Cassette Coast, is an innovative artist that epitomizes Houston hip-hop's new rising force. His style is a unique mixture of signature rap, blues and pop with thoughtful word play that has the ability to touch and appeal to a wide audience.
Coast takes Southern hip-hop in bold, innovative new directions with his newest project plan to be released this summer. He unveiled, 'Thinkin' Out Loud 3: The Other Side of my Heart,' in 2013 via his own Cassettecoast.com. With appearances from the creative ensemble of musicians that make up the HSLB, upcoming female emcee Snow Tha Product, and more, TOL3: The Other Side of my Heart, completes the Thinkin' Out Loud trilogy, delivering an explosive finale made up of deep heartfelt tracks that reach fans on a totally different level.
Growing up in Houston, Texas, Coast was raised by his mother in Epsom Downs, a high crime, mostly low income Hispanic neighborhood. With his surroundi...
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Cassette Coast, is an innovative artist that epitomizes Houston hip-hop's new rising force. His style is a unique mixture of signature rap, blues and pop with thoughtful word play that has the ability to touch and appeal to a wide audience.
Coast takes Southern hip-hop in bold, innovative new directions with his newest project plan to be released this summer. He unveiled, 'Thinkin' Out Loud 3: The Other Side of my Heart,' in 2013 via his own Cassettecoast.com. With appearances from the creative ensemble of musicians that make up the HSLB, upcoming female emcee Snow Tha Product, and more, TOL3: The Other Side of my Heart, completes the Thinkin' Out Loud trilogy, delivering an explosive finale made up of deep heartfelt tracks that reach fans on a totally different level.
Growing up in Houston, Texas, Coast was raised by his mother in Epsom Downs, a high crime, mostly low income Hispanic neighborhood. With his surroundings fueling his hunger as a writer and having a family bloodline of musicians, his music abilities formed at a young age.
At just 8 years old, challenged by a school assignment, Coast wrote his first rap song. This would inspire his style at a young age, naturally evolving from basic wordplay to something very soulful. By the time Coast reached high school, he already had a reputation as "that guy that always writes rap songs." Coast wanted to explain the elements that made him who he was and determined for his music to portray his up-bringing; his neighborhood.
“I put it all together and write music that could and should be the soundtrack to my upbringing. By doing so, I'm also providing the soundtrack for thousands of others lives around the country.”
His career began under the Houston-based label, Dope House Records. It was their where SPM took interest in Coast signing him to form the group, Twin Beredaz, with label mate Quotakey. As the times and climate in the music industry changed, Coast continued growing as an artist working on fine-tuning his abilities he adapted as his career and continued progressing. After five years as a loyal Dope House artist, Coast parted ways with the label to explore the music industry as a solo artist.
Coast has appeared on live recordings with artists, including southern heavy hitters SPM, Paul Wall, Trae Tha Truth, and many more. Coast has recently partnered up with Street Science Ent. An independent label made up of a collaboration of industry influencers united to develop musicians hitting the mainstream.
Through this partnership, Coast created the Thinkin’ Out Loud Trilogy. Coast, defining that exploration and reinvention is key, releases "Hello", his newest video from 'Thinkin' Out Loud 3: The Other Side of my Heart'. "What you hear on the newest TOL, or the trilogy for that matter, is definitely the most personal I have ever gotten with my music. My listeners already know me to be inspiring and artistic... and I believe those are the only two things that I have yet to stray away from. The new mixtape, TOL3: The Other Side Of My Heart, is a transitional body of work that should effectively blur the boundaries of the type of artist that everyone THOUGHT I was. My main objective has always been to inspire those who follow behind me and if I were to ever leave a legacy, it would be one that promotes creativity without fear of being different. There are countless genres that are covered under the umbrella of "music". I've studied them as best as I could so that I could give you my interpretation of what I think music is."
Coast is a breathe of fresh air to the polluted world we call the music industry. Bringing a promising style of music or as Coast would call it, “Heart Shaped Music.”
“I don't know if I'm the breath of fresh air that people say I am... I'm the same filthy oxygen but I can paint the sky like no one else can. I am convincingly human and that's what my Thinkin' Out Loud series is all about."
Follow @cassettecoast on Twitter, Facebook, Soundcloud, Instagram, and more. For more information on this or this artist, please contact Jessica Martinez at 832.606.7180 or email streetsciencepr@gmail.com.
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