Every so often an exceptional artist lurks beneath the shrouded depths of the underground world waiting for the perfect time to pounce into the spotlight with ferocity. At a time when society is tired of the monotonous sounds of today’s music and cries out for someone to break the barriers of the norm and one man stands to start a revolution. The cries have been heard, that is time is now and that man is Tha Advocate.
As a dedicated artist, Tha Advocate has been rapping since 1997. In 2005 Tha Advocate turned this hobby into a more serious effort. He was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1983 and later relocated to Newburgh, New York where he spent most of his teenage years and then relocated back to New Jersey. His life has been less than perfect and his passion for rapping has created a platform to confront his demons. Clever rhyme scheme, meter and simile’s reflect this “passionate” poet’s motive to resurrect his listener’s deepest and most intimate feelings about life, death and the everyday struggle. His sounds generate a tornado of thunderous ground shaking beats and silky but fiery lyrics interweaved with machine-gun quickness to fuse order and mayhem into one atomic ball of electricity.In addition, this multi-talented artist is arduously involved in every aspect of the production of his original beats in the production company he created with Jeff Burna, titled "Ruff Houze Productions".
As a producer, Tha Advocate has the ability to not only put his heart and soul into his lyrics, but into the creation of his music as well. The extensive use of various musical instruments helps to develop the particularly unique sound on his tracks. He is also responsible for working extensively on the production of "Against The Wall" (the first debut retail album from Advo) and certain key songs off of his personal mixtapes "Point Of No Return (Hosted by Remy Ma and DJ Bedtyme)", "Barmaggedon (Hosted by DJ Bedtyme 357) " and the next album (soon to be released) "Designed To Be Signed", aswell as a slew of other artists projects. Furthermore, he has been featured on many various mix CD’s, compilation albums and highly hit hiphop websites and magazines as well as respectable hip hop publications. Just google "Tha Advocate" and you can see. Advo has made several memorable appearances on radio and internet outlets throughout the United States and many music related TV shows and DVD'S. In the summer of 2005 Tha Advocate released "POINT A" his debut solo mixtape. After moving thousands of mixtapes and receiving incredible reviews another project was in the works. In April 2006 Tha Advocate's debut album "AGAINST THE WALL" was released and also received incredible reviews,feedback and responses.
"Barmaggedon" as well "Point Of No Return" caught alot of mainstream attention from established HipHop and music icons.This list goes on and barely defines the hardwork that Tha Advocate demonstrates to achieve his goal. On July 31st 2007, Advo released his best work to date."Point Of No Return" which was hosted by Remy Ma and DJ Bedtyme357. It featured many gems such as the pain driven "Maybe U Should Kill Me" and "LifeSong" and the indepth "The Lense". PONR also featured street classics like "Air It Out" and "Beware Freestyle", aswell as the universal smash hit "Talk 2 U". Now in Late 2008 DJ Bedtyme is returning to host the most intriguing work of Tha Advocate to date, "Barmaggedon".Prepare for a slew of music videos and the long awaited retail album, "Designed To Be Signed" to drop in 2011.
Advo became partner of Mic Check Mixtapes in late 2006 with fellow emcee Underground. Since then they have released many critically aclaimed mixtapes with artists such as Sly Boogy,Domination and Bang Em Smurf,Remy Ma,DJ Bedtyme,Stat Quo,Killah Priest and the list goes on. In 2008 Tha Advocate and Ballerstatus.com teamed up and created the "Digital Dynasty" mixtape series. Each mixtape has been a mainstream success.The mixtape series has gained over 1 million downloads since volume 1. Digital Dynasty has had a slew of hosts such as Hot Rod, Willy Northpole, The Alchemist, Chamillionaire, Crooked I, Stat Quo, Ransom, Hussein Fatal, RasKass, DJ Whookid, DJ Drama, Xzibit, Nore, 40 Glocc and Naughty By Nature are a few to name. CoHosts includes DJ Woogie DJ Bedtyme, La The Darkman and Willie The Kid. Tha Advocate has also presented solo mixtapes with Mr Wise (from VH1's , I Love New York), Killah Priest, and Doitall (from Lords of the Underground). In Mid 2010 Tha Advocate and Ballerstatus created DDRNB (Digital Dynasty RNB mixtape series). The first volume was hosted by RnB legend Mike Bivins. Other then owning a mixtape series, producing and rapping, Tha Advocate also does a bit of "Journalism on the side . Tha Advocate way". Advo has interviewed and worked with Lil Cease, Stat Quo, DJ Green Lantern,Tony Sunshine, Star (from Star and Bucwild), Michael Bivins and many more. The conducted interviews have been a staple in hiphop and an internet and radio sensation. In August 2010 Vibe Magazine wrote about Tha Advocate and Ballerstatus.com's mixtape series in the Nikki Minaj issue.
More media is going to be released periodically throught 2010 and 2011. In 2010 Tha Advocate released one of his album cuts "Where I Come From" which featured Stat Quo, Big Lou and Mr. Probz. Then Advo unleashed a huge remix to the song featuring Killah Priest, Willy Northpole, Sha Stimuli, Hussein Fatal, Mr. Probz, Big Lou, Stat Quo and Doitall (from Lords Of The Underground). After that came the street anthem, "When I Speak". That is the second cut off "Designed To Be Signed". "When I Speak" featured Raskass, Killah Priest and Mr. Probz. Advo also unleashed the video for the "I Run This Remix", which was shot by Monstar Films". The video is still circulating throughout the underground gaining much noted recognition.
The long awaited emergence of this extremely eclectic rapper slash producer is finally here. The barriers of the norm have been broken and the revolution has begun. The crown for the best un-signed artist will soon be held by Tha Advocate, the number one contender in the game.
