T-Rey was born William Souder III on June 4 1986 in Atlanta. He moved to North Carolina in 1989 and later moved back to Atlanta in 1996/97. T-Rey was always an active kid playing football, basketball, soccer and engaging in normal child hood activities. He always had a love for music, his first record was DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince:He's the Dj, I'm the Rapper. But it was when he heard the Atlanta rhyme slinging duo Outkast, that he truly fell in love with the art of Hip Hop.
"[Just hearing] the combination of lyrics, beats, instruments, and creativity made me want to be a part of the hip hop scene and I love everything Outkast puts their name to"
Throughout middle school, T-Rey performed in a number of talent shows and continued to work on his craft as not just a rapper/entertainer, but as a lyricist. Yet at this stage of T-Rey's life, hip hop was just a hobby, as he was also training very hard at his long boyhood dream to be a professional basketball player. But it was when he hooked up with aspiring Emcee/ Producer/ Ghostwriter/ Engineer/ Entrepreneur Kyle "Double" Lucas. Double soon signed T-Rey to his production company Double -Or- Nothing Entertainment and they both headed into the studio to work on T-Rey's debut "Reality".
"Working on the cd was the most fun/work I have ever done on anything" says Producer/Emcee Double, "We clicked immediately, throughout my career I have been involved in a number of groups, rappers and partnerships, but I have never created such a good product with someone. I am so proud of this record, that you would think it's mine rather than his."
Reality embodies the lyrics of a NY emcee with the production of a southern beat smith as for T-Rey finds joy and is passionate in the works of Nas, Outkast, Jay-Z, 50-Cent, Eminem, AZ and Canibus and appreciates the production of Juicy J and DJ Paul, Jazzy Pha, Timbaland, The Neptunes and Dr. Dre.
All Songs were produced and written by Double and T-Rey (Except for track #2 which was Co-Produced by Double and CPD, an aspiring production duo out of Atlanta). All songs were also Recorded, Mixed, and Engineered by Double.
***IMPORTANT NEWS****
The Deal That T-Rey and Double made with Atlanta Presents Entertainment didn't work out. T-Rey has gone off to school to play basketball and has been recording the ocassional track. Double has been hiting the mixtape circuit hard and released his first mixtape The Light Vol. 1 (if you would like a free copy of this mixtape please email KyleLSoprano1@WMconnect.com) Double has been working with local Atlanta Production company Soultaker Music. Be on the look out for Soultaker artist's Syd, Logic and Kinetic's album's and Double's second mixtape MR. FUCK EVERYBODY coming out in jan '04.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/2/Double.htm
Track List:
1. Intro
2. Reality
3. U Know Me
4. It Doesn't Matter ft. Meredith
5. Life In Rhyme
6. By Any Means...
7. Trying Times
8. U Know
9. Lyrical Assault ft. Double
10. Life Sucks (Skit)
11. Honesty
12. Who's Who? ft. Double
13. Lessons Of Life
14. Love & Hate
15. Salvation
16. Outro
Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
"[Just hearing] the combination of lyrics, beats, instruments, and creativity made me want to be a part of the hip hop scene and I love everything Outkast puts their name to"
Throughout middle school, T-Rey performed in a number of talent shows and continued to work on his craft as not just a rapper/entertainer, but as a lyricist. Yet at this stage of T-Rey's life, hip hop was just a hobby, as he was also training very hard at his long boyhood dream to be a professional basketball player. But it was when he hooked up with aspiring Emcee/ Producer/ Ghostwriter/ Engineer/ Entrepreneur Kyle "Double" Lucas. Double soon signed T-Rey to his production company Double -Or- Nothing Entertainment and they both headed into the studio to work on T-Rey's debut "Reality".
"Working on the cd was the most fun/work I have ever done on anything" says Producer/Emcee Double, "We clicked immediately, throughout my career I have been involved in a number of groups, rappers and partnerships, but I have never created such a good product with someone. I am so proud of this record, that you would think it's mine rather than his."
Reality embodies the lyrics of a NY emcee with the production of a southern beat smith as for T-Rey finds joy and is passionate in the works of Nas, Outkast, Jay-Z, 50-Cent, Eminem, AZ and Canibus and appreciates the production of Juicy J and DJ Paul, Jazzy Pha, Timbaland, The Neptunes and Dr. Dre.
All Songs were produced and written by Double and T-Rey (Except for track #2 which was Co-Produced by Double and CPD, an aspiring production duo out of Atlanta). All songs were also Recorded, Mixed, and Engineered by Double.
***IMPORTANT NEWS****
The Deal That T-Rey and Double made with Atlanta Presents Entertainment didn't work out. T-Rey has gone off to school to play basketball and has been recording the ocassional track. Double has been hiting the mixtape circuit hard and released his first mixtape The Light Vol. 1 (if you would like a free copy of this mixtape please email KyleLSoprano1@WMconnect.com) Double has been working with local Atlanta Production company Soultaker Music. Be on the look out for Soultaker artist's Syd, Logic and Kinetic's album's and Double's second mixtape MR. FUCK EVERYBODY coming out in jan '04.
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/2/Double.htm
Track List:
1. Intro
2. Reality
3. U Know Me
4. It Doesn't Matter ft. Meredith
5. Life In Rhyme
6. By Any Means...
7. Trying Times
8. U Know
9. Lyrical Assault ft. Double
10. Life Sucks (Skit)
11. Honesty
12. Who's Who? ft. Double
13. Lessons Of Life
14. Love & Hate
15. Salvation
16. Outro
Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
- HIPHOP/RAP: East Coast
- HIPHOP/RAP: Southern Style
- TYPE: LYRICAL