Hip hop has been in my system since the early 80's. My older brother Jamal Rahman & his homie Jerelle Steele had a BIG influence on my love for the culture. It was Jamal who introduced me to 80's hiphop radio station WKIE hosted by El Bravador(legend in Richmond Hip hop). It was Jerelle who wrote my first rhyme that went like this:"Im kid death & i am the best, i pull all the girls especially Celeste(my adolescent girlfriend at the time.lol). If it wasn't for those two, the world would not know Lil Roc. period
My father, the honorable Dawud Bilal Rahman, played the acoustic guitar my whole life. Jamal took a liking to the same instrument and taught himself how to play it. Jamal could play certain tunes on the guitar and translated that talent to a piano keyboard. When we were young, we use to sing and mimic old Motown songs that my father use to sing to us. We thought the music was so special back then. The movie,"The Five Heartbeats,"directed by Robert Townsend was something that my father wanted us to see so bad. He dropped us off at the movie theaters(alone) to see the classic. He figured that we need to see how the music business work before we took a jab at it.
Lets fast forward it to the present. Pass the local success with The SupaFriendz. Pass the fall outs that all artists experience on the regular. Jamal, now the "beatmaker," as created music for some of the top artists in the Richmond,VA area for about 10 years now. Jamal realized that he needed to put out a compilation album to show the world what he can do. Any producer can loop a sample, but only a great producer can create magic. With the help of myself, Jamal is putting together a masterpiece of hip hop music with some of VA's top artists. There are alot of songs going through negotiations, so I'm not going to give out any featured artist's names at the present time.(that's another blog.) But, be on the look out for Jamal "E.J.W"(or E.J Dubb) Rahman's album titled, "It'z Time:Volume 1"...coming soon!!!! Go Live.
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