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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

DJ Ev PRESENTS BIFC#3!!!!!!!


Okkkkkkk Soooooo all I can say is BIFC!!!!! Man it feels good to say that sh*t!!!!!! No really....I really am from CLEVELAND!!! If your not from CLEVELAND...*which would totally suck...well then...BIFC...means "BITCH IM FROM CLEVELAND". *Now...please don't get me caught up in the "politics" of how the phrase was birthed, who owns it...blah blah blah...cuz in the end...BIFC...means..."BITCH IM FROM CLEVELAND". Dj-EV really has outdone his previous astronomical accomplishments with BIFC #3! I must admit, when I heard that BIFC#3 was about to be dropped....I was thinking...*how in the hell is this gonna work? I mean CLEVELAND has sooo many dope artists, it's almost impossible to put them all together, or should I say get them together. Honestly at this point in time...the music scene is bout the hottest it's ever been! I mean...if you and I keep it real...we all know that with fame and success, comes big "egos", empty shots of "hey I'm tha hottest", or "I rep CLEVELAND tha most", or "oh...so you think you all dat now", or maybe even... "they wouldn't be sh*t if it wasn't for - - - - - -", or even "man that dude been fell off, he aint hot no more". Yeah....music can kinda be a big ass soap opera,but DJ EV managed to work his magic....and get the hottest, dopest, most respected artists from CLEVELAND on BIFC#3!!!!! BIFC#3 right out the gate is full of surprises, loaded...if not over loaded (*we all love extra sh*t) with hit after hit, and features that you didn't even see coming! Please save me the bullish*t bout how CLEVELAND has "the same artists on every mixtape"...blah blah blah.After hearing BIFC#3, it's not difficult to understand why these certain artists have been chosen to rep our city. 











BIFC#3 aint really a "beef" mixtape, it's not about labels, who's signed and who's not. BIFC#3 is a mixtape platform for CLEVELAND artists to show their growth, and my... have some of them grown into their own. DJ EV makes room for the younger artists that are making a name for themselves in CLEVELAND. That alone is refreshing! It shows that CLEVELAND music is evolving. I find alot of things incredible about DJ EV BIFC#3. Even though all of these CLEVELAND artists are busy , doin hella hot sh*t all across the country...when BIFC is about to drop...it's like all CLEVELAND artists wanna be featured! It's like a stamp of validation in CLEVELAND. People may be like "yooo why would such n such wanna be featured on a mixtape, when they already selling out show, areans, signed, bout to be signed, or already got mad dough". Only someone that isn't from CLEVELAND would ask such a ridiculous question like that one. No matter who you have become, or where you are going....to be able to still  rep your hometown of CLEVELAND, with respect and love from your friends, and fans...especially in 1 of the hardest cities to make it in or out of...is right up there with winning any award, or sold out show.

BIFC#3 has soooo many dope artists and songs, that we would sit here all day and try and "pick it apart", or do a full blown run down of exactly what BIFC is....like I said...*I'm just "sparkplugent"...and so...I invite you to listen to DJ EV's BIFC#3...with me....

Wait...hold tha FU*K up!!!! Is this Al Fatz!!!! Hell yeah!!! This is the dopest intro I've heard since old No Limit...man....Al Fatz got me FSKW over here, damn he jus let the world into his mind and his heart. I lightweight gotta tear in my eye, AL FATZ ...is tha realist for this intro...ya'll betta respect this man...

Thinkin bout it Al Fatz started this flashy sh*t in CLEVELAND.....

Haaaaaaa RAY JR, is a fu*kin fool!!!!!! Haaaaaa damn off rip he's setting things straight...Def Jam who....lol...man....you'd be stupid to underestimate Ray Jr....."you can sayyyyyy what you wanttttttttt, just can't say I don't put onnnnnnnn" RIGHT!!!!!!!!

People gossip bout Ray Jr, but they always be dappin him up...he's WORKIN!

MGK....my how have you grown into your own, EST got NEXT!!! Man.....MGK doesn't ever make me feel like he's "fronton", jus cuz I know fo fact how hard he grinded to get to where he is...I literally saw it with my own eyes....I can feel his anger...but I can also feel his confidence....let that man have his shine.....

