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play lo-fi play hi-fi  Just Listen
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Better Half (Featuring Ladystyl)
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Stuntin 16
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Determined
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Stomp
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Roll Out
play lo-fi play hi-fi  No comparison
play lo-fi play hi-fi  99 Voices against me(styl's 16 bar verse)
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Apples & Oranges
play lo-fi play hi-fi  S.T.Y.L
Witness the beginning of an era. STYL is a Hip Hop artist that grew up on the north side of Chicago and is currently residing in Northern Virginia area putting focus on the music. STYL was derived from frestyl originally, but after years went by, I was nicknamed styl. To put more meaning to it, I decided to make it a statement by capitalizing all letters and making it into an acronym. STYL is Seen Through You Lyrically, meaning there is a little bit of STYL in everybody. I was really influenced by everyone in the rap music industry for the last two decades so there is much truth in the statement
Why this name?
I chose it many years ago when I was 12 and it just stayed with me. A little modified but it is still there.
Do you play live?
I am currently focused on writing music to record. I have not been on any tours or done performances of music that I have recently made but if the opportunity arises, I am sure I would take advantage of it.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
it gives people an easier alternative to promote their music. Social networking has been an incredible asset for any business and nowadays it is done online. Sites like Facebook, twitter, and myspace create that virtual environment of networking conference, and in many cases is more effective than actually going out into the street to network.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
I like to keep all options open. If signing a major record deal is in my best interest, then I would make that sound decision to do so. Of course it would have to align with my long term and short term goals, meaning allowing me to grow as an artist over time, having some freedom to record how I am comfortable recording. These are among many other goals that I would expect of myself and any other machine that I am working with.
Band History:
New artist.
Your influences?
Since the early 1990s, I have been a big fan of Hip Hop music, so much that it inspired me to make hip hop music myself. For someone to say that they have no influences, they are saying that if hip hop was never in existence, they would have been the one that created it. To this day I still listen to it. Some artists I may listen to more than others, but that is the unique thing about the music. There are many variations of hip hop that exist, so much that some hip hop music can be looked at by another type of hip hop in the same way that a general hip hop listener feels about country music. That is one of the reasons why hip hop is surviving. All of it is relative and all of hip hop has helped mold me into the artist that I am today.
Favorite spot?
It would have to be Chicago but I have not been to every city yet so I cannot claim that 100 percent
Equipment used:
a shure cardoid mic and the tascam 788
Anything else...?
I do not plan on going backward so I need all the support I can get and I will dish out my talents.
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