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Went to show support for my homies Ze'Brainchild (Jeremy) and Andrew Ramos on their new project Appetizers. The idea started out as an IndieGoGo project which enabled both artist to collaborate and develop an album that contained short, bite-sized songs that would be "appetizers' for follow up projects and ideas. The theme carried out into their release party with free appetizers such as wings, top ramen, and moon pies, all of which are titles to some of the tracks from the project. The event was held at The Space which was my first time checking out this open concept, donation based, creative rental venue. I enjoyed the atmosphere and the idea of turning this old apartment into a place you could make into your own________. House party vibes. You can check out their new project HERE

This past Sunday, I woke up at the crackest of dawn, grabbed my camera and park my car under the bridge of I-4 so I could check out V2lab's: Mystery Meat 3. Even though I got there just before 6 a.m. , There were already people posted up ready to go. To go where you might ask? Well, it's a place where style is everything. Where "being low" doesn't mean your depressed. Where a man might say "Dat Azz doe!" and not be talking about a woman. Where strange creatures lurk throughout. Tires are stretched, cars are riding on air, and where half the population's first gear is Burnout. It's a place that only V2lab can bring you. It is the Mystery Meat 3. Still haven't done anything to the E60. Saving up to one day have my ride as nice as some of the cars I'd seen that day. V is for V2 Im sure this ride has seen its fair share of car meets. Drivers could barely believe their eyes. Shisha? Nice to meet ya! Real invisible paint job and slammed. What you know about it? All kinds of enthusiast. This guy's been waiting for MM3 for a LONG time. As the sun started coming up, so did some familiar faces. How do you say Christine in German? Sadly, this car was totaled on the highway later that afternoon. Coincidently, Snoop was playing in the background as I was taking this picture. Few exotics. And the award for Lowest Car of the Day... "Hey Im looking for the Mystery Meat!" The Future. Even this dude. People were all over the place in little circles like this. Flying Lotus. So much bedazzling. Art. Rugrats Burnout Gods of Garland. Didn't stay too long after 11 a.m. So I missed the ignorance, Shaq, the confusion between police and patrons, and I'm sure some beautiful machines. All good, it was fun. Looking forward to future events from V2lab. Check out the rest of the photos HERE.

Last week, the good people of Mxrkt Clothing put together the very first street wear tradeshow of its kind. With a collective effort from a handful of Central Florida clothing brands, The Black Mxrkt Tradeshow was born. Hosted in downtown Orlando at Cafe Annie, heads came out to showcase and support one another while introducing their brands to the community. The Lazy Afternoon was there to set the vibes and Ze'Brainchild even did a set with the MPC. There were plenty of like minded individuals who all had something to contribute to the scene. I took some time to sit and talk a lil bit with some of the owners and CF's of these brands just to learn more about how they started, what their brand is about, and how people can get connected with them. I started first with the host of the party , Ed. Ed is one of the founders of Mxrkt Clothing. I've known Ed for almost 2 years now. Ed and his team are innovators and trend setters, designing clothes that true to their attitude and lifestyle, and reflect the street culture that surrounds them. Ed / @Mxrkt / Mxrkt Clothing So tell me a lil about Mxrkt? Basically its just a homegrown street wear brand straight out of Florida. Based on what we like , what nobody else likes, fuck that shit. Stuff that we grew up on. How long has Mxrkt been running now? Closely approaching our 4th year. 4 hard working years we bust our ass, but you know, I’m happy for the experience. How can people find out abut Mxrkt and how can people get ahold of your product? Check us out at Mxrkt.com and find us on Instagram for the newest releases at @Mxrkt I wanna ask you about the whole Black Mxrkt because you were the one who threw this together, So tell me how all of this came about? Basically there was no way for a street wear brand from florida to showcase themselves so what better way than to just make one of our own. ya know? Homegrown shit. Are you happy how things turned out today? Im ecstatic man. Im just happy that the vibes are good. People out here chillin and enjoying themselves, I couldn’t ask for more. Chef / @mrdeadchef / Good Cooks Good Crooks Cultural Lifestyle Blog and Brand. We’re coming out of Orlando, FL. We’re just an embryo and we’re all growing together. How did GCGC come about? Well I’m a chef. Im a full time chef. And definitely a foodie at heart. and also Im very into street wear. And I wouldn’t call myself a Hypebeast but a Hypechef if you will. Like i love the taste. And from my palate