Somewhere between R&B and soul, the singer-songwriter Dashana recently released her new single, “Life”. In the song she expresses herself and how she’s been feeling lately. She’s tired of being surrounded by the BS and stress, aren’t you?
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We can’t always control what goes on around us and that’s okay! In this song the Brooklyn queen goes on a journey to finding her inner harmony and peace. She stops questioning herself why and takes a couple of hits and sips to clear her mind. Shout out to the producer UrBan Nerd Beats, HeyIndo on the engineering, Jack Arnold on the A&R side of things & OnlySuave on the cover art. This record is such a mellow vibe! Chill out, roll a fat Backwood to this and keep an eye out for Dashana and her upcoming releases. Make sure to follow her Instagram @Epicvibeee and ours @Sloppyvinyl for more updates.
Have ya’ll seen the new OnlyJahmez music video to his latest single “StrawberryShortcake“? If you’re anywhere on social media as much as the rest of the world then chances are you have. After it’s official premiere on BET Jams, the 22 year old hitmaker dropped the official music video on his Instagram page and it has been doing numbers!
Shortly after, it didn’t take long for the twerk videos to come rolling in and snatching everyone’s attention. What’s everyone listening to? What’s the hottest song right now? StrawberryShortcake from the one and OnlyJahmez. This record is unbelievable, and now you can finally stream it exclusively on Spotify.
It looks like Jahmez and Team ONLY are setting sail for an immaculate fall with this one. Not only do they have the East Coast high schools on lock, but the universities too. Ask about it – ain’t nothing heavier than this Shortcake banger right here.
With OnlyJahmez album release right around the corner, turn up to his newly- released single titled “StrawberryShortcake“, exclusively on Spotify below. Although Jersey is a hard place to break out of, I’ve been hearing this guy’s name everywhere. It’s only a matter of time until he’s signed to some of the biggest record labels in the world. F*ck what a hater got to say, keep doing your thing Jah!
The Best Of Essex, a gathering of the best artists from the TriState area, competing to be dubbed “the best.” On this episode, Samad sits down with the winner of Best Of Essex 12, Sinai Rose. For Sinai, being musically inclined came naturally ever since she was a kid. For those familiar with her music, the creative process stems from own life experiences. What separates Sinai’s style from other artists is a satisfying presence that is rarely shown in the work of others. In high school, there was a time when Sinai says she lost her passion for music when she struggled to fit in after a long childhood on tour. After moving away, her outlet was the creation of music, a passion that she could never truly let go. While the best of Essex was left in 2018, Samad says there is more in store for 2019! On 2/20/19, Best Of Essex 13 will feature another set of artists, who will look to be crowned the next Best Of Essex in 2019.
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B.Able: My name is BeAble. I am 24 years old. I’m a tenor saxophone player, rapper and singer from Morristown, NewJersey.
Indo: From previous knowledge you changed your name. What made you change your name?
B.Able: What made me change my name is that I actually got a new job outside of my music industry and that’s a big full time accounting job. I want to make sure that when I change my name it has to be something that relates to me and it can’t be connection with my real name.
Indo: How did you get started in creating music?
B.Able: Ever since I was 9 years old I actually learned how to play clarinet, stepped up to bass clarinet, and tenor saxophone. When I was 15 I began writing songs and I started rapping. I didn’t take it seriously until I was about 23. And with that being said, I think what really changed my perspective was the best of Essex competition in which I saw all these rappers performing. They actually did a little cypher which I actually rapped for the first time in over quite some time and the feedback I’ve got will inspire me to keep going. So I continue rapping and I have three songs already on soundcloud and it’s been quite an adventure so far.
Indo: How has that year been for you?
B.Able: A blessing! Truly been a blessing. Because, I never thought I would be close or know so many people in this New Jersey Arts underground community. I am overly grateful for how many friends I have, friends I’ve made, people I have created and networked with. It’s beyond incredible how much I’ve done in this short period of time because a year you may think it’s long but it’s really short. I have been connecting with a whole bunch of people. Like I said I went to the Sloppy Vinyl networking event this past August so I got to network with people from there. The amount of performances I’ve been given, the opportunities that I’ve been given was incredible.