KING CHIP...sometimes I wanna say "Chip Tha Ripper"...but...KING CHIP...is most deserving....when I hear a KING CHIP song, you can automatically tell he's seasoned, he's been doin this sh*t for a long time....you gotta understand his frustration...but he's always gonna be "classic"...he doesn't yell, and be extra pumped....he's so classy....

I wish I had half the set of big balls that KING CHIP has... to take my dream into my own hands, flip it, smack it, and make it work for me and not give a f*ck bout wat anyone has to say

KING CHIP is mos def CLEVELAND

It's amazing that DjEv managed to pull off this dope ass mixtape BIFC#3 with all these "egos"

When you really listen....CLEVELAND has the dopest artists

Hahahahah everyone is showing tha FU*K out on this BIFC#, they are all goin hard reppin CEVELAND...like "THIS MY CITY"....

I LOVE THIS SH*T!!!!

YOUNG SHANK is tha muth-fuc*in man.....you can't have a mixtape without Young Shank...he always look so fresh when I see him out, but he Shank a track on a mixtape....damn!!!!

Ok TEZO!!!!! Layin tha smack down!!!!

RATCHETT!!!!!!!!!!! *twerk twerk terk....man...ppl hate on this song...undercover ratchet haters...production on this song is insane..."BITCH IM FROM CLEVELAND"

My Iphone chirpin....my young bit*h twerkin...HAHAHAHAHAHAH RAY JR, mos def deserves a grammy for dis!!!

Ray Jr. is a creative genius on tha low...he always try and play that "smooth role", I've been on the rapid and heard "I'm Workin" on like white-collar business workers....no lie!


I respect "Dinner Date"...sh*t always makes me sad a lil when I hear it...hate when people start to really shine when they are gone. RIP Kenn Ball....

Soon as "Dinner Date" beat drops the whole ride shakes....YES!!!!

Big Sean and Juicy J aint even from Cleveland....but I can't blame on...I'd wanna mos def be on BIFC...even if I wasn't...that's a serious accomplishment on a resume

Mannnn bout damn time producers finally get a chance to get their shine on....RAMI BEATZ tries to act so damn humble all the time....probably 1 of the dopest producers out here...

Clockwork is the glue to this CLEVELAND music!!!!

RAY CASH!!!!!! Damn MGK is makin hella hits with CLEVELAND...I like this...it's like passing the torch kinda...or passing tha mic.....

I wanna a tat on my hand that says "100"

Hope it doesn't hurt when I get it

Dj Ev is probaly patting himself on the back in Mexico somewhere...got damn GENIUS!!!

TEZO....bout to lock down tha game

MAN this TEZO and DUB-O, is rockin my ears!!!!! 

I FU*K FO FREE!!!! *pause lol, they said It...I didn't.....

POOH GUTTA IN DIS BIT*H!!!!!

Man Pooh Gutta sounds like he's ready to jus takeover...Pooh Gutta puts in so much work

Pooh Gutta mos def is on a mission!

JP Did This 1...and that 1...and that 1...damn he's on fire!

FRANC WEST!!! Get's my panites wet!!!! I'd ride and listen to him all day....he's so freakin sexy with his delivery "TAKE MY MONEY"

AL FATZ....is like...silly you for sleeping on me...I aint fall off....I jus got back on....*headroll fingasnap...

PROD By DEZ!!!!! UNEMPLOYED...is bout to be a national anthem....yup I said it...

2DZ#

I'm glad both 1D and 2D'z are on BIFC#3...that way I don't feel "guilty" for liking em both

I really fu*ks with this 2Dz "ONLY" tho......man....this song beats so hard

Don't let me be in  the club and "ONLY" comes on...I'ma beat yo ass lol....

Not really...but it makes me feel like that

RAY JR with 1Dz, I respect it....

DjEV is so freakin awesome for doing this!!!!

1D 

It's crazy how 1 D, separates 2 groups...

