Fast Life – Teedy Boy/Masspike Miles

Masspike Miles has been most def putting in work before the release of “The Pursuit“… “Get It Together” with Rick Ross, his recent single “Perfect Woman” with Shawty Lo and now this Jordan Tower Films video with fellow Maybach signee, Teedy Boy. I feel this track BUMPS… never heard of Teedy till this video collab, but feel he’ll do pretty well when he finally drops… of course Masspike is crazy doing his thing as always making this an even more hype track. 2009 so far has been started off very well with Masspike leading the way for all of New England… The Gateway to the Industry seems to start right here with Mr. Miles leading the way!!!

Smoke Bulga – Goons & Goblins + Track Feat. Jim Jones

It’s the one and only Smoke Bulga, back with a Jordan Tower directed production for his recent “Goons & Goblins” track, most def ready for the mainstream this is just a small taste of what I’m sure will be a BIG year for not just Smoke but all of Life 4 Life. Also be sure to check out the Jim Jones collabo track after the video… TIGHT!!!

Introduction: The 6 States

Hip Hop culture has been my life ever since I first popped and waved my first arm joints, ever since “Heartbeat” and “Rapper’s Delight” filled my ear passage. The Boston Hip Hop scene itself, has been a huge part of my life ever since I heard The MC Capers, Almighty RSO Crew, Fresh to Impress, Roxbury Crush Crew, Beatbox A-Train, Body Rock Crew…and many many more that I will have a more detailed blog on in the future.

That was the years of 79-89, Floorlords…R.S.O. and Magnus Johnstone (Leccos Lemma). There was a huge amount of influence in my life from many of the artists that claimed fame within a city some would call a mini New York. But we suffered because New York was such a huge Hip Hop industry. We had our nice moments…Guru, Dave Mays & The Source, and of course the very well known Edo G Yet we never fully cracked the gateway to the industry.

A few years later we had success with artist’s Mr. Lif, Krumbsnatcha, Akrobatik and 7L & Esoteric, along with many other’s that made up our underground scene. Yes we got more attention then too, but nothing that showed that we had a big scene brewing all over Mass and even more so New England.

There were a few magazine’s that had started up that gave us some hope: The Source, Fever Mag, Punchline…but they all seemed too concerned with the bigger industry much more than our own scene. Don’t get me wrong there were some articles and stories printed on our artists…but the main concern was still the Jay Z’s, Puffy’s and Dre’s. The Source of course went on to be the forefront of all Hip Hop media…Fever eventually faded away as well as Punchline.

In my present day, I looked back at our history here within the scene and thought…where is our media outlet!? I don’t mean, a quarter page write up quickly pasted together and most likely missed between, 50 Cent’s 8 page interview and the article on why the Industry is in a struggle. I mean a full blown magazine from cover to cover, the represents all 6 states of this region’s Hip Hop industry…absolutely nowhere to be found…in over 25 years.

At the same time, I’ve read up on a small indie mag down south that has grown to a national media outlet for a lot of smaller artists from that region…Orlando Source, which later would go on in a much bigger way as O-Zone magazine. So here it is a great media source that reps an entire regional area first. So that combined with my own knowledge of New England music and hip hop history, as well as my past love for a now gone publication (RAP PAGES)…Boston Hip Hop Pages is born.

The idea is pretty simple, Boston is the most well known capital city in all of New England (The Gateway), so the idea was to create an outlet that the name alone would draw many people to, yet still include the 6 States of the Northeast as a unified front to together break through that gateway and be exposed throughout the worldwide industry…nice!!!

Today we are blessed with artist’s that are an even bigger inspiration, artist’s such as Smoke Bulga, Dre Robinson, Termanology, Ed Rock (Easy Money), Bad Newz (of Strezzed Out), Slaine, LT, Prano, A.W.O.L., G-Eyez, Frank Buddas, Rook Rukus, Affiliate, Lou Armstrong Frankie Wainwright, The Syndicate, Swann Notty, Paper Boyz, Jus Mula, LB, Prophis, Aztext…and so very many more. Who in their right mind, could ever say we don’t have an incredible scene here?!!

This blog spot will do much in exposing New England’s Industry players to the world wide blogsphere…DJ’s, websites, retail, labels and all the different movers doing their respected thing for the Hip Hop movement here in the North Atlantic region. If you’ve read this I very much thank you and hope you’ll stick around for much more to come…

DScribezBHHP>Founder/Publisher

BostonHipHopPages

NewEnglandHipHop.com

Crimson Bile in the Pulse Magazine

Crimson Bile
By Mary Ouellette

“Stand up, never backing down no!  Just raise your fists up to the sky and let them know that you won’t die!”  Not only is that the chorus to Crimson Bile’s track “Stand Up,” from their upcoming album “Out of the Ashes,” it could very well be their personal battle call.  Embracing the challenge of combining the elements of rap and rock, Crimson Bile has had to “Stand Up” on more than one occasion to prove that their musical fusion is a formidable force.

Born from the ashes of a hip-hop side project started by emcee Crakd (Anthony Santilli) and emcee Ice-Pic (Matt Joyce), Crimson Bile ~ now familiar faces at Worcester favorites The Lucky Dog, Tammany Hall and Club Oasis ~ had very humble beginnings.  The two put together a concept-based rap album and thought that was the end of it, but when the underground scene took hold of it and wouldn’t let go, they realized they may have stumbled on to something bigger.

Crimson Bile soon evolved into something larger than life, not only did the duo adopt a full band to back their rap and vocals (Greg Burrows on drums, his brother Chris Burrows on guitar, and Donny Hayes on bass), but they went even further and added a third emcee to the mix (Frantik/Shane Nadeau).  Adding these missing parts has given the band additional depth, allowing them to reach new heights as a cohesive unit with their new songs.

Their new album “Out of the Ashes” is scheduled to drop in 2008 and, according to emcee Frantik, “It’s about real life situations that everyone has to deal with.” Understanding each others’ musical strengths seems to be a key contributing factor to the overall success of their writing process. “95 percent of the time Ice-Pic and the band members start working on the instrumental parts and after that we all sit around and decide what kind of mood the song is.  Ice-Pic has a great voice so he’s the one that sings all of the choruses, as well as having a verse in each song.  Crakd and I are lyricists at heart so we stick with doing the verses and the occasional chorus.” reveals Frantik about a typical writing session.  This kind of symbiotic songwriting leads to well-crafted songs that deliver like a sucker punch to the gut and win over live audiences instantaneously.

Pushing the envelope in an industry that is drowning in wannabes and copycats, Crimson Bile waves their flag of individuality loud and proud.  While the concept of mixing rap and rock is not a new one, it’s definitely not one that is easy to pull off on any level, and Crimson Bile seems to have it down to a fine art.

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