to my clothing. Its part of the culture and lifestyle to kinda spotlight things that we think is dope from food, restaurants, to events such as this, to community barbecues that we throw for our demographic. How long has GCGC been running now? Like a year. How can people get ahold of your products and see your videos on YouTube? Mainly if you go to GoodCooksGoodCrooks.com that has everything. Thats our weekly blog post and updates, and its also where our volumes of episodes and cover stories that we’ve done on locations, new menu tasting items, on car shows, anything. YouTube.com/GoodCooksGoodCrooks and @GoodCooksGoodCrooks on Instagram Also, I know you had a part in bringing the Black Mxrkt Tradeshow into fruition, can you tell us about how the idea for The Black Mxrkt Tradeshow came about? Okay so me and Ed, Ed from Mxrkt, were at the NXLabel Barbecue, and we saw so many heads that were fresh. People were def like on the latest street wear trends and a lot of people were doing their own thing. So we figured, “How come no one has a following here?” Even people that have online sales, like internet buzz, they have no local following ya know? An example: Biggest and Baddest. They do have a local following but its not where it should be. We have a coast, no disrespect to the Fresh Coast, that is monopolizing on street wear. Through every fucking mall, every state, every region of the nation. So why can’t we have our own? And like at least come together. So I think its like synergy, or you know we’re all like here working together. This is also just an embryo and its only going to get bigger and better. And we’re traveling to Tampa, Gainseville, Jacksonville. This is just a seed , we’re planting trees. So be on the look out for more Black Mxrkt events. For sure. Like 100%. We’ve been thinking about planning the second one before this one even came. The turn out here today has been really good. Talking with people here today, I don’t think anyone expected it to be as big as it has been. Neither did we. We even held back on the radio ad we were going to plug. Yea, so even by word of mouth I think that the people who are just on the same page as ya’lll were down to represent and support and show Orlando and the Street wear culture that there is a community here and that people are trying to get out there. Definitely. Kenneth Castillo / @ TheBittenWolf @BittenWolfApparelCo / Bitten Wolf Tells us about Bitten Wolf. Bitten wolf was an idea that I created in high school and has come into fruition now. Its something that I like to come forth with as , You’re a wolf and you’re the alpha of the pack. But you’re not known or seen as the alpha because you’re bitten. Everybody knows that you’re bitten but the thing is is that you’re still a wolf inside at heart so at any point in time, you can come out and show them your prestige and show them that you’re still on top. How long has Bitten Wolf been running now? We’ve only been running for around 2 years. We are starting up in Orlando and we’re trying to get more known through the community and thats why we are here today and the Black Mxrkt Tradeshow. We’re just trying to get our social networking out to a public extent The line that you have presented today, is it a lot of newer stuff or is it a collection of things you’ve done in the past? Its a collection of our whole line from over the years. So we’re just showing everything we’ve done so far and how we’ve progressed into today. After we get all of this done, we’re going to come up with a whole new line of new prestigious stuff. How can people find your product and how can they get ahold of your clothes? They can always go to BittenWolf.com simple as that. We pay for shipping so you’re never going to get over charged for clothes. Whatever you pay for shipping is what we’re paying for shipping so we don’t overcharge you at any point. You’re just paying for shipping straight out. Jayso / @JuHeardJayso / THE HEMP CLUB NOVA / @INNOVAWETRUST / THE HEMP CLUB WILSON (OWNER) / @SLIMETENNA / THE HEMP CLUB @THEHEMPCLUB So tell me a lil bit about The Hemp Club? Nova: Basically we’re a local street wear brand. Our original concept is hemp in which we’re using a hemp and cotton mix which is like a 55/45 mix. The shirts are high quality. They feel thick but are light at the same time. Very wearable in all summer and fall. So you know its a good quality material. We have buckets coming soon. Our store is online, you can buy everything online. You can buy stuff in person, Just hit us up on instagram. We’re local Orlando, FL, we ship everywhere, so we’re def on the come up. How did THC come about? J-so: The hemp club really was from my man Wilson. It was born in his mind then he came to me with the design he was like “Man this is really something I really want to make happen, its a great idea.” and I told him “Man, thats brilliant! I love it. I love the concept. I love the foundation.” You know we really represent hemp, and the natural use of Marijuana of course, you know so we really like to put that out there. And we have a lot of pride in what