Bishop Lamont-tego pana już chyba znacie..

..a jak nie znacie to kilka słów o nim samym:



At the early age of 12, Bishop was showing signs of interest in the arts with his many renderings of cartoon caricatures and characters in his art work. He filled many sketchbooks with the art that thrust itself from his psyche onto paper. It seemed to flow like a constant stream from his life experiences into the many shapes of his mind. He was, and still is, an avid reader.

The years that followed were filled with drawings, video games, comic books, and books of every kind. He has an insatiable quest and unquenchable thirst for knowledge and constantly consumes literature from fiction to non-fiction, from science to religions, from the supernatural to the astrological and has a remarkable command of the English Language.

As effortlessly and quickly as his art came to him, it seemed to subside in the same way. One day he just said it no longer interested him. Then, at the age of 13, he began his journey into the world of music. Songs just came naturally to him. He could hear them with a certain type of beat, flow, and ending. He would systematically put them down on paper.

He grew up on the music of NWA, Beastie Boys, Aretha Franklin, Credence Clearwater, D.J. Quik, Snoop, Dr. Dre, Too Short, Rakim, Stetsa-sonics, Poor Righteous Teachers, King-tee, X-Clan, Public Enemy, The roots, MC Lyte, Big Daddy Kane, MC Eiht, Above The Law, The Dogg Pound, Warren G, Threat, D.O.C, Rass Kass, just to name a few.

Then, as fate would have it, he placed his mix-tape “Who I Gotta Kill to Get a Record Deal, Vol. 1, in the hands of Dr. Dre at a video shoot. When Dr. Dre mentioned that he would listen to the CD on his way home, Bishop, though exuberant about encountering the mythic producer, thought it would never happen.

Weeks later, Dr. Dre was on Los Angeles radio station Power 106 celebrating his birthday and touting Bishop Lamont as a talented up-and-comer – one he had his eye on and planned to work with.

Finally, in September 2005, after years of hard work, sacrifice, riding the waves of a bidding war between all the major Labels, and an unshakable faith in God, he signed with Dr. Dre of Aftermath Entertainment. His dream had finally come true.

Bishop Lamont began etching his name into the slate of west coast hip-hop long before his recent upsurge. His name first surfaced in 1999 when his group Lifestyle was acclaimed in The Source magazine’s conspicuous Unsigned Hype feature. His voice became a presence on Los Angeles radio drops and, in 2003, he released the buzz-generating song “Kama Sutra.”

Aside from Dre, Warren G. & Busta, he looks forward to working with artists like Em, Jonathan from Korn, Mike Shinoda, Chris Martin from ‘Cold Play’, Bilal, Andre 3000; new artists and producers like Jake one, RJ Rice from the slum, Lt Moe, Thayod, Karnov, Diverse, Chevy Jones, Mike Anthony, Bokey, and a host of others.

The Carson native has hit his stride with an impressive series of singles and cameos the quality of which are unusual for an emcee yet to release his solo debut. He appeared on soundtracks for the video games True Crime: Streets of LA, NFL Streets 2, NBA Live 2006, and Scarface and contributed to six tracks on Warren G’s recently release album, In the Mid-Nite Hour.

Fans have been given a proper taste of Bishop Lamont’s intriguing potential with two singles, “Do It” and “Wartime Is Now,” collaborations with Scott Storch and Dr. Dre which played in rotation on radio stations nationwide. On prominent display were Bishop’s forceful voice and cogent lyrics. With rumors abound over his work on Dr. Dre’s much-hyped Detox album and Who I Gotta Kill to Get a Record Deal Vol. 2 on the way, fans can anticipate another dose of Bishop Lamont in 2006. Whether it will be enough to hold them over until his full-length release remains to be seen.
When asked “what he’d like to do most – even if he didn’t get paid for it” – he says unequivocally, “My music. I can share my truths of life with the masses thru my music. I can give people the truth on both sides of the fence and have fun doing it”!

Pierwszy singiel z jego albumu "The Reformation", który ma się ukazać jeszcze w 2008r.
Co prawda dzwięki nieco inne niż na projekcie z Black Milk "Caltroit", ale licze, że album nie zawiedzie ;)