Show & Prove Presents…Soundcheck [Editor’s Note: Soundcheck is not an XXL Magazine or XXLMag.com co-sign. It offers a platform for up-and-coming artists to be heard. You be the judge.]

Name: Wordspit The Illest

Years Of Experience: Eight years

Hometown: East New York, Brooklyn

Musical Influences: Nas, Rakim, Canibus, Jay-Z, LL Cool J, Linkin Park, Pharrell Williams, Kanye West, System Of A Down, Nirvana, Massinisa, Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Hi Jynx, good music, etc...

Favorite Rap Album: It Was Written by Nas

Sales Pitch: Stack all of your imaginations then mash it up with color, boundless soul, and homegrown hip-hop and you will be in the presence of Wordspit.

Wordspit "Not A Joke"
[Audio://townsquare.media/site/812/files/2008/07/01-not-a-jokebangers.mp3]

http://www.myspace.com/wordspit

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