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Slaine
If you believe life is hard, yet one of the best gifts anyone can be granted, you’ll understand the journey of SLAINE. Hailing from the Dorchester, area of Massachusetts, with deep connections in South Boston, SLAINE’s youth was spent as somewhat of a gypsy, bouncing from place to place. Despite not having a normal home foundation, he aspired, like other starry eyed kids, to become a force in the entertainment industry. After Mapping out a plan to obtain his goals Read Full BioIf you believe life is hard, yet one of the best gifts anyone can be granted, you’ll understand the journey of SLAINE. Hailing from the Dorchester, area of Massachusetts, with deep connections in South Boston, SLAINE’s youth was spent as somewhat of a gypsy, bouncing from place to place. Despite not having a normal home foundation, he aspired, like other starry eyed kids, to become a force in the entertainment industry. After Mapping out a plan to obtain his goals, SLAINE packed his bags, moved to New York City, and enrolled in the School of Visual Arts. After only seven months, an unfortunate altercation with a school employee resulted in his expulsion.
The incident was a major setback that suspended his dream of becoming a filmmaker. Although dismayed and discouraged, SLAINE was determined to prevail, and began a new pursuit towards his entertainment goal… Music.
His discovered his love for hip hop early in his life. "I started writing rhymes when I was nine years old, I use to record on my boom box with a pair of headphones plugged into the microphone jack. I felt they were just words on a page because I didn’t have an outlet to perform them.” Determined and focused, SLAINE spent his nights as a club promoter to survive in the hard lonely streets of New York City, while at the same time, recording and being managed by hip-hop legend MC Shan. While recording a demo in a studio operated by the Lordz of Brooklyn, SLAINE was introduced to Danny Boy O'Connor of House of Pain.
That introduction led to a production deal with DJ Lethal of House of Pain, which in turn led to the mix tape release ‘The White Man is the Devil: Volume 1’ and the formation of the group Special Teamz, with Boston rap legends Edo G and Jaysaun. Special Teamz dropped a self-titled street CD, which garnered critical acclaim and allowed the group to tour in Europe. In a very short time, SLAINE had gone from living in poverty with a drug habit to traveling the world and working with hip-hop icons such as DJ Premier, Ill Bill, House of Pain, Cypress Hill, The Alchemist, and a host of other talented artists. He also became part of the collective LA COKA NOSTRA, alongside Ill Bill and all three members of House of Pain - Everlast, DJ Lethal, and Danny Boy. La Coka Nostra’s debut album, "A Brand You Can Trust" debuted at #84 on the Billboard Top 200 and #6 on the Rap charts, sending a message to the masses that the group’s brand of gritty hip-hop was exactly what fans of the genre had been waiting for.
SLAINE's name continued to grow far past his hometown of Boston due to the exposure he has received in publications such as The Source, XXL, The New York Times, The Boston Herald, and his sold out performances across the globe. SLAINE has been nominated for a Boston Music Award and received 4 trophies at The Mass Industry Committee's hip-hop awards, including and award for Best Lyricist.
As his music career expanded, a personal battle with drugs became a focal point that reared its ugly head. After overdoses, hospital visits and a whirlwind of drugs and violence, SLAINE finally checked into rehab. Instantly, he found himself with homeless drug addicts and realized he was no different than any of them. "Everybody had a story to tell. That was where the idea and the hunger for "The White Man is the Devil" was born. "The White Man" is a cocaine reference, not a declaration of self hate."
Since conquering his addiction, SLAINE has been presented with many new and exciting possibilities… such as acting. A chance of a lifetime presented itself through an unexpected ally, hometown hero and Academy Award winner Ben Affleck. SLAINE made his acting debut with his portrayal of Bubba Rogowski in Affleck's return to screenwriting and directorial debut "Gone Baby Gone". The film was critically acclaimed and led to a larger role in the blockbuster “The Town” featuring Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker), and Jon Hamm (Mad Men). He is also been in films, “The Crack Down” and “Bad Blood” and in the upcoming movie “Cogan’s Trade” with Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta and James Gandolfini.