Indo: So I wanted to ask you who are some of your musical influences?
B.Able: My most musical influences are the Notorious B.I.G.
Indo: Biggie!
B.Able: Yeah Biggie. I love Biggie, and Bow Wow. Those are my favorites.
B.Able: Now bow wow is my favorite rapper growing up when I was a kid. Biggie I been recently getting into, just love his style of music, but Frank Sinatra is a big influence.
Indo: Frank Sinatra was a big influence on Biggie too.
B.Able: Exactly!
B.Able : John Coltrane…. John Coltrane was another. There’s another one that’s nice Usher, and R. Kelly.
Indo: So you got a wide variety like a really eclectic tastes.
B.Able: Yes I’m very widespread when it comes to music. I love all kinds classical music, rock, hip-hop, pop music, jazz music. I was trying to incorporate as many styles as possible.
Indo: Does that influence your own music and stuff?
B.Able: Oh definitely. My second song was actually based on my love for Latin music because I’ve taken Spanish in high school and in college. So I have learned a lot of Spanish sayings. I’m not fluent in Spanish but I definitely can hold down like a 5-10 minute conversation.
Indo: So what influence you to step it up and do music like for real? What inspires you to be an Artist instead of just doing it as a hobby?
B.Able: The reason why I found my passion through music is because I wanted to show people with autism, people that have disabilities can do possibly anything that they want to do. And that’s the reason why my stage name is that. Although, I am disabled I am in fact able to do anything my mind puts me too.
Indo: Right, you’re definitely able you know. So what else do you have going on now? So I know you have a new single out. What’s the name of that new single?
B.Able: Avatar! Avatar is based on you know The Last Airbender and Avatar The Legend of Korra. This song is based on that. It was one of those trap songs that just gets stuck in your head. And it was influence by actually another Artist, my friend Glenn.
Indo: Is it on iTunes or Spotify?
B.Able: It’s on Soundcloud. Not on Itunes yet, but it will definitely be streamed on soundcloud.
Indo: So what’s next for BeAble.
B.Able: What’s next for for me on horizon is performing more showcases and doing some more songs. In December, I plan on auditioning for Moorestown onstage competition which is their annual Mr. annual talent show competition. So I plan on doing that in December the Sumber America’s Got Talent is also my next step. Next up on the horizon.
Indo: Is there anything you would like to leave your fans with?
B.Able: There will be new music out, definitely coming soon and also I want to say thank you to all my fans, thank you for supporting me and my career, thank you for following my message, and thank you for believing in me and I promise you that I will keep working and performing and I will continue to be humble.
Make sure to keep up with @b.Ableofficial on instagram
Hey Indo!, the Golden Boy, sat down with B.Able saxophone player, rapper and singer from Morristown, NJ. In an exclusive one on one interview he sat down with Indo to talk about his come up in music, and the challenges he faces as an Austic person.
Indo: What made you change your name?
B.Able: What made me change my name is the fact that I actually got a new job outside of my music industry and that’s a big full time accounting job and I want to make sure that when I change my name it has to be something that relates to me, and it can’t be connection with my real name.
Indo: How did you get started in creating music?
B.Able: I um… ever since I was nine years old I actually learned how to play Clarinet, step up to bass clarinet, switch to Tenor Saxophone. I just recently played Saprano Saxphone earlier this year and what I been doing is I was just playing in bands local groceries, near my school bands and marching bands. When I was 15 I begun writing songs, I started rapping. I didn’t take it seriously until I was about 23.
B.Able: With that being said I think what really changed my perspective of was the best Essex competitions and which I saw all these rappers performing and at best Essex’s I actually wrapped for the first time and that feedback I got inspired me to keep going and really take it seriously professionally.
Indo: So you really begin making professional music professionally for about a year. How has that year been for you?
B.Able: Blessing…truly been a blessing because I never thought that I would be close or know so many people in this NJ arts underground community. I am overly greatful for the friends I made, the people I created with, and network with.
Indo: Who are some of your musical influences?
B.Able: My most musical influences are the Notorious B.I.G, Bow Wow those are my influences. Bow wow was my favorite rapper growing up when I was a kid. And biggie small and I been recently getting into his flow of style of music. I love all classical music but Frank Sinatra is a big influence..
