T.R.A.Y.
T.R.A.Y.
Travell Rhythm And You...
Hip hop/Rap music began as a … Read Full Bio ↴T.R.A.Y.
Travell Rhythm And You...
Hip hop/Rap music began as a platform for friendly competition and the expression of artistic creativity. Over the years it has sadly become a who’s who and mega capitalistic popularity battle. It no longer fosters the freedom of expression, creativity, and diversity it had in the days of its prime. As a direct result for the past 3 years the industry has seen a tremendous drop in sales as many artists turn to replicate the songs and they hear on radio and images seen on music videos. All for the purpose of making a quick dollar and at the expense of the true hip-hop/rap community. The artists of today’s generation are no longer challenged to create original material, instead they have nurtured a culture of ringtone sing along hits that the mainstream public has become accustomed to. While this has made millions of dollars for the music executives involved, it has turned the industry into a pool of one hit wonders who don’t have a clue how to make their music into an actual career.
Travell a.k.a. T.R.A.Y. was born December 10, 1985 in Saginaw Michigan. At the age of 7 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he first fell in love with the art of writing short stories, poetry, and music. Throughout his early career he could be seen in class writing songs in High School, but was too shy to recite his lyrics. Then one day due to peer pressure a group of school friends persuaded him through peer pressure to join a cipher in their school’s cafeteria. The young audience was amazed by the clever wordplay, creativitiy and concepts presented in his material. As word of his lyrical finesse spread around the entire school those lunchroom ciphers became a daily performance. Pretty soon TRAY found himself winning dozens of local battles around the city of Cincinnati. At the time he had no official rap name and went by his well-known nickname Tray, it stuck with him to this day.
There was a moment in time when T.R.A.Y. began to second think his talent due to the lack of competition and opportunities in such a small town. Looking at the industry it was clear that his talent set him aside from a multitude of artists, as many fans said his lyrical capacity was compared on or near the level of fellow musicians Jay-z, Fabolous, and/or Lil Wayne. For Travell rhyming, punchlines, and song concepts came so easy to him, everyone knew he’d be a star and he couldn’t find anyone to feed his inspiration of becoming the best MC ever. He stopped writing songs for himself but continued writing for local artists. By in 2004 He completely stopped and decided to go to college and study for a career in real estate. There he created Finesse Realty Ltd, a small real estate investment firm. This wouldn’t last long as the music bug continued to bite and by late 2006 he was back writing for himself.
Early 2007 he hooked up with a longtime friend who produced the now hit single “I Know” from his first EP. The song got excellent reviews but failed to expand the artists music career as he hoped it would. After turning down deals from several independent recording labels he later began talks of starting his own label with longtime friend and producer Ian Talbert.
At the beginning of 2008 Tray moved all the way to California to record his first acclaimed debut solo album (still untitled) with the hopes of returning the hip-hop/rap community back to a place where artists are celebrated for their lyrical content, and song writing ability. Look for this star to change the face of music as he becomes a major trendsetter in an environment filled with obstacles and the primary competition being ignorant to the current saturation in the current music industry.
Travell Rhythm And You...
Hip hop/Rap music began as a … Read Full Bio ↴T.R.A.Y.
Travell Rhythm And You...
Hip hop/Rap music began as a platform for friendly competition and the expression of artistic creativity. Over the years it has sadly become a who’s who and mega capitalistic popularity battle. It no longer fosters the freedom of expression, creativity, and diversity it had in the days of its prime. As a direct result for the past 3 years the industry has seen a tremendous drop in sales as many artists turn to replicate the songs and they hear on radio and images seen on music videos. All for the purpose of making a quick dollar and at the expense of the true hip-hop/rap community. The artists of today’s generation are no longer challenged to create original material, instead they have nurtured a culture of ringtone sing along hits that the mainstream public has become accustomed to. While this has made millions of dollars for the music executives involved, it has turned the industry into a pool of one hit wonders who don’t have a clue how to make their music into an actual career.
