YunB

Hip-Hop

Artist: Mixem or YunB Genre: Hip-hop Professional experience: I'm self taught and started making music four years ago. I started getting professional two years ago when I established a home studio. About a year ago, I started to revolve my music around philosophy, broadly speaking. Here and there, my songs include content reminiscent of old school hip-hop. In most of my songs, you can find themes of love, life, and politics. I'm still finding my true style, and I can only get better! Web sites: www.myspace.com/brpproductions www.youtube.com/user/mike3yo http://blog.syracuse.com/voices/eastern_onondaga_county/manlius_pebble_hill/ http://beatrhymepoetry.blogspot.com/ http://myeong.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/mike3yo Inspiration for music: My inspiration came mainly from within. This may sound vague, but it's true. Perhaps a better way to put it is that I had no outer artists who influenced me. I wanted to make music because I knew that it was a means of implicit communication with the broader audience. Artists/bands I admire: I admire Blue Scholars, Rakim, Brother Ali, Nujabes, Substantial, Marcus D and many more underground hip-hop artists. A commonality between all these artists can be their passion for rapping. You can actually hear that they worked hard on the lyrics, editing, and portrayal of themes. Writing Process: When I write lyrics, I apply somewhat the properties of 'freewheeling.' Freewheeling is when you write down anything, everything that pops t...