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WORDSMITH can claim many states and country’s around the globe his home. The son of a former Full Colonel in the Army, he has resided in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Delaware, Texas, Kansas and even Germany to name a few.
After moving around so much, Word found rap as an outlet when he started saving his lunch money each week throughout high school to buy classic tapes from Redman, Big L, Nas, Eric B. and Rakim, Jeru the Damaja, A tribe called Quest, Da Bush Babees, Krs One, Gangstarr, Das Efx, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, and his cousin Roc Marciano.
Wordsmith’s debut albums, Classic Material and Rockstrumentals, will be dropping on the same day in two separate genres of music. The hip-hop album, Classic Material, is somewhat of a throwback to the golden era of hip-hip (92-96) with its lyrical nature (Rakim), its revolutionary sound (Public Enemy), and storytelling roots (Slick Rick). The rock side of the album, Rockstrumentals, is a new age experiment between Rock and Hip-hop. Run-DMC may have done walk this way in the late 90's with Aerosmith, but this album takes a real MC and puts his lyrics to hardcore rock beats. Currently, Wordsmith is dropping his official mix album 730 Presents Wordsmith “Statements & Stipulations”
“Statements & Stipulations” is considered a mixtape; mix album and studio album all rolled into one. Building off of Wordsmith’s love for storytelling and old school cartoons, he put himself in the shoes of a rap super hero called “Wordsmith tha Great.” Through 4 episodes on the mix album; he has the task of saving the rap game from 3 MC’s poisoning Hip-Hop with the Pop Rap of today. Word battles the likes of MC Arsonist, who is responsible for burning all the greatest old school records ever created, MC Ginsui, who is the master of off-beat flows/rhymes that make no sense and have no concepts, and MC Wisdom, who has ties to Wordsmith and is the mastermind behind replacing the essence of Hip-Hop with Pop Rap.
18 original tracks deep, this project is very experimental by the variety of tracks touching the east coast/party heads (Ode to tha Pioneers & Pleasure Palace), west coast lifestyle (Hydrolic Theory), and down south crunk (Countdown). It is not in Wordsmith’s repertoire to do some of the tracks on this mix album, but the opportunity to touch the many places he’s lived was a welcomed challenge. Noticeable, Wordsmith is using this mix album as a platform to show the industry that he can create mainstream bangers along with potent album tracks. Continuing with the title of the mix album, Word also chose the title, “Statements & Stipulations,” as a means to make statements and place certain stipulations on the game with each and every track. Stocked with 3 to 4 legit singles, Wordsmith would like to set a new bar for DJ’s and MC’s dropping mixtape projects in the future. Moreover, Word’s love for classical beats and 90’s era hip-hop are not prevalent on this project, but his diversity and capability to do music that define a certain culture are in the forefront.
Wordsmith’s debut albums, Classic Material and Rockstrumentals, will be dropping on the same day in two separate genres of music. The hip-hop album, Classic Material, is somewhat of a throwback to the golden era of hip-hip (92-96) with its lyrical nature (Rakim), its revolutionary sound (Public Enemy), and storytelling roots (Slick Rick). The rock side of the album, Rockstrumentals, is a new age experiment between Rock and Hip-hop. Run-DMC may have done walk this way in the late 90's with Aerosmith, but this album takes a real MC and puts his lyrics to hardcore rock beats. Currently, Wordsmith is dropping his official mix album 730 Presents Wordsmith “Statements & Stipulations”
“Classic Material” is nothing but vintage hip-hop with a classical, yet, Jazzy overtone to its make-up. If I am not telling a story like some of the old greats (Slick Rick, Nas, Kool G. Rap) I’m talking about real life or the essence of being a real lyricist. This album had to flow with a classic feel to it, meaning everything from old school scratches to detailed rhymes can be found throughout the album.
I grew up on good MC’s and creative songs, but hip-hop is poisoned to the point that you cannot have a hit unless it is a pop crossover. I am trying to change that with this album; along the lines of what Kanye West is doing for hip-hop right now. I wrote this album without thinking of writing singles or certain tracks to please the industry right now. I wrote to expand the game and enlighten the world to what Rap use to be about. I want to bring back rap to the point that every MC is using their mind to create thoughtful tracks. In the future I hope this album will stand the test of time and be remembered as a landmark in rap history. This is Classic Material, hip-hop at its essence.
Initially, Wordsmith was going to release "Classic Material" as one album until the "Rockstrumentals" project came to light. The idea of putting a real MC over hard core/guitar infessed beats was an experiment well worth the challenge. Totally produced by Wordsmith's brother Professa, this rap/rock fusion turned out to be the creative element that can make this one of the most complete projects to this date. Two facts come to light with the release of this album, one being, this is the first rock album created strictly off of a Beat machine with no live bands and Wordsmith will be the first rapper to release Rock/Hip-Hop albums at the same time. The best result for these projects would be to convert the rock listeners into hip-hop fans and the hip-hop listeners into rock fans...
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