Indo: Doesthatinfluenceyourownmusic?
B.Able: Definitely, my second song was actually based of my love bora Latin music. Because I’ve taken Spanish in highschool and college so I learned a lot.
B.Able: The reason why I find my passion, was because I wanted to show that people with austim, people that have disabilities can do possibly anything that they want to do, and that’s the reason behind my stage name…is that although I am disable I am in fact able to do anything my mind puts me to.
Whatdoyouhavegoingonnow?What song do you have out?
B.Able: Avatar! Have you ever heard last day of bender and avatar legend of Cora those songs are based on that. One of those trap songs that get stuck in your head, it’s a song I really like. It was influence by actually by another Artist I really like… my friend Glen.
Indo: IsitoniTunes?
B.Able: It’s on Soundcloud not iTunes yet. It was named by a producer. But definitely will be streamed on souncloud.
Indo: What’s next for BeAble?
B.Able: What next for me on the horizon… performing on more showcases, doing more songs. I want to be an Artist. I definitely like being in the studio.
Indo: Is there anything that you want to leave your fans with? What would you tell them?
B.Able: There will be new music out, definitely coming soon… and the other the thing I want to say to all my fans is thank you. Thank you for supporting me and my career, thank you for following my message, thank you for believing my message and I promise you that I will keep working, and that I will keep performing and I will keep being humble.
Short Clip of B.Able performing at BOE.
Don’t forget to check more of his work on instagram @B.Ableofficial
Hey Indo!, the Golden Boy, sat down with Peso the Misfit for an exclusive one-on-one interview about his come up, new music and what he feels he has to offer to the rap game. Check out Pe$o’s music and story here:
How long you don’t know how long you’ve been making music?
Peso the Misfit: Well I’m 21 now. So I started making music when I was 15. I was in a relationship at the time when I was from like 13 to 15; it was a lot going on. I like rap, let me start writing about this shit.
How did you get started?
Peso the Misfit: I bought me a little interface and then from 16 to 18 I practiced my production, mixing, mastering, so that I could do it myself. And then from 18 to now I’ve just been being real solid with everything. So putting out my own music, writing myself, producing most of it myself. All of its getting mixed and master by me. And now I’m handling all the paperwork, [the] copyrights, and legal stuff. I’m trying to do as much as I can, so I’m never in a position where I have to depend on somebody and I get taken advantage of.
Who are some of your musical influences?
The people who I really liked were people like 50 Cent. He was a big influence on me. Nas, Cole, Kendrick, Drake, Mobb Deep. Wu-Tang you know. So I was looking at them, mainly 50 and Cole, and I was like “Alright, I see how they approach their business. So early on I realized from a lot of my other peers, there is more than just making music.
What influenced you to have this business savvy to want to go into it like that?
PTM: Well before even doing music, I used to want to act. More like just do something since I was real young. And my dad has his own business, and he and my mom would always tell me especially, my dad, he’s like whatever you do make sure you’re the boss. You never want to work for another man or another woman. You always want to be in control of you, because you know working for other people you have to do what they say, and come in when they want you to come in. When you are your own boss, you work around your own schedule. So that always like really stuck with me.
You know it’s not just about writing all these bars, making the beat hot, then boom! Put it out then blow. This is business. You’ve got to think about marketing and all that stuff. I used to study a lot of what people did, and the moves they made business wise, watch interviews, and try to pick up on some gems they dropped.
So then I was like “All right, the best thing to do is learning it for myself because the best way to learn something is through experience.” So I figure, it’s better me doing it my own way because all the people I look up to, they did their own way and they on top.
Talk to us now about what you’ve got going on now. You put in all this work. You grinded, you learned all these skills and so that has resulted in what?
PTM: I stopped putting music out a lot like around two years ago. Because I got excited and I had so much shit to write about, I put out like five tapes in one year and then a bunch of singles the next year. I was real excited I was like “Yo I can record myself!” I was going off, and then I realized it’s not just rapping, I need songs.” Then after I’ve got all that out and all the singles I was getting a lot of love. But it’s not what I wanted. You know I realized it was local love and this is cool but I need to attack this in a better way. So I took some time off, got better with my song making ability, got better with writing songs, learning people, seeing what’s out, what’s popping, because I don’t really like the new music.