While Slaine’s acting career has allowed him to blaze new paths, his venomous lyrical attack burns hotter than ever on his debut solo album, "A World With No Skies 2.0", which drops August 16th , 2011 through Suburban Noize Records. With hard-hitting lyrical content, and a vicious delivery, "A World with No Skies 2.0" instantly takes hip-hop back to its grimy roots on the streets. To execute his dark musical vision, Slaine enlisted the help of his La Coka Nostra brothers Everlast and ILL BILL, as well as Cypress Hill’s B-Real and Vinnie Paz of Jedi Mind Tricks, to create a dark hip-hop album that hits squarely in the jaw. "Even though I started my career as a solo artist by hustling my ‘The White Man is the Devil’ mixtapes, I think people are more familiar with me from Special Teamz and La Coka Nostra,” commented Slaine. “With this album I set out to create a soundscape that brings you into my world as an individual which is a bad place to be. The record is hard, dark and aggressive, from the beats to the lyrics. It’s a deeply personal trip through my life and the things that made me who I am today. A ‘World with No Skies’ is a look into my psyche and a vision of my dreams, nightmares, and realities."
Despite ups and downs throughout his career, SLAINE is living his life to the fullest. "I love making music that means something to me, I am grateful for all the experiences that I have had—good and bad. I am lucky to be alive, but my past also made me who I am today.”
The incident was a major setback that suspended his dream of becoming a filmmaker. Although dismayed and discouraged, SLAINE was determined to prevail, and began a new pursuit towards his entertainment goal… Music.
His discovered his love for hip hop early in his life. "I started writing rhymes when I was nine years old, I use to record on my boom box with a pair of headphones plugged into the microphone jack. I felt they were just words on a page because I didn’t have an outlet to perform them.” Determined and focused, SLAINE spent his nights as a club promoter to survive in the hard lonely streets of New York City, while at the same time, recording and being managed by hip-hop legend MC Shan. While recording a demo in a studio operated by the Lordz of Brooklyn, SLAINE was introduced to Danny Boy O'Connor of House of Pain.
That introduction led to a production deal with DJ Lethal of House of Pain, which in turn led to the mix tape release ‘The White Man is the Devil: Volume 1’ and the formation of the group Special Teamz, with Boston rap legends Edo G and Jaysaun. Special Teamz dropped a self-titled street CD, which garnered critical acclaim and allowed the group to tour in Europe. In a very short time, SLAINE had gone from living in poverty with a drug habit to traveling the world and working with hip-hop icons such as DJ Premier, Ill Bill, House of Pain, Cypress Hill, The Alchemist, and a host of other talented artists. He also became part of the collective LA COKA NOSTRA, alongside Ill Bill and all three members of House of Pain - Everlast, DJ Lethal, and Danny Boy. La Coka Nostra’s debut album, "A Brand You Can Trust" debuted at #84 on the Billboard Top 200 and #6 on the Rap charts, sending a message to the masses that the group’s brand of gritty hip-hop was exactly what fans of the genre had been waiting for.
SLAINE's name continued to grow far past his hometown of Boston due to the exposure he has received in publications such as The Source, XXL, The New York Times, The Boston Herald, and his sold out performances across the globe. SLAINE has been nominated for a Boston Music Award and received 4 trophies at The Mass Industry Committee's hip-hop awards, including and award for Best Lyricist.
As his music career expanded, a personal battle with drugs became a focal point that reared its ugly head. After overdoses, hospital visits and a whirlwind of drugs and violence, SLAINE finally checked into rehab. Instantly, he found himself with homeless drug addicts and realized he was no different than any of them. "Everybody had a story to tell. That was where the idea and the hunger for "The White Man is the Devil" was born. "The White Man" is a cocaine reference, not a declaration of self hate."
