I AM UNCLE LOU. CARHARTT MOB. FOREVER WITH ME IS MY BIG BROTHER BINGHI AND NYAHBINGHI IS THE FOUNDATION OF EVERYTHING WE DO. I AM NEW YORK. WHEN PEOPLE HEAR ME SPEAK ALL THEY HEAR IS NEW YORK. BORN IN NEW YORK CITY, RAISED IN QUEENS (WOODSIDE, JACKSON HEIGHTS, CORONA AND ELMHURST) FROM THE ERA OF THE RED 7 TRAIN AND SUBWAY TOKENS. LISA PAGE BEEPERS AND CALL BACK PAYPHONES. SEEN THE METS TAKE IT IN 86 AND STILL CALL CITIFIELD SHEA. STILL CALL THE JACKIE ROBINSON THE INTERBORO AND THE RFK BRIDGE THE TRIBORO UNTIL TODAY. WHEN YOU COULD COP A LOOSIE ON ANY CORNER AND GET A NEWPORT FOR A QUARTER. PURPLE TAPE, ILLMATIC, REASONABLE DOUBT, READY TO DIE, THE INFAMOUS AND THE WU WAS AND STILL IS LIKE A SOUNDTRACK TO MY LIFE. CLASSIC SHIT, WHEN RAPPERS WERE STILL HUNGRY AND WASN'T AFRAID TO SAY THEY WAS BROKE. TOLD STORIES ABOUT THEIR FAMILY AND REAL LIFE SITUATIONS AND THE STRUGGLE THEY BEEN THROUGH. BACK WHEN RAP WAS REAL AND IT TOOK A LIFE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER THAT FIRST ALBUM WITH EACH TRACK CREATED THE ARTIST GAVE THE LISTENER A PIECE OF THEIR LIFE AND OF THEMSELVES. NOWADAYS THEY MASS PRODUCE GENERIC GARBAGE LIKE ITS ON AN ASSEMBLY LINE AND WAREHOUSE THAT COOKIE CUTTER BULLSHIT LIKE COSTCO. THATS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT QUANTITY BEFORE QUALITY. FUCK IT THOUGH. THATS WHY I SAY, FUCK RAP. I DONT EVER WANT TO GET SIGNED, I BUILD BUILDINGS FOR A LIVING. I MADE AN ALBUM BY ACCIDENT. I JUST PUT TOGETHER A HANDFUL OF MUSIC THAT I MADE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT I LOVE TO HEAR. SO THIS IS THE ANSWER TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT ASK THE SAME QUESTION AFTER LISTENING TO MY MUSIC AND WONDER WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU NOT SIGNED OR WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH IT? HERE IT IS, IM GIVING IT AWAY. STEAL IT, DOWNLOAD IT, MAKE A COPY A OFF A COPY FOR YOUR FRIEND TO COPY. BOOTLEG IT. LOVE IT. HATE IT. KEEP IT. LOSE IT. SHIT, IF YOU CAN FIND A MUTHAFUCKA DUMB ENOUGH TO BUY, START SELLING THE FUCKING THING AND PUT YOURSELF IN THE CREDITS AS DISTRIBUTION. JUST KNOW THIS, I DIDN'T MAKE THIS MUSIC FOR ANYONE BUT MYSELF. THERE WAS NO TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC, CONSUMER IN MIND, MARKETING BULLSHIT OR FORMULA OR INDUSTRY POINTS, RULES OR STANDARD. EACH SONG IS DEEPER THAN JUST THE BEAT AND THE RAP. EACH SONG WAS MADE WHEN THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON IN MY LIFE AND EITHER I SPOKE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, MY FAMILY FRIENDS, EXPERIENCES OR FELT HAPPY, DEPRESSED, SERIOUS, SILLY, DRUNK, HIGH OR SOBER. WITH EACH SONG I REMEMBER WHERE I WAS. WHAT WAS GOING WITH ME AND WHO WAS THERE. EACH SONG IS A MNEMONIC DEVICE ATTACHED TO A MEMORY. A TIME. A PLACE. A PERSON. A FEELING. A STORY. ITS LIKE WHEN YOU LISTEN TO A SONG ON THE RADIO THAT BRINGS YOU BACK TO A SPECIFIC PLACE AND TIME. SOMETIMES MUSIC IS MORE THAN JUST MUSIC. IT'S DEEPER THAN THE LYRICS ON THE TRACK THE BEAT AND THE ARTIST. THE DEFINITION OF MUSIC IS AGREEABLE SOUND. IF ENOUGH PEOPLE AGREE THAT THE NOISE THEY HEAR IS MUSIC THAN THATS WHAT IT IS. JUST LIKE PAPER MONEY, THE ONLY REASON A HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL IS WORTH A $100 IS BECAUSE WE ALL AGREE THAT THIS PIECE OF PAPER IS WORTH THAT. I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. POWER COMES IN NUMBERS AND HISTORY IS WRITTEN BY THE WINNERS. CHANGE COMES FROM DISSATISFACTION AND YOU CAN ONLY EXPERIENCE TRIUMPH BY GOING THRU THE TERMOIL. TO FEEL PLEASURE YOU MUST FEEL PAIN. EVENTUALLY THE SUN WILL COME OUT AND WASH AWAY THE RAIN. IN THE WORDS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI, “ART IS NEVER FINISHED, ONLY ABANDONED”.

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UNCLE LOU - CARHARTT MOB
MAHARAJI OF RAP - SHIESTY HEIGHTS / GROUP HOME
RONNEL JENKINS - DUES BEEN PAID
LUI G - THE PROPHET - U4iK
NYAHBINGHI FOREVER






                                                                                 


Carl Banks is a melodic nomad, often picking up lyrical ideas from adventures found after scratching the rambling itch. With an open-minded ear for good storytelling and without bias for genre, Carl pools his influences from a wide variety of artists. A musical raggedy man of sorts, he is most comfortable with guitar in hand and blues harp in the rack playing for 1 to 1000.

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Hailing from Queens, N.Y. Music producer/artist– LBDat is set to continue the Queens legacy with his scorching hot tracks.  Working with artists from other groups his unique production is in high demand.  Show casing his various skills and delivering something new to hip hop, LBDat plans to share his versatility with independent label Inc.”Ya Heard Entertainment”.

In addition he has numerous appearances on Video Music Box, Telamundo and was featured on mixtapes by DJ Don Demarco and DJ Young.

This year alone he has opened up for K. Michelle and Mack Wilds and received rave reviews for his performance at NYC’s Santos Party House,  Nocturnal Night Club, and Starlets.

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