we created here. Wilson is the birth of all of that there and he came to me and he came to Nova and was like “Look man, I need y’all help.” And you know we’ve been pushing it Nova: When they put me on I wasn’t even living in FL at the time, I was living in Las Vegas. and they were like “Can you help us gain exposure?” and it just grew from there. I started just helping as a hobby , it turned into a full operations position and you know we just moved from there. Its definitely something we built, nah sayin? We built it from the ground up. We’re still in our learning phases but we have a lot to grow from. Where can people find THC clothing and anything onine? Nova: If you’re in Orlando, you can find it locally at Up IN Smoke the smoke shops. Theres one on OBT and theres one on Landstarr. You can find it on our website on TheHempClubCo.com or you can follow us on Instagram. Leave a message on Instagram and we’ll get back to you within minutes. We’re pretty alert when it comes to selling. We’ll deliver, we’ll ship, whatever needs to be done. Oscar Nealba / @BarbaricaApparel / Barbarica : Laitin for Savages How did Barbarica come about? Basically my partner and I we were fortunate enough to do a lot of traveling around the world. And he was my roommate at the time in college. It all started for the love of aesthetics and culture. So we kinda did a lot of different traveling around Europe and Asia, and things like that. And basically the line and most of the concepts are based on our interpretations of certain cultural aspects of things that are going on in the world and things that are going on in the U.S. as well. Its a blend of American culture of like native, and tribal influences but at the same time theres a lot of asian, asian trends especially that are going on in the U.S. , and our interpretations of concepts of society. Now you mentioned to me earlier about how Barbarica collaborates with local artist to come up with your graphics. Can you talk a lil more about that? Another thing that we kind of started doing in the developing of the brand, since my partner and I weren’t necessarily illustrators in a sense, is we started almost a lil mini community of artist that we think depicts our concepts as well, you know. Through images and photography and things like that. So we work with a couple of artist in Miami and in Orlando and its kinda become a culture in itself. Cause now our collections are based on different peoples work in our vision. Its still developing but so far its been good. They like it. Its a way for artist to grow that may not have a sense of business savy entrapenor skills but are still great artist. They’re just not going to be discovered because of their situation Like an outlet for them. Exactly , So its just another opportunity for them, and for us. Where can people find your brand and get a hold of your clothing? You can purchase anything online at Barbarica.com or we have a couple boutiques in the southeast in Miami , working on a couple of things in Orlando, and in Brooklyn, New York as well. Chabo / @FIVETIECITY / FIVE TIE CITY Tell me a lil about Five Tie City? Well FTC is mainly a rap collective. We’re based out of Kissimmee, Florida. We’ve been making music for about 2 years now. And our merch that we have today at the tradeshow is something that started as band merch, which later turned into a clothing line on its own. So FTC is an actual rap group that turned into a clothing brand, Correct? Correct , yea. Where are you guys based out of now? We’re still in Kissimme, but we’re also doing work out here in Central Florida. And how long has FTC been up and running? We started back in December of 2011, so 2 to 3 years now. Where can people find FTC products and how can they get ahold of your clothing? If anyones interested in buying any merch they can go on FiveTieCity.BigCartel. com But if you want to keep up with any of the parties that we’re having or any shows, you can check us out on IG or Twitter @FiveTieCity. John Leo / @_Kult_ / Kult www.KulturedLife.com Can you tell me how Kult was started? Kult was started basically a few years ago. It basically represents the culture that we live in. Because in todays society we have a lot of Cultures and Subcultures with a lot of cult following. Which is where the Kult derives from in the brand. And we choose to spell it with a K just to add a twist and didn’t want to incorporate all the C’s in it. And K is a much cleaner and crisper look too. How long has Kult been running now? Kult was launched last year actually 11-12-13. It was launched as a full length brand. Before we did a lot of limited releases. But now we’re really focused on doing a full run. And today at the Black Mxrkt Tradeshow we’re just previewing our first season that was launched last fall. And you guys are based out of where? We’ll right now we’re based out of Orlando. We’re local. A lot of our work is done locally, but we have plans to expand here in a bit. We have a couple of Pop Up shows. We’ll be doing a series of PoP UP Shows across Orlando, and hopefully take it across