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Contact:IcontheMicking.CON the Mic King has been on the scene for a minute now, and takes a break from his busy schedule to give us some incite.Salt Lake City, Utah this morning on a red eye flight after showing more of the midwest that I'm a true Jedi Knight.Matter fact, I'ma put him on blast, this kid Lindsay aka "Deeps" canceled our Dallas show and didn't tell me or my booking agent in advance so we bought plane tickets and all this to Dallas from El Paso to make it to the show on time and we get there and heads are telling me it's canceled.In the end that situation got handled, but I would suggest that no one book anything with him...I've done in my career I've never showed up to a venue where my DJ needed to provide chords to hook his equipment into the house system.However on the upside of things I got to connect with a lot of the fans, make some new ones, get Awar some much deserved shine and chill with my Ground Opening family.So it was still worth it.How were the recent June shows?It was Dos Noun and myself and we just did ur midwestern dates.In some ways it was better than June in other ways it was worse.It was a lot of riding the devil's chariot (greyhound) with the bottom feeders of society.ONe, what is the one thing that makes or breaks your performance?It doesn't even have to be a lot of people.That's enough for me to have fun with it.People think that there are these set magical things you do as an MC to always "Move the Crowd" and I'll tell you as a highly energetic emcee who has rocked hundreds of shows that's not the case, the crowd is either gonna feel your sh** or not, sometimes it is not in your control at all.So that really is the deciding factor of whether the show is gonna be tight or not because I'm practiced and experienced I'm gonna come with the heat regardless.Straight out of the rumor mill, I've heard accounts that you're blood related to PackFM and have beef with him?Any alleged "beef" or disagreements you may have heard about would be a family issue and would be dealt with as such.What's your opinion of people who compare you to MosDef and Common?In your biography, we learn you're a college dropout.Let me preface this by saying I had been teaching myself various computer programming languages since 7th grade and I'd make my little games and it was fun.Do you recommend leaving education to follow your dreams?Alaska said "You're bout as hard as Bob Dole with no viagra...Perfecto battled me with a verse that had mostly CON words in it.Yeah in 2000 I was approached by a major label but I was on my "independent as fu**" kick back then and I wouldn't return their calls.And what will it take to reach the rest of your potential audience?"So I honestly don't know who I'm making an impact on.That is what I'm attempting to do so I just make my music and do my shows and whoever likes it likes it.For readers who've never heard your music, how would you describe an iCON record?It's not something I seek out but I'm definitely willing to judge or host worthwhile battles.So it's something I'm open to.Many artists like to make a fuss about their upbringing as inspiration to their art.That's not something I've focused much on in my music up to now; at least not directly.My childhood just made my worldview less limited than the average rapper.Sh**, I went to Disney World and Disney Land, holler!What I need the fans to do more than anything at this point is to spread the virus.So I need the fans to spread the word about me.Go head and burn your favorite songs of mine and give em to some of your friends with my website written on it.Also pick up my current releases at your local record store and if they don't have them ask them to order it.Right now "Intricate Spectrum" EP is available on Beyond Space Entertainment so that's what your local store needs to cop for you.I'm down to do whatever it takes but I need heads to meet me half way.Other than that, I just want to thank everyone and everything that has gotten me to this point and I want to thank everyone and everything that will get me where I'm going in advance."Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.Persistence and Determination alone are omnipotent."New Lil Wayne "Tha Carter 3" Tracklisting LeaksYung Berg "The Business" feat.Katt Williams' Cuz Suspected Of Murder, Comic Currently On TourRadio Station KPTY Party 104.Music Group To Buy Death Row Catalog?Raptalk's Styles Interviews Yukmouth For AllHipHop.Dub MD: iCON The Mic King, What's good?Dub MD: For those who don't know, could you just give a short review of what you've experienced in your rap career up until now?CON The Mic King: A short review?In any event I'm very happy to be here and I just want to see it grow.Dub MD: Coming from Philadelphia, what do you think of the Philly music scene right now?CON The Mic King: I don't.CON The Mic King: Hip Hop is reaching a critical mass where the fans are getting very sick of the bullshit.With the advances in technology making everything so easy to get, it's become a lot easier to decide what it is you DON'T want so pretty soon people are just going to stop picking up the garbage altogether.Hip hop is not dead, it's just the bullshit part of it is about to have a very rude awakening.Dub MD: Do you have any new projects in the works?Other than that I'm considering doin an Electronica record just