ATG presents Broke Nigga'z Muzik

boasts A.T.G. as he exhales a thick cloud of sweet smoke into the already cloudy atmosphere of the room. The 24 year old rapper got his start writing rhymes to pass time in high school and freestyling in the hallway. The Dallas rapper is known for straddling the line between mainstream/commerical rap and a more serious, lyrical form of hip hop. , and pretty much anything in my parents twelve inch record collection, so I know more about black music than the average young cat with an ipod." A.T.G. was heavily influenced by things such as Ice Cube's 'don't give a fuck' attitude, Slick Rick's story telling tactics, Ludacris' wild and out-of-this-earth punchlines and the booming and uptempo tracks of earlier cash money and no limit songs. The storytelling influence is evident on and , a song the Texas-born rapper wrote about how he got his car. , he says, "The general public is gonna get tired of hearing the same ol' shit on the radio." On , A.T.G. weaves his real-life experiences with former friends-turned-enemies into a song with a message about watching the ones closest to you. With heavy subject matter like this and production reemniscent of early Mannie Fresh and Three Six Mafia, The "Prince Of Texas" takes listeners back to an earlier, not-so-commercial period of southern hip hop. ", he states, "Sure they had the club tracks, but they rapped about everything else too! Eazy E sold dope before he start4ed rapping too, but besides 'dopeman' you rarely heard him talk about it! Yes, I got and all, but I also got to show female fans I care about them too." After being recruited by local radio personality Headkrack to battle at the weekly , A.T.G. honed his lyrical skills and punchlines by battling some of Dallas' most respected emcees. "I wasn't originally big in the whole battling thing, and i never considered myself a battle rapper. It is good practice though", he laughs. On and , his battle influence is evident in an array of punchlines referencing everything from UPN sitcoms to bodily functions in a rather unusual but hilarious method. Throughout his album, you could almost swear A.T.G. was three different rappers put together by how he bounces around between subject matter and styles in his songs in a way comparable to Outkast, Devin The Dude, or Tech N9ne. With his debut album looming in the horizon, A.T.G. promises to deliver a down and dirty opus of ridin' music you can bump in the car, the club, or during a puff puff pass session with your homies in the basement.

I flow anywhere, anytime

I grew up on everything from George Clinton to New Jack Swing to Cash Money.