the state and even Nation Wide. So just be on the look out for that. Ze'Brainchild Caddy Boudin / @FindTwlve / Find Twlve Marci Sanchez / @FindTwlve / Find Twve Caddy: FindTwlve is our vintage resale that we just started, actually we gave birth today. Marci: We launched on July 12, 2014. So we’re still very excited to be here. We’ll we’ll be dropping in late August online, so we’re are def looking more forward to that. Tell us a lil bit about FindTwlve. Caddy: Well what FindTwlve really stands for is , when you think you know something or find something, or when you think you found your knack in anything, you really haven’t, and you have to start all over again. Things go with time. The number 12, theres so much significance with the number 12 and we just want to bring these old garments new to life so we figured what better way to do that than to celebrate and encompass everything. So Find Twelve doesn’t necessarily make clothes. Marci: Nah, we’re a brand and merchandiser. We’re not cutting and sewing anything. Caddy: Not just yet. Marci: Yea not just yet. I mean that could be in the works for the future but right now we’re just definitely trying to market to everyone that loves vintage clothing. Not just that 1950’s Betty Crocker. Caddy: Oh MY God, yes we hate that. UUUUHHH! We like all eras and just want to show and shed light on to anything that has that like vintage / rebirth old into new. Thats just our aesthetic. Marci: Its just that continuation of the time. Theres a 12’o clock twice a day. So its just like lets get it. We’re excited. FindTwelve sounds dope. How can people Find-Twleve? Shout us out on twitter. @FindTwlve #twelve. Look forward to the website in August. Samie / @ HariKari #@LiveHariKari / Hari Kari We’re here representing Hari Kari rightt now. Started it two years ago with two of my best friends, and we grew up watching anime. So we decided, "Why not merge street wear and our love for anime together and create a clothing line". So who does most of the designs for Hari Kari? Right now me and my designer. His names Phelp. We collaborate on basically all of the designs. We sit down at a computer. Spend hours. [ha] Just going in on a design and we try to finalize on everything. Where are you guys based out of? We’re based out of Orlando. And Where can people find you guys online? You can find us on LiveHariKari.com Same as our twitter handle. Keane Ortiz / @Rituvl / Rituvl How did Rituvl Start? It was literally me and my friend. We wanted to start up a new clothing brand. He started with the name Rituvl, and we just kinda rolled on with that. and so on and so on. Now its like a year later and Im just here making all of the designs and everything So are you the main designer? Yes. Now the clothes that you have here today, are they your latest line? or Are they a collection of all the things you’ve produced? Well its only been a year, This is actually my entire collection right over here. I have literally some of everything. In fact, I have right here my very first.. Thats the first one? This is the very first one. As you can see theres a lot of progress within all of that. Where are you guys based out of? Based out of Orlando. Home grown thats wsup! Yes, exactly. Julio Garcia / @RollWhiteBoys / Roll White Boys Tell how Roll White Boys came about. I started working at a smoke shop. And everyday, I’d have just customers come in and ask me for a pack of white boys, because its what they call a pack of rolling papers, white rolling papers in the hood. So everyday man I was there, then my lightbulb just turned on. I asked the owner like,“Yo man, is there a company called White Boys?” he’s like “I don’t think so” . And I followed it man and just went to the trademark office, and they told me it was a 50-50 chance of getting the trademark, $1000 dollars, and I was like, “You know what? Screw it. Im going to take the risk.” I paid the $1000 and 6 months later I got the trademark. I know that you are a rolling paper company, but I see you have some apparel here too. Is Roll White Boys expanding into the clothing market? Yes, well right now we’re doing brand awareness with the apparel. Our papers are on the FDA approval process. Papers come out in 3 to 6 months. As a matter of fact yesterday, we made the 3 month mark with the FDA application. So they could give us a call as soon as Monday to as late as September. Its a 3 - 6 month approval process. So any day now we could be launching off our papers. But we also have the rolling lighter, which has a built in poker. So when you twist one up, instead of having to grab your keys, or having to grab a hair pin, or use your shoe lace to poke in the ends, you use this. Its also refillable. We also have rolling trays that we are developing right now. And we’re also developing herb shredders, rolling machines, pre rolled cones, and like 7 different lines of papers. Taking the rolling paper game up a level. Yea basically. Everything we do, we’re a lifestyle brand. We’re all about skating, smoking, BMX biking, underground music, graffiti. I have a graffiti background. And