Some of the world's biggest egos are formed in Brooklyn. Poison Pen makes fun of that using a satirical tone in the intro of his new project "Immortal Technique Presents Poison Pen: Pick Your Poison" to get the message across.
Making fun of violence, sexism and pride, the emcee poses as a member of the Brooklyn Tourism Board undermining the violence, sexism and pride that is so apparent in Brooklyn -and hip hop. The Brooklynite jumps right into a song with a thick Brooklyn accent, hard beats and a catchy chorus on "Who Are You?"
The mixtape album is a pre-requisite to the rapper's album "The Money Shot" hitting stores soon. In the meanwhile, Poison Pen delivers a few tracks worthy of a trip to Brooklyn. He takes you to the notorious hood of Bedstuy, New York with a track titled, "Bed Stuy Best Buy", a place that has been home to many hip hop greats such the Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, -it must be something in the water.
Brooklyn residents in hip hop is nothing new, in fact they tend saturate the New York rap scene with lyrics embracing the guns and the glamour. As does Poison Pen, yet he turns that around on Fif N Da Mornin' where he switches up the flow, emulating the 80's way of storytelling in rap music. The beat is cheesy, (very 80's) but it works.
Like Brooklyn greats before him, Poison Pen manages to get his name into the some pretty big events. He's appeared in Dave Chapelle's Block Party, VH1 Hip Hop Honors and MTV's The Stop.
Pick Your Poison is the emcee's first solo project. Keep an eye out for his next solo project, The Money Shot.
For more information please visit: myspace.com/poisonpen
Immortal Technique - Poison Pen Pick Your Poison: The Mark Of The East
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