Since conquering his addiction, SLAINE has been presented with many new and exciting possibilities… such as acting. A chance of a lifetime presented itself through an unexpected ally, hometown hero and Academy Award winner Ben Affleck. SLAINE made his acting debut with his portrayal of Bubba Rogowski in Affleck's return to screenwriting and directorial debut "Gone Baby Gone". The film was critically acclaimed and led to a larger role in the blockbuster “The Town” featuring Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker), and Jon Hamm (Mad Men). He is also been in films, “The Crack Down” and “Bad Blood” and in the upcoming movie “Cogan’s Trade” with Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta and James Gandolfini.
While Slaine’s acting career has allowed him to blaze new paths, his venomous lyrical attack burns hotter than ever on his debut solo album, "A World With No Skies 2.0", which drops August 16th , 2011 through Suburban Noize Records. With hard-hitting lyrical content, and a vicious delivery, "A World with No Skies 2.0" instantly takes hip-hop back to its grimy roots on the streets. To execute his dark musical vision, Slaine enlisted the help of his La Coka Nostra brothers Everlast and ILL BILL, as well as Cypress Hill’s B-Real and Vinnie Paz of Jedi Mind Tricks, to create a dark hip-hop album that hits squarely in the jaw. "Even though I started my career as a solo artist by hustling my ‘The White Man is the Devil’ mixtapes, I think people are more familiar with me from Special Teamz and La Coka Nostra,” commented Slaine. “With this album I set out to create a soundscape that brings you into my world as an individual which is a bad place to be. The record is hard, dark and aggressive, from the beats to the lyrics. It’s a deeply personal trip through my life and the things that made me who I am today. A ‘World with No Skies’ is a look into my psyche and a vision of my dreams, nightmares, and realities."
Despite ups and downs throughout his career, SLAINE is living his life to the fullest. "I love making music that means something to me, I am grateful for all the experiences that I have had—good and bad. I am lucky to be alive, but my past also made me who I am today.”
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99 Bottles
by Slaine
Get your booze light your blunts up get your hard drugs and we doing it
I serve your ass like John John McEnroe
Put a .45 Colt to the back of your skull
Cut my finger on a razor blade bagging up blow
Hit the back door with a little stack and a ho
Yeah you heard the news
That I'm back from the grave just to murder yous
And I've been up in the streets kicking curbs in shoes
Number one draft pick with the vertical
White men can't jump nah but I can dump slugs from a shotgun pump
I come from a hood you do not come from
If you think I'm no good take a shot dumb dumb
Dummy come and try to take shit from me
Little rookie looky how the cookie's so crumby
I ain't owe the dealer or the bookie no money
I just owe it to the world cause I'm looking so funny
99 bottles of beer on the wall
99 problems and you're hearing them all
99 ways 99 lines 99 rhymes fit 99 times
Drink that sip that smoke that sniff that
Break that take that 99 bottles of beer on the wall
She asked 99 times for a sixty-nine
And love how I rhyme with a shifty mind
I told her 99 times that the shit was mine
Make it 98 the bitch was one sip behind
And if I don't make it I'mma switch to crime
But I'm leaning real hard on this gift of mine
Wouldn't you if you were spitting so sewer
Strawberry blunts with the milk and Kahlua
You're like what's he think cause a milk and Kahlua is a pussy drink
What's a dime piece worth if her pussy stinks?
I have been knocked down and pushed to the brink
I stick with the reek cause I reek of the stink
So come and take a whiff when I speak what I think
I roll up in the club take a leak in the sink
Then I bounce from the spot with a freak in a mink
99 bottles of beer on the wall
99 problems and you're hearing them all
99 ways 99 lines 99 rhymes fit 99 times
Drink that sip that smoke that sniff that
Break that take that 99 bottles of beer on the wall
I'm the cream of the crop with the schematize plot
He's back from Hell and the demon is hot
I'm a nightmare now are you dreaming or not?
