About this project
Beat Studies is an independent record company looking to offer our audience, not only damn fine music, but also the insight that goes into the artistic process behind it. The Beat Studies crew is comprised of four core members: a producer, a director of art & marketing and two of the DOPEst emcees on the planet; SIMP and Q-San.
We released SIMP’s 1st project in Sept. 2008 and have not looked back since. Along with continuing to create and promote our music we have worked hard to fulfill our role as educators by putting on a Hip Hop 101 class aimed at teaching High School students the ins and outs of the music industry.
Recently we have begun to see the fruits of our labor. SIMP, was accepted into the Recording Academy this past year and is now a registered voting member for the 2010 Grammy Awards. Although we are ecstatic about this it has become an unforeseen expense, which is why we are reaching out to you.
Through Kickstarter.com we are setting up a Send SIMP to The Grammy’s campaign. While there we will be able to constantly update you on events and hopefully do some networking to help further the cause.
Our purpose is to make a genuine contribution to humanity; to change people’s lives, educate and bring the genre of Hip-Hop back to its roots. We hope that you will take interest in our cause.
Peace,
SIMP
www.myspace.com/simptunes
www.youtube.com/simp247
www.emqtv.com/simptv
www.twitter.com/simp247
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Funding for this project was canceled by the project creator on January 12, 2010.
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Exclusive video updates and behind the scenes footage of SIMP from The Grammy's
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An autographed copy of SIMP's 1st album "It's That SIMPle!"
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A digital copy of SIMP's "Bring Back Real Music Vol.1" mixtape and an autographed copy of SIMP's 1st album "It's That SIMPle!"
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A SIMP T-shirt, A digital copy of SIMP's "Bring Back Real Music Vol.1" mixtape and an autographed copy of SIMP's 1st album "It's That SIMPle!"
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A personalized "Thank You" on and copy of my next project, A SIMP T-shirt, A digital copy of SIMP's "Bring Back Real Music Vol.1" mixtape and an autographed copy of SIMP's 1st album "It's That SIMPle!"
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Hailing just 22 miles SE of Washington, D.C. from the city of Waldorf, MD, emerges an emcee named SIMP who is poised to carry on the old-school, funk and soul-filled hip-hop torch dropped by his counterparts. Recently signed to Atlanta record label, Beat Studies Productions, he now has the perfect avenue to channel his creative vision. It is time to empower the rap audience and give them a new choice of thoughtful and soulful music in an industry and city so governed by the mighty dollar and the mainstream formula.
This alumni of Hampton University cites his upbringing in an area best known in hip-hop for its energetic “Go-Go” percussion, for the influence that led to his pursuit of making music. “I began spinning records for local parties when I was 14 years old,” he said. “So I had to listen to everything and I developed a broad taste in music”. His favorite emcees include Nas and Lupe Fiasco, but the influence of the rap pioneers that starred in the soundtrack of his youth shine through in his recordings and live performances.
While his name derives from the word simple (meaning easy to solve or understand, not complicated), SIMP the emcee is anything but. “A lot of people called me simple when I was growing up so I rolled with it,” states the 23 year old rapper. “I picked it because life can be simple yet complicated in its simplicity”. Some songs lyrically illustrate that concept as he gracefully and rhythmically tells his stories of love, loss, racism and faith. Other songs of his showcase his wit, and ring with such exuberant energy that they will SIMPly raise the spirit and arouse the body.
Coming off as confident not cocky, aware not conscious, contagious yet not infectious is far from easy. But then again, SIMP is not your average rap artist. He doesn’t hail from the Hood, nor does he try to be. He’s not a skateboarder, and he is not interested in fads or trends. There are no acts or facades when it comes to SIMP. Everything is 100% genuine. “Some mistake confidence for conceit or arrogance; I’m neither,” informs the Atlanta, GA transplant. “I just know what I’m good at. Everybody refers to rappers with substance as conscious, as if everyone else is unconscious or oblivious to the world around them. I say they choose to ignore while I make myself and my listeners aware”. 
His music has intellectual substance and feeling. His message is meaningful and profound. His innermost thoughts are yours for the listening. We need to start demanding more from our hip-hop artists, our musical poets. The artists need to demand more from
their fans. If it involves a little more thinking, so be it. If it involves a little more feeling, so be it. If it happens to involve an artist named SIMP, so be it.
