east coast underground central presents the 1rst 610 hip-hop awards

theres been so much complaining about the lehigh valley music award nominations this year i decided to start my own 610 award show. You wont get any physical award but you will get pride to know where you stand within your local community. Since for the most part my opinions and taste of music are usually praised ive broke down the nomminees but its up to the true fans of the local hip-hop scene to deside whos ripping mics this year.


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TEN ALBUMS TO WATCH OUT FOR BY THE END OF THE YEAR

NICO THE BEAST THE BEST WITHIN

LOYAL REALITY CHECK

WAR CRIMINALS CRHONICLES OF THE LOST WAR CHILD

FINAL OUTLAW INVAdO

KILLA SHAME PORTRAIT OF THE KILA

PRYME PROLIFIK EVERY WORD I SPEAK

IRON SOLOMON REDRUM

AUTOMATIC DIAMOND IN THE DIRT

DONNY GOINES SUCCESS SERVED COLD

GODILLA BATTLEBEAST

5 PHILLY EMCEES TO WATCH OUT FOR

Philadelphia has been one of the top breading grounds for some of raps top lyrcist. From hip-hop legends like the roots,will smith and beinie sigal to underground heavywieghts like jedi mind tricks, reef the lost cause, and the high and the mighty philly has proven time and time again that there emcees are one of the few not to sell out in the mainstream staying true to there routes (except for will smith who became one of the most known people alive". Some of the hometown heavywieghts recently have even gone to be successfull rappers. emcees such as meek mills spent 6 7 years on the philly scene grinding the streats before he got reconized. so heres a look at 5 emcees you should expect to here on the radio (mainstream or college) soon.

JAKK FROST



like meek mill jakk frost has been one of the most buzzed and most respected emcees in the vast philly underground rap scene. Since 2007 when him hometown anthem "philly love" was released jakk has been considered one of the city's top lyricist. After he released him critically acclaimed "u dont knwo jakk hoste dby kslay frost had a and rs rining on a daily to sign a deal, eventually signing to sony. But like most budding emcees your first deal always doesnt pan out, after two years and no expected release date frost went back heavy on the mixtape grind. jakk has a strogn relationship with philly legend freeqay even relaing a mixtape togheter "best of both beards" so with a allready strong co-sign its only a matter of time jakk blows up to mainstream proportions

NICO THE BEAST




The path to success usually takes years to achieve but with over 14 years in the game allready nico the beast is still striving to become more than just a localally acclaimed emcee. Since 1999 nicos had a steady buzz in the philly hip-hop scene starting off in the gritty rap-battle scene that featured heavywiehgts like )cassidy, freeway, reef the lost cause, e-ness" and more that nico became to dominate, it wasnt intill 9 years later and allready a buzzzworthy artist that his debute mixtape was released the 2008 now philly classic no beast so fierce, that featured collabs with other pgilly heavyqieghts like reef the lost cause and 2 gun ciz.Many heads turned when the awe-inspiring Dinner Is Served mixtape followed, being an even iller example of Nico’s many lanes: endless flows, deep introspection, a never-say-die attitude and just real Hip-Hop flavor. While many writers and “tastemakers” were dripping in “swag juice”, Nico kept it colder than the other side of the pillow, delivering raw uncut reality on a steel plate. Outside of his own projects, he always took the time to show love to those who hollered, providing insane features on a host of releases time and again.
All of this has culminated with the release of his latest album, The Beast Within. After some reorganization within his life, and some personal losses, instead of cowering in a corner, Nico took his pain and frustration to the beast, bringing you his truth, no matter how intense. Whether it’s detailing his anguish over losing his son to detailing the events of a horrific car accident, he attacks each beat the same: head-on with no qualms. In a world where posturing and perpetrating can get you everywhere, it makes sense that a born and bred South Philly Beast represents the essence of what Hip-Hop is built on.
A father of four (three alive and one sadly deceased), and a husband of five years, Nico remains the blue-collar Beast, using the spoils of these MC wars to feed his family. That’s another trait that could be associated with Philly: a never say die attitude, and a loyalty to those in your circle. Nico The Beast is all of these things and more, and invites you to realize that with every bar he spits.

