Notorized: Lottery Pick

Hey all you fans out there that have been disappointed about my lack of reviewing this Summer. I was happy to just kind of take a break after reviewing my friend Jeremy Messersmith's CD "The Reluctant Graveyard". But now one of my close friends from school has inspired me to get back writing with his hip hop/rap bands, Notorized new CD "Lottery Pick". Adrian Williams who I work close with and his friend Reid Travis have been behind this project for two years at the most, creating songs to perfect this new CD. I was told it was gonna be the best CD that ever comes out of our school and I must say in our 8th grade year, this could be it! With a chance of a lifetime ahead of them, I talked to my friend Adrian AKA Dre Will in an exclusive interview right here for all you readers out there at AreYouRockin'

Mx2007: Hi Dre how are you?

Dre Will: I'm good! Do you like the CD?

M: Yeah! I'm loving it... OK so what gave you the idea of the name Lottery Pick for the album?

D: Lottery Picks are elite players in NBA or NFL drafts, so we felt like we were elite, combined with our interest in Basketball, the name suited our ego/feeling about the album

M: So your all big basketball players?

D: Yeah, we all play on traveling teams... but Reid is the best out of us.

M: So how did Israel fit into the group and what is his input on your debut album?

D: When we started the group it was just me and Reid. Then we added guys like Israel and some behind the scenes guys like Skull Face or Phancy Khid

M: Uhuh and the new single with Phancy Khid, can we expect that on his new album entitled "Modern Love"?

D: Yeah we are considering it, but he has some really new stuff that is even better than that one. So expect big things!

M: I'm definitely looking forward to it! Now on the song, "The Best" what got you too use a sample of Michael Jackson and what inspired you too write such an outgoing song?

D: We wanted to make some sort of tribute to the king of pop on the album and the sample fit nicely into the song. We wanted to have another up-tempo song to go along with the song "Takin' Ya Girl".

M: Ya I would have to say those are the best songs on the album so you should definitely keep it up. Do you plan on writing a few more for your next album?

D: That was more of Reid's style though...

M: What would you have done differently?

D: I think we should of put a couple more songs on there, but it turned out pretty good for a debut release.

M: Yes which brings us to your second single called Takin' Ya Girl, who inspired that?

D: A lot of the guys that thought they got a lot of girls at our old school

M: So your old school wasn't the best?

D: Nah, It sucked. Just not a very good environment for learning and stuff. you know what I'm saying?

M: Ya so are you happy to write songs about your school or are you just ready to grow up and start writing about the world?

D: Well at our age, school is a major part of our life.

M: Ya that's true but are you excited about any aspects of adult life and do you plan on doing music forever?

D: Me personally, I plan on making music for as long as I want to. Which will be a long time, but the other guys (besides Skull Face) have bigger interests in other things. So only time will tell.

M: Me and you both being huge young entrepreneurs do you think we could sometime collaborate?

D: I am basically almost always looking for new people to collaborate with. I do Hip hop, RNB, Funk, and Jazz.

M: I know many people think your a great DJ, Now whats the update on the upcoming show with Notorized, the Paradox and Phancy Khid?

D: Yeah I'm a DJ first, Producer 2nd and MC 3rd and there is no new update on that concert in particular.

M: Well I know from Dreams you can MC and do it occasionally well, do you plan on making a song just for you to sing or rap on?

D: All I can say right now is be on the look out for a solo album!

M: Great! Another thing to look forward to! Well I'm afraid were all out of time!

D: Ya, Anytime Mx2007

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So that should explain most about their CD but when it really just comes down to it, It's so easy to show every bit of enthusiasm on this debut album. Here's a recap of some of their best songs... Dreams, one of their first singles is very inspiring and more slower and captivating than other songs while Takin' Ya Girl is all out and exciting. Some of the instrumentals also just overpower the slower more hip hop songs with a more classy flamboyant beat, like on the track Hero. Throughout this CD, Dee-Jay Dre Will, and MC's Reid and Israel really bring out the trendiness of this new decades underground hip-hop scene. This is Mx2007, glad he's not retiring off this website for now... be expecting a new review very soon!

Are You Rockin?
~Mx2007