Travell a.k.a. T.R.A.Y. was born December 10, 1985 in Saginaw Michigan. At the age of 7 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he first fell in love with the art of writing short stories, poetry, and music. Throughout his early career he could be seen in class writing songs in High School, but was too shy to recite his lyrics. Then one day due to peer pressure a group of school friends persuaded him through peer pressure to join a cipher in their school’s cafeteria. The young audience was amazed by the clever wordplay, creativitiy and concepts presented in his material. As word of his lyrical finesse spread around the entire school those lunchroom ciphers became a daily performance. Pretty soon TRAY found himself winning dozens of local battles around the city of Cincinnati. At the time he had no official rap name and went by his well-known nickname Tray, it stuck with him to this day.
There was a moment in time when T.R.A.Y. began to second think his talent due to the lack of competition and opportunities in such a small town. Looking at the industry it was clear that his talent set him aside from a multitude of artists, as many fans said his lyrical capacity was compared on or near the level of fellow musicians Jay-z, Fabolous, and/or Lil Wayne. For Travell rhyming, punchlines, and song concepts came so easy to him, everyone knew he’d be a star and he couldn’t find anyone to feed his inspiration of becoming the best MC ever. He stopped writing songs for himself but continued writing for local artists. By in 2004 He completely stopped and decided to go to college and study for a career in real estate. There he created Finesse Realty Ltd, a small real estate investment firm. This wouldn’t last long as the music bug continued to bite and by late 2006 he was back writing for himself.
Early 2007 he hooked up with a longtime friend who produced the now hit single “I Know” from his first EP. The song got excellent reviews but failed to expand the artists music career as he hoped it would. After turning down deals from several independent recording labels he later began talks of starting his own label with longtime friend and producer Ian Talbert.
At the beginning of 2008 Tray moved all the way to California to record his first acclaimed debut solo album (still untitled) with the hopes of returning the hip-hop/rap community back to a place where artists are celebrated for their lyrical content, and song writing ability. Look for this star to change the face of music as he becomes a major trendsetter in an environment filled with obstacles and the primary competition being ignorant to the current saturation in the current music industry.
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T.R.A.Y. Lyrics
15 Minutes I want Gold teeth Diamonds on my wrist Always chase the bag…
2007 I Know ft. R. Dizzel Yeah yeah oh Baby you know I know Baby when I'm not…
Breathe And of all I've known And the things I shall see And…
F. You Wielu liczy na ślepy fart Że kiedyś znajdzie na ziemi raj Ki…
Go with me I don't know how How we're gonna get out But I'm not…
Had Enough 나 놀 만큼 놀아봤어 나 놀 만큼 놀아봤어 왠지 몰랐어 뭐 때문에…
Hang On All my fellas, all my ladies, come on One, two, three,…
High Times Don't you go getting no bright ideas Right now just isn't…
I Do This Heard you speak one time in an interview Was the sweetest…
I Know You Wanna I really wanna get to know you Get to know you…
Im Grown Now What if this flag wasn't Red White and Blue? What if…
Let Us Pray No more lies no cries finally you can escape it…
Love Neva Lost Yeah Baby, we've been riding for the longest, the longest Do…
Make You Love Me 我愿用我有限的永远 交换曾经快乐的泪水 穿越不安地带 穿越所有危险 来到你身边 我有时相信美丽的预言 却又不想如此心甘情…
My Favorite Song Here's my attempt to describe How you make me feel so…
On the Radio 对你有一点好感 看两眼始终不衬 我未敢估计我 与你会否有下文 怕变爱的牺牲品 更怕我一不小心 爱到消失理智 要每步也秒秒…
Pick Up the Pace What you doing? Shit, at the studio Ok, what time you go…
Picture Me Rolling Want to make it out Balling with no dought Never mention in…
Problem These streets had made a man out me I ain't have…
Punk Punk's not dead Wycieramy tym ulice Punk's not dead Hasła Mo…
See I Know Inny meeny minny mo How many bitches from the club wanna…
Self Fuck is you saying to me What you saying What you saying I…
So Easy (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Yeah, yeah (yeah) It's so easy to s…
That Guy I'm not that guy anymore I'm not the guy you knew…
The Bad Guy Mother fuckers wanna turn me to a bad guy Yeah uh Well…
Up and Away I ain't worried bout no street credits baby Just check my…