Mixtape DJ Sickamore
recently released a unique mixtape, Overnight Celebrity: The Street Power
30.
The release ranks
what Sickamore labels the top 30 rappers in the United States that have yet
to release an album.
Sickamore, who
dubs himself ‘Your Favorite A&Rs Favorite A&R’, said that he found
most of the artists as he was scouting for talent for Just Blaze’s new
record label.
“Everyone
kept saying Hip-Hop was dead" and that "all the new talent was wack,"
so I decieded to prove them wrong,” Sickamore explained to AllHipHop.com.
“I got new music from the Top 30 artists on the street & put it together.
I banged my head against the wall putting it in order. I did it based on a mix
of street buzz & skills.”
Sickamore said
his goal was to rejuvenate the rap game with a fresh influx of new faces.
“It’s
a smack in the face to the industry like ‘Here it is! Stop making excuses
& step your game up. Because like my man GZA said, most A&Rs are white
‘mountain climbers who play the electric guitar’ & don’t no
jack s**t about our music.”
Overnight Celebrity:
The Street Power 30 is on the streets now.
