG WITH "BONE THUGS AND HARMONY" AT MANIPULATING THE BEAT, AND MAKING HITS WITH IT~ SOULJA-P IS SIGNED TO MONEY MAKIN MUSIC ALONG SIDE LIL ZANE (ONE OF MY OTHER FAVORITES) WHO HAS BEEN IN THE GAME FOR A HOT MINUTE, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT SOULJA P'S ON HIS WAY TO THE TOP. SOULJA P'S AFFILIATED WITH HIGH POINT PROMOTIONS ((SHOUTOUT)) AND HAS COLLABORATED PERFECTLY WITH MANY UP AND COMING SINGERS,DJ'S,AND SONGWRITERS FROM THE BAY AREA. FROM THE TIME I STARTED FOLLOWING SOULJA P, I FELL IN LOVE WITH SOME OF THE NEWEST FROM HIM. ITS HARD TO SAY, BUT MY TOP 4 FAVORITES ARE "MY BABY" SOULJA P/LIL ZANE ~"LIFE OF A HUSTLA" FT LILZANE/SHAWTY ~ "PUT UP A FIGHT" FT SHAWTY & "BEDROOM" FT AJAY CARTEL ALL OFF THE "BOOTCAMP" MIX TAPE WHICH WHICH DROPPED ON DATPIFF,TWEETMYMIXTAPE, AND REVERBNATION MAY, 2012. SO KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR THE "BOOT CAMP" MIXTAPE RELEASE PARTIES THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY 2012 . THE MAJORITY OF SOUJA P'S MUSIC REMINDS ME ALOT OF BONE THUGS & HARMONY (THE WAY HE CAN SPIT OUT LYRICS OUT VERY QUICKLY) TWITTER: @SOULJAPMUSIC AND VISIT SOULJA P'S WEBSITE AT http://souljap.com Youtube: http://joannaapplegate.blogspot.com/

LKOK

I FOUND LK OK ON YOU TUBE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE IN THE BAY TO LISTEN TO AND INSTANTLY BECAME A FAN. HE OOZES SWEETNESS FROM VERY FIRST SIGHT AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT UNDER THAT HARD EXTERIOR IS A GENUINELY NICE PERSON. ITS NOT VERY OFTEN THAT YOU FIND QUALITIES SUCH AS BEING NICE,SMART, AND HAVE TALENTS OF SINGING AND DANCING ALL IN ONE PERSON. SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST REALLY LUCKY. FROM TALKING TO LK OK, LUCK HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. HARD WORK FOR MANY YEARS AND BEING A PERFECTIONIST PAYS OFF FOR HIM. GRINDING FOR 14 YEARS NOW TO PRODUCE HIS LIFE JUST WHERE HE WANTS IT, LK OK STARTED OUT BY GETTING HIS BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP TO UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA AND HAPPILY GRADUATING WITH AN EXERCISE SCIENCE DEGREE. HE IS NOW THE CEO OF BETTER BODY FITNESS IN TAMPA BAY AND HAS A BOOK OUT CALLED "DROP DOWN AND GIVE ME 20" IN WICH HE TALKS ABOUT THE HIS POINT OF VIEW ABOUT THE INDUSTRY~ AND GIVES MOTIVATION EVERYDAY FOR PEOPLE WHO READ IT. COMING UP LK OK HAS THE "SWITCH UP" MIX TAPE, A JOINT VENTURE WITH JAMEZ ANTHONY aka "PUPPET MASTER" AND AN R&B MIX TAPE WITH JAY ROSENBERG. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING LK OK THE STAGE WITH R KELLY IN APRIL 2012 TO HEAR SOME OF MY FAV'S FOR LK OK GO TO www.soundcloud.com/L-K-2 FOLLOW LK OK ON TWITTER @LKBALLER10

STREET WAYS

THIS SHOULD BE ANOTHER FAN FAVORITE~ BURSTING ON THE STREETS A YEAR AGO BY DROPPING "FIND OUT" STREET WAYS IS CONTINUING TO CLIMB FOR THE TOP. AFTER PERFOMING AT OPEN MICS AND COMPETING AT THE CYPHER AND WINNING SECOND PLACE, HE OPENED FOR PAUL WALL THE 28TH OF APRIL AT PALLADIUM AND SINCE THEN HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH TWISTA, TRAVIS PORTER, AND LIL WHYTE MACHINE GUN KELLY. STILL MAKING HIS WAY TRHOUGHOUT THE TAMPA BAY AREA YOU CAN HEAR FROM STREET WAYS RIGHT NOW GENIOUSLY COLLABORATING WITH SOME UP AND COMING PEOPLE IN THE BAY AREA SUCH AS MS.BREEZY'S "JUST LISTEN" MIXTAPE,STRIZZO'S 2ND QUARTER COMPILATION MIXTAPE, AND CANADIAN DJ~ DJ BANKRUPT "THE AWAKENING" . LOOKING FORWARD, STREET WAYS HAS DJ HEADBUSSA'S BIRTHDAY MIXTAPE DUE TO COME OUT ABOUT A WEEK AND HAS A VERSE WITH SOULJA P AND HP ON SOULJA P'S MIXTAPE CALLED "BOOT CAMP" (ONE OF MY OTHER FAVORITES)COMING VERY SHORTLY. TO FOLLOW THE G.R.Q.C MOVEMENT YOU CAN GO TO youtube.com/strretways813 AND Follow ON TWITTER AT twitter.com/streetways

on the grind

OK SO HERE WE GO.. I ALWAYS KNEW THAT I WAS BORN TO WRITE, JUST COULDNT FIGURE OUT WHAT ABOUT. I KNEW IF I WAS GOING TO WRITE AND WANTED TO EVERYONE TO BE INTERESTED IN READING IT ID HAVE TO PICK SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE LOVES, AND WHO DOESNT LOVE MUSIC? SOME PEOPLE JUST HAVE MUSIC NATURALLY BUILT IN THEM- THEY BREATHE IT, LIVE IT, AND LOVE IT JUST LIKE SECOND NATURE. OTHERS SOMETIMES JUST HAVE TO WORK A LITTLE HARDER THAN OTHERS. I WILL BE WRITING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE MUSIC 100%. FROM SINGERS, SONGWRITERS, PRODECERS, DJS, AND EVERYONE THAT HELPS RUN THEIR CREWS