we’re all about the rolling culture. And where can people go to roll up a few Roll White Boys? www.RollWhiteBoys.com Ariel Hernandez / @PennyBrave / Penny Brave No Facebook , I don’t mess with that. And PennyBrave.com. So tell us a lil about Penny Brave. Aight so main concept, Penny Brave is actually my daughters name. My daughters name is Penelope Brave. When me and my wife found out we were having a girl, we decided to name her Penelope Brave, with her middle name Brave, that way, when she grew up, she would know she could do whatever she wants. Whatever dreams she had, be brave about it make it happen. So I was like, “Yo, lets call it Penny Brave!” It just stuck with me. Came up with a concept. Basically people who have dreams, they want to do something to go out and be brave about it. No matter what you Invest in, if its a penny, make it count. And that where Penny Brave came along. Thats dope. I don’t think any other brand has their company named after their daughter. How long has Penny Brave been up and running? Penny Brave itself, 2 years. And where are you based out of? Orlando based. And where can people pick up some Penny Brave? PennyBrave.com . Im not in any retail stores because I want to stay independent and I travel a lot, so thats where I get most of my exposure. Honestly, most of my exposure comes from outside of Florida than it does in Florida. Im way bigger in Canada, Cali, Texas, Arizona than I am in Florida. But doing events like these is whats helping me get known in my own town. Spreadsheets Dustin / @squatchbrand @OGSquatch / SquatchBrand : Handcrafted Bucket Hats What Is SquatchBrand? It’s a nickname I got when I was younger. Since I was just a huge kid and I stuck with it. I represent possibility , being able to do what you want. Turning ideas into reality. I never thought I’d be sitting here doing this. How did SquatchBrand come about? One day me and my friend were talking and said , “ Oh, It would be cool if we cold make that!” And I said , “Why Not?” I started making button up shirts. Took me 5 days to make that shirt, learn how to sew, and started making the hats. Then people started liking them, so I started selling them. How long has SquatchBrand been running now? About a year. Where are you based out of? Orlando, Florida. Born and raised. Biggest & Baddest Bo / @BuryRivals / Bury All Rival Styles : BARS How did Bury Rivals come about? I was chopping it up with Dr.AMA aka Dark Skinned Assassin, who is an affiliate with the Wu-Tang Clan. He said every time he grabs the mic he spits bars and so it just came about like that. How long has Bury Rivals been running now? For two years now. We used to be based in Staten Island, New York and moved down to Orlando last year. Who comes up with the designs / concept for all your t-shirts? Well our concepts come from all round competition and rivalry. Which has been going on for thousands of years. And our designs are designed that way. And I do all the designs. So what you have here today, Are these your latest designs or are they a collection of everything? We have a current and last seasons line. And were designing for the Fall and the Winter right now. And where can people find BARS? They can find it through our Instagram: @BuryRivals . Or they can check out our website. www.BuryRivals.com So there you have it. The Black Mxrkt Tradeshow is a wrap. Big ups to all the brands that were present. Give it up for Mxrkt, GCGC, NXLabel, Culture Climax and The Lazy Afternoon for coming together on this one. For those who were there, y'all know what it is. And for those who weren't, at least now you have an idea of what growing in your own backyard. Stay up on this shit and look out for these brands to keep getting more buzz than a bumble bee on a ganja tree. The Black Mxrkt Tradeshow Check out the entire set of photos from the Black Mxrkt Tradeshow : Here

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Shinobi Stalin is one of the dopest emcees coming out of the Ozone. Growing up on the east side of Orlando, I've known Shinobi for a long time. We grew up a neighborhood down from each other and shared interest in skateboarding and rap music. I've watched the beginnings of his career from his freestyle cyphers at Colonial to rockin sold out shows at The Social. Shinobi represents an era in rap that I grew up in, in which there are certain codes and rules one must follow in order to be respected as a real emcee. Coming out on Fly Def Music, Stalin talks about his history, what it's like to be an Ozone emcee, and his newest project, Invisible Man. We're sitting here with Shinobi Stalin of The Overlordz, Vets of Kin, and who else? Your mom. Word thats the illest rap group alive. But yea it's hot as fuck outside. How does someone get through a Florida summer? What should be in their survival kit? I would say…. a short towel, wife beater, and a friend with air conditioning. AC is your best friend. Yea AC is a must. And no matter where you go, don't go outside until after 5 o'clock. You don't want to touch the outside until after 5 pm. From 10am till 5 