North Philly-raised 2ew Gunn Ciz’s Myspace reads: “2ew Gunn Ciz is like Visa. Everywhere You Wanna Be.” It’s not hyperbole either. According to Zilla, Ciz spends less time in the city of Brotherly Love than any other Illadelphian MC, and might be the most successful of the bunch. Indeed, over the past few years Ciz has built a strong subterranean buzz, complete with rumors of an imminent record deal.
Last month, Hip-Hop DX premiered “Crush Rock,” Ciz’s White Stripes-sampling posse cut with Reef the Lost Cauze, M.O.G. and Nico the Beast. Within days it had over 30,000 plays. His latest track, the Zilla Rocca produced “Alter Ego,” hasn’t yet yielded similarly sky-high numbers but I may like it even more. A tale of Ciz’s attempts to elude a persistent female stalker, think of it as more street version of Del or something on the “Strobelite Honey” tip. Put together, the pair of singles ensure that it might be first time I write about Ciz, but probably not the last. Unless, I just decide to write about his alter ego instead.
Download:
MP3: 2ew Gunn Ciz-”Alter Ego” (prod. by Zilla Rocca)
MP3: 2ew Gunn Ciz ft. Reef the Lost Cauze, M.O.G & Nico the Beast-”Crush Rock”
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Passion of the Weiss » Blog Archive » 2ew Gunn Ciz-”Small Time” says:
September 4, 2008 at 1:44 pm (UTC -7)
[...] of the brightest lights from the burgeoning Philly scene, to reiterate what I wrote in May,” Ciz has a strong street buzz, good news for the Washington Post crowd who mistakenly conflate talent [...]
Passion of the Weiss » Blog Archive » The Psychedelic Runway of the Joker and South Philadubstep says:
May 12, 2009 at 1:57 am (UTC -7)
[...] Love College,” instrumental. Thankfully, the Rap Pack, the South Philly super-group of 2ew Gunn Ciz, Magr, and Clean Guns, had the same thought, bodying the beat and generally doin’ in a manner [...]