Wordsmith

Wordsmith

WORDSMITH has called many places around the world home. The son of a former Full Army Colonel meant home changed often; from New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, Delaware, Texas, Kansas to as far as Germany. Growing up with the always inevitable relocation, Word found rap to be a powerful constant. His knowledge stems from starvation as he would save his lunch money each week to buy classic tapes from Redman, Big L, Nas, Eric B. and Rakim, Jeru the Damaja, A tribe called Quest, Da Bush Babees, Krs One, Gangstarr, Das Efx, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, and his cousin Roc Marciano. Going away to school finally settled Word in one place, Maryland, first Morgan State with a full scholarship to play football, and finally Salisbury University where he continued football and received his B.A. in Theatre, Class of 2002.

Wordsmiths debut album Vintage Material will break the established mold, just in time for an industry in search of a new pioneer for the future. Unparalleled lyrics with soulful undertones laced with a 90s backdrop make for head banging commercial appeal, guaranteeing this project to be a classic on your shelf for years to come. Wordsmith created Vintage with an arena performance in mind so prepare to experience a stage show that showcases Words Theater background. Before this debut release Word teamed up with the legendary Chubb Rock, making the monumental album Bridging the Gap. To accompany their album, Chubb and Word released a mixtape called, A Crack in the Bridge, on May 13th 2009 through HipHopdx.com. The exclusive online release through itunes was June 2nd 2009 and that garnered the two MCs a Myspace Music Feature, an AOL Music Listening Party, a feature with Myxer.com, promotional campaign with Microsoft/Reverbnation, The scheduled street date is July 14th, 2009 and the album is collectively being released by GoDigital Records (Digital) & Unruly/Koch Records (Physical).

The duos 1st single, Old 2 The New peaked at number 2 on the Rapattacklives/Rapnetwork College top 30 Charts, while the full album debuted at number 22 on the CMJ charts in its first week. The Video for their first single was picked up for rotation by MTV, BET, BETJ, VH1 Soul, Music Choice, Video Music Box, Skope TV, Screenplay, Sprint TV and more.

Simultaneously, Wordsmith will be releasing an album in the UK entitled A Baltimore Martini with Dutch artist I.N.C The Poet. Wordsmith seeks to establish his diversity and longevity with his future projects Appetizer at the Pioneer Pub EP, The Soundscape Experience, The Golden Era, and a pair of experimental Rock/Hip-Hop albums called Rockstrumentals and R2: Ground Zero. It is a goal for Word to drop a classic Hip-Hop album simultaneously with a Rockstrumentals album and dominate two distinct genres. Apart from albums, Wordsmith appears heavily on the mixtape circuit, with most of his mixtapes gaining sponsorship from the number one HipHop site on the internet HipHopdx.com. His first mixtape release, Statements & Stipulations, was sponsored by 730 from HipHopgame.com. and that garnered the up and coming MC a notable mention on MTVs Mixtape Mondays. Words next mixtape, The Revolution Begins with a Takeover Vol.1 got him a placement as the top mixtape for January 2009 in the national syndicated magazine HipHop Weekly. Wordsmiths following mixtapes, The Mid-Year Review, The Revolution Begins with a Takeover Vol. 2, and The 2008 Resolution & Re-Cap were a huge success on the internet and interviews/reviews with The Baltimore City Paper, Hip-Hop Weekly, One-Ten Magazine, The Atlantic City Press, ABCs Official Heat, HipHopgame.com, HipHop.org, AllHipHop, RapTalk.net, Rago Magazine, Who Mag DVD, Hoodlife DVD, King Size Magazine, HHNLIVE.com, Soundslam.com, Grind Mode Magazine, Critical Beatdown Magazine, The Noyse Magazine, Okay Player, XM Radio UKHH.com, Britishhiphop.co.uk, HipHop Connection Magazine (UK) and numerous radio stations ensued.

Backtracking somewhat, 2008 was the year Wordsmith blew on the College Radio airwaves with the song Ode to tha Pioneers. In January 2008, the record peaked at #4 on the Rapnetwork College Top 30 Charts without a College Radio Promoter. Though this garnered Wordsmith some national exposure, it was the sequel to Ode to the Pioneers, titled As the Art Fades Away that really sparked some controversy. Fans and underground Hip-Hop heads voiced their discrepancies about a Nas track titled Surviving the Times that used the same drum pattern and sample as the producer of Words track. Even the concept was similar to what Word wrote, so the internet forums, blogs, and major HipHop sites were buzzing at an alarming rate. It got to the point that Wordsmith and Nas A&R Mike Brink had a conference call to discuss the issue and clear the air. HipHopdx.com mediated the call and later released the follow up story for those in need of closure on the disappointing situation.

Still, Wordsmith pushed on and seemed to gain more motivation to separate himself from the rest of the pack. Becoming a legitimate business man on the unsigned level was important to Word and he kicked off that notion by doing a major marketing deal with Joint One LLC. in Japan. They are responsible for marketing/promoting Word’s image and in August 2008, they secured a deal for Wordsmith to write some theme music for the Platinum Games/Sega release called MadWorld, for the Nintendo Wii system. A marketing deal with the UK based RVUP came next and they helped sign Word's Ode to tha Pioneers track to Puma Fragrances for a CD-Rom game they are packing with the product. Returning back to the US, Wordsmith signed a deal with BE Colleges for College Campus show bookings and No Vacancy Booking for tours. Clothing deals with Vintage Clothing Limited, Wearyourcity.com, and Super Hero would soon follow as Wordsmith looked to solidify his portfolio.

In the middle of 2008 Wordsmith started expanding his Radio connections by writing Jingles for former 103.9/OC 104 on air personality Poot. Word also handled some show intros for Chubb Love from 10-2 PM as well. By March 26th 2008, Word took the next logical step by releasing his own worldwide Podcast called Revolt Radio, a syndicated show that gained over 100,000 subscribers after its first year on the air. Word also shot his first video with G-Light Films for Park & Ride: The Sunset Edition, which was just added to rotation on Skope Magazines Skope TV as a pre-release.

With these universal deals it is easy to understand how dedicated and motivated Wordsmith is, and how he managed to gather a widely diverse camp of like minded people for his NU Revolution Entertainment Label. March 2009 brought the official launch of NU Revolution Entertainment LLC, which in its infancy has brokered several major deals to date. With the new label comes the release of his collaboration album, Bridging the Gap with Chubb Rock and a UK album, A Baltimore Martini, with INC The Poet .In the states, Word was picked as the Unsigned Hype of the month for November 2008, Next 2 Blow for June 2009 and he helps book the Record Breakers section for the nationally syndicated magazine HipHop Weekly. Word also secured deals with The Independent Coffee Network to allow the use of his music for in-store entertainment in coffee shops across the country, Music Dealers to license music to TV, Film, Soundtracks, and RhinoMusic for the distribution of his mixtapes, so stay tuned to one of the most knowledgeable independent artists in the game.