Song Title: Tonight
Artist: R.O.T. featuring Rudy B
Bio: Founding R.O.T. members Sam and Rob have known each other
since grade school. By the time they moved to high school, Sam
had already put together an old computer, mic, and simple audio
editing software. He would make beats and Rob would rhyme. With
that, a hunger for rap success was born.
Judas joined the fledging rap group after meeting in high school.
Sam and Rob were impressed with his rhymes. Then they met Steele.
After Steele spit his first lyric - R.O.T. would be a set group
of four from then on.
Inspired by the vocal talents of Eminem, Big Pun, and Tupac, R.O.T.
would spend many days of the week developing their skills. They
knew a huge challenge lay ahead if four white guys were to gain
any measure of respect in an industry typically characterized by
black performers. But that respect was to come soon enough.
Today, Sentury Sam has many beats under his belt. Acting as primary
producer, Sammy layers thoughtful beats with piano inspired riffs
and hints of pop influenced hooks.
R.O.T. never fails to bring to the recording studio brutally honest
rhymes and harmonic soulful cues. Lyrics deal with emotional issues
of being raised in broken homes, quenching for fame, and gaining
respect in the hip-hop world. Sincere emotions and introspection
flow through each of their songs.
With Sam's beats, the group put together their own demo in 2003.
They sent a few samplers to indie labels, even a major or two.
But the group didn't hear anything back. Undeterred, R.O.T. would
go back to Sam's house to develop beats and write rhymes - always
with the goal in mind of improving their sound and flow. Around
this time John Bortolotti was putting together Disc Connected Records
(DCR) and spreading the word he was looking for talent to sign.
A friend of the group had the R.O.T. demo and passed it to John.
From the first listen, Bortolotti knew there was something special
on that demo. "I could immediately recognize the talent and potential.
Sure it was rough, but I could sense a great chemistry and timing
between each emcee. These boys could flat out rhyme. And the beats
were very unique."
R.O.T. would become Bortolotti's second signing to the DCR label.
In no time, R.O.T. would be in John's studio spitting rhymes and
laying down tracks for its debut album scheduled for a mid 2006
release. A new, fresh take on the Canadian urban music scene is
about to emerge.
Producer: DCR Productions, John Bortolotti
Label: Disc Connected Records
Publishing
Publisher: Disc Connected Publishing (SOCAN)
Description: Hip Hop dance track with reggae
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