INTERVIEW: Will Claye Outlines Path From Olympian To Hip Hop Musician
Originally posted on HipHopDX 4/13/2017
For world-class athletes, the allure of the music industry always seems to find its way into the picture. That call didn’t miss Olympian silver medalist Will Claye as he readies his debut album Look What You Created. The #DXLive team recently made the trek to the Red Bull HQ in Santa Monica to host the listening party for the long and triple jump champion alongside fellow Olympian Allyson Felix and Hip Hop luminaries Seaside Stretch, Thurz, and Apple Music’s own Carl Chery.
When asked if the 25-year-old silver medalist felt he’d ever reach this level with his music.
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ALBUM REVIEW: Sincerely Collins – The Legend Of The Phoenix
Originally posted on HipHopDX 5/17/2016
Rating: 4/5
“Destiny is a guess; a guess of what you know, what it knows about you and what it knows you would do. But then again, I might be wrong and destiny could be totally in control of you” the 9-year-old whiz kid questioned about the future confidently belts between tracks on Phoenix rapper Sincerely Collins’ latest album, The Legend of the Phoenix. For Sincerely, the parallels of destiny and his current trajectory are laid out for us as he wax poetics his autobiography over 16 beautifully produced tracks.
Opening the album is a news bulletin about a woman, Lisa Dianne Jameson, who left work one evening in 1991 and was never seen again. As listeners unpack the following track “Better Different Intro,” you come to find out that woman is Collins’ mother as he emotionally recalls, “I started from the bottom lost my mama at two, I was just a little shorty but that moment I knew/I was different I was different I ain’t one in the same, I was sad and I was lonely I was hoping for change.”
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