Holla-Day Season Cont'd

Today's gift comes from an emcee out of the AZ by the name of Savant from the group RAREBREED with the Delayed Entry EP.... (I guess that's why I posted it late, huh? lol) Read the bio then click here to download:



Artist Name: Savant of RAREBREED

Mini artist bio: Tucson, AZ resident, by way of El Paso, TX and Chicago, IL, Gregory "Savant" Daggett has always possessed a passion for music and literary arts. Involved in general music since age 7, and a trumpet player since age 10, he wasn't officially exposed to hip hop until age 12. Although no particular emcee caught his ear right away, he was intrigued with the entire concept of an individual or a group of people speaking over instrumentation in an intensely rhythmic lyrical form, oftentimes telling semi-autobiographic tales relating to a fictionalized counterpart. He became inspired to write and partake of the art of emceeing after hearing the 1999 classic "Black on Both Sides" by Dante Smith and honed his emceeing chops at the lunch room ciphers of Chicago high schools Whitney M. Young Magnet and George Washington Carver. He has since dedicated every verse, every bar and every word to achieving the ever elusive sense of balance in this hallowed art form. His debut release, "The Delayed Entry EP" serves as proof.

Dont forget u can also check Savant out @ :
http://myspace.com/savantofRAREBREED
http://facebook.com/savantRAREBREED
http://youtube.com/savantRAREBREED
http://twitter.com/savantRAREBREED
http://nerdyrottenscoundrels.com

Holla-Day Season

Your next gift comes from an artist called Rootsology. Unfortunately I can't post her entire album but you CAN purchase it from cdbaby.com. Here's a short bio:


A Neo Spoken Wurd artist with music that caters to all ethnicities and ages. Rootsology started writing at an early age from circumstances that would change her world forever. She teamed up with 3 guys in 1999 to form a band called A Group Called Karma. Three CD's later, the group went seperate ways. Rootsology kept going strong. Her 1st CD Coffee Shop Talk 1: Decaffeinated came out in 2007 and now she's back with the follow up CD called Coffee Shop Talk Too: Caffeine To Brains

It somehow keeps your mind wondering, feet stomping, ears open to what is in store. Caffeine to Brains speaks on topic from sunshine to rain and its guaranteed that once you hear the music and the message that is delivered you will be pleased!!

Buy new CD now
http://cdbaby.com/cd/rootsology1
www.myspace.com/rootsologyisme (Music page)

Holla-Day Season

Alright readers! Today's gift is an EP from one of my favorite artists, someone I have the priviledge to call a personal friend of mine! C Dot The Catalyst and her Forced to Freestyle Mixtape: Read the bio and download the mixtape here!

Artist Bio: Texas resident via Chicago, IL and Minneapolis, MN, Charity Clay calls herself "The Catalyst" for two reasons. The first is due to her desire to be a force for change by upholding a high standard for lyrical skill and rhythmic delivery in her music. The second is to push forward her belief in the power of love, as she believes it to be the major force for change in everything. She is driven by this love for Hip Hop that began as an infatuation in 1989 with introduction to such groups as A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and Salt-N-Pepa, and such solo artists as Rakim, Ice Cube, Yo-Yo and MC Lyte. At a young age, the emcee known to most as C Dot Clay or simply C Dot was intrigued by the narratives and delivery of these aforementioned emcees fusing the poetry of self expression and socio/ political commentary and the incorporation of musical samples from the soul, jazz, rock and R&B that she was raised on. For her, Hip Hop was the perfect combination of the two. She began as many emcees do, reciting the lyrics of her favorite artists and began building her own album collection in 1996 with the purchase of her first album, "Beats Rhymes & Life". Using that album's title as a mantra, she began to study popular artists of the era; most notably Nas, Common, Lauryn Hill, Jay-Z, Black Thought, AZ, Missy Elliot, Busta Rhymes, Andre 300 and Bahamadia. Not until her first year at Chicago's DePaul University did she try her hand at rhyme writing and in 2003, after suffering injuries in a car accident that ultimately would end her college basketball career, she began to focus more on writing as a cathartic process to deal with the physical pain and emotional trauma surrounding the incident. It wasn't until her senior year that she began to share her written material with friends, who, impressed with her skills encouraged her to consider writing and performing more seriously. In 2007 as a graduate student at Texas A&M, she recorded her first songs at a home studio of a friend that she'd met while performing at local open mic sessions. Since then she has worked tirelessly honing her craft to insure a quality product is provided to her listeners and in May 2009 she released her debut project "Forced to Freestyle". The debut, laced by Philadelphia beatsmith Aeon, chronicled her recovery from a car accident in January that left her physically unable to write and is a collection of raw, unmixed and unedited freestyles. Her next release,tentatively titled, "The Smokey Winston Project", is slated to drop in early 2010 and is a collaborative project with Chicago based producer Smokey Winston. She is also collaborating with many up and coming artists and continuing to carve our her place as a "catalyst" in Hip Hop as we enter this millennium's second decade.

Holla-Day Season Begins!

I thought I'd start the Holla-Day season off with something special something new from an artist you may or may not have heard before. From Germany by way of Africa, she's one of the hip-hop generations best-kept secrets. Her name is Nneka. With a mixture of conscious lyrics and soft vocals, one would be quick to compare her to Lauryn Hill. However her personal struggles and lyrical content would most definitely set her apart. Here it goes!J. Period and Nneka - The Madness (Onye-Ala) Download Here!

Just a quick announcement

As a special holiday treat for my readers I thought I'd post a different mixtape everyday for you guys to listen to and enjoy. Some may be from people you know, others from people you don't. Don't ever say I didn't give you anything!


And Before I forget... lemme give you a song of the day!


Raekwon - New Wu Ft. Ghostface Killah, Method Man

RAEKWON THE CHEF | MySpace Music Videos

Mixtape of the Week: Idle Warship - Party Robot

Download Here!

Album Review: Melanie Fiona - The Bridge

One of my favorite new voices is the beautiful Guyanese-Canadian songstress Melanie Fiona. You may remember her from last weeks triple play song of the day. People far and wide seem to be thinkin that both hip-hop and R&B are dying.... But these are people who depend on the radio for their music. Granted Melanie had a radio smash with "Give It To Me Right", but for whatever unfortunate reason there was no follow-up single. I know her album is physically set to release till Nov 10 (Go get it) but it's been available on iTunes for a few months.

Melanie isn't your usual club-hoppin pop princess which may be the reason she's not on the radio much. Instead she's remniscent of the days where you couldn't tell the different from R&B or soul. A very natural voice that doesn't need the help of autotune (as made evident in the Subway Series videos posted last week).This is an album you just hit play on and leave alone as every song will evoke a different emotion from you. It's definitely worth your $10.

Score 9/10

W.A.W. Faves:

Give It To Me Right - Melanie Fiona

Sad Songs - Melanie Fiona

You Stop My Heart - Melanie Fiona