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MAY 27, 1998
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SylkjE fyne
I G a t T h e I ! ( k i f I Ip
R ip p in g ly rics w ith th e skill o f a sushi chef, lady
R ap p e r S y lk -E . Fyne has honed h er craft until like lin e
w in e, it is now read y to be served. H ip -h o p ears around
th e w o rk can now sav o r the lyrical sty le ot this dy n am ic
y o u n g lady w h o h ails from th e w e s t's id e of South
C en tral L os A n g eles.
T h e n ew est d isco v e ry o f hit m ak in g G ran d Jury
P ro d u ctio n s e n tre p re n e u r M ichael C o n ce p c io n (w ho
re c en tly d e b u ted R C A v o calist R o m e and M C A R ap p er
C h ill), Sylk E. Fyne asp ires t o ' be th e fu st \ \ e s t C o ast
Sheryl Underwood, Master P and Tangie Ambrose in Michael Martin 's IGot The Hook Up.
(Photo By Matthew Cazier)
fe m ale ra p p e r to go p latin u m . W hen she w alk ed into his
stu d io , M r. C o n c e p c io n reco g n ized h er talen t im m e d i­
a tely , an d w asted no tim e in reco rd in g her. T h e result is
h er s m o k in ' R C A R eco rd s deb u t album due in E arly
1998, e n title d R aw Sylk.
A c o lle g e g rad u ate, M s. Fyne is a g ifted lyricist as
w ell as rap p er. S h e 's tu rn ed in stro n g rh y m es for the
lik es o f th e late T u p ac S h ak u r qnd E azy E, as w ell as for
ra p p e r T o o S hort. S h e also w ro te all the songs on h er
d eb u t LP, w hich is p ro duced by G rand Jury m usicm asters
V ic to r M erritt and G erald B aillerg ea u (recen tly re sp o n ­
sib le for hits “ S to m p ” by G o d 's P ro p erty and "F iv e
M iles to E m p ty ” by B ro w n sto n e). Sylk E. d escrib es her
sty le as “ a street feel w ith a p o sitiv e m essag e.” But
d o n 't be fo o led this lady co m es hard.
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From left to right, Franz Turner, A.J. Johnson, Gretchen Palmer and Master P in Micheál Martin's I Got The Hook Up.
(Photo by Matthew Cazier)
T h e n ew ly c o m ed y / G o t The H o o k -U p is w ritten by an d starrin g c h a rtb u stin g h ip -h o p sen satio n
M aster P.
B u sin ess p artn ers B lack and B lue run a sh o p p in g c e n te r o u t o f th e ir van. T h ey 're not h av in g m uch luck
m a k in g a buck until they scam th eir w ay into a tru c k lo a d o f c ellp h o n es.
N ow , the cash is ro llin g in, the girls are c o m in g on an d th e y 're g o in g m o b ile ...u p w a rd ly m o b ile. B ut w h en
the bo o tleg p h o n es break dow n, w ires start to cro ss an d ch ao s ta k es o v e r....th e y 're g o in g to h av e to pay.
B ecau se a h u n d red an g ry c u sto m ers, som e m ad -as-h ell g a n g b a n g e rs an d the FBI w ant to put th e se o p e ra to rs
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