Is Jae Millz the next superstar to represent Harlem, New York? MTV thinks he
will be.
The network will shine the spotlight on the rapper, presenting him as the first
MTV News "You Hear It First" artist of 2005.
"You Hear It First"
gives fans a look at emerging artists. Others who have been featured on the
segment include Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Slim Thug, Little Brother and Anthony
Hamilton.
Millz, who generated a strong
industry buzz with the success of the track "No No No," has recently
heated the streets with a new banger, "Streetz Melting," produced
by Swizz Beatz. The single is catching on with deejays across the country.
Jae Millz full length debut
album, Back To Tha Future, will be released on Wanna Blow Entertainment/Universal
Records this Spring.
"I named it (the album)
Back To Tha Future because I felt Hip Hop was missing Hip Hop,"
Jae says. "I’m going to take it back when the game was about Hip Hop –
when it was about lyrics."
Production on he project
includes tracks from Omen, Ron Browz, Scram Jones (who produced "No No
No"), Emile, Swizz Beatz, and Heatmakerz, while guest appearances include
TI, Swizz Beatz and Slim Thug.
"Making an album is
comfortable, it’s like your diary," Millz explained. "You don’t even
have to talk some bullsh*t, you can talk what you go through."
"As much as people
want to hear you talk some funny sh*t and floss and front, they want to know
what you go through and know that you’re human," Millz said.
"They want to feel
like you’re on the same level as them. I try to put a lot of reality into my
songs, and with this album I want people to understand that I can spit and I
do the battles and freestyles and have fun, but I take my music very seriously."
