Drag - On breaks out on his own
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Drag-On
Ruff Ryders/Interscope Records is
set to release their next artist poised
to leave an indelible imprint upon
the hip-hop consciousness, 19 year
old rapper Drag-On.
D r a g - o n
heated up the
charts with the
h it
sin g le
“ D o w n
B ottom ” o ff
the d o u b le
p la tin u m
c o m p ila tio n
album Ryde
or Die vol. 1.
D ra g -O n ’s
solo debut en-
t i t l e d
O pposite o f
H 20 d rope
January 2000.
In addition to
h
i
s
ap p earan ces
on Eve’s Ruff
Ryders F irst Lady, The RuffRyders
Ryde or Die Vol. 1 and his work on
DM X’s two multiplatinum albums,
Drag has scorched DJ clue’s The
Professional (G old), the Belly
Soundtrack (Gold), Harlem Worlds
The M ovement (Gold) and the
recently tri-regional compilation
T urf Stories.
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Drag-On’s verses are like, well, fire.
T h e y ’re c o n v e rsa tio n a l and
confrontational, capable ofbuilding
and destroying. His flow is unique,
uncloneable, and erratic; it flickers,
crackles, contracts and expands with
a science o f its own.
Tracks to look out for on the
tentative entitled Opposite o f H20
include the first single “Split These
B ars” , the sem i-bounce track
“W hat’s It All About”. The up
tempo track definitely to have heads
b o pping e n titled “Com e O n” ,
“Everday is the same day” and
“W CW ” yet another head banger
where Drag pares off with label
mates EVE and Jadakiss o f The
Lox.
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