Over the years, here at OnSMASH, we’ve seen plenty of artists grow. There’s no greater feeling than seeing an artist start from nothing and build up to a global superstar. Some reach their peak and never make it back to that plateau, but for every failure, there’s always a success story. As fans of Hip-Hop music, we always love finding new talent. Especially when they’re fresh out and they have super dope music to back it.
It goes back to the days of The Source‘s Unsigned Hype and Napster, where we spent hours combing through magazines and peer-to-peer networks and forums, searching for what was next. Being up on certain artists before our friends, and even putting them on, is something we always look forward to. That feeling you get when you see someone genuinely fall in love with an artists music without knowing much about them, is something you can’t really explain. No cosigns, no Internet hype, just the music.
As time has passed, our ear has gotten better, and we’ve put a multitude of folks on to artists here on the site that they may never have gotten the spins. It’s become one of the staples of our site. And we’re proud to do it on a daily basis.
With that being said, follow us as we put you on to more talent that you may not be up on. You know, before they turn into XXL Freshmen.