(WHO I AM)
IAM AN ARTIST/SONGWRITER WHO HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS, BUT DOING IT SERIOUSLY FOR 4 YEARS NOW. EVEN STILL, IT HASNT BEEN SERIOUS ENOUGH. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I CAN TRULY SAY IM ON MY GRIND. WATCH ME!
(WHAT I DO)
I GO HARD FOR THIS RAP INDUSTRY CAUSE IVE BEEN DOING IT SINCE I WAS A KID, BUT ON MY DOWNTIME, I DO THE R&B SONGWRITING SIDE HUSTLE - ITS A WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD, KINDA SOFT. I LIKE SPITTING IN DIFFERENT WAYS BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH ARTISTS DO IT.
(WHERE IVE BEEN)
I'VE SPENT TIME ALL UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST ; FROM GEORGIA TO JERSEY TO WASHINGTON D.C. AND CHICAGO, BACK UP TO NEW YORK. THROUGH THAT TIME, IVE MET HELLA CHARACTERS AND FOLK TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING AS ME, AND SOME OF THE MOST TALENTED MF's YOU'D EVER IMAGINE.
IVE SAT WITH ALOT OF THE FOLKS WHO CALL SHOTS IN THIS BUSINESS AND LET ME TELL YOU - THEY ARE THE FURTHEST THING FROM STREET OR HIP-HOP THAT YOU COULD FIND. SOME OF Y'ALL WITH GOOD EARS TO THE STREET AND MARKETING SAVVY NEED TO GET UP IN THIS BUSINESS AND CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF WHO MAKES THESE DECISIONS. UNTIL THEN, A&RS PLEASE ASK YOUR YOUNGER, HIPPER INTERNS TO TELL YOU IF MALIK -16 IS A VIABLE COMMODITY OR NOT, AND SEE WHY YOU NEED TO SIGN ME!
(THE OUTLOOK)
IM SO SINCERE WITH THIS SIGN ME THING, ITS NOT JUST THE SLOGAN, ITS THE CAMPAIGN. IT MIGHT GET A LITTLE ANNOYING TO Y'ALL, BUT IVE SEEN PLENTY LAMES GET ON FOR LESS. THERES NOTHING LIKE WIDESPREAD EXPOSURE, AND THATS WHAT BEING SIGNED DOES FOR YOU. IAM NOT A MIXTAPE RAPPER. I TOLD YOU THAT I WAS A SONGWRITER - PLEASEBELIEVE I KNOW HOW TO DO THIS! AFTER I RUN MY MIXTAPE GAME, YOULL SEE.
I PLAY LIVE AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE. I'VE BEEN OUT THE LOOP FOR A MINUTE, BUT ONCE I GET BACK ON IT, IMMA GO HARD. IT'S THE BEST WAY TO FEEL THE GRATIFICATION FOR WHAT YOU DO!
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE SEEING A CROWD FULL OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW AND LOVE YOUR SONGS, OR WINNING OVER A CROWD THAT DOESN'T KNOW YOU.
OPENING FOR FAB AT A HOWARD UNIVERSITY EVENT.
I LIKE ANYTHING THAT'S FRESH!
IT'S TOO MANY TO NAME AS FAR AS INFLUENCES.
BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS CHECK OUT MY MYSPACE PAGE(www.myspace.com/maliksixteen) AND SEE SOME OF THE ALBUMS THAT MOLDED ME AND THAT I HAVE A HIGH APPRECIATION FOR.
WHATEVER THE STUDIO I'M RECORDING AT IS ON.
I GOT MY PROTOOLS PEOPLE OF COURSE, THEN I'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH SONAR AND ACID. WE HUNGRY, WE DON'T CARE - I'LL USE A TAPE RECORDER!
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IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING!
