May 2008 ~ What's Buzzing?

THE WEST IS BACK...

This is how we chill from 93 till Grin

....despite successful groups like "Souls of Mischief" the west coast has never been able to get away from its gangsta rap perception. that is until now...in recent years there has been a parallel resurgence of hip hop in the west coast. acts like Murs,U-N-I, etc.... have takin the coast by the throat...showing the world that theres more to the west than just 40s and guns....(written by Marcus Mcfly)

featuring

U-N-I

U-N-I IS SET OUT TO BRING A NEW SOUND TO THE GAME, WHILE KEEPING IN THE MIND THE TRUE FUNDAMENTALS OF HIP-HOP. UNFAZED AND DETERMINE, U-N-I IS BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS BY ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT AREAS. IT’S NOT JUST AN URBAN SOUND, BUT ALSO SUBURBAN. U-N-I, SHORT FOR “U-N-I TO THE VERSE,” (LIKE YOU AND I) IS DETERMINED TO UNITE PEOPLE WHEREVER THEY PERFORM. THROUGH THEIR UNIQUE SOUND AND RAW TALENT, THESE VERSATILE AND AUTHENTIC ARTISTS WON’T STOP UNTIL THEIR MESSAGE OF UNITY GETS ACROSS. FROM ASIAN, TO BLACK TO LATINO, EVERYONE IS CERTAIN TO VIBE WITH THEM.

U-N-I Beautiful Day

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_wRkF0zYoDU

Check out more from U-N-I @ http://www.myspace.com/unimuzik

BY: MARCUS MCFLY

MURS

A Recovering myspace addict. Not adding anyone till I get someone to handle this. Thanks for your patience. I had a long beard til i cut it off, Never home always on tour, strict vegetarian almost vegan but I got a shoe problem.
He is the only rapper with his own music festival. Each album he releases sells more than its predecessor. He toured the world without having a major record deal. So, there’s a reason why independent rap stalwart Murs decided to name his major label debut album Murs For President (Love And Rockets). Murs wants to be rap’s leader and spokesperson, the artist who helps give rap a credible face to fans, the media and critics. After all, the Los Angeles rapper is articulate and well read. He doesn’t use drugs and his platform consists of peace, love, unity and having fun. “If you’re going to put idiots like Cam’ron on TV, put me on TV,” Murs says, referring to Cam’ron’s uninformed appearance on 60 Minutes in early 2007. “Let me speak for hip-hop. I’m the one guy who is qualified to represent us to the masses -- which are obviously tired of us because hip-hop can’t sell records. It can only sell ringtones. It’s become a mockery of itself. It’s become club music. For us to lead back into the marketplace and to be a respected art form, I feel that I’m the most qualified person. It’s time for hip-hop to have a change.”

Murs- Bad Man

Checkout more from Murs @ http://www.myspace.com/murs

By MARCUS MCFLY

PACIFIC DIVISION

THE THREE AMIGOS LOL

These three are different then most like most of the people we talk about on this site there unique and are bring something different to the table not to mention there kinda fly NO HOMO lol but seriously take a listen you wont be disappointed

Singles:

F.A.T BOYS

ALL I WANT

SITE:

http://www.myspace.com/pacificdivision

PacDiv.com

BY:T.A.

ILLECISM

THE SELF PROCLAIMED BEST RAPPER YOU NEVER HEARD OFF

and here at U&C we agree one of the rawest i've ever heard from california he is on the rise and you should be on the look out he has already be featured on here by he resides in cali so we decided to talk about him again.

Singles:

She So Bonita

Running

Site:

http://www.myspace.com/illecism

http://illecism.blogspot.com/

BY:T.A.

BLU

one word describes this guy: RAW

he is a lyricist by all meanings of the word... he has also already been featured but he is from the west coast so look around for more details but here are some

Singles:

Gloryus

Site:

http://www.myspace.com/herfavcolor

BY:T.A.

CHATTIN WITH THE 13 YEAR OLD PHENOM

BDONE

TaUAndC: ok Introduce your self

Bdone: Im Bdone, no dashes cause people always seem to put them in there. Im 13 years young and im from Miami. im an mc

TaUAndC: your only 13 wow how long have you been rapping?

Bdone: close to a year, i think around july it will be a year of rapping.

TaUAndC: man thats amazing, i remember the first time i heard you i thought that this album wasnt gonna be worth listening too but it was beyond worth listening to it was great man

TaUAndC: um what and or who inspired you?

Bdone: thanks for listenin man

Bdone: A lot of stuff inspire me. From pictures to movies to music. Some rappers that still have a big influence on me are Nas, Common, Kanye, Guru, and A Tribe Called Quest

TaUAndC: for a young guy thats a lot of lyricist

Bdone: I guess you can say thats my main focus.

TaUAndC: man how did you get into them?

Bdone: Well at first i was mostly a radio guy. I heard a couple of Kanye songs so i began to listen to a lot of Kanye's music. Then i watched that rhymes and life video and listen to what inspired him and through those artist i heard others that associated with them until my knowledge of artist became very wide.

TaUAndC: So tell us about Basic Knowledge (your ablum)? What is the theme and what is the title about?

Bdone: Well i called it Basic Knowledge cause i feel i havent gone to complex but then i give you a taste of that in Mind Complexions. The things i say are what i have thought in my mind without getting to into it. Im not really so sure how to explain it

TaUAndC: Cool. Whats your single from the album?

Bdone: my first single was It's a movement; however, it was removed from the album completely. So the first real single was Gotta Keep On followed by Eternal ft. KJ. After some time, i released Giants ft. K2 and the current single is Closer ft. Wonda & KJ.

TaUAndC: so what can we look forward to in the future from bdone?

Bdone : Im in the works of a mixtape all prod. by DJ Premiere and 9th Wonder, i may do some of them over the summers and i may do a Malcolm X inspired EP.

TaUAndC : man thats cool man TaUpandComings.blogspot.com wishes you succes and all that good shit and tell the people where they can get your mixtape

Bdone: ight man thanks a lot

Bdone: as of right now just a couple of blogs but i will be posting it soon on myspace www.myspace.com/therealbdone or www.bdone.tk