First up to bat for this installment of my independent artist special is Josiah Williams a 19-year-old aspiring actor from Milwaukee, WI and currently attends Bradley University as a Theater Performance major. Josiah was the first to send me his Bio and music. “Josiah has begun lyrical writing, and is currently working on two written lyrical collections; “Measureless Love” (R&B), and “UnCaged.” (HipHop/SpokenWord). Josiah released a mixtape, “The Preview”, highlighting his upcoming written work (09.06.10). His first studio album, “Last Of A Dying Breed”, will be released April 26th, 2011”.
What Josiah is offering is what I’m going to call “reconstructed” Hip Hop because while it’s spoken word, there’s definitely a Hip Hop base to it. It’s a reminder that poetry and Emceeing are intertwined and inseparable. He sent me a track called “Dream of Mine” which you can listen to by clicking the ReverbNation link below. More than the song that he sent, I liked a track called “Broken Dreams”. It’s Def Poetry Jam meets Rock and Roll and had a baby. Below are the links to his tracks.
"Dream Of Mine" - http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_7968403
"Facebook Fan Page" - http://www.facebook.com/jdeanwilliams
"Twitter" - http://twitter.com/JDeanWilliams
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