Back from the dead to rap my rhymes and mess things up for that punk Dr Dre and his boyfriend snoop dog or lion whatever the hell he calls himself snoop lion now cause he a punk anyways I love you  all and I will be putting my beats out as much as I can first I gotta go find my 63 impala cause I know someone has it alright yall Easy does  it

Formed in Florida, Matchbox Twenty entered the world with a blockbuster -- 1996's YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU. The debut set spawned five hit singles -- "Push," "3 am," "Real World," "Long Day" and "Back 2 Good" and snagged an RIAA Diamond Award certification for U.S. sales exceeding more than 12 million to date. Thomas also raised the band's profile by co-writing and singing on Santana's Grammy Award-winning 1999 smash "Smooth." Matchbox Twenty maintained the momentum with MAD SEASON in 2000 and "MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE in 2002, both of which went multi-platinum and continued to spit out hits such as "Bent," "Unwell," "If You're Gone," "Bright Lights" and "Disease."

But after three albums of hard work and equally hard touring, Matchbox Twenty was ready for a break. Thomas released a pair of Top 5 solo albums which contained several #1 singles, Doucette worked with his band The Break and Repair Method and wrote film music, while Cook led the New Left. The hiatus not only renewed Matchbox Twenty as a band but also seasoned the individual members even further as they came back together for 2007's EXILE ON MAINSTREAM, a greatest hits collection that sported six inspired new tracks which were co-written by the band for the first time ever and included their biggest selling single to date “How Far We’ve Come”. 

In addition to more than 30 million records sold worldwide, Matchbox Twenty has also earned countless accolades, including five Grammy nominations, four American Music Award nods, the 2004 People’s Choice Award for “Favorite Musical Group, and they were named “Best New Band” in the 1997 Rolling Stone Readers Poll.

After EXILE ON MAINSTREAM's Top 5 success, Matchbox Twenty continued the collaborative process as it headed towards NORTH. The romantic "Overjoyed," according to both Thomas and Doucette, was "the first time we felt like we had something special”. Kyle Cook took lead vocals on the incredible ballad "The Way," which he and Doucette penned together. "She's So Mean," meanwhile, represents a "storytelling exercise" during which Thomas, Doucette and Cook sat around a microphone free styling lyrics that they eventually sculpted into the cautionary tale about a hard-to-handle woman who Doucette promises bears no similarity to anyone in the group members' real lives. Listening deeper to NORTH reveals even more different nuances, approaches and feels because of the group-writing dynamic.
 
"Matchbox Twenty is pretty all-encompassing," Doucette says. "Once it gets rolling, we just devote all our time and energy to that. I can speak for everybody on this; it's the thing we hold the most dear because it's the thing we built the longest, so we want to give it its due. We don't make records that often anymore, so when we do we want to devote our time and energy to not only doing it; but also bringing that music to the fans."

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JackSounds is a producer, recording artist, and audio engineer from the Boston area, known for blending hip-hop, electronic, and R&B with heavy drums, layered synths, and sharp, introspective lyrics. His sound balances underground grit with polished production—rhythmic, precise, and unmistakably his.

A lifelong musician, Jack was gifted his first drum kit at age four and studied under legendary educator Gary Chaffee by nine. He picked up piano and began experimenting with recording—laying down his first rap on cassette using the built-in mic on a boombox. That early spark turned into high school freestyles, local studio sessions, and eventually, a commercial-grade home studio built in 2014.

Initially influenced by the EDM and trap-heavy SoundCloud wave of the early 2010s, Jack continued releasing music and building momentum through live performances at venues like Simon’s 677 (Providence, RI) and Sonia (Cambridge, MA). His sound evolved further under the mentorship of acclaimed producer and engineer Steve Catizone, working out of Sanctum Sound and other professional studios throughout Boston to refine his technical approach to production.

His first major moment of exposure came in 2020, when he produced the beat for Just Juice’s single Smoke, which landed on Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist and was featured in an Instagram video by NFL star Patrick Mahomes. Most recently, in August 2024, he released his newest album, It’s Not All Sunshine and Rainbows.

My debut album 'The Wrong Side of 25' out 11th July. Listen below or find out more here 👇
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A rising rapper from south-east London, Raiza is one of the most promising talents in the UK’s underground hip-hop scene.  He first broke through with the EP ‘Limbo,’ featuring the single ‘Way Back,’ which received extensive airplay from BBC.  With the follow up EP ‘Mind Trip,’ he has officially announced his arrival.  ‘Mind Trip’ is a three part release, influenced by everything from grime and trap to soul and R&B.  Raiza continues to grow as a performer, producer, and writer with every new release.  Expect to hear much more of him in 2023 and beyond.

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