The Hillside Scramblers(Sonduke)
FROM THE SLUMZ OF SHAOLINS KILLER HILL PROJECTS,COME SOME OF THE ILLEST DUDES TO DO IT: A COMBINATION OF RAW TALENT & SURREAL SOUNDS OF STREET LIFE, THE SCRAMB
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SACRIFICE SACRIFICE
THE PROMISE THE PROMISE
LEATHAL LEATHAL
JUDAS JUDAS
THE MOST DANGEROUS THING IN AMAERICA THE MOST DANGEROUS THING IN AMAERICA
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MY DREAM STARTED IN 1988, SITTING AT THE LUNCH TABLE OF I.S. 49 IN STATEN ISLAND NEW YORK. SOME OF MY FRIENDS WERE RHYMING AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, HEY I CAN DO BETTER THAN THESE DUDES, SO I WENT HOME AND WROTE MY FIRST SONG. FROM THERE I HAD TO PROVE MYSELF WORTHY TO BE AN MC, SO I BROUGHT IT TO MY PEOPLE AND ANY ONE ELSE WHO WANTED TO BATTLE. I LOST THE FIRST COUPLE OF BATTLES, BUT THAT ONLY SET THE STAGE FOR WHAT WAS YET TO COME.
IN ABOUT 1994 I WAS IN THE MIDST OF TRYING TO GET HEARD, I HAD ALREADY HAD A LITTLE BUZZ ON THE ISLAND WHEN I RAN INTO A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, BY THE NAME OF KING JUST. WE HAD BATTLED OVER THE YEARS , DID SHOWS TOGETHER, AND HE WAS MY BROTHER TOOLY'S RIGHT HAND UP UNTIL HE PASSED AWAY, SO WE WERE PRETTY TIGHT. HE INVITED ME TO JOINED A GROUP CALLED THE SHAOLIN SOLDIERS, WHO WERE IN NEGOTIATIONS TO SIGN TO A INDIE RECORD LABEL NAMED BLACKFIST RECORDS.
SOON AFTER AUDITIONING I WAS INDUCTED INTO THE FOLD WHERE I MET SOME OF THE ILLEST CATS THAT STATEN ISLAND HAD TO OFFER AT THE TIME. SOME I ALREADY KNEW, LIKE MY MAN PROFYLE(B.S. NOW) AND HIS PARTNER STARCHILD, SAM DA SICK BRAUD, S.I.C. CHILD, THE MILLITANT MISFITS(LIS, PROFESS, TUFFY, AND BABY PAH) BIG HAK, MY DUDE RAMPAGE(NOW LEATHAFASE)AND JINX THE MEGA DON. WE WENT ON TO BE FEATURED ON KING JUST'S SOLO PROJECT, THE MYSTICS OF THE GOD (BLACKFIST/SELECT RECORDS) THE BEGINNING OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
AFTER SOME SUCCESS, THE ALBUM WAS SHELVED, DUE TO CONTRACTUAL DISAGREEMENTS. SOON AFTER THE LABEL FOLDED.
NOW WITH NO OTHER OPTIONS IN MIND, I STARTED TO HUSTLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AS MY GRIND BECAME MORE DEMANDING, MY CARRER WAS PUSHED FARTHER BACK ON THE BURNER, UNTIL ULTIMATELY THE FIRE HAD BEEN EXTINGUISHED. I STILL HAD LOVE FOR THE ART BUT WRITING TO ME, SEEMED TO BE HARDER NOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO JUST, SO I JUST BURIED MYSELF IN THE GRIND.
IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER I CAME HOME FROM MY SECOND BID AT THE END OF 2001 THAT I DECIDED TO REALLY DO SOMETHING WITH MY TALENT. I ALWAYS HAD AN EAR FOR MUSIC FROM AN EARLY AGE, SO I DECIDED THAT IF I COULDN'T WRITE LIKE I USED TO THEN I WAS GOING TO BE IN THE INDUSTRY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, SO I DECIDED TO START PRODUCING.
AS DETERMINED AS I WAS AT FIRST I REALLY WASN'T AS SERIOUS AS I SHOULD HAVE BEEN. I MADE TRACKS BUT I NEVER DID ANYTHING WITH THEM. IT WASN'T UNTIL LATE 2004 WHEN I WAS FACED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER BID THAT I REALLY STARTED TO FOCUS ON WHAT IT WAS I REALLY HAD TO DO. AT THAT TIME MY MAN LEATHAFASE WAS DEALING WITH U-GOD OF THE WU-TANG CLAN. HE HAD ALREADY BEEN FEATURED ON HIS SOLO DEBUT GOLDEN ARMS REDEMPTION AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON AN ABLUM LATER TO BE TITLED U-GOD-ZILLA PRESENTS THE HILLSIDE SCRAMBLERS. HE HAD ALWAYS ENCOURAGED ME TO KEEP RHYMING EVER SINCE THE SHAOLIN SOLIDER DAYS. I TOLD HIM ABOUT MY PRODUCING ASPERATIONS.HE TOLD ME TO DO WHAT I HAD TO REGARDLESS OF ANYTHING HE HAD MY BACK.
AFTER I CAME BACK FROM A SHORT STINT UPSTATE IN DRUG REHAB, I SET OUT TO SPLASH THE WORLD WITH SCORCHERS. I NEVER REALLY FORMALLY JOINED THE HILLSIDE SCRAMBLERS I GUESS, I DIDN'T HAVE TO, BECAUSE THESE DUDES WERE ALWAYS FAM AND FAM FUCKS WITH FAM.
NOW AFTER YEARS OF WRONG TURNS AND MISCALCULATIONS, I'M DOING WHAT I ALWAYS LOVED THE MOST, MAKING MUSIC.
DON'T BE SUPRISED IF YOU HEAR ME ON A VERSE OR TWO IN THE NEAR FUTURE.Your musical influences
I GET MY INFLUENCE FROM THE PEOPLE. I GREW UP IN THE HOOD SO ALOT OF MY SOUND IS GRITTY. I KEEP MY EAR TO THE PAVEMENT.What equipment do you use?
RIGHT NOW I USE FL STUDIO 6 XXL PRODUCER'S EDITION
BUT WHEN I GET IN A BETER POSITION I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN PROTOOLS
S.I., NY
USA
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