KingPen Slim - The Win (prod. Mark Henry) + Beam Up 2 Tracklisting & Artwork
KingPen Slim
THE BEAM UP 2: SO CINEMATIC
Available Online AUGUST 31
Beam Up Entertainment
THE BEAM UP 2: SO CINEMATIC
Available Online AUGUST 31
Beam Up Entertainment
Check out the back cover for the tracklisting and production credits
For "The Win" KingPen Slim teamed up with Mark
Henry, the producer of Phil Ade's hit "Hollywood," to create a
champion's theme song. This track is the final leak from KingPen Slim's
upcomng album The Beam Up 2: So Cinematic available August 31st via DJBooth.net.
NEW MUSIC: KingPen Slim - The Win (Prod. Mark Henry)
ABOUT KINGPEN SLIM
Hailing from a city of its own, D.C.,
full of history and enriched with the cultural presence of music and
dance, to name a few, brings forth Kingpen Slim.
Born with West Indian roots, Kingpen Slim grew up in the Northwest Section of DC, where he became very active in various sports and experienced his first taste of success as a performer i.e., theatrical plays, acting roles, to say the least, at Howard University Children’s Theater. Eventually becoming a member of the Go Go Band Young Buckz, where he continued to built up his performance skills by the likes of booking various gigs throughout the D.C area.
During Slims adolescent years he straddled the fence of positive and negative forces, the streets and the love for music. Eventually his achievement of making it into college was stripped away; he was forced to serve his sentence in a boot camp program which hindered him from seeing the birth of his daughter.
Kingpen Slim was able to make this experience a positive journey, where he honed his lyrical skills and was influenced by the many cultures that surrounded him. “You’re not any less of a man if you walk away” was the best advice given to Kingpen which became the stepping stone towards a new route in life. Slim was faced with some hard times, but the lesson learned held the utmost importance.
All paths come with obstacles, so while on the path to victory God decided to teach Slim one more lesson on life…that lesson came in the form of bullets racing towards Slim’s body each with his name on it, 6 of’em to be exact. 3 reached it’s target but none were fatal, thus another lesson learned for Kingpen Slim, and one of the reasons Slim decided to drop his old moniker “KingpIn Slim” and adopt a new one KingpEn Slim, Kingpin of Da Inkpen. Instead of a name that associated him with his past, he took on a name that was more fit for his future!
Co-CEO and the flagship artist of Beam Up Entertainment, Kingpen Slim has definitely shown his drive and motivation in reaching the top. And with his strong cultural background from the prominent area of D.C., Uptown Baby, Kingpen Slim brings fourth something different to Hip Hop; he is the sound of this new Hip Hop era. The sound of the New DMV (DC, MD, and VA) he is the “2010 Class Leader” Kingpen Slim creatively links his style with what was paved by legendary hip hop artists, such as Jay Z, Nas, Tupac Shakur and local Legends such as, Los of Backyard Band and B Luv of Simplicity.
Linking the styles of his greatest inspirations, Kingpen Slim has been able to create a voice of his own.
“I want to be remembered as an artist who paved the way for all the other rappers coming outta DC, something legendary. Someone the next group of artists can measure themselves against, a bar for them to reach for so to speak. I've got friends that are in prison, some who are on the streets and going through personal issues or whatever… opportunity at a better life,” states Kingpen Slim.
Kingpen Slim is truly on the right path to becoming a legendary artist from the D.C area. With the noise his music is creating on the airwaves as the sound of a new Hip Hop movement, he is destined to be the lyrical voice of the DMV!
Born with West Indian roots, Kingpen Slim grew up in the Northwest Section of DC, where he became very active in various sports and experienced his first taste of success as a performer i.e., theatrical plays, acting roles, to say the least, at Howard University Children’s Theater. Eventually becoming a member of the Go Go Band Young Buckz, where he continued to built up his performance skills by the likes of booking various gigs throughout the D.C area.
During Slims adolescent years he straddled the fence of positive and negative forces, the streets and the love for music. Eventually his achievement of making it into college was stripped away; he was forced to serve his sentence in a boot camp program which hindered him from seeing the birth of his daughter.
Kingpen Slim was able to make this experience a positive journey, where he honed his lyrical skills and was influenced by the many cultures that surrounded him. “You’re not any less of a man if you walk away” was the best advice given to Kingpen which became the stepping stone towards a new route in life. Slim was faced with some hard times, but the lesson learned held the utmost importance.
All paths come with obstacles, so while on the path to victory God decided to teach Slim one more lesson on life…that lesson came in the form of bullets racing towards Slim’s body each with his name on it, 6 of’em to be exact. 3 reached it’s target but none were fatal, thus another lesson learned for Kingpen Slim, and one of the reasons Slim decided to drop his old moniker “KingpIn Slim” and adopt a new one KingpEn Slim, Kingpin of Da Inkpen. Instead of a name that associated him with his past, he took on a name that was more fit for his future!
Co-CEO and the flagship artist of Beam Up Entertainment, Kingpen Slim has definitely shown his drive and motivation in reaching the top. And with his strong cultural background from the prominent area of D.C., Uptown Baby, Kingpen Slim brings fourth something different to Hip Hop; he is the sound of this new Hip Hop era. The sound of the New DMV (DC, MD, and VA) he is the “2010 Class Leader” Kingpen Slim creatively links his style with what was paved by legendary hip hop artists, such as Jay Z, Nas, Tupac Shakur and local Legends such as, Los of Backyard Band and B Luv of Simplicity.
Linking the styles of his greatest inspirations, Kingpen Slim has been able to create a voice of his own.
“I want to be remembered as an artist who paved the way for all the other rappers coming outta DC, something legendary. Someone the next group of artists can measure themselves against, a bar for them to reach for so to speak. I've got friends that are in prison, some who are on the streets and going through personal issues or whatever… opportunity at a better life,” states Kingpen Slim.
Kingpen Slim is truly on the right path to becoming a legendary artist from the D.C area. With the noise his music is creating on the airwaves as the sound of a new Hip Hop movement, he is destined to be the lyrical voice of the DMV!
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ALSO CHECK OUT
AUDIO: KingPen Slim - 21 Gun Salute feat. Edley Shine (of Born Jamericans) (Prod. DJ JButtah)
VIDEO TEASER: KingPen Slim - 21 Gun Salute feat. Edley Shine (of Born Jamericans)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxLhvgbsKeYVIDEO: Kingpen Slim "The Beam Up 2: So Cinematic" Album Trailer # 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg24gQeUKBM
VIDEO: KingPen Slim "The Beam Up 2: So Cinematic" Album Trailer # 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRFHUOcEPHo
AUDIO: KingPen Slim - The Way You Move
feat. Wale, STS and Phil Ade (prod. Team Demo)
http://kingpenslim.bandcamp.com/track/the-way-you-move-feat-wale-sts-and-phil-adeVIDEO: KingPen Slim - Gone (directed by
Broadway)
http://onsma.sh/yutn8
AUDIO: KingPen
Slim - My Life is a Movie featuring Jim Jones (Prod. DJ JButtah)
http://kingpenslim.bandcamp.com/track/my-life-is-a-movie-feat-jim-jones
AUDIO: KingPen Slim - Gone
http://kingpenslim.bandcamp.com/track/gone
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