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Young Bleed is part hustler, part philosophizer, part preacher and all the way real. So it should come as no surprise that the Louisiana-raised rhymer’s stunning new album, Rise Thru Da Ranks, is a compelling artistic statement from one of rap’s most gifted poets. One thing Young Bleed knows is that there are ghettos everywhere. That’s one of the reasons why the high-energy “Block Bleeda’” was Bleed’s choice for his album’s first song. It has a national vibe to where it doesn’t sound just down South, West Coast or East Coast,” Bleed says of the addictive song, which was produced by The Aliens. It’s strong and it fits the place and time. Living in America is all about the hustle and the bustle, so I feel like it’s a statement of the state.” It’s Bleed’s willingness to examine life’s highs and its lows that makes his music so compelling. He can take a look into the drug game and humanize it, delicately dissect interfamilial issues or examine the lingering effects of institutionalized racism with keen insight, all the while sounding so smooth and appealing on the mic that it might take a few listens before you realize the weight of his words. That’s why Young Bleed is so potent: he’s a street soldier with the oratory skills and insight of a preacher. Therefore, it’s no wonder that “Til’ The Sun Go Down,” a take on street entrepreneurialism featuring The Trouble Shooters, rings with authenticity, while the energetic, intense “Put ‘em Up” will move any crowd. Rise Thru Da Ranks is the latest masterpiece in Young Bleed’s impressive musical resume. After being nationally introduced on Master P’s platinum I’m bout it soundtrack’s smash “How Ya Do Dat” single, the Baton Rouge, Louisiana rapper released in 1998 his dynamic debut album, the acclaimed, gold-certified My Balls And My Word. That introspective collection gave listeners a look into the mind of one of hip-hop’s most promising new acts. On my first record, I was coming from a street level,” Bleed recalls. I was blessed to have made it through a whole lot of struggle and different things that take place in any ghetto in the South. I felt in a way that it was a God-calling. The album was a spiritual and soulful search of me coming from the struggles that link with the streets.” Bleed returned two years later with the equally compelling My Own. That album established Bleed as a solo artist who could stand on his own creative footing. While recording his third collection, Bleed enjoyed professional success by launching Da’Tention Home Entertainment with his manager Uncle Pauly, but he also lost several of his family members before the release of 2002’s Vintage. &Vintage is a look back at all the people that helped and supported me,” Bleed says. I had a lot of homeboys and family members within that time of 2002 that had funerals. I was burying my people. I was giving back and looking back.” Bleed gave back again in 2004 with the release of Young Bleed Presents… Da Carleone Family’s Family Business, a compilation featuring a number of Bleed’s hand-picked favorite local artists. He also collaborated in 2004 with fellow No Limit alumni Magic on the independent club smash “I Smoke, I Drank.” But it is with West Coast independent rap tycoon C-Bo that Young Bleed really clicked. In addition to having loyal fans around the world, the two artists create meaningful music. That’s why Bleed decided to team with C-Bo to release Rise Thru Da Ranks. After working with some of the biggest names in rap and selling more than 1 million albums, Young Bleed remains dedicated to making powerful music that will make you move – and think. &It’s beyond the music with me,” Bleed explains. It’s a voice. There’s a lesson in the music and a lesson in living. You’ve got to keep the God with the gangster. We all want to live in a perfect world and let the heavens be the earth and the earth be the heavens. But, realistically it’s not like that. You can turn on the news and see four or five people being murdered. I’m trying to be a bridge between those two points.” And Young Bleed does it as he is able to Rise Thru Da Ranks. Rise Thru Da Ranks CLICK HERE TO BUY Da’Tention Home Entertainment/West Coast Mafia Records Publicity Contact: Betsy Bolte 818-508-9296 bb@betsybolte.com |