The I-N-I Movement
"Sure anybody can rap, but can they make good music?"
And that is just what Sinis has been doing from 1997 throughout the tri-state area. Blazing verses on mixtapes from DJs such as Ultimate, Stress, and longtime ace K-Smooth; making appearances on Connecticut radio stations such as 107.7 WFCS, Hot 93.7, and Power 104.1. And has gotten to the point where his music is now being downloaded on iTunes. You will also find him on compilations with Tha Zoo Records, Official Big League, and two U.N.I.T. albums in which he co-wrote with cousin and partner in rhyme Baff.
Sinis now plans to focus on his solo career. Hip-hop fans get ready!
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
At twelve years old, Sinis copied, memorized, and recited the lyrics to KRS-one’s verse to a hip-hop classic titled ‘Self Destruction’ and immediately knew that this music was in his soul. Throughout the years, that diligent boy has grown into arguably one of the best lyricists and underground artists today.
Besides local battles, appearances on mixtapes, open mics, shows, collaborations, and freestyle sessions on college radio throughout the central Connecticut area, Sinis didn’t officially begin his rap career until he signed along with his cousin and partner in rhyme Baff to Urban Ikon; an independent label out of White Plains, NY. After months of seeing no progress, both decided to part ways with the label and strike on their own as unsigned artists.
“It was more of a loyalty thing on my part.” stated Sinis about the signing of the deal.
“I had been with Baff my whole career and I didn’t want to sell out on him, but not even a year into it we both realized we could have done this shit ourselves and it set us back almost 3 years. There will always be a U.N.I.T. and now it's time to make moves on top of that and really make this happen.” And in this past year that is exactly what this Hard Hittin’ New Britain native has been feverishly doing. In the beginning of March he hooked up with local artist and budding producer, Dan Warren AKA Jack Nickelz in an attempt at starting his solo career. He immediately established a partnership with the veteran emcee and here he developed his own entity in the “I-N-I Movement”. “I had met 40 Barz from members in my circle and remembered about a 2 hour freestyle session one night in the lab that I had with the guy; I always saw myself working with him, because he’s constantly thinking of new ideas and concepts.”
In April 2006 he cut an underground mixtape that he called ‘The I-N-I Movement’ which perfectly portrays his versatility and shows what he would sound like amongst an array of mainstream artists and their hits ranging from 50 Cent’s “In My Hood” to Pussy Cat Dolls “How Many Lies, How Many Times?” The following week or so Baff released a mixtape hosted by DJ K-Smooth called “Up and Comin’” which appears Sinis on 99% of the project.
Sinis currently presents his first solo project of two CD’s titled “Porn Music the Mixtape and Porn Music the Money shot” the first consisting of Sinis’ original songs on industry beats and the second of both original songs and original beats. Sinis explains, “What I had originally done about a year ago was an album that I called ‘Jeremiah Clark in Porn Music’ that I had done everything on from the production to the writing. I felt that at the time it was hot and some of the songs had potential to really do something, but my beats were pretty left field and it was lacking something. So Jack Nickelz and I decided to revamp the album using hand picked industry beats that fit well with each song. Then you add some originals from Jack Nickelz, Scott Storch, and Rock Wilder and we got ourselves a double LP.”
Undoubtedly, more has happened for the free agent in the last three months than it did as a signed artist in the last three years. Nonetheless he still keeps his composure and says, “I’ll just take it one verse at a time.”
