Artist description Major Noise LLC. is home to The Hecklers, Hershey,Black Butterfly, Nakasha, Bas, Cappo, Young Riis, Kasey, and Young Don.

Music Style Rap

Musical Influences We tend to feed off of each other, and our style says a lot about us, we love to have fun, drink, shop, but this aint nsync, we represent the street.

Similar Artists The Roc, Biggie, CMB, Snoop,

Group Members The Hecklers, Hershey,Black Butterfly, Nakasha, Bas, Cappo, Young Riis, Dawn Griffin, Kasey, DraMatic, and Young Don.

Albums Major Noise Recordings Presents: The Album , March 22, 2000 , The Sophomore Jinx, Release date: Spring 2001 Upcoming Projects : Major Noise Presents: The Wolfpack March 22, 2002

Press Reviews "All i know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. and even then, on the rare occasions when something opens within, and the music enters,what we mainly hear, or hear corroborated, are personal, private, vanishing evocations. but the man who creates the music is hearing something else, is dealing with the roar rising from the void and imposing order on it as it hits the air.?from ?sonny?s blues? by james baldwin baldwin defines the essence of the blues as ananomaly, a mystery only understood by the musicians who create it. musicians must teach themselves how to listen to the music in order to give it meaning, avoice. hearing the music offers not meaning; listening, however confers it. in this masterful narrative of blues and melancholy, baldwin makes clear that the language of the musician speaks for him, giving both content and form to his life; the universality of the blues manifests itself only when the soul of the listener opens itself to receive the confessions of musicians.the stories as told in the blues deal with the darkness that exists within and outside of the artist as brought on by blackness, poverty, and despair;blackness denied, poverty contained, and despair destroyed--representations of the oppression and limitations of ghetto life. it is the absence of hope that the blues explains so well, and it is that absence that creates a dangerous and dark melancholy.this then is the darkness the musician captures and creates in music; the blues, a language of black suffering, an expression of cultural despair--in other words, a poisoned trap. it is the trap, states the blues, that every black must escape in his or her own way. remembering that the complex realities of black life constitute the essence of the blues, it is easy to see why the writings of rap artists are fraught with the same terse complexities. the words mingled with the music tell powerful, sometimes dangerous narratives of the value or lack thereof of life in black urban america. today?s generation of rap artists travels the same dark path their predecessors journeyed, telling the truth about what the ghetto does to the psyche and emotions of blacks today. they too look for means of escape; some escapes are self-destructive--the same drugs and self-hatred that destroyed billie holiday shattered mary j.blige and eventually liberated her.certain escapes are annihilative--remember biggie and tupac and all the unnamed who died for ? when creativity took a backseat to criminality. other escapes are creative, formative, and self-destructive at the same time--a testament to the contradictory and complex realities of blacks in america. such hopeless cries from the throngs of the ghetto eloquently though painfully testify to the suffering widespread in the ghetto. suffering--repulsive and beautiful--gives meaning to rap music. even when there are no answers,there is value in the questions.just as the ghetto is a perilous paradox so are today?s rap artists. cultural and creative rebels,their music is an infusion of imposed chaos by white america and exploited objectification by us; it is where profundity meets intellect to create wisdom.indeed a ghetto paradox.and a brilliant paradox is what listeners will find on the album, THE SOPHOMORE JINX. the HECKLERS, a mix of east coast style with west coast funk then stirred with the south?s grit, come together as blacks should--a grooved out nation that?s connected colorand culture. their sound like their backgroundshighlight eclecticism experiences born out of thecompeting urban realities. there are no competing rivalries here though diverse realities findexpression here and that is what is most important.more than one definition of the ghetto exists; the music intimates as many as possible without losingfocus. party joints like ?yeah,? ?the session? and?double h? stress the beauty in enjoying success without worrying about those who accentuate the negatives. soulful cuts like ?the devil?s advocate?and ?before i? question why black men experience success, love and peace too seldom in this america while ?the game,? ?life,? and ?forbidden fruit? make clear that the struggle to continue will always beurgent. find a way to listen to the blues of these rap artists who experience freedom in creating art that addresses the void and darkness of the ghetto. as artists theyimpose both a definition and order to the void but they free themselves when they communicate that vision through words to those who can understand it. this makes the connection between the creator of the musicand the listener of it explicit in a variety ofways--all eloquent, all insistent and sincere, THESOPHOMORE JINX offers infinite possibilities. listen,experience, and know. peaceDr. Chekita Hal

Location Baltimore, MD - USA

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