A lot of visitors to this site may get the impression that Universal Indie is only on some “Little Brother” shit and that we only associate with artists along those lines. While I admit that I find myself gravitating more toward that kind of music because of it’s honesty my hip hop tastes are very diverse and so are the artists that Universal Indie will be releasing.

I love the hardcore shit, shit I grew up in the projects in New York so I have a ground-floor understanding of “the streets”. With that said, I can’t listen to a lot of these dudes running around claiming the streets because they see some gangsta movie on dvd or talking about hustling when it’s obvious to those who’ve been there that they don’t know what the hell they’re talking about. Yea, I love the street shit too but it has to be authentic for me to fuck with it.

We’re about to “DMX” the game with the release of Bronx born artist, T.G. (Tommy Gunz)’s upcoming EP release. I use the term “DMX the Game” to describe a period in hip hop when Puffy and Jay were winning with the floss shit and DMX came in on some straight shit totally flipping it for a minute. Real street dudes could feel where DMX was coming from and it was a great antidote for the hip hop that was coming out at the time.

If you look at the hip hop market today with it’s focus on flossing, dances and just plain ole “cooning”… I think it’s time for the return of the real street artists with something to say. That’s not to say that T.G. will make the impact that DMX did, because we hardly have the budget that a Def Jam does, it’s just to say that if you’re looking for something with a little more meat… then you’ll probably appreciate this upcoming release.

Below is one of T.G.’s song “Gotta Fight” of the album “Cartel – Tha Throwback” which can be downloaded for free here