"Let me tell you something that you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. Not you, me or anything else is going to hit as hard as LIFE. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving FORWARD. How much you can take and keep moving FORWARD. That’s how WINNING is done! Now if you know what you’re worth; go out and get what you’re worth. But you’ve got to be willing to take the hits and NOT point fingers saying you ain’t where you want to be because of him, her, or anything else." -ROCKY BALBOA-
Influences
TRUE STORY - I STARTED LISTENING TO HIPHOP IN 1982. CONSIDERING THERE WERE ONLY 25 RAP ARTISTS WITH A RECORD ON THE SHELF IN ANY MAJOR RECORD STORE, I PRETTY MUCH WITNESSED THE BIRTH OF HIPHOP. I SIGNED MY FIRST RECORD DEAL IN 1998. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY CAREER CAME THE SAME YEAR WHEN 'GRANDMASTER CAZ'(COLD CRUSH) AND RAHEIM (FURIOUS 5) WERE SIGNED TO MY LABEL. AFTERALL, THESE GUYS ARE LIVING LEGENDS AND CO-CREATORS OF HIPHOP. ONE OF MY FAVORITE GROUPS OF ALL TIME IS 'ONYX'. IN 1999 I RECORDED A SONG AND SHOT MY FIRST BIG BUDGET VIDEO WITH 'STICKY FINGAZ'. I USED TO LOVE THE 'KING TEE' LP "ACT A FOOL" (2001 WE RECORDED A SONG TOGETHER AT ENTERPRISE STUDIOS PRODUCED BY LT HUTTEN - COOL SESSION - KING TEE DRANK A BOTTLE OF HENNY TO HIMSELF...O.G. ALKOHOLIK!! I ALSO HAD SOME CLASSIC WEST COAST ARTISTS TO FEATURE ON MY 2ND LP. I RECORDED A SONG WITH 'RASKASS' AT PARAMOUNT STUDIOS (HE SHOWED UP DRUNK & LATE WITH 15 CRIPS IN 2 CARS - DO THE MATH) REMEMBER THE DIGGIDY 'DOMINO' - I RECORDED A SONG WITH HIM AT PARAMONT STUDIOS (HE SPIT THE HOOK AND A VERSE - MAD COOL DUDE - HUMBLE) THEN I DID A SONG WITH KID FROST...I MET 'BABY BASH' THROUGH FROST AT A CAR SHOW...BASH' DOING IT REAL BIG RIGHT NOW (JUST SIGNED MAJOR DEAL WITH CLIVE DAVIS AT J RECORDS) I ALWAYS KNEW HE WAS GONNA BE A SUPERSTAR (POSITIVE ATTITUDE/ GOOD PEEPS) I ALSO WORKED WITH RAVEN SIMONE...DID A SONG ON HER 2ND LP (WE SHOT A BIG BUDGET VIDEO FOR THE SONG "WITH A CHILD'S HEART") - IN 2003 I RECORDED SONGS WITH 3 OF THE BIGGEST LATIN RAP ARTISTS IN CALI...'MR.SHADOW , LIL UNO AND 'DON CISCO'... I'M FEATURED ON 2 'MR.SHADOW ALBUMS AND 2 'MR.LIL ONE ALBUMS... SO YEAH, I'M A FAN OF HIPHOP AS WELL AS AN ARTIST...BUT MY BIGGEST INFLUENCE IS DEFINITELY '2PAC' (HE WAS SHOT ON MY BIRTHDAY - SEPT. 07/96 - R.I.P. PAC WE MISS YOU! IN 2009...I'M GONNA RELEASE MY NEW SOLO ALBUM "DAMAGED GOODS" AS WELL AS MY NEWLY FORMED GROUP "THE GOGETTAS" LP Feat. WyzeGuy & Mr.Shadow. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT...MUCH SUCCESS TO YOU AND YOURS... GOD BLESS!!
Johnny Rourke, aka. John Dough is an agressive and powerful new artist. He is Hip-Hop's alternative to mainstream and meaningless music. This is music with attitude and emotion. This is the heart of agression and artistic expression.
Johnny Rourke is Hip-Hop at it's finest. He has music with a deep soul, a strong voice and perfect metronome instinct to rhyme over trance-like heaviness. It is loud silence, happy anger and peaceful warfare...all at the same time.
He is the place where so-called RapRock, Alternative Rock, Gangsta Rap and Hip-Hop meet. He is that blend, that puzzle and that ultimate serenity of hardcore Hip-Hop tracks laced with heavy, poetic, agressive vocals.
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Thanks new friend! Please keep in touch with me. Maybe we can network together. Keep in touch love.I have a lot of things going on in Cali. Contact me and we can see if we can get some money together. Hope to hear from you! Ttys
Hey Johnny... thank you for the add... great music. Great melodies in the instrumentation, great arrangements; your rap/vocal style is very clear; messages are straightforward and relatable... really good! Aloha - Skye
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