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ARTISTRÉ: Maintaining the core roots of a deteriorating art form at all costs

My name is Eric Moore, Jr., I hail proudly from South Georgia, and I am the vessel of singing, poetry, rap, writing, producing, dancing, beat-boxing, fashion, and art, we've always been.

In the more than 15 years since the last Clipse album hit the shelves of record stores, the music world has been upended several times over. “You see great rappers all the time,” Pusha-T says, before contrasting he and his older brother Malice with those who are not truly of the culture. “But there's something a little off about it.” Let God Sort ‘Em Out has no such problems. Over 13 taut, kinetic beats from longtime collaborator Pharrell, Pusha and Malice exorcise demons and catalog areas of personal growth—without ever sacrificing the menace and minimalism that made them legends of the genre. It is a master class in maturing without abandoning one’s core identity, but rather deepening it, making it more three-dimensional. “The fact that it has remained viable for so long has allowed me to say, ‘Hey, this must be meant to be,’” Malice says. Let God Sort ‘Em Out is an instantly unforgettable contribution to the duo’s catalog, and to hip-hop writ large, filled with the type of razor-toothed exercises that made Clipse icons in the first place. Take the taunting “Inglorious Bastards” or “Marie Kondo,” which scoffs at “60-day stars and 20-year thousandaires.” The beats, which Pusha describes as “polarizing,” are urgent, technicolor, and hold plenty of space for the vocal to become the track’s most important instrument. The need to be authentic is paramount, but it’s also natural to these two. Perhaps Malice puts it most clearly: “Nothing else works for us.”

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Dopeboy Ra…. Artist, Producer, Dope Republic Inc…  Born Rodriquez Smith, business-savvy, and street smart, these are only a few words that describe the rap game's phenomenon. His life reads like a compelling novel about a young man struggling to survive, spending half his youth under the guidance of his grandmother and the remaining half being raised by the streets. Atlanta-born and bred reigning from the infamous Zone 3 all the way to Zone 6, this promising athlete enjoyed football and attending school until problems at home and street temptations led him astray.

A product of a working-class family, Dopeboy Ra was raised by his grandmother and the streets equally. Witnessing the lowly-behavior that often comes along with deprived living condition caused him to grow up fast, not giving him the opportunity to make a lot of childhood friends.
Instead, the self-admitted attention-craver found companionship in his older brother and cousins who as he stated "were living the life I wanted to lead." Even though their hustle-by-day and party-by-night lifestyle attracted his young eyes, it was the music they listened to that intrigued him the most.

Citing 2Pac as the first artist that captured his full attention, Dopeboy Ra was also exposed to the likes of Southern Hip Hop icons Outkast, UGK and 8Ball & MJG. Before long, the youngster was memorizing the raps, which lead to him writing his own. So instead of spending time in class, he was either on the block or in the studio, learning as much as he could about the music business. Once he was able to navigate his way around the sound boards, he began recording. Initially, his songs were just unformatted freestyles over tracks but, as time progressed, Ra began to see his potential and how much the street life didn't have to offer him.

Therefore, he studied the art of making music by observing local producers and upcoming artists. Although Ra’s life has been filled with many hardships, he was dedicated to change his situation and confident that his musical talent will be the vehicle that drives him into the speakers of hip-hop music lovers around the world. Ra vows to live his life reaching for the top because the bottom is just too crowded.

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