QUILLY MILLZ



One way to gain buzz for yourself is beef, and having beef with one of the most talked about artist in the game now (philly native meek millz) is a good way to get your name heard on a national level. Thats the aproach quilly millz is taking on his long road to success. A once prodigy of meek him and quilly has been at it for years and with the sudden succes for meek quilys trying to ride that to the top. With hard hittign punchines and witty rhymes schemes thats not his only outlet to sucess, but hes deffintly on his way to acheving it.

joey jihad



Another one of meeks nemisis from the philly days someone meek even stole his whole rapid fire speed rap delivery from once he hit mainstream sucess. So if a nationally kow artist is jacking your style you know your on your way to the top. Like the other artist in this article jihads been round 6-7 years with a strong buzz on the local battle seen. expect big things from jihad in the future.

young savage



Nowadays thinking that a 18 year old rapper can make it in the game without gimmicks is a dream. Gone are the days of the yougings repressenting true hip-hop. success storys like 13 year old roxanne shante 18 year old az 16 year old mobb deep dropping classic albums is out of the picture cus in todays societys the younger breed is what is sadily destroying hip-hop. While hes no nas or prodigy 18 year old young savage from west philly is showing that you dont gotta have a gimick to get a buzz. only 18 3 mixtapes on his plate and his videos on youtube avergaing over 750000 views u know this youning is on his way to greatness.Allready this young emccee got strong resources to make it happen his manager jimmy desaint has cowritten a book with rick ross and got connections in the hip-hop game. expect to here this name in the near future ona radio near u

610 EMCEE SPOTLIGHT: KILLA SHAME

https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/killashame

you know your making big moves when the local hip-hop scene has been buzzing about your next release for over a year.When everytime you got a new single out even the lyrical heavywieght are showing you love and reposting. This is the case for el chain records recording artist and allentown native killah shame who's new album p.o.k "portrait of a killer" has been talked about in the a.b.e for the greater part of 2011. Since he released the title track back in january the 610 has been highly anticipating this release. Monday portrait of a killa finally see's the day of light Featuring the buzzworhty single radio" with p.sanity and his latest hit the chilling "kill em witch has been praised by local heavywieghts like godilla and tug mcraw. Your be able to download it on itunes, amazon and anywhere else digital music is sold. also be on the look out for the killah shame iphone app coming soon to android, and itunes. To here more music from this local lyricist check him out at www.reverbnation.com/killashame where you can check out and download 15 older tracks from his gnse starchip "grown and sexy edition mixtapeincluding the trippy "starship" the club ready "addictive" and plenty more hits.

tug mcraw LANGUAGE ARTS 3 NOW ON ITUNES A MUST COP

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tug-mcraw-presents-language/id471157954



its finally here the highly anticipated follow up to last years classic LANGUAGE ARTS 2 by tug mcraw, and he doesnt disapoint. This ten song masterpiece shows a diffrent side of tug mcraw showing that mainstream styled tracks can still be lyrically driven. hence the metaphorical album name the shepard in wolves clothing the lyricist hidden in a mainstream society featuing the highly entertaining first single "serpent spine with mani the nigitar and the gritty streat tale "once apon a crime with lperfex. this ten track gem featuring lperfex, numbia bear, mani the nigatar and son v is a must download for any true fan of hip-hop. FULL REVIEW COMING SOON

interview with joey mondecca

abyss: You;ve been accumulating alot of buzz your newest mixtape the locker was talked about and hyped months b-4 the release how do you feel on the buzz you been getting and do you thing you have a possitive impact on underground hip-hop as a whole since ur fanbase spreads on a national level?

