But you can sip your little drink and do your little two step.” You might not go out and do every move everybody else can do because you know some people be wildin’ on the dance floor. There’s one for the laidback party-goers: “I have a song called ‘2 Step.’ This song tells you that you can go out and get your groove on. You might find you a wife you never know.” You go out, you see a girl and you want her so bad you don’t want her to turn you down. There’s a song for the ladies: “I got this song called ‘Say Yes’ that’s like a meet and greet song. While stylistically, his songs are mostly characterized by heavy basslines, Unk says his content is diverse, covering a wide range of subjects, moods and occasions. “That song is just mad energy,” he proclaims. If “Walk It Out” won’t get feet moving and bodies sweating, nothing else will. I got a killer swag.” And, he stresses, he doesn’t lay claim to any of the southern trends that have taken flight lately. I just do songs you can dance to and groove to whether they’re fast or slow. “It’s my whole swagger of just having fun, enjoying yourself when you go out to the club.
“My music is really just my swag,” he boasts. While each producer and artist lent his own style to the project, none of them outshadowed Unk’s undeniable flavor.
I always wanted to work with them so whenever I had that opportunity it was just a phone call.” Unk says the people who appear on the album are friends and peers he has wanted to work with for quite some time. It also features production by eight-year-old producer extraordinaire Big Korey as well as Top Quality Productions. Unk’s debut CD, Beatin’ Down Yo Block (Big Oomp Records / KOCH Records), featuring the blazing, high-energy single “Walk It Out,” is a gathering of some of southern hip hop’s greatest, among them Jazze Pha, Yola the Great, Baby D and Dem Franchize Boyz. He was so dedicated in making sure he made it on the mixtapes I was like ‘this joker here gon’ be alright’.”Īnd it looks like Big Oomp’s prediction is on the money. He started out as a deejay and he just started writing raps to go on the mixtapes. “He was determined and he wanted to rap and he was determined he was gonna make it. Oomp says he was as impressed by Unk’s drive as he was by his talent. The 24-year-old former deejay caught the attention of Big Oomp (the man known for his ability to break underground rap acts, among them Baby D), about six years ago. How does an aspiring young deejay win the backing of one of the South’s most revered and influential hip hop kingpins? That’s a question lots of folks are asking these days as Unk makes his way to the stage, courtesy of Atlanta’s legendary rap impresario Big Oomp.