Benefit-So Sick

[kevy_boii]

This Dudes Very Unknown.Youd Be Lucky To Find A Pic Of Him..lol

[kevy_boii]

Benefit-Procede With Caution..Dont Ask Me Why It Has A Pic Of A Black Guy..HaHa..Benefit Is White Not Black..lol

[SP]

Word, U can tell he's whtie by his voice..

His musics kinda plain.. Multies are dutty tho.. I wouldn't bump to it.. But his lyrics are nice to listen to..

[Thinker Thought]

I've loved "So Sick" for years. Have you heard the re-mix? I found it on LimeWire and thought it was dope as fuck. Haven't heard any other songs by the dude though, props on the videos.

[«Kü®bẕẕ»]

This thread = so 2000.

[kevy_boii]

yea i have his album man..kurbz there is no date on dopeness..lol
nah i aint heard the remix..u still got that shbit?? he has a newish track with killah preist
aswell,its pretty good..

[«Kü®bẕẕ»]

The level of dopeness can be argued.
Sure, he has a unique scheme, and way of rhyming...

but the substance is all filler.

[kevy_boii]

yea most of it is filler,.i just love dudes multi's..he's a fucking beast..lmao

[«Kü®bẕẕ»]

Indeed.

[‘ J. Crow ’]

Escape to World 69, If i owned a midget ..all pretty good

but anyway ..im sure everyone heard his stuff BEFORE he retired like years ago

[kevy_boii]

he hasnt really retired..he has an 07 track with killah preist and dangerous minds..
he mostly a producer now..i have like 60 of his beats lmao...

[InjektionZ]

How old is he now?

[‘ J. Crow ’]

i would say hes like 29-ish? now

"How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?"

There are many different ways that it has changed the industry, but the main aspect for musical artists is that it means more exposure. Many emcees are benefiting from putting their music on websites like Soundclick and Myspace. One emcee in particular who is well known, especially on the internet, for his music is Benefit. Falling in love with Hip-Hop at a young age, Benefit got his start rapping on the internet, battling at a now defunct website www.thalandz.com, where he was undefeated there for at least 10 weeks. At age 19, he made his debut album entirely at home. I know that doesn't sound too incredible, but you gotta consider that it was recorded with ONLY $17 worth of equipment: a $5 computer microphone and a horrible $12 soundcard. Calling it "B.E.N.E.F.I.T", which stood for Blatantly Ending Nonsense Emcees Following Ignorant Thought, he distributed it solely as a CD-R with a laser-printed cover. After handing copies out to a few people in 1999, he started a special movement; he had never intended for that collection of songs to be an album but the people he passed it out to first were feeling it so much, that they passed it out to their friends and their friends passed it to their other friends, and so on. It got so much recognition through word of mouth he decided to make it an official album. In the summer of 2000, Benefit won the Napster/Rapstation.com contest, beating out other emcees like Tonedeff and Pack FM, and getting his music even more exposure. In 2002, when he had his own label established and his new website created, he re-released the album remastered, in a more professional matter, including three bonus tracks. He labeled it the "Special Edition" version of the album, but to people who were unable to buy the original, it was just as good as finding the original.