pm stay indoors. Its kinda like that Riddick movie when the sun comes out. Aww yea dude. Sometimes I'll be at my plantation job, like the sun will hit my face and it'll feel like im at the beach and im like 40 min away from the beach dude its nuts! I need SPF everything. Yea. So what is the Ozone? Ozone is Orlando. It was a phrase coined by umm …. this group N.I.T.E. shouts to X-144 creeper. It was a term they used to describe the city. Like, I just grew up with knowing that Orlando was Ozone. So it just kinda manifested itself into what it is. And you know if you want to dig deeper, fuckin Ozone in Breakin [his] name is Ozone. So there you go. Thanks for clearing that up. And what should people know about Orlando hip-hop? That its probably better than your music scene. To be honest, umm…We got a lot of dudes out here that can rap. That can really really rap.That are probably better than a lot of cats in a lot of other cities I've been. All up and down the East Coast , West Coast. Been to a couple spots in the Mid West. Ozone, Ozone emcees. We put in work! Theres a select few of us that Murder! Murder! MURDER! Vets of Kin murder. Doxside murders. Johnny Storm, One Shot …you know. A lot of dudes out here that just KILL EVERYTHING! Like we don't take what we get for granted cause we don't get any love, so. We have Miami 3 hrs away. So you know all of the shine in Florida goes down there. Why do you think a lot of Orlando talent is just overlooked? Location. I think it's location more than anything. And Orlando being a ….No one in Orlando is from here so our sound is kind of a mix of like the traditional east coast hip-hop, and then you have a whole other mix of the new school, if you want to quote-on-quote call it the Down South stuff. But we don't have our own sound because no one is from here. Orlando is a transient city. Everyone is from somewhere else. There are no true Orlando-nians. Theres only one. His name is Jake. My homie Jake. He was born on Chickasaw. Thats the only one I know. Everyone else if from somewhere else. As far as this room goes no one in here is from Orlando. Yea right. Im trying to think cause I was born in the Bronx. My whole family is from New York. I grew up here, thats what I always tell people I grew up here but, yea no. pshh Besides my homie Jake and Danny, I don't know anyone that was born out here. So true. Now how did you even end up in rap? I used to skateboard a lot, and you know that obviously. But we used to go skateboard at this park called Badlands back in the day and Swamburger from Solillaquist of Sound worked at the skatepark, and he always used to rap. And I was influenced a lot by the music they were playing. What happened is, when the parents were there, they would play a lot of rock and metal. You know the parents didn't really care. When they left….we'd start playing the hip-hop. The Reakwons, Tribe Called Quest nah mean, the Leaders of the New School, whatever. And thats what we would play when we skated. And Swam used to freestyle or whatever, and I watched my brother freestyle a couple of times and I always copied what my brother did, and basically me copying my brother made me an emcee. Big ups to Badlands. Yea rest in peace to Badlands fo real. What is your earliest memory of rap in general? Umm.. the Bronx. Riding around in my dad's rape van [haha]. Yea my dad had one of those vans with no windows like it had two tinted out windows. Like one of those white ones? Nah it was a blue one, but it was kit'ed out so he had like the little baby steering wheel, he had the foot [long] gas pedal, and he had a bed and a kitchen in it or whatever. But I remember riding around in that van and hearing 'The Message' on the radio, it would always just pop up and I would know the first verse. Like, 'The Message' was my song, that was my shit. How long did you live in New York? Not long, maybe like 4 or 5 years. And then I moved. basically I tell people I was born in the Bronx, but I started school here, I grew up here. I grew up in Orlando. What type of influences have shaped your style of rap and your craft? I would say ….. the East Coast. A lot of the East Coast, New York hip-hop really influenced how I rap, you know dudes like Nas, KRS, Showbiz and A.G., Boot Camp Clik, you know like, those type of emcees always influenced, and you got a couple of dudes on the West Coast like Ras Kass and stuff, but my whole shit was always that I wanted to sound dope on the beat. I never wanted to say the illest things and not sound ill. Like , there are a lot of dudes who say great shit, but cant rap on beats to save their lives. That's my main shit. If you hear me on a beat, you know I'm riding that shit. you know im good. Gotta finess the beat. Yea, a lot of these dudes just fuckin just…. They're walking through a line, they're just pushing people around to just, you know… "IM IN THE FRONT" YEA YEA its freaking ridiculous. Rhyme to the beat. What do you think about rap today? Are these new trends causing paradigm shifts or do you think it'll all come back around? It all has come back around