As diverse as the sounds of most cities from the northwest are Bellingham, Washington may be one of the bigger melting pots. More of a small town lifestyle and a college city in some sense you never quite hear the same type of music coming from artists repping the area. Loc Saint has been around for a bit already having about six albums under his belt with a few real local projects and his biggest release with 2008’s “Real” mixtape. Starting our with kind of a more west coastish sound Loc Saint always kind of had a uptempo flow but has really stepped it up in the speed department over the last two releases including his latest “Hard 2 Die”. With his last release you got his sense of pain and darkness but times that by a hundred with the latest album which has Loc Saint going into a all new spectrum of obscurity. With a sound that could be closely relatable to that of Tech N9ne tempo wise but what many call horror core music-wise.  Loc Saint considers himself a Christian rapper and really takes a death and back approach through this album. Overall the expected fan base will probably love the music but it will probably be too dark for others to grasp. The album is available for purchase on all digital retailers and in hard copy form on cdbaby.com
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Positive is the best way to describe the artist known as Willie Will who in an artists retrospective is as probably more of a veteran in comparison when it comes to work put in with his music. If that’s the case some people might say why have I not heard of this Willie Will? The most stand out reason is probably the genre of hip hop he does which happens to fall into gospel/christian category which is a scary word for some. As many people that praise god in this business not enough take the route of doing positive music. Amidst all that the so called talent in the business you would be humbled by the talent in this genre which Willie Will does justice. Willie Will has quite a few albums out and “The High Life” is just the latest via his End Of Earth Records. While his message surrounds topics of god he is in a sense guiding you throughout his lyrics telling stories past and present while keeping the music identical to that of other popular artists. Indisputably Willie Will could outdo and is more talented than a lot of rappers which should be reason enough to check any of his music out. Beats are handed by Superstaro, Money Money Moss, Ian Knox, Bravestarr, Kenny Mak and appearances by Mark Arthur, Jazz Digga, K-Drama, Sevin, Michelle Lang, Lil Heidi, Illy Wonka, and Eloh.
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Eric “Frog” (Fully Reliant On God) Chaffer, form the age of fourteen, led a destructive life with no focus or foreseen hope. Gangs, drugs, alcohol, and sex consumed his life, often times leaving him feeling empty and emotionally detached from other people. At the age of seventeen he was faced with an ultimatum to go to job corps or be disowened by family. He chose the former. It was at his going away party that he met Megan Dudley, who he had no idea would soon become the mother of his child. While Eric was attending a church retreat that he had been invitied to by his three months pregnant girlfied Megan. At this retreat Eric questions of God’s reality was answered. Eric made the biggest decision he had ever been faced with and dedicated his life to Jesus Christ. The next day Eric decided he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Megan, and a week later they married. Eric soon discovered he was blessed with a gift to spread the gospel through the vehicle of hip hop. Instead of drugs, sex, and money, his raps were now filled with the word of God. After writing and recording his first song, Eric knew that this was what he was called to do. Months later, his wife Megan joined along side him, and the yformed the group Frog & Toad.
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