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| WHATS UP WORLD? THIS IS YO BOY BIG SWOL AKA SWOL AKA SWOLAGEN, IM A YOUNG UP AND COMING RAPPER/PRODUCER/ENGINEER. I'M CURRENTLY COMING OUT OF A SMALL TOWN THAT GOES BY THE NAME OF HEMET, CA. I'VE BEEN ATTENDING CLASSES AT MT. SAN JACINTO COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS WORKING ON MY AUDIO TECHNOLOGY/ENGINEERING DEGREE. ALTHOUGH, I'VE ALWAYS HAD A PASSION AND LOVE FOR MUSIC I REALLY DID'NT TAKE IT ANY FURTHER THAN ON THE BLOCK WITH THE FELLAS OR JUMPING IN A LIL SYPHA AT A PARTY OR SOMETHING. THROUGH THE PAST 8 YEARS OR SO I KNEW THIS WAS ALWAYS A DREAM OF MINE TO GET IN THE GAME BUT HAVING TO TAKE ON THE ROLE OF BEING A YOUNG FATHER OF THREE AND A HUSBAND I HAD OTHER THINGS I HAD TO DO TO MAKE SURE MY FAMILY WAS ALRIGHT FIRST AND FOREMOST. THROUGH THAT I'VE GROWN AND LEARNED ALOT AND FELT IT WAS TIME TO MAKE MY MOVE. FINALLY, WITH THE BLESSIN OF MY WIFE AND FAMILY I DECIDED TO TAKE THIS MUSIC THING FULL CHARGED AND DO MY THING, BUT I DID'NT WANT TO JUST TRY AND JUMP IN THE GAME NOT KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT NOTHING AND GET F$@^& LIKE WE ALL HEAR STORIES ABOUT. SO JUST SO HAPPENS THE LOCAL COLLEGE IN MY AREA OFFERS A REAL GOOD AUDIO PROGRAM FROM BEGINNING TO END, I ALSO HAD A OLD HIGH SCHOOL BUDDY "MASIO" THAT WAS INTERESTED IN IN THE COURSE ALSO SO THAT WAS EVEN BETTER. WE ENROLLED TOGETHER AND WAS ON OUR WAY TO A BETTER FUTURE FOR OR FAMILIES AND FROM THERE THE FLAME WAS LIT AND I WAS READY TO GO. TAKING A REAL QUICK INTREST FROM THE GET GO I BEGAN TO LEARN ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF THE MUSIC AND THE GAME THE FULL SPECTRUM FROM THE ENGINEERING ALL THE WAY TO THE BUISNESS ASPECTS OF IT. FROM THERE I STARTED TO SEE A WHOLE NEW WAY OF THIS CRAZY GAME AND DIFFERENT SMARTER WAYS TO TRY AND MAKE MY WAY IN. I GOT A FEW LOANS FROM SCHOOL AND BEGAN TO BUY EQUIPTMENT AND BUILDING UP MY OWN PERSONAL HOME STUDIO STILL NOT REALLY HAVING THE PASSION TO BE A BIG TIME RAP STAR JUST MAKING BEATS AND TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO RAP ON THEM BUT NOBODY WAS COMING THROUGH TO F!@$ WITH ME. UNTIL ONE DAY WHEN I HOOKED UP WITH ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND "TERRENCE" WHO CAME THROUGH ONE DAY FOR MY FIRST STUDIO SESSION AT THE HOUSE WITH LIL EQUIPTMENT BUT BIG HOPES. HE WENT THROUGH MY LIL BEAT LIBRARY OF BEATS UNTIL HE CAME TO A BEAT I WAS REALLY TRYING TO SAVE FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL BUT I GUESS THIS WAS IT. HE SPIT TWO VERSES AND WAS LIKE "YO, YOU GOTTA SPIT ON THIS " BUT I WAS LIKE NAW I DONT SPIT NOMORE BUT HE KEPT INSISTING SO FINALLY I SPIT A VERSE IT CAME OUT PREETY DOPE FOR THE FIRST RHYME IN ABOUT 8 YEARS. SO FROM THERE THAT WAS IT, FROM THAT MOMENT ON IT SPARKED SOMETHING INSIDE AND I BEGAN WRITTING LIKE CRAZY EVERYDAY ALL DAY TRYING TO PERFECT MY CRAFT AND GETTING BETTER. THAT BRINGS US TO THIS PRESENT TIME OF ME DOING MY THANG, I WORK WITH PRO TOOLS M BOX 2, ROLAND MC 808 SAMPLING GROOVEBOX, CASIO CTX-611 KEYBOARD, BOSS BR-900 DIGITAL RECORDER, JVC XL-V131 CD PLAYER, AND ALSO HAVE A SOUND PROOF BOOTH I BUILT MYSELF (IT DOES HELP THE SOUND. I'VE WRITTEN/PRODUCED/ENGINEERED/MIXED/AND SEMI MASTERED 5 FULL LENGTH CDS BY MYSELF EXCEPT FOR LIKE TWO OR THREE SONGS I COLLABED WITH MY BOY "RA" (CAN'T CHANGE) AND ONE WITH MY BROTHER-IN-LAWS "REESE" AND "HOOK" AND COUSIN "TONE DAVIS" (MY LIFE) , WITH MY WIFE (WHO HANDLES ALL THE OFFICE WORK) AND KIDS SUPPORTING ME COMPLETELY AND ALSO BEING MY BIGGEST FANS. I HAVE PRESSED UP AND DISTRIBUTED 3 OF THOSE CDS MYSELF WITH ABOUT 500 COPIES OUT AND THATS NOT EVEN PUSHING THEM HARD JUST HERE AND THERE IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO. THEREFORE WITH THAT, I LEAVE YOU WITH THAT, MY MUSIC SAYS IT ALL.......ONE!!!!!!!! |
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