OCD: Moosh & Twist

OCD is an up and coming rap duo straight out of Philadelphia, PA. Their unique progressive hip hop sound has been receiving plenty of attention recently on the East Coast. Still high school seniors, Moosh & Twist are two teens with dreams to change the game in a positive way. Two young men with the drive to make it. Swag.

JARED EVAN

JARED EVAN grew up in Great Neck, New York playing the drums, hoping for the chance to one day become the next Keith Moon. With an introduction to music at an unusually young age, JARED found himself discovering and listening to artists that were way before his time. “I was the only 6 year old in school listening to Al Green and Led Zeppelin”. “I would bring Jethro Tull and James Brown CD’s to school and other kids thought I was weird”. With dreams of breaking as a professional drummer originally, he soon began to experiment with several other instruments and taught himself how to play a number of them. JARED’s early years were filled with a lot of problems in school and music provided a theraputic outlet for him. Eventually, Jared later became heavily influenced by older seminal Hip Hop artists such as the Wu-Tang Clan, Mos Def, The Roots, Kool G Rap, Tribe Called Quest, KRS-One, The Fugees, and others. At this point, Jared started to fuse his new passion with his old. Taking musical cues from his classic rock and soul influences such as Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Al Green, Radiohead, Sublime, James Brown and others.

JARED began to produce and rhyme over new genre-blending beats while introducing heavily melodic hooks to create groundbreaking undertones. Soon, others began to take notice. In 2008 at the age of 18, JARED won the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival’s Spit 16 competition curated by The Source (magazine). Jared was invited to open the festival and his performance immediately caught the attention of attendees, MC’s and the press. Off of the strength of his performance, Jared was invited to perform several shows including an opening gig for Lupe Fiasco in the fall of 2008.

At that point JARED started working heavily in his own home studio and began to hone his sound and complete his very first project entitled “Radio In My Head”. It was around this time where JARED started interning at The FADER in New York City. Upon completion of the first draft of the project, JARED put it in the hands of his friend and Hip Hop superstar director, Rik Cordero (whom he met while interning at The FADER) . Rik said this about Jared after hearing the mixtape: “Jared meshes Hip Hop lyrics, Neo Soul and Post Punk influences with Classic Rock to create a truly unique sound.” Rik and JARED immediately began to create visually stunning music videos to complement Jared’s provocative sound. These videos were then circulated to the top music executives and within weeks JARED had several major label offers.

TMAS

I like to think of myself as a warrior, Im just a kid from the south
suburbs of Chicago making my way into the music industry that’s full of
competition and choices. Growing up, I had 2 major influences that lead me
to music. I was inspired by the lyricist that is Eminem and still look up to
him and his work. And I would listen repeatedly to material by Tech N9ne
because of the wordplay he uses. Because of those two guys, I try to be as
intricate as possible and sound unlike anyone else. I write all types of
songs. I do the party songs, but I feel my best material is my up-close and
personal tracks. I switch up the subject and points I’m trying to get across
for every song because I want to have songs that everyone can relate to.

I got a movement that’s called “RidgeReppin”, and its growing day by day.
“RidgeReppin” stands for unity. Teamwork makes the dreamwork and Im just
trying to give back to the people that were there since day 1. I want to be
the person that turns his dream to reality. Im all about connecting with
fans, and I like to make my presence known every time I hit the stage. I
like to bring the energy and to get the crowd going, that’s what I’m all
about. I’m doing everything I possibly can to get this music to where it
needs to be, and in 2014 I’m going to put in the work.

-TMAS

ILL AMBITION

What started as a one man solo act has evolved into a band of equally talented musicians that have come together to infuse Hip-Hop with Rock, Funk, Electronica, and even Top 40.

ILL Ambition has been labeled as “Some of the best performers in Chicago,” and for many good reasons. At a show not only will get all of your favorite ILL Ambition hits, but also plenty of covers and mashup’s from your other favorite artists. From the underground to mainstream, covers range from Tech N9ne, to Kanye West, to Steve Aoki. The sky’s the limit. “It’s one hell of a party you don’t wanna miss!”