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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

MIKE SWIFT & J-HON

What I most love about working on the Bastard & Friends project is that we get a lot of support from various individuals and groups. Whether it be from rock bands, skate heads, or even other groups involved in various sub-cultures, there's always a handful that are locked and loaded and fully ready to rock their particular division with B&F gear.

Meet some of the good fellas from the far east land of the Philippines who just sent this video to us displaying another uncut set of rapping, small doses of various interviews as well as entertaining clips from the P.I. Mike Swift and J-Hon, both MC's from Brooklyn N.Y are on a mission to get to the top, that is the Billboard as these boys would say, whom currently reside in the P.I as they vigorously work to capture the attention of 50 Cent and the G-Unit Crew back here in the States aka G-Unit Asia. No stranger to MCing, these 2 guys alone cover miles of terrain stretching all the way from the P.I back to the U.S as they perform at countless amounts of various venues. Whether they are performing in front of a crowd of 50 or a stadium full of people reaching the thousands, these two dudes show no signs of loosing steam and always put on an entertaining act as they showcase their rhyming skills. Bilingual, I might add. These two guys have been around awhile. As a matter of fact, I heard about Mike Swift from a magazine called "YRB" (Issue #80 The Art Issue) sometime ago when he had an exclusive 1 page article written about him (see image below). Incredibly, this man was flown from the P.I over to L.A to meet with one of hip-hop's notorious and scariest producers, Suge Knight. That's what I call some buzz. When Death Row Records' founder calls you and has you flown all the way from across the world to lay out a few tracks, that's what you call some serious noise throughout the hip-hop community.

Check the marks starting at 1:26




Jonathan (Bastard & Friends)