We all kickin it on BIFC#3 tho...we aint got time for the b.s

Ohhhh this "On Her Mind" sounds soooooo pretty....Sean McGee can get it too...

Sean McGee has been grindin for a longtime...he deserves his moment

It's sooooo cool to hear Rip Flamez!!!!! Jus cuz I see him do heavy promo..cool to put a voice wit tha flicks

RICH IS A MINDSET!!!! Haaaaaa Microwave Red...makes me wanna ride, wit tha damn doors open...I love this RICH!!!! 

Yeah Microwave Red is up next!!!!!!!

I'm a fan!!!!

Aint nuttin like DIDDY talkin sh*t on a track...you gotta respect DIDDY....cuz everything he's talkin bout is REAL!!! 

Is this really MGK wit DIDDY?

HELL YEAH IT IS!!!!!!!!!!

WTFFFFFF!!!!!!!

MGK puts a lil motivation  in ya life...he does for me...

FLY TYE!!!!!!

Haaaaa it's people all over the world saying BIFC now!!!!


DJ EVshould have included a lil fine print clause on this BIFC#3 mixtape. Something that advises you that after listening to it just 1 time you will become addicted. BIFC#3 still left me with some unanswered questions. Like....who really started this...and does it really matter? I mean after listening ...I would hate to have to pick a "winner". It'd be almost impossible. BIFC#3 is 1... if the not the greatest collaboration of CLEVELAND artists. Despite all the egos, and twitter wars, labels, and gossip...BIFC#3 makes us realize...that CEVELAND has birthed some of the greatest hip hop artists in the game. Everyone has their own style, everyone has had their own struggles in this music game....and I think that's what brings the unity in BIFC#3. DJ EV has accomplished an amazing task of building a platform for CLEVELAND to be recognized!!!! Ya'll can say what you want...but listen to BIFC, and you will understand why so many of the people rep this city so hard.I don't know where you are from...but..."BITCH IM FROM CLEVELAND"!!! XOXO



Monday, March 18, 2013

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW EST19XX DUB-O "DO I KNOW YOU?" LACE UP!!!!




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Okkkkkk Soooooo it's not uncommon to hear random people scream "LACE THA FU*K UP"!!! I mean... I have been in the most random of random places and have heard people scream the infamous phrase. I'm talkin rapid station, middle of  movie, standing in line at the grocery store, and mos def late at night on W.6th in downtown CLEVELAND! I mean over the past few years, "LACE THE FU*K UP" has become a part of everyday life....like drinking water, reading sparkplugent*headroll fingasnap, or flexin in XL. "EST"is a movement, and with any movement there is an army...sure we've all heard of MGK, and while he is well respected, LACE UP has a new solider moving up to to the forefront. DUB-O has patiently waited his turn for the mic, and now he is ready to be introduced...meet DUB-O!!!!




Q. Sooooooo Where in Cleveland are you from?
A. I'm from all over Cleveland...E.131, Harvard area, Quincy....

Q.What High School did you attend?
A. East High and Kennedy

Q.Where was the video footage for "Same OL" shot?
A. Haaaaaaaa most of the footage came from when the whole Lace Up took a party bus to Detroit for an event. It was the 1st time we had a big ass party bus so we were clowning.

Q. How did you hook up with Cody Films?
A. Honestly....I saw him on twitter and I hit him up, back then he was shooting videos for tha low...like $50....but now...lololol....yeah he's probably taxin a lil bit more.

Q.You seem like you have a lil twang when you sang, how'd you get that singing voice? Where you part of a church choir or something lol?
A. Ha! Mannnnn actually....I was! Growing up I had no choice but to go to church, my mama mos def made sure I went to church. I grew into like weird sounds, I was always kinda singing. My grandfather is actually part of a real life music group...called The Rance Allen Group....oh yeah...go on head in google em.

Q.Where is the best place you look forward to going when you come home to Cleveland?
A. My mama's house!!!!! Yup I'm straight to my mama's house. I mean I like to ride thru the streets in jus kinda get a feel...ya kno....

Q.What were you doing before music?
A. I was actually doing factory jobs, I worked in a steel factory...or should I say I was slaving away in a steel factory, lifting heavy coils and metals ....

