Joseph Henry Cortese Beyond All Time CD

The idea was to combine talent from across the US in order to showcase Seattle's overlooked, underground hip hop scene. The result is a brilliant composition of music that fans can sit back and enjoy as well as get up and bounce. A full collection of quality songs reminiscent of Lyricist Lounge and DJ Clue mixtapes.

Every beat is produced by Marcus D, and in the short time of putting this album together, he has received recognition from QN5's Substantial and MIC records' Royce Da 5'9" and Kid Vishis. He has also been featured in WWS Magazine and online features with WeLoveHipHop and HipHope .

MARCUS D -I started my journey through hip hop at the age of 13. Before I fell in love with urban sounds, my repertoire contained classical, classic rock, and blues, and every ingredient needed to gain an ear for mixing, sampling, and creating. I am not a thug. I make music and make it beautifully. They ask me, 'how does he do it?' 'Very carefully'. I'm passionate. I utilize my inspirations from all forms of music and mix with the rhythm that fills my blessed ears. My faith motivates and steadies me.

Born in 1989, 30 miles south of Seattle, WA. Auburn, a lower class suburb of Seattle. My parents, friends' parents, and relatives are blue-collar workers. I have never had more than I needed but my parents, at their own sacrifice, made sure I learned the value of having and not. Recent scholars have begun analyzing hip hop culture. They've made it clear; the music comes from struggle. In this community you are deemed unfit if your home is not broken or if you haven't had to sacrifice morals for financial gain. Image has ruined hip hop.

I've worked with a few local artists but maintain my standards in the way my creativity is used. I do not give up who I am so that I can become something the TV thinks I am supposed to be. MTV gave birth to the hip hop culture and they have let their advertisers bring forth its demise. It's my personal goal to maintain the credibility of music. I am building a network with local artists and those across the globe.

Stonesilk won the competition with the song "can't reach her". The prize was a complete Marshall rig including a guitar and that the song was to be played on radio a couple of times. (The competition was hold by the swedish magazine "Musiker magasinet" and the radiostation "Rock klassiker 106.

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