New Bars: Classic Memphis
New flows dropping for yall on Friday, July 8th! I am putting my take on the classic Memphis song by Yo Gotti, "Gangsta Party." Produced by my mentor and producer, Carlos Broady.
This song is hella special to me, around that time when it was bout to drop in 2006, I was in 7th grade at Cypress Middle, Yo Gotti used to ride through the hood in a truck with his face on it.
You gotta be a real Memphis vet to remember these days-- I do. In 2006 I was a wanna be rapper, a kid-- just hoping. In 2016, I am an actual rapper and a label owner. Yo Gotti and I have linked on a few occasions, in LA in 2014 when, after I hop over security to get to him, and In Austin, Texas in 2016, when Ebro Darden gave us a formal introducton at the Apple Music party.
In celebration of things coming full circle, I am dropping some bars to "Gangsta Party": Friday, July 8th, on KINGOFMARCO.COM:
The legends of blues live, in hiphop.
Everytime I get a mic in my hand and I am in front of any crowd, no matter the size, it can be 1 person or 1,000 people, I am going to use that opportunity to tell folks about my struggles, our struggles. Some I have overcome, some I am still struggling against.
I come from the birthplace of the Blues. I am a baby of the blues, but somehow my parents have disowned me and my siblings because we tend to tell our stories under a new moniker-- hiphop. In Memphis, our musical history runs deep, from Al Green, to B.B King to Aretha Franklin, to 36 Mafia to Yo Gotti, but we are failing the contemporary art and the art of the past by not reuniting us with our roots. Spirituals begot Gospel, Gospel begot Blues, Blues begot Soul, Soul begot Funk & Hip Hop.
I am here to make those connections and remind us of our past so that we can appreciate our future! Last night in WC Handy Park, I made sure to make that known! Major thanks to Milton Memphis and Jamal Whitlo for putting together an amazing show, Privileged Music Fest was great.
Marco Pavé performing at the Historic WC Handy Park
