Music Style Hip Hop

Musical Influences Many different artists & genres.

Artist History Think back to 1993…smack dab in the middle of hip-hop’s golden era. The rise of the Wu-Tang Clan, Deathrow Record’s domination of the charts, classic albums by Souls of Mischief, A Tribe Called Quest, and Black Moon…all this happed in 1993. And while the music scenes on the east and west coasts of America were booming, hip-hop music in the heartland of America was unheard of...or so we thought. While all these other artists were finally reaping the rewards for their hard work, another group of artists were plotting their steps to a hopeful rise in the music world. Enter the Old School Clan. What started off as merely a joke between three friends in their 8th grade science class slowly developed into a passionate hobby. The formula was simple…you make emcee names like Stupid (now Murdlum), Bertha G (now Gizzy), and Iggy (now Iggy G), take instrumentals from other artists, put some lyrics over them discussing the life of a teen, annoying teachers, and all the girls you fantasized about in class, and there you have it…the original Old School Clan formula. “It was fun at the time, and it was all effortless. We’d drop an album every week it seemed. We were just focused on who could make who laugh hardest with a tape”, says Gizzy. “Back then, we ain’t want anyone to hear us. We’d just pass the tapes to each other…guess we were shy at the time. We’d tell people we didn’t rap, we hid it from the chicks we hollered at…it was all pretty wild.” Evolution While all three founding members remain in the group, over time the Old School Clan has seen many different roster changes. “We’ve had what seems like thousands of fools in our crew throughout time”, says Murdlum. “But, we had to do some eliminating to get things right. It wasn’t no beef, just certain people ain’t work out. So, now we’re comfortable. We all know one another, and we each know our place in this crew.” Their roles are well defined. Gizzy and Murdlum are mainly the men behind the music, and also handle the business side of things. “I get on the mic every now and then. But as far as emceeing for a living, that ain’t me. I’m tryin to get these other cats to do it. I’m a business man”, says Gizzy. Iggy G remains an emcee. “Iggy G is that street cat. He’s the one that speaks to the people”, says Murdlum. As for the other members, the list is very diverse. Melvin, Snaggle, John McPherson, Bubba Jones, and Suspect. “Each member brings something different to the table”, says Gizzy. “We got Snaggle spitting pimped out lyrics, John is the rapping cowboy, Bubba is our down south cat, Suspect is that grimy east coast dude, and Melvin is talking to the women.” The Blueprint All success requires a blueprint, and as we speak, O.S.C is carefully laying out their steps to success. With future releases being plotted and planned, the business strategy behind it all is something that has to be handled carefully. “We gotta hit the streets hard”, says Gizzy. “We gotta make sure that the noise we make reaches the entire globe. Local love is cool, but we want global love.” And so exactly what is the blueprint? It’s simple, John McPherson’s solo album is weeks away from it’s release date. The album titled “Rupert’s Room” is a mixture of many different worlds. “This album ain’t our platinum breakthrough, and we realize that. We’re using this just to create a buzz throughout the streets. And, then when people are asking about us and looking forward to our next release, we’re gonna hit ‘em in the head with the group LP”, says Gizzy. “We are callin the group album ‘Ya’ll Ain’t Hear Dat’. It just slipped outta our homeboy Bowski’s mouth one day and we were like ‘YO, that gotta be the album title!” With “Ya’ll Ain’t Hear That” merely in it’s infancy, a quick listen to the album’s sonic backgrounds make it obvious that O.S.C is planning for this to be their defining project. “We know it’s time for the world to hear O.S.C”, says Murdlum. “So we’re gonna make sure we put this out there for the people to hear. Rap’s gotta change, and we’re gonna do it.” Article taken from WORD magazine

Group Members Gizzy, Murdlum, Snaggle, John, Melvin, Iggy G, Bubba Jones, Suspect

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