Rob Hicks (Racine, WI) – Amazing (Official Music Video)
Here is the first official single from Rob Hicks‘s upcoming album “Project8” called Amazing! The song is provided with Rob’s visual debut as well,which was directed by Ashley Bruce and @LORDGVNESH. Follow Rob Hicks on Twitter for more updates on his upcoming album due out November25TH on #ITunes, #Bandcamp,#Amazon, and other online stores.
When you say the words “hip hop”, the State of Wisconsin will almost never come to your mind. A certain small town artist by the name of Rob Hicks is hoping to one day change that.Rob Hicks was born on March 13TH, 1991. Rob has always been attracted to music, even at a young age. He witnessed his father DJ’ng at local parties,wedding receptions, rave’s and other gathering.is played a huge role in Robert wanting to take up music. After taking piano lessons at the age of 7, Robert began to write and record his own music. He admits that he never actually went to an actual studio untill he was 15 years old. ” A few of my friends and I would buy like 3 or 4 cd’s filled with different types of beats, we would get a blank cassette tape, and just record like that .Off the top. Everything was recorded off the top of my head on a boom box untill we was like 14,15 years old. Good quality and actual studio sessions came later”. After graduating high school,Rob started to record at a local studio where a few pther5 artist would record their respected projects as well, and in 2009, Robert (while then under the moniker) “Yung Rob” released his debut mixtape “Under Construction”. The mixtape did not get Rob as much exposure as he initially thought it would, but he still believes it was a great learning experience. Rob would go on to release 3 more projects under the moniker “Yung Rob” before legally changing his stage name to the abbreviated “Rob Hicks. In 2011, he released the first installment of his “Pipe Dreams” mixtape series. The mixtape garnered Rob alot of attention from other artist, promoters, and producers around the city of Racine. He began to perform in Chicago nightclubs in the summer of 2011, which helped him gain more exposure from other artist and promoters in a city that is known for producing current hip hop icons such as Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, and Common. After promoting his 2nd installment of his “Pipe Dreams” series in 2013 Rob went on to release his most known and critacally acclaimed mixtape to date, “Writers Block Theory”. The mixtape hit the city of Racine,WI extremly hard and helped open doors for Robert to be featured on Radio shows, Blogging sites, and even underground magazine interviews. The release of WBTwould also allow Robert to meet and build a strong relationship with the founder of an independent underground label that goes by the name “Sounds Of Faith Records”. Writer’s Block Theory recieved an 8 out of 10 rating. On the Holloween of the same year, Rob would release his first professional video. The visual would serve as the first single to his upcoming album “Project8” . The video garnered over 1,000 views within the first couple of weeks of its release, and recieved a number of positive reviews due to the lyrical wordplay of the song, and creativity of the visual as well. On November 25TH,2013 Rob Hicks released his independent digital album “Project8” on websites such as Bandcamp and Reverbnation. Though the album has not been out for that long, it has already recieved positive reviews and has gained Robert a pletheraof new supporters and fans. Rob Hicks would end up signing to the Independent Underground Record Label Sounds Of Faith a week after the release of Project8. Rob has described his music as “Bipolar”. He feels that he is indeed the definition of “Real Hip Hop”, but he also insist that he is not a rapper. “I prefer the term “Recording artist”. I think that i can do so much more then just rap, ya know? I honestly believe that i can hop on any beat, and talk about any subject. Thats just what my job is. I dont want to be known as just a rapper, I’d much rather go down in history as an artist”
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