Q.How do you keep your independence within EST.?
A. I mean we are a family, but ya kno, I jus started doing my own shows, my own events, the whole EST label supports each other tho...

Q.You could have had hella features on your new mixtape. Why didn't you?
A.I wanted to jus showcase mysef and my talent. I mean yeah I could have had MGK all over it, or other people as well, but I really wanted people to know me, hear  me.....I mean of course Kells jumped on a track cuz that's my brother...but yeah I wanted ya'll to hear me. Show the world that I can stand on my own 2 feet, all attention on me lol, I wanted to expose myself.

Q.How do you feel about male groupies?
A. Haaaaaaa well....ok i aint gon front like I don't know what you are talkin bout.I mean especially with the EST movement, we get guys that try and be seen, or kinda ride with us...but you know, I don't really be that mad cuz I remember once when those same dudes were us, tryna get our music played...so I can kida feel em....it's awkward but I get what they are tryna do....

Q.Do you think Cleveland music is divided?
A. No, not really the music...more like the people are divided, but it's been that way for awhile...people need to be united, the more people, the more power.

Q.1 Of your lines is "Gotta couple fans in the bleachers now"? What do you mean?
A. HA! I us mean, people know me now, I actually have fans, my own fans....I've got people cheering for me...this is all new to me....people like me lol!

Q. What does the tat across your chest say?
A.CLEVELAND BOUND

Q.What's your favorite music to ride and smoke to?
A. Uhhhhhhh....ummmmmm...damn that's a good question.....naw fuck dat...my music lol...yeah my mixtape, I think to myself...damn...I sound good!

Q.What's your favorite shell to roll up with?
A. SWISHER SWEET, maybe White Owl...I started with Swishers...so I kinda stuck with them....

Q. Swishers dont rip easy to you?
A. Nawwwww you be gettin those stale shells lol, you gotta go to Dairymart off 123rd, or SPEEDY's...yeah those 2 places will get you right, they keep fresh shells on deck.

Q.You just recently had a show at the GROG SHOP, how was that?
A. Mannnnnnn it was fucking awesome!!!! I mean it was packed, Ray was there, I had Canadians, people flew in from Miami, and Kells came thru....nobody knew he was even in the building, it was insane, we showed out! I mean...the show felt good, I had alot of support!

Q. How would you describe team loyalty?
A. NEVER BACKING DOWN! Aint no switching jerseys, even if shit fails, you cant switch jerseys. If your friend becomes handicapped, then it's up to you to wipe their ass...no homo..flat out!

Q.If you had to form your own Rap Dream Team who would have? Past or Present?
A. Get Rich Or Die Trying 5o cent, Underground Chamillonaire, and T.I., man underground Chamillionaire used to bang...I respect that dude to tha fullest..

Q.Have you always been into fashion?
A. Yeah I mean I dig fashion, but I jus kinda got into my own fashion.

Q. How did FOOLIE T-s  concept come about?
A. I really did it for the fans, to give them something. I never really knew it would take off like it did....

Q. What does "FOOLIE" represent?
A. It's like a lil saying we all say, its going by what life brings me, it's sum cool shit I kinda ran with. Like a freestyle lifestyle....

Q. I heard you say "I'm sauced up in that A-1? Do you like it saucy?
A. Hahahahahahahah   hell yeah lol, I say that cuz it's like extra swag, like I walk in like "who's dat nigga for the special steak"....A-1 is like the extra swag on a steak lololol...that's me, matter fact...I've got steak cooking in the kitchen right now lol......

DUB-O....is Laced Up, and ready to show the world exactly who he is. With his whole EST fam behind him, and the support of his die hard fans, DUB-O is mos def deserving of all the success off of his mixtape "Do I Know You"...strategically orchestrated, sealed and polished DUB-O...is sauced up in that A-1!!! His catchy delivery, witty laid back personality, patience, and original artistic talent cant be denied. Holding down his whole mixtape, by himself....he proves he jus may  be able to lead his army. That's that "Same Ol"....XOXO









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