Hitchcock (A Team) Biography
Hitchcock was inspired by his older cousins Moskinnyo, Sub G, Rah Grizzly, and Ekim aka the Immortal EMS, founders of the group The Medicine Kabinet. Hitch performed a song which he’d written for his mother as an anecdote of her relationship with his abusive stepfather. After moving back to Jersey City and building on his local success as an emerging MC, Hitchcock quickly built a following as a highly sought-after commodity, contributing to projects for Dream Team Productions, DJ Rhude, DJ Kool Kid and others .
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The Survivor Hitchcock has hit the streets recently with his new mixtape (well, you might as well call it an album, with original productions!) H20 Chapter 1 Enbalming Fluid and it is dope stuff all right! Rumours about some upcoming H20 Global Warming are making rounds with his next single ‘Crookz’ off the H20 chapter. He also featured on EddMaster’s ‘Round and Round’ remix with Rah Eazy and Hov Dibiasi. With SkyHigh music as its producer and the group Money Gang, we are eagerly waiting for next hits out of the box! Hitchcock has just released his 1st solo album H2O ch.1 (Embalming Fluid) ,is set to release a collaboration album with producers SkyHigh Music and his new group Money Gang and is working on his next (still untitled) solo release . Hitchcock’s New Album H2O ch.1 (Embalming Fluid)
Hitchcock is a great songwriter and a rapper but his early A Team – NJ’s first monster rap duo – could not become America’s biggest rap duo due to management changes at Def Jam records, even though the two completed an impressive never-released 13-track set in one week and got association with wildly successful Desert Storm label. After the break up of A Team, Hitchcock is now all set to make fresh beginnings. Hitchcock has taken in everything he experienced and is looking to establish himself not only as a good rapper but as a great songwriter, charasmatic performer and acute entrepeneur. Lets drop some love on his page for the fighter, the survivor!
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Paladino Biography
Born and raised in Spanish Harlem in New York City, Paladino Aka P.A. paints vivid pictures of the pain and pleasures of the game in his rhymes. He began rapping around his neighborhood and in the halls of his school before he was 14 years old. While incarcerated for armed robbery in an Upstate New York prison, he set his mind to pursue a rap career and began to hone his skill and master his craft. After he was released, P.A. quickly gained following releasing mixtapes featuring his witty wordplay and on-point flow.
On the heels of his mixtape hype, P.A. was an opening act with fellow underground label M.E.N. (Middle East Niggaz) on tour with Method Man. P.A. coasted through “Freestyle Friday” on BET’s 106 and Park before being disqualified for cursing on the air. He signed with longtime friends and upcoming label Piff Unit Records and in 2013 dropped 3 mixtapes followed by the successful and controversial full-length album, “Live Like U Might Die”. Reviews from music critics has been positive saying, “His music captures audiences with harsh truths wrapped in a tight delivery that embody a hustler’s life in New York City.”
Lagato shine (GTM) Biography
“Stepping Up with Maturity and Enthusiasm” When asked to describe himself, Lagato Shine uses these words, “New but not a New Jack”. That phrase depicts not only his neophyte hunger and enthusiasm, but it denotes his reentry into the rap landscape equipped with the wisdom of a journeyman. After years of working with groups and other artists, it was late 2010 that set the stage for Lagato’s emergence as a solo emcee. A freestyle he recorded while in studio over Jay Z’s “Threats” track was overheard by a MTV employee in attendance. A month later that recording was aired and showcased as The Sucker Freestyle of the Week.
A few months later Lagato secured a distribution deal for his newly founded label Last Run Entertainment through The Orchard (who distributes the likes of TVT Records, Wu Music Group, and Babygrande Records)
Within six months from that initial freestyle, Lagato Shine was opening for Cory Gunz in a Manhattan event sponsored by Red Bull.
That same month (May 2011) MTV chose to feature another Lagato Shine creation “Your Wrong” in their June 2011 MTV-U Freshmen Video of the Week Contest. Throughout the two week contest, Lagato’s music reached another plateau as MTV introduced his music to a wider national audience of varying musical tastes
The following month, Lagato Shine progressed to another milestone by opening the SOURCE Magazine’s album release concert for Trae tha Truth. Joining the likes ofJadakiss, Styles P, French Montana, and Fred the Godson; Lagato held his own and provided fans and insiders with another glimpse of this “legend in the making”. How did fans and insiders respond? They asked Lagato Shine back as a featured artist at one of NYC’s finest music venues, the Sounds of Brazi
Sill in the same month Lagato took his music and his notoriety up yet another notch with his follow up video “I Don’t Need A Doctor”. That video featuring the vocals of renowned artist Dana Boule, has been picked up by MTV2, MTVU, MTV Jams, and MTV Online. Fans and insiders will resonate with this all too real view of urban life painted by the vocals and drama of Lagato Shin
Next up…his new EP set to drop early 2013 features Trae Tha Truth, Joell Ortiz, Mistah Fab, Bishop Lamont, Jon Connor and Bill Danze of M.O.P., as well as production from Large Professor and Red Spyda.
While all of the aforementioned might test the core of the freshman, Lagato looks forward to the work and success ahead. This is after all, where the “journeyman shines and the neophyte fades”.