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The Reality From out West

Dellue


June 22, 2007 | Tags: Hip Hop, Underground, long beach





     You know this was inevitable. I was raised in Long Beach, so if I want to change the perception of the West, you know I want to change the perception of my home town. A lot of cats rep for Long Beach. Originally, we were known for the riot at the Run DMC concert that made it harder for rappers to tour, and as the spot where the cops hung that football player. Then came Snoop and Sublime. “Murder Was the Case” and “Love is What I got”, two opposites. It’s funny because they’re both good representations for the city I spent most of my life in. We have everything. In a town where Martin Luther King St turns into California Ave(because the folks of Signal Hill, didn’t want MLK St), we have a wide variety of known cats. We got Snoop on some old school gangster rap shit, we got Sublime for the alternative crowd, we got a bunch of athletes (Long Beach Poly was rated the top sports high school in the Nation, they consistently have one the best football teams and track squads, Long Beach Wilson has the best Baseball team in the nation)we got Cameron Diaz and Nicholas Cage (I know he got a spot here in the cut, and I was told he was raised here), we have Terry Kennedy, a black pro skater, we got lyricist like Crooked I, dude from the Visionaries (I’m sorry I can’t remember his name, I just started messing with them) and Ugly Duckling, we even have battle rappers like Twilight (you may not remember him, but he tore dudes up before Freestyle Friday got garbage, then he tore dudes up at Spring Bling). Considering all that, you can imagine I get upset whenever I go out of state and all they say is “Do you see Snoop Dogg?” It took all the aforementioned people and they’re subcultures to create an emcee like Dellue.



     First time around I gave ya’ll Native Guns, some indie cats that had been doing their thing for a short while. Then I gave ya’ll Somobe, who had got in contact with me originally through someone at their label. I was introduced to Dellue through a friend giving me a CD. I knew it had to be good, because this same friend has taken me to his people’s shows before and I’ve dissed them, so he knows what I don’t like. I sat on the CD for awhile, but I checked the MySpace. Dellue is music seems like it was made to be done live. This isn’t that boring put it on it’ll bore you to sleep music, Dellue’s tracks are filled with energy. Whether it is the rhymes or the instrumentals, of which Dellue does 100% by himself. Dellue does all his producing, writing, and engineering, and mastering. The finished product is a sound you could only get by doing it all yourself. On a track titled “Doperhymsayer” Dellue comes with a flow similar to another Long Beach representative, Crooked I, to explain why he’s a real emcee, and what separates him from other rappers. On “Sleep” Dellue slows it down a little. Over a beat reminiscent of some old Tribe Called Quest shit, he spits rhymes about his love for dozing off. Dellue’s says his music is influenced by The Pharcyde, Dilla, Bob Marley, classic soul, thunderstorms and all the cosmic forces of the universe. Now for more words directly from the artist himself… 



"Everyone has their own way of listening and interpretation. When I sit down and do anything musically to reach the masses, I try to translate my sound to communicate it to everyone, no matter what genre of music you are into: jazz, soul, hip hop, experimental, etc. There is something in my music you will feel and relate to."



     Dellue does shows with his peoples Rebels to the Grain. They’ve opened for the likes of Oh No, and Evidence. Dellue and Rebels to the Grain are a part of the support your local artist foundation out here in CA, that pushes for cats to support west coast artist.



Pages to Check:
Dellue’s MySpace
Support your local artist



     So go check Dellue out, comment on the page and all that. Check the MySpace for updates on his untitled album he’s working on. I’m gonna keep bringing real west coast shit every Friday.



 



If you’re out at a restaurant in the LA area tomorrow and you see a drunk dude in a shirt that says “Stop Coonin’”, say happy birthday to me…


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