to try out something different.CON The Mic King: I'm not all that into collaborating but I'm hoping to a song on this record with Yarah Bravo.She's pretty amazing to me.Blastah Beats is handling all the production on this record.So far they are doing a lot to take me to the next level but I want to see what else can be done.Dub MD: Besides rapping are you planning to branch out into any other things besides doing rap music?CON The Mic King: I'd be interested in acting but I'd want to do it right, hone my craft before I did anything.CON The Mic King: If it was up to me, I'd perform 360 days a year and hit everywhere in the world.But really it's not up to me, it's up to whether or not these promoters believe I have fans in these locales.This video will appear on your blog shortly.Thank you for sharing this video!This video has been added to your favorites.Please login to add to favorites.The video has been added to your playlist.Please login to add to flag a video.This video has no Responses.Be the first to Post a Video Response.Icon The Mic King blind folds him self and gets...TPMtv: Let's End on a H..."YouTube recommends upgrading to a safer, modern browsersuch as Firefox.First of all thanks for the coverage, I appreciate ugsmag.They call me iCON the Mic King.That track literally blew me away (the best sample change up ever in a rap song).Actually, I went to high school with Ceschi and David.Ceschi is literally the first person to take me to a studio and then he used to let me borrow his four track and I started making music that way.David was the drummer and Ceschi played everything else.Shoshin came into the fold later I met him at a radio station and we started a group called Konsentric Circles.The four of us actually have a considerable amount of material from the old millennium.Shouts to David he got recognized as one of the top 5 progressive drummers in the world in some drumming magazine recently.After hearing that song I was really excited to hear some solo work.We all lean toward the more experimental end when we do stuff together.The rhymes too complicated and multilayered, too many words in the bar, the beats not engaging enough.With that said you can expect good music.You mentioned we are in the 3rd Renaissance.With their ability to download crippling the major labels and leveling the playing field between the majors and indies (albeit at a lower profit margin) the people now directly dictate who will be at the forefront of the music.New York but we very much have our own identity.Canada is like a European country in North America.Montreal opening for Souls of Mischief and EMC.It took me until I was like 15 to get up the courage to ask her what she meant I was chosen to do and everything.Renaissance with my articles and music.With that said I wish someone would ask me direct questions about my music.Injecting, cultivating, and bringing to light the dynamic nature of what IS out there in hopes that more people grab onto it and support it and ultimately do it.There are a lot of things that make me tired and bored with hip hop.How many more dudes can I watch mimic Eyedea and the The Saurus in a battle?You have a project coming out on the Montreal and London based Ninja Tunes records.How did this project materialize ands when is this slated for release?We have 11 tracks done right now, I spent most of December in Cambridge working with Andy and we just knocked out a lot of good stuff.Robots with Hearts myspace (www.Thank you to my team for holding me down.Thank you to LOML for the inspiration, motivation, and for showing me the way.Tracklisting:
Chum Intro
Mic Check freeverse
Law and Order ft.Chum the Skrilla Guerilla)
Love is Love (prod.Guerilla)
For more iCON the Mic King: myspace.Vinnie Paz for having the same name?In any event there will be more iCON the Mic King than ever this year.The Third Renaissance is very much about the artists working for the fans and the fans directly supporting the artists.The economies of scale of collaborating are much different now than when rappers were much less accessible.The key difference is in their overall appreciation for music and the fact that they market rap shows as parties.Whereas in America a party and a show are two different things.In Europe they still have a structure in place that accounts for a good show experience.The best thing I can suggest to anyone is to maintain correspondence with everyone.Also when you commit to doing something, actually do it.Other than that I keep everything in order in emails, in my sidekick and such.Having a PDA is a must for this type of stuff.With most things I lose interest very fast though.HipHop was just the one thing I always loved and kept me interested and remained a challenge so my drive and talent just kept taking action and then analyzing where things went wrong and perfecting it.Last night I had a show, drove home.Rayz Walz, write six verses, practice 6 songs for a studio session tomorrow.And what will it take to reach the rest of your potential audience?With that said I wish someone would ask me direct questions about my music.Third Reniassance: Taking Back the Music We Love, from Drop Magazine.Part Three: Yes, Touring is Really Necessary in 2008.Part Two: Is Touring Really Necessary in 2008?My name is Justin Boland and I'm a rapper, writer and hippie entrepreneur.
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