The Video:
In Moe Green's new video for "Top Turnbuckle Lifestyle," one of the singles off his debut album Rocky Maivia: Non-Title Match, the Vallejo-born rapper teams up with Brian Storm (partner of "KIM" director Myke Ward) for the Nick Maples produced track. Throughout the video Moe reigns over his environment with an aspiring air, generally acting as a focal point in scenes depicting elements of metropolitan life. When asked about the inspiration for the video the rapper says, "The song is just me documenting my progress and where I am going take my music career". The concept is not only seen but heard, with strong statements such as "I back up every word, wide open for discussion/ Pray to God every night that I make it...".
In this video, however, the young emcee is seen fading in and out of the frame and draws little to no attention from the crowds of people moving around him, a difficult image to convey as Moe tells it. "It was awkward rapping these verses in the middle of a busy bus station with everyone trying to see what we were doing." With the recent buzz surrounding the budding emcee he should start getting used to all the attention.
Watch the video for "Top Turnbuckle Lifestyle" here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohFK9kgb-cg
Moe Green, along with DaVinci, The Niceguys, Von Pea, Metermaids, Stalley, Big K.R.I.T., and more were featured on the Potholes x Prefix Summer Sampler, available today. Check it out here: http://potholesinmyblog.com/potholes-x-prefix-present-summer-sampler-compilation
Download Rocky Maivia: Non-Title Match (courtesy of Interdependent Media) here:
http://moegreen.bandcamp.com/album/rocky-maivia-non-title-match
Please contact Michelle or Dan if interested in talking with Moe Green.
Moe Green was recently featured in XXL Magazine's Show & Prove. Check out the feature below.
The Background:
The rap game is overflowing with aspiring new MCs, all crammed into a single ring fighting for that lone heavyweight title. One particular competitor who has fully dedicated himself to the good fight is 22-year old Moe Green from Vallejo, California. His forthcoming debut album, Rocky Maivia: Non Title Match, is titled after Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's first professional ring name and perfectly embodies Moe place in today's hip-hop circuit - the newcomer who is one day going to hold the championship belt. Like any fighter, years of training, dedication, and discipline are required to claim the top spot. Moe has been training for this his entire life. Having competed in speech and poetry meets growing up, Moe found himself genuinely attracted to the creative freedom music imparts early in his life, even writing rhymes in kindergarten with his childhood best friend and E-40's son, Droop-E. Listeners of Rocky Maiva can expect to hear tales from a young man from a hard hit city trying to find his way in the world the best he can. On growing from Rocky Maivia to one day standing amongst the greats, Moe says, "I need to win a couple belts first. I have to prove that I have the skill to do that and this album is like my wrestling debut." And so, the journey begins.
About Interdependent Media:
Founded in 2006 in the Bay Area by Evan Phillips, Interdependent Media has built unique strengths in the development, production, and marketing of recorded music via new methods of marketing and promotion. Armed with a comprehensive understanding of both traditional and emerging methods of marketing, iM has successfully created multi-faceted methods of raising awareness and interest in their projects. Industry veterans Ian "ID" Davis and Dominic Del Bene head operations at iM and are credited with discovering and/or developing artists such as 9th Wonder, Little Brother, Tanya Morgan, Blackalicious, Del the Funky Homosapien, the Hieroglyphics and more. In 2010, iM will be releasing multi-media projects from artists Donwill, TRUTHLiVE, Canibus, Von Pea, Moe Green, A-Plus, and more. For more information, please visit http://www.imculture.com
|
