East Coast rapper Slic One delivers a musically rich and hot album with production from super producer OD Hunte 'the specialist'.

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Slic One

Slic One has a wry smile as he poses for his latest photo shoot. And so he should. Sean or 'Jyawn' as he's known to his friends has delivered a heavy debut album which separates itself from the pack with it's sticky hooks, musical diversity and (unheard of in this day and age of hip hop) lack of samples on the album. The lead single "Private Gansta" however borrows famously from the Tina Turner classic "Private Dancer" written by Dire Strait's Mark Knopfler.

But before you dismiss Slic One as another wannabe G you need to listen to the tales of finding love after a show "Raindropz", warnings to hustlers "Wake Up Call" and of the dream-story of figuring a way to make ends on the Jodeci-esq "Black Out".

Born to Nigerian parents, Slic One grew up in the US. Mr Bello expected much from his son and perhaps it was all these pressures which caused Slic to drop out of High School and leave the family home at an early age. Slic touched on many states and cities, staying with friends and relatives and eventually found his feet in New York.

Although Slic missed his home life and listening to his mother's James Brown, the late Fela Kuti and many 60s and 70s records, Slic was on his way to becoming self-made.

But things switched dramatically one night when one of Slic's closest friends was gunned down. Slic hints of these and other events all though the 14-track album "My Mind State". In the opening skit "Ironic" Slic speaks on how he used to live versus how his aspiring rapper peers were living and how it's now flipped.

Now a full time rapper, Slic recorded a mix tape album with Kapoo (who features on "From The Start" with J-Steel. Unfortunately the mixtape never came out but Slic's luck was about to change as by chance he walked into the studio of Producer/ writer/remixer/engineer OD Hunte who was looking for an Urban act to launch his Southern Cuba Records label in joint venture with Jean-Christian Francois' JFC Records.

The ensuing album "My Mind State" took just under two months to complete with all the production, playing, recording and mixing by OD "The Specialist". The album is a first glimpse into the fascinating, sometimes dark life of Slic One.

But until album number 2, he will have to keep some of the story Private.