Jumping out the whip drunk and I scream at a cop
Oh I don't know what you take me as
A snake in the grass or maybe I'm an atheist
But you motherfuckers scared of my crazy ass
I'll cut you up and put you in a Macy's bag
And fuck what the media thinks
I translate Sally Wong just to read to the chinks
If you don't get I'm fooling around
I'll hold your head under the water in a pool till you drown
Clutching the Uzi shoot it around
Popping your top off a beautiful sound
So when the city burns down all the looters around
Stay stuck in the fucking dirt like a root in the ground
99 bottles of beer on the wall
99 problems and you're hearing them all
99 ways 99 lines 99 rhymes fit 99 times
Drink that sip that smoke that sniff that
Break that take that 99 bottles of beer on the wall
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA/AMCOS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
by Slaine
Get your booze light your blunts up get your hard drugs and we doing it
I serve your ass like John John McEnroe
Put a .45 Colt to the back of your skull
Cut my finger on a razor blade bagging up blow
Hit the back door with a little stack and a ho
Yeah you heard the news
That I'm back from the grave just to murder yous
And I've been up in the streets kicking curbs in shoes
Number one draft pick with the vertical
White men can't jump nah but I can dump slugs from a shotgun pump
I come from a hood you do not come from
If you think I'm no good take a shot dumb dumb
Dummy come and try to take shit from me
Little rookie looky how the cookie's so crumby
I ain't owe the dealer or the bookie no money
I just owe it to the world cause I'm looking so funny
99 bottles of beer on the wall
99 problems and you're hearing them all
99 ways 99 lines 99 rhymes fit 99 times
Drink that sip that smoke that sniff that
Break that take that 99 bottles of beer on the wall
She asked 99 times for a sixty-nine
And love how I rhyme with a shifty mind
I told her 99 times that the shit was mine
Make it 98 the bitch was one sip behind
And if I don't make it I'mma switch to crime
But I'm leaning real hard on this gift of mine
Wouldn't you if you were spitting so sewer
Strawberry blunts with the milk and Kahlua
You're like what's he think cause a milk and Kahlua is a pussy drink
What's a dime piece worth if her pussy stinks?
I have been knocked down and pushed to the brink
I stick with the reek cause I reek of the stink
So come and take a whiff when I speak what I think
I roll up in the club take a leak in the sink
Then I bounce from the spot with a freak in a mink
99 bottles of beer on the wall
99 problems and you're hearing them all
99 ways 99 lines 99 rhymes fit 99 times
Drink that sip that smoke that sniff that
Break that take that 99 bottles of beer on the wall
I'm the cream of the crop with the schematize plot
He's back from Hell and the demon is hot
I'm a nightmare now are you dreaming or not?
Jumping out the whip drunk and I scream at a cop
Oh I don't know what you take me as
A snake in the grass or maybe I'm an atheist
But you motherfuckers scared of my crazy ass
I'll cut you up and put you in a Macy's bag
And fuck what the media thinks
I translate Sally Wong just to read to the chinks
If you don't get I'm fooling around
I'll hold your head under the water in a pool till you drown
Clutching the Uzi shoot it around
Popping your top off a beautiful sound
So when the city burns down all the looters around
Stay stuck in the fucking dirt like a root in the ground
99 bottles of beer on the wall
99 problems and you're hearing them all
99 ways 99 lines 99 rhymes fit 99 times
Drink that sip that smoke that sniff that
Break that take that 99 bottles of beer on the wall
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA/AMCOS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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John Anderson
on My Girl, My Wife, My Mother My Bitch
sh*ts super sick wit it legit, i love slaine, viva slaine, true lyracist boston up, westside down. sh*t man i mean im from the westside you already know how we go, we pimpin playing its trap out here cuz. The bay got it like yeee yaadidah err day... and the east got it whoop unorthodox true hiphop lyricism I have to say theres some crazy good sh*t coming out the east and I love where its going man. love the sound, love the style, f-in raw and brutal, genius yo.