专辑简介

Samoan born mc Uptown Swuite hails from Vacaville, a small city planted right between the more well known California cities of Sacramento and San Fransisco. Still, from the confines of the little known place he calls home, he has been able to develope quite a following. With a distinct reputation as a fierce highly skilled no nonsense mc, a relentless hustler (having sold thousands of mixtapes out of his backpack) and a beast when it comes to live shows, Uptown Swuite is sure to be a name mentioned within the halls of hip hop in years to come. The list of artists Uptown has collaborated with (Lee Bannon, Torae, Kutfather, Blame One, Frank Dukes, Keelay and Zaire, Zion-I, Jacka, Supastition, Usef Dinero, Ganxsta Ridd of the Boo Yaa Tribe, Evidence and Rakaa of Dilated Peoples, Slo-Mo and Mush Mouf of Fortilive, Fiji, J-Boog, El Prez, Chong Nee, King Kapisi) reads like a whos who of the independent rap world. The name Uptown Swuite became forever planted in the minds of many when he made a classic appearance on Sway and King Tech's World Famous Wake Up Show in October 2008 courtesy of the 100k Battle contest. This would not be Uptowns last appearance on the contest circuit however, as he would go on to place as a finalist in the Jake One/Rhymesayers contest, the Motorola Emerging Artist Challenge, the Duckdown/NBA 2K11 contest with fellow group member Kahlee and most recently, emerge as the winner in the Jhalil Beats contest. Uptown has also garnered radio play on major radio stations in California (102.5, 106 KMEL, Power 106) as well as radio play in Utah, Poland, Tenerife, New York, San Diego, Hawaii, New Zealand and so on. With numerous posts and support from major hip hop players such as Hiphopdx.com,2dopeboyz.com,djbooth.net and a slew of other blogs and websites, Uptown manages to stay relevant to hip hop heads worldwide while maintaining crossover appeal not only as a Samoan mc, but as a supremely talented artist coming out of virtually unknown city with the backing of an entire people.