How do you feel about the current state of hip-hop music?
I don’t really like the new music because like I feel like it doesn’t resonate with me. I like stuff that gets me into it. So I was like you know let me fall back, regroup, and make a plan, a strategy so that once I do attack, you know, it’s just execute. I don’t have to worry about the plan; I just have to execute what I already thought. So I got the songs done. I put myself in a position of money where I could start off, I’ll do what I’m doing, make some connections. My name is out there already. Not big, but like people know who I am.
I got a producer in Nebraska, I got a cameraman from Boston, and I got fans in other states hitting me up all time. They’re always asking “Yo when you dropping something?”. I’m not big but I got love. So now everything’s in place and I got my strategy done. Now I’m putting out my first official single when everything else was just on Youtube.
INDO: But you can’t make no money off that
PTM: Exactly, and not everybody want to go on Soundcloud all the time. So now, I got my first official single everywhere.
INDO: What’s it called?
PTM: “New tone”. The song and the video are already out; I’m getting love from it. People really love it and I got everything else lined up. I got a 30 clip of just singles ready to go, and I’m working on two to three projects. Now I’m just about to get the videos done and then I’m pushing that out.
Where can people find the new single?
PTM: It’s on Apple Music, Itunes, Spotify, Soundcloud, Youtube, Tidal, Napster, haha if n***as still use that
INDO: (laughing) On everything, haha that shit is out
So what’s next for Pe$o the Misfit?
PTM: I got the singles for the music done. So I just got to make sure everything is set and just stay consistent with it. And that’s where I’m at right now. I think I’m heading in the right direction.
If you could tell the people that support you one thing, what would it be?
PTM: I would say the number one thing that I would want you to get from me is, “Learn to appreciate”. You know, when you appreciate stuff, especially life, everything expands. Your value and happiness will grow. The opportunities will grow when we appreciate things. So, you appreciate life because there’s a lot going on, especially with mental health nowadays. It’s always been an issue, but it’s a lot bigger now. So when you appreciate people and appreciate life, you’ll treat people better.
So I deliver pizza, I worked for my dad and he does construction and recycling. A lot of times I clean out houses, like garbage and stuff. We do s**t that people don’t even want to get paid to do you.
So I was doing that and delivering pizzas, and going to college. I took a semester off for financial reasons and for my music career. I’m like damn yo, I just want to make music. All this is taking away time. But then at the same time, I had to take a step back and be like, you know this is what life is. I can’t complain because I got to live through this. I got to learn how to say I appreciate the fact; I have a job that is giving me money, to support my music. Also it’s giving me experiences to talk about in my music, and that influences my artistry. So it was a whole new level, even though I know this is not what I want to be doing. I know it’s not permanent, it’s temporary, so I’ll appreciate it while I have it because I’m going to look back later, when I make it and be like damn, I used to deliver pizza.
INDO: It made you stronger, that’s deep bro, that’s deep…Well you know I want to thank you for coming through and sitting down with me. I learned a lot about you in this little about of time. It was dope bro dope but if it’s anything that you want to leave the people at home, you know, I know we just talked about appreciation and definitely staying consistent stuff. But if it’s anything that you want them to know about Pe$o the Misfit, now’s the time you know
PTM: I’d say they should definitely follow me on IG and Twitter. @pesothemisfit. From there y’all can find my soundcloud, but I’ll give it to you anyway, Pe$o The Misfit. I got a lot coming out, I’m really excited. This first song I just put out is only the beginning. I got a lot of other music on Soundcloud and Youtube. This music will help you, it’ll touch you. It will help you get through stuff. Be on the lookout, follow me and just remember the name.
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Have ya’ll seen the new OnlyJahmez music video to his latest single “Strawberry Shortcake“? If you’re anywhere on social media as much as the rest of the world then chances are you have. After it’s official premiere on BET Jams, the 22 year old hitmaker dropped the official music video on his Instagram page and it has been doing numbers!
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