This
teenage soloist has been paying dues for a while now and initially honed his
skills whilst a member of a former hip-hop conglomerate called London True
School (which also featured his older brother P.Natural, his cousin Chris
Smoove, Sir Prestige, DJ Shortee Blitz, and others). Later when the crew
diminished Sir Prestige went on to form the Social Misfits and he recalled the
enthusiastic youngster's potential and suggested he join the new establishment.
He officially become a Social Misfit early 1999 and has already put in much work
in this short period.
His
highly rated technical vocal flow certainly defies not only his young age but
also his intermediate experience. MelloTrauma's delivery skills can only be
described as smooth and very much on-point. His featured contributions on the
Social Misfits collaboration album, i.e., “Roll With The Misfit Soul”,
“This Crew: Cream of the Crop!”, “Times Is Hard”, are fine examples of
why this Thornton Heath representative deserves your full attention.
He
describes his excellent solo debut recording, “This Crew: Cream of the
Crop!”, as an accolade about himself and the people he rolls with. The
composition is certainly a perfect introduction of himself to the hip-hop world
and a taster of the good things to come. The track employs a very irresistibly
funky musical backdrop which our man comfortably rides with ease whilst
demonstrating his rythmatic and intimate flow. His tight delivery style is very
enticing and he certainly pulls more patterns than your granny does on jumpers.
MelloTrauma, aka Mandoza or Joe 'Platinum' Cool, is currently preparing for an album which he hopes should be
available later in 2002 or 2003 though intends to build up and maintain his
presence through the various other forthcoming Social Misfit releases.
