Music Style half way between gutter and glitz

Artist History What if you had an emcee who was the derivative of the dislocated and most hated. Who speaks to the miseducated and underestimated. Who rhymes about voluptuous thighs and has A Thug's Resume. Who revisits and revives the renaissance poetry of Langston Hughes. He would be the ripple in the placid lake of money-driven and substance-compromising rap. Who is the anchor of today's hip Hop news report. He would be, Poepan - the Harlem cat who embraces all aspects of urban America's music and masterfully blends its mass appeal with its power to elevate and heal. "What I try to represent is basically humanity. It's not so much about me being a rap artist, but more of a three-dimensional human being," lays out his agenda Poe. "I think that Hip Hop is being portrayed too much by one-dimensional characters." It certainly doesn't take a detective to trace back the origins of this thought. From the "fuck the police!" and "bitches ain't shit"-hollering gangsta rapper to the fur-coated, cigar-biting rap pimp, to the new-age thug hammering about his ice and the diameter of his rims, Hip Hop's storytellers have for the longest produced one-note tales of life in the hood. "I really don't know if anyone can actually change the rap game, but what I wanna do is open some minds to other possibilities," says the happily married father of a fiery-eyed baby boy who seems to have been the first to receive the MC's energy. A self-described revolutionary lyricist, Poepan - whose name stands for Poetic Pandemonium - unites the rich literary tradition of his hometown Harlem with the native tongue tradition of his stomping ground Strong Island, where he was the lead rapper of JVC FORCE rival group The Kemelions in his solo debut disc, "The Black Experience Vol. 1 (nottheniggerchronicle)". While honing his craft, he freestyled with a slew of Hip Hop pioneers, among whom EPMD, JVC FORCE, De La Soul, K Solo, Redman, Method Man, and Keith Murray, just to name a few. Even though this may be the first time you are hearing the name, make no mistake, Poepan is far from another new artist with no idea or appreciation for the history of Hip Hop. Poepan was signed to Jazzy J and Afrika Bambaataa's Strong City label as a solo emcee while in Jr. High School and then as with his cousin as a member of The Kemelions he dropped the album, 'Basement Arrangements' on Zoo Entertainment/ BMG in 1993, which received three mics from The Source. After being discourage with the direction Hip Hip has gone since his last outing, Poepan returns on the solo tip once again with a mission to show how it suppose to be done. "My whole thing is to preserve the art form of what Hip Hop is supposed to be," says Poe, voicing his disapproval with the current state of mainstream Hip Hop. The first single "One Of A Kind (message2thesuckaemcee)" b/w "Nikki 20/20" and "Unfiltered" released on the emcees own The G.A.T.T.A.C.A. Project independent label, offers an advance look into the nephew of a jazz player's mind, and shows different looks of a lyrically gifted emcee. Whereas it surely would take more than one art-conscious emcee to till the barren land of the 2K+ Hip Hop generation, with lyrics encouraging and empowering the change of heart and outlook, and production by Brand New Heavies track master Jose Lopez and Chris Sibilla, "The Black Experience Vol. 1 (nottheniggerchronicle)" is bound to stir more than a few minds. FOR MORE INFO CONTACT AJ WOODSON- BIG MOUTH NTERTAINMENT BIGMOUTHENT1@AOL.COM OR CALL 914.668.8838

Press Reviews ---"hip hop needs a facelift" and Poepan may be the one to do it..... his strong mic presence and thuggish flow will appeal to the commercial cats and his message and context can't be argued with by underground backpakcing fanatics... a good crossover record..definately DJ CHASE/ WMSC 90.3FM MONTCLAIR STATE UNIV. NJ /-finally - a hip hop artist who's blazin their own path with an original style and not followin trends!! DJ MEDDAFORE/ 2001 PHILLY MIXTAPE DJ OF THE YEAR /-That man poepan is rockin it all the way to MIami baby. props SEMP ONE / MIAMI /-This song is definitely hot. Hip hop needs a facelift for real. Poe could be just the one that triggers it. Keep it funky! Monique Woods aka RedHeadDread/Editor & Videographer /-My peeps was feelin dis Poepan as we sat around slappin bones and drinkin dat henny I really felt ol boy like his beats and rhyme skills. SEAN MACK/ MOBILE DJ-LONG BEACH,CALIFORNIA /-sounds pretty damn good... the voice and accent had me trying to think of who he reminded me of... just remembered... there was an MC out a couple years back named HiTech... not the producer, but he had like 3 or 4 12"s out back in the day... DJ JON?DOE/ KCPR

Additional Info FORMERLY OF THE KEMELIONS

Location HARLEM, NEW YORK - USA

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