joey mondecca: ya my team be working real hard to push me and all our other artist out into the world to be seen. I bin blessed and cursed that my music has had some commercial appeal round the world. I work hard to stay on that fine line between who I really am and entertainment. But we just dumped alot into promotion and kept leaking hot tracks to keep the buzz going.I dont think I have a positive impact but I definitly set a example on how to conduct business. We gotta start looking at the over all picture not just the bad bitch in it which is the fame.lol 1st you make music for your hood,then your city and next the world. Its all business expantion. I aint trying to be a mom and pop rapper.lmao


abyss:i feel you on that man your one of the few local rappers with a eye bigger than the local scene, are you trying to make a career out of your music career or is it just a hobby and a side hustle?

joey mondecca:I'll always be involved with music. Probably more the business side. Rapping and performing is definitly fun and Ima keep going hard as long as I keep seeing progress and people keep telling me they like my music. Rappers dont understand that you need a dedicated team behind you to push with you. Musicians aint understanding that these ppl are more important then your producer.lol Only because you can lease and buy so many hot beats online nowadays. Or meet industry producers online. I record everyday. I dont just sit round the studio and fuckoff all day like the teacher aint in the room. I have fun but I get my shit done. Im just so goal orientated. Thats why Im on so many features worldwide. I guess you can say I take this shit seriously but I aint counting on it. Now Im really concentrating on working with B.i da Street Luva to makesure T.O.S keeps growing and pipelinetv.us/ is successful. So count on me being in this game for a while

abyss:Nice to see a rapper who actualy knows the busness side of the rap game most young cats dont know n0thin but the music side its def important to know all sidfs of the game what inspired u to persue rapping


joey mondecca:my fam moved from the bx to atown when I was young and the 1st people I linked up with were DocNice and Big Will. They a couple years older then me so I bin writting since I was like 8. We use to write to breakbeats on vinyl. Those was the days you could buy a single song for $2 and the instrumental was on the other side.lmao They inspired me to be involved in music. Now Im inspired by the ups and downs of life. So I write bout my accomplishments and my downfalls. I'll rap bout anything I got thru. I aint got no complexes!!! Thats why 99% of these rappers lie bout there lifestyle. They not comfortable with who they really are. That inspires me cause Im rapping bout what I do. Im mean come on every rapper got a song bout a shawtey but some these dudes couldnt get pussy in a petshop. They say they hustle but they just hangout in the streets all day. So ta finally answer the question the truth inspirers me. What they say talking bout howd you would do it will never amount ta going thru it.

abyss:I DEFFINTLY feel you on that deffintly in mainstream music 95 percent of all albums ARE EXACTLY THE SAME IN SUBJECT MATTER NO ORIGINALITY at all. hahaha someone remembers the 2 track singles that how most 90's rappers prob started speaking on the FALSEHOODS OF MOST EMCEES DO YOU THINK THAT HAS A DOWNFALL IN HOW HIP-HOP STARTING LOOSING ITS HEART AND SOUL


joey mondecca:I dont think it ruined the game. They just trying to give the people what they think they want. Lets be honest most people are very vain and America has turned us all into consumers. Who's always the most popular people? The person with the hottest shit. I think we sold hiphop to these corporate monsters. They wanted to take hiphop out the hood and make it relate to everyone. What does every use everyday? $Money$ Now the hood kids can dream bout having all these things and the rich kids can live like rappers and pretend like they hustle for all these luxery items. Its the perfect marketing idea. So what did the corporations do? Started cutting rappers 7figure checks. If someone gives me a milli trust they gonna get a big shotout from me.lhahaha Bragging bout money dont bother me. It tends to bother people that dont have money. Im against the fake gangsta shit. Gangsta rap has suffered cause the fake mutherfuckas but I dnt make gangsta rap so we'll leave it at that.

