The New Orleans rapper and songwriter
known as E.D. Nix has released his latest official LP album,
“Community Service.” It has been proudly published on the Blvxk
Supremc Creative Collective independent record label without the
involvement of the corporate music industry. It features the
additional talents of Jambalaya Johnny, Shayne Tone, T.Y., Kendal
Banks, and Nem Venom. A rolling groove pumping with bass and packed
with polished lines and rhymes, “Community Service” is an LP
album to put E.D. Nix on the map not just in the bayou, but in the
global hip-hop community at large.
E.D. Nix is a southern rapper who
doesn't feel obliged to perform the “dirty south” sound. Asked to
cite some main artistic influences, he writes, “Everything. I'm
pretty open minded. I literally will give anything a chance. Artistic
influences are too many to name. But I'm hugely influenced by where
I'm from.”
His style comes largely from the
mid-late nineties when lyric delivery reigned supreme, long before
ubiquitous autotune and nonstop digital effects seized hip hop. Nix
considers his music self-explanatory, which it is, and presents
himself with a mellow, humble attitude, both of which he also is.
“I'm an open book on top of the
private shelf,” E.D. Nix writes of the themes of his new album.
“The knowledge is there, the substance is there, the lifestyle is
real. I'm not perfect but I ain't stupid. This music provides a
little substance with dope beats. I'm just telling real stories on
some gangsta-ass tracks and people miss that shit.”
E.D. Nix can wax modest, but he's also
a very successful artist in 2018 with much more to come.
“I'm not trying to change the world,”
Nix says, “I'm just vibing everyday trying to put it together. I
used to be in the in the 7th ward plotting on 6 figure 'licks.' Now
I'm a major piece in a Fortune 100 company, and I own my own. Things
could be so much different for me, but I get to make music, movies
and do dope sh-t, and I think anybody that listens to my music should
be able to grasp that perspective.”
Another source describes E.D. Nix as
the “Self-made underground King of New Orleans.” In a review of
his third solo release, an LP titled “Sözè,” the author says
Nix “has developed into one of the budding stars of the
entertainment industry. In Film Beaucoup de Force Nix stepped into
the role of Music Supervisor. Since the August release of this short
film, 3517 Law Street Productions and Nix's company, Grande Scheme
GG, have worked tirelessly on such projects as Neutral Grounds, which
provides cinematic visuals for 'Sözè.'”
In his hometown of New Orleans, E.D.
Nix is most renowned for his spot as a radio personality on the
area's first black-owned station, WBOK 1230AM. His Sports Revolution
program boasts an average daily audience of over 60,000 listeners.
E.D. Nix's style has been called
“influenced by the jazzy heritage of his hometown while having been
raised in the classic nineties era” and notes that Nix has
introduced what he calls “New Age Hip Hop.” Nix has ascribed his
first two projects, “On My Way Home” (2011) and “Higher
Earning” (2012) to this category.
Elsewhere Nix is described as “not
your average 'rapper'” but also “an extremely shrewd businessman
and very witty merchandiser.” The New Orleans hip-hop performer is
supported by such brands as BXBC Luxury, the legendary DJ EF Cuttin,
2520 NYC, Hip Hop DNA, the Cigar Factory, Mixtape108, and the Urban
Push Movement.
“Community Service” by E.D. Nix is
available from Blvxk Supremc Creative Collective at over 600 quality
digital music retailers online worldwide now.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
“Community Service” by E.D.
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