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Video Premiere – Jet Audio – Lose Your Mind ft. Daytona

July 16th, 2009 by

Jet Audio – Lose Your Mind ft. Daytona
Directed by Lazlo

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It’s here ladies and gentleman – the VERY long awaited video for the first single off of Jet Audio’s The Stand Alone Complex [to be released next week] has just dropped.  We were on location for this videoshoot and snagged a interview with the man behind the boards- Jet Audio himself–we will post that later in the day, so check back soon; and if you haven’t grabbed it already check the download for the single below—

I feel it, the summer is starting to heat up…

An Interview with Print

April 27th, 2009 by

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If you were one of the thousands to download Print’s [AOK, Good Day, Good Night] Comic Books: Unlimited album from that other site in the sidebar, you probably have listened to it, more than once; and you probably have a lot of questions about the man behind the “S” and the cape.

Well TheOvun.com was able to grab an exclusive interview with Man of Steele himself, to break down the whole Print movement, who is Good Day Good Night, how he got in the game, and what he plans on doing with it. We wouldn’t be TheOvun if we didn’t add a little twist to the interview. So for all you real Comic Book heads we picked his brain on some comic-related topics–without further ado:

TheOvun:      For those who don’t know, can you break down the whole Print vs. Good Day, Good Night situation.  Who is in the band, where can we find your stuff, etcetera, etcetera?

Print:              I had a band, my first band we broke up.  I find that it’s so hard to keep bands together–so basically no matter who is playing, I am the band.  What I do is that I have a group of artists/musicians that I play with all the time, but no matter who’s playing, it’s always going to be, Print of Good Day, Good Night.

TheOvun:      Ahh, I gotcha, on some Print Presents:  Good Day, Good Night;, Print of Good Day, Good Night,  like Prince and the Revolution!

Print:              Exactly, so whatever happens to the “band”, I play the instruments, I know the notes…

TheOvun:      So, do you also produce?

Print:              When I produce, it’s always live.  When I produce, I say I want the drums to play in a count of 3, I want this to come in here.  Most of the time I perform with a live band, so that’s how I operate.

The Ovun:      What instruments do you play?

Print:              I know the drums, a little bit of guitar and I’m teaching myself the keyboard.

TheOvun:      Okay cool, so let’s break it down, Comic Books!  Comic Books Unlimited, how was it conceptualized, and why Comic Books at all?

Print:              To keep it real funky, Comic Books came into play because I just wanted to do it for myself.  I came back from London with my boy Outasight and I was like I wanna do something fun for myself, just to keep my skills tight.  I dropped the original Comic Books back in March 08, nobody heard it—well some people heard it, and they were telling me, Comic Books is dope, you need to redo it and you need to do it right, other than that, I’m a fan of Comic Books in general so it was only right.

TheOvun:      Okay, so where did this dude Print come from?  Where did your get your start?

Print:              I started performing in 2005, professionally. My first show I opened up for Young Jeeezy and Juelz Santana and it was my first performance ever–never been on stage at all.

An Introduction to THE LEAGUE

January 21st, 2009 by

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Artist: The League
Location: Long Island, NY [L Crooked I]
Styles: Streets, Realism, Aggressive, Gun Play, Witty, Insightful, Truthful, Gritty, Catchy, Ladies
Albums/Mixtapes On Deck: The L.I.R.R. Volume 3 – Colin Ferguson Files, The League Vs. The Industry, and The League: Draft Picks
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lcrookedi

It seems like the era of the rap group has been steadily disappearing over the past couple of years. Acts that started out as groups have dwindled to solo projects or disappeared from the radar. Although music history has proven it’s easier to go for self, artistically there can be strength in numbers to pick up the slack. The League is a rap group coming out of Long Island that’s given us hope in not only true hip hop in general, but also could come as a revival of the “Rap Group”.

The League consists of 4 dynamic members who each bring a strong uncanny uniqueness to the group. When TheOvun got a chance to sit down and talk with the League about their upcoming projects, Flip proved to be the most vocal in explaining what The League is all about:

Right now for upcoming artists, all that developing artists shit is dead. It’s been dead for a minute. If you’re not already developed coming with your own style, your own lyrics, like The League, your own gear like The League–we got our stamp. Ain’t no artist development to be had here, we ready to go…

The League – Drop Them Panties [prod. n/a]

Sic Osyrus: Everyday’s A Battle

December 3rd, 2008 by

“Don’t like me? Well, you ain’t the only one buddy, I ain’t tryin to make friends with nothing but money.  Cool with Grant, tight  with Benjamin-root of all evil, damn right ima spend it then…”–Pop Off Freestyle


Artist: Sic Osyrus [pronounced "Sike O-Syrus"]
Location: West Philly/Middleton, Pennsylvania
Styles: Realism, Battle Raps, Aggressive, Combative, Comical, Witty, Insightful, The Streets, The Trap
Albums/Mixtapes On Deck: Sic-O-Nomics Vol. 2.5 Mixtape hosted by DJ Bedtyme, Straight Money (album) release date TBA.

Sic Osyrus  – Pop Off Freestyle

So TheOvun got a chance to sit down and pick Sic Osyrus’ brain for awhile, it proved to be an enlightening experience.  Nowadays, too often, we see rappers and emcees with some kind of gimmick.    And not the cookie-cutter gimmicks you can imagine like backwards pants or a dance but on an underground level, you got MCs proclaiming, “I’m here to bring real Hip Hop Back”, or,  “I’m the underrated underdog”.  It get’s a little redundant.  In steps in a dude like Sic Osyrus, who you really can’t compare with anyone, because–he’s just being himself.  And what is he trying to bring to the game?  Being himself;  it’s so crazy the shit just may work!

I ain’t trying to be nobody–and I catch a lot of flack for who I am….I just keep doing me and you either love me or hate me.  Ain’t no in between.  Cause I’ma get in there, and I’m gonna get in your soul and you either goin to hate me or you gonna love me; it’s one or the other.“  Seems like it’s been working in his favor.  Since he got back from a vacation [wink] up North, he’s been going hardbody, with over 60 mixtape features in the past 11 months.  It’s not such a daunting task considering Osyrus doesn’t sleep much.  Armed with his arsenal of a pen, paper, a tape recorder and the glow of television screen, he writes the truth.  Looking back, it doesn’t seem so surprising that KRS-One’s Love’s Gonna Getcha and Redman’s Whut? Thee Album had a direct influence on him growing up.

Sic Osyrus – That’s My Style [prod. Oz]

Big Six is Living Proof

December 3rd, 2008 by


Artist: Big Six
Location: Asbury Park, New Jersey
Styles: Streets, Realism, Hustler’s Life, Mellow, Laid Back
Albums/Mixtapes On Deck: Your Next Favorite Rapper  hosted by DJ Lazy K [coming soon]

There are a million and one stories of how to make it in the industry and a million more yet to be told. In these times, it’s hard to tell an artist that a magical chance occurrence [without a reality show] could launch them to their dreams. But that my friends, is exactly what happened when Big Six stepped on the scene at the 2003 Source Awards in Miami. Armed with an ingenious marketing plan and a hustler’s maneuverability, Jersey’s own Big Six is after the crown.

Big Six – Living Proof [prod. J Banga]

The first thing I did, i made up some shirts that had my name on them and where I was from and then I made my CD to have all that on it too.  So when i had went down there, i was in the streets pushin’ or sellin’  them or giving them away…There was a lot of people out there pushing CD’s but a lot of people didn’t have their whole situation together, they were dressed in regular clothes, so it was easier to pick me out of a crowd.  People were seeing me, and I caught the ear of a couple people, and things jumped off when I got back to New York.”