if you look at it. You look at a lot of these younger cats that are coming out and they're, they're basically molding into a style of music that me and my brethren do, me and the Vets do. Its because these kids were born when that shit came out. Ya know, we're at a stage right now especially like my generation, we don't know whats hot cause we aint young no more. Right. And we're always shitting on them for fuckin doing what they do. But we're not in their cypher no more. We are here. we're supposed to just guide them like look. "Y'all are doing some cool shit but make sure you know, that this was fly back then, And for us, This was the type of shit that was fly". Recognize history type shit. Yea yea cause you know their back in the day is fucking 2000! you know 1998! 1999! "HOTT BOYYSS" YEA YEA That's their fly shit. Thats the shit where they're like " oh back in the day". When for us, our "back in the day" is fucking 1988. You know what im sayin, Rakim whatever BDP. Public Enemy. Thats our "back in the day". Its a whole different monster. We grew up when the shit was like, "IF ITS DOPE IT GOT PLAYED". They grew up where, If you had the money to play it, it got played and thats how you heard it. Whole other system. Yea then you know [now] you deal with internet. Your new album is called 'Invisible Man'. How did that come about? Theres a book called 'Invisible Man' by Ralph Ellison. The book is about, or the way I interpreted the book , I don't want to say what the book is about because the individual is always caught in circumstances that he has no control over. But, he's always kind of sitting in the back. He's never the forefront . You never know the person's name in the whole book. your just hearing about the shit he's getting involved in. He's kinda like a Patsy or he always ends up on the wrong side of the …he gets shafted or whatever. So I took that and I was looking at my situation for the past couple of years. And being from Orlando or just trying to be a regular dude getting on being honest with the craft im doing, you realize that your not getting noticed, your not doing certain things and you start to umm.. you start to do things different. But you keep getting the same results. You know what I mean? Yea. The Invisible Man shit is just a culmination of the time before, I would say about … right after the last album zombie school to now. Its just a capsule of that time where I felt like "You know what? No ones giving a fuck about what I'm doing so Im just going to do what the hell I want and we are just going to see if anyone notices." And who's on Invisible Man? We got Roc Marciano, Kap Kallous and The Vets of Kin. I usually just keep it family affair. The only new addition from Zombie School is gunna be Kap and Roc. But if any of us are doing an album …. The Vets. Thats it. Who's has production credits on Invisible Man? You got Replay from the UK. Shout out to my homie. Got Abbot, Tempermental, Robot Oxford, myself, SoyisReal…. Is that it? I swear thats it…. Is there somebody else? OH AND TONE BLAIR! What should people expect from your music? What type of message do you what them to take from listening to your art? I'd say Honesty. Thats all. Like I'm actually talking about shit that actually happens to me. Nothing, you know, besides the bragadosho "Im the greatest rapper you ever heard". Besides that, everything else is complete honesty. If im telling you a story, honestly its because I've been through it or somebody around me has affected me with the story that is being portrayed. Koo. Any last shout outs? Any last words you'd like to say? Karate?! Fuck shout outs. Nah but I just want to say that when you listen to music just always remember that you're the person that interprets it. Don't let your homeboys tell you cause they like some shit you should like some shit. Cause, its not how it works. If you're looking at art, art speaks to you it doesn't speak to him, it doesn't speak to anybody else so don't take the public's opinion on shit and decide if you like something or not. Go deep into it . Understand why you like it or why you don't like it. Thats the problem with a lot of cats nowadays is they'll sit back and be like "Oh I don't like it" Why don't you like it? "Oh you know, everyone said it was whack". Whatever. NO! You gotta give me valid reasons why you don't like it, or give me valid reasons why you like it. Study the shit you hate so when its time to talk, you have a decent argument. But yea, shout out to Ozone, shout out to Vets of Kin, Overlordz, Shinobi Stalin X REXsposure, karate chops to the face…. thats all. Listen to Shinobi's first album 'Zombie Skool' HERE. And look out for his newest project 'Invisible Man' coming soon.

Jeff is all smiles when it comes to having an R34 put in to his 240sx. Took a few photos of this black beauty, which you can check out HERE.

Been listening to this dudes music lately. Nice to see some diversity within the Orlando hip-hop scene. Listen for yourself HERE.

Shout out to Ben Sasso for the photos.

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