Risiding on Chicago's northside, Astonish embodies the city's capacity to produce a street-smart lyricist with enough intelligent swagger to hold his own in the midst of both the thugs and the backpackers.
Having been reared in a diverse musical environment, Astonish gained a unique eclectic auditory experience that has helped him develop his balanced approach to music. Between the old-school soul records of his grandparents’ era, his father’s penchant for NWA, his mother's persistance in develping his creative artistry, and his own musical delving with everything from Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap, R&B, and Alternative Rock: Astonish’s rhymes convey a multitude of topics that reflects this musical heritage.
After gaining a street buzz as a younger teen, Astonish felt that he needed to restrain himself from putting out tracks without a proper network behind him to ensure that his first album wasn’t lost in a flood of underground releases and never heard. By biding his time, he was able to cultivate his craft, quickly earning the listener's acceptance with his sincerity and the quality of his delivery.
With nearly six years of devoted rhyming under his belt, Astonish is in a solid position to quickly establish himself as one of Chicago hip-hop’s newly tiered breakthrough artists. One of his songs, “Broken Dreams”, focuses on his strong impulse to take advantage of the opportunities presented to him while they are still available, and not to let time pass him by. Having joined up with the legendary Molemen collective at the young age of 21, it is clear that he is wasting no time in taking advantage of a very strong opportunity to allow his dream of becoming an internationally respected emcee to be realized.
Utilizing beats by the Molemen camp and his own producer, Cucs, Astonish got Chicago acquainted with his style with an EP at the beginning of 2008, entitled "From Now Until Forever". He is also planning on putting out a free digital download mixtape after his first Molemen release. The title for the mixtape has yet to be determined, but it is slated to be unleashed very soon, god-willing. (written by Will Line)
ASTONISH - FROM NOW UNTIL FOREVER
RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 26, 2008
Check Molemen.comfor more info.
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