Artist Of The Month: The Real Popeye AKA Black Joker

The Real Popeye has been creating music for over a decade. Originally from New Orleans, he is next up in the Houston underground scene. He is known for his thoughtful lyrics and real life stories he conveys through his music.

From his daily freestyles to his latest hit single "Single Mothers and Hustlers," The Real Popeye is always dropping great music for his fans. He is currently the #2 artist on Crowded Music and is featured on the #1 playlist on the platform. With over 100K spins over all streaming platforms, The Real Popeye is rapidly rising in rank on the Houston scene. Support The Real Popeye and underground music by streaming The Real Popeye all September. Follow him on Crowded Music, IG and all other platforms! Listen for FREE right here!

New Music! Lo Trillinger: U Remind Me [Of My Slab]

9/10/22 - 12:00pm

Title: U Remind Me [Of my Slab] Fresh off SUC legend, ESG’s Time Machine Music single release of which Trillinger is featured alongside another Southern legend, Lil Keke, Trillinger drops U Remind Me [Of my Slab].

The track is a remix of U Remind Me of Something by R&B legend, R Kelly, but as Lo Trillinger does on all of his remixes, he takes it and puts his southern spin on it. The hook is a spin-off from his Time Machine Music feature off of ESG’s “Southside Still Holdin: The Red Album”. This drop is the first of #muerteseason so stay tuned!!! Dropping exclusively on Crowded Streaming

The Artist Circuit: Big Swift I

8/28/22 - 8:45pm When you're riding around your city on the newly paved roads passing by newly constructed and historical buildings-do you ever stop and think about the architect that designed and built your city? Do you think about the skills it takes to design timeless architecture? Do you appreciate it? Last night I met an architect-not a civil, but a cultural and emotional architect-Big Swift I. A Picasso in the flesh- a painter that uses our minds and hearts as his canvas. Big Swift was a guest panelist at The Artist Circuit, which is an artist educational event developed by Lady Nate-another pillar in the music community. Big Swift gave important jewels to up and coming artists from Houston and as far as New York/New Jersey. I refuse to repeat everything he said because you should have been there (You can watch the event on Grind City TV next month). But the overall theme of his statements was to push the boundaries when you create music and move away from trendy sounds towards legendary bodies of work. Create content that will transcend time and be here after you are long gone.

Before the show Big Swift allowed me to preview some of his latest work. As if Michael Jordan invited me to the gym in 1997 to show me his 1998 moves that he and I both knew could not be stopped. All I can say is WOW. To all of the producers out there, don't try to play defense. Just watch and try to emulate as best you can. During our impromptu listening session he spoke of bridging the gap between the South and The West Coast. No one has made a serious attempt to bridge that gap musically-but the greats do what no one else would do. With over 50 million records SOLD, he is the one that will succeed. He told me to watch out for a few artists and I'll mention one- SYMBA from the BAY area. Big Swift has been one of the pillars holding up the industry since before most of you were born-and I'm here to let you know that he's still the Captain of the musical ship and he will lead us to where we should go musically-keeping the culture first and always thinking 10 years down the line. How can you work with Big Swift I? First, ask yourself what would you give up to have your sound molded exactly to you and transformed to legendary status? The time, focus and bag you just thought of is what it takes. His DM's are open, but don't go around there playing. I said everything above to say this-legendary things happen at The Getaway Place (7700 Pinemont, Houston, Tx). Don't miss the next Artist Circuit! I would like to thank Big Swift for coming out; Hope Watkins for opening artists' eyes about branding and marketing; all of the artists that performed and Lady Nate for providing opportunity for up and coming artists. See you next month! -@adminsherm