abyss:true everyone a gangsta nowadays u got alot on ur shedule you gunna tour to promtotw the locker at all


joey mondecca: Ya but plans change over night. As of now Ima be on the Left Lane tour which Jake Haze is organizing. Ima be performing at the Urban Lyfe benifit Oct 8th in Bethlehem. Then B.i,me,Sixx Burna and Bobby Crillz is organizing something Im not gonna really talk bout til we get somethings in order but know we gonna have a great show for you. I was dropping my clothing line Demigod this fall but I keep pushing its release back. Lets see how busy I get. Im definitly gonna do alot of traveling. You gotta travel alot if you want your name out there or you just gonna be a mixtape artist stuck in your hometown. I love my hometown but that aint good enough for me


abyss:I feel that thats one thing artist have forgot in this social netork age online is only gunna get you so far gotta get your name out the old fashion way with all the traveling u doing your name prob been heard by industry artist got any high profile collabs in the future


joey mondecca:Ya, Alot of artist hiding behind those computers.Lol ya and Its funny you asked bout doing a feature cause thats all I bin talking bout with my people lately.lol I bin reaching out to alot of producers. They really controlling the game right now. If you impress a industry producer. Aint no telling who you'll end up on a track with. so I reached out to Jahlil beats,Lex Luger and a couple more sickass producers. Here's a tip for the rappers if you kill a industry producers beat. Holla at him cause 9 outta 10 times he gonna listen to it. Even if he think u crap afterwards.lol But on the real thats how I met a couple people. If you cool,easy going and got some talent people ill work with you


abyss:U def got the industry down pat it seams any advice for the younger emcees to follow since these yung cats d0nt thnk past the cash


joey mondecca: I say do it for what ever reason you do it for. But do it dont talk bout doing it and just make sure you got a loyal team around you cause when money start coming in you gonna find out alot of people dont really care like you thought


abyss:true talk anyway you just released the locker you got any other plans for 2011 musically


joey mondecca:Ya Ima drop Burn After Listening before the year is up. I was gonna drop it on 9/11 but we said its to close in date to The Locker and we want time for this joint to get play. So one more mixtape. Then Ima drop the album next year but I already started working on that

abyss:nice nice so your deffintly keeping your name out there thats smart dont wanan rlelease stuff to close and have you rwork overlooked who are some artist producers we can expect on your next project


joey mondecca:My hommie Truth and Bam from Sc, Sco repping the GSC fam outta Sc,Mr420 outta FL and Geno both T.O.S South,Sixxburna outta jersey,Dirty Young Dogg and Rashady repping T.O.S Germany,my hommie So-Lo from Amsterdam,S Da God of T.O.S and more but thats just off the top with it


abyss:you got connections all over the world it looks this is what local artist wanna be doing and cant im bout to rap this interview anything i missed you wanna touch on


joey mondecca:Just Download The Locker on DatPiff.com. Hit me up on pipelinetv.us,follow me on twitter @joeymondeca and keep listening

r.i.p daze dysh

www.reverbnation.com/#!/dazedysh


unless you been under a rock you know theres been a tragedy in the local 610 hip-hop in the death of glock city member daze dysh. gunned down at 230 in the morning outside of a-one markets in allentown ending the life of one of the artist i respected the most in the lehigh valley hip-hop scene. yes i know ive always been a harsh critic of his music and im not saying he was the best emcee but he had more heart and drive then most i know. He was one of the only rappers to take my harsh critism and help evolve his flow. constintly i the studio trying to become a better emmcee, shit he got shot at 2;.30 in the moring recording now that shows dedication to his craft. sadley like most murders of rappers his death IS UNSOLVED. His story has touched many though googling his case papers in dallas texas even reported on this and in days a dedication page had over 2000 likes a show for his benifit was allready intact. Countless people made shirts in his memory and evry 20 minutes someones showing condolenses to him or his brother another lehigh valley heavywieght "infamous swag" who still has one of this years best releases in the 610. one thing i gotta say is daze was one of the few "real" rappers that deffintly didnt lie in his raps. His mother in jail pops murdered he lived a ruff life and no matter how bad life got he didnt get involved in the gang society like most he jumped to the mic as his drug. even his murder he was trying to stop a fight showing he was a good summarition. my condolenses go out to the robinson family and infamous swagg who lost his brother and father to senless violence. In the upcoming week i will be relasing a mixtape dedicated to the fallen young talent in the east coast in dazes memory