Bio

The evolution of the music industry, though it successfully merged rap and r&b into a "hip-hop" culture still and yet failed to preserve the aspect of music that brought to the people not just the mishaps of hard times and hard living, but love for the art and respect for the music through which it was being brought.Beyond the aimless attempts made by labels who think perhaps too much about the money, who deliver songs that carry no meaning or substance beyond that needed to promote/endorse another company, arises one who started first rapping in Black History talent shows in 1991. His lyrics over the years graduated through the stages of development and began to flow along more current perspectives dealing with life experiences and struggles faced in day to day living.Being raised by a single mother, it was easy to get caught up in the streets but an already then blooming artist/producer Soulga Shoez was able to generate the morals and lessons learned in life and even the costs of those not learned,into a sound that lays in tune with the FEEL of the struggle.It was in 1991 when he was the one and only first mic of the group Tyger Hill(then known as Y.S.B.)and continued performing in talent shows through the years, heavily influenced by hip-hop in the north, which set the gangsta rap scene on the East Coast in the 90's. By 1997, he refused a deal to record "We Wilin'" in Atlanta with the group, because,"It was bass music, and I didn't want to debut my style which was made of pure rap hip-hop or my image for the first time as a bass artist..."He was also under Wildstyle Records label for three years until he found that the label seeked to change his format. So, he went from there continuing writing and recording alone keeping hip-hop as his focus and went on to build what now is known as SoundCity Studioz(then Staircase Entertainment)in 1999. Over the years he has worked to create and even establish a sound that is hands down unlike any other and is currently CEO/Executive Producer of SoundCity Studioz/Big Town Gangsta Productionz,which is explained by the combination of hip-hop keys and melodies with dirty south basslines, screaming horns and singing strings,arrangement of "instruments" as opposed to "sounds" with signature Florida bass to create what is called a "G Beat",which allows(when laced with the stories of hard times and life's lessons inspired by the streets)Soulga Shoez to "bring it to ya live like it's t.v." The sound that he generates pulls from the busy scene of the northern streets, to the backroad more laid back scene,at the same rate, of the south,which creates the feel of the "gangstas". He says,"I like to try and paint a picture with what I'm saying to bring them closer to me and get them more in tune with the message as much as they are with the music...". Though many records are accounted for and many promos as well, Soulga Shoez has yet to receive due credit for his time spent through the years in the rap/music business as well as to release his first album under his independent label.Be not surprised that he produces such a newer shade on the spectrum in the realm of rap."I make it laid back.So you can ride to it,too,and just chill if you want to.If you know how to take it, it's adjustable to the situation..." No matter what, as long as he's on the Triton,referred to by him as his "wings", one thing we know is certain- "SOUNDCITY" will always be the case when in the studio...