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     In keeping you hooked up with interviews with up and coming artists, I'd like to introduce you to a real up and comer. Those in the NY , Jersey area probably have already heard of him; since he has been getting major local props.

     I'd like to introduce you to an east coast rapper from the New York / Jersey area. His name is Manuel Pimentel aka 'Minus'. Believe me Minus is a name that will become familiar to you in the future. I ran across him in a forum and decided to check him out and I must say - the dude can spit. It is good to see new talent and to hear 'fresh' flows and beats. Not only can he spit, he does it all. From writing his own lyrics, to producing his own beats, and even designing the cover for his album. This is truly amazing that a talent like Minus could be out there and is not well known. Although Minus has been getting his props being featured in major radio shows such as WBLS 107.5 FM During the Wendy William Time Slot, as well as college radio stations like 88.7 WRSU (A Rutgers University Station) numerous times, and continues to perform various venues in the Southern NJ Area, it makes you wonder why he is not well known to all of us.

     I had a chance to ask Minus some questions and just get to know about him a lil more. After you read this interview, click  HERE  and visit his web site. You will be able to hear more of this young artist and to hear a lil bit of his upcoming album ' Welcome To The Heights - The Album', due to drop this August.

Robert - Thanks for taking a little time to talk to us.

Minus - Oh thanks for having me and giving me this opportunity.

Robert - How long have you been in the rap game?

Minus - I have been rapping since before I even spoke English! Hell and even before then I was always into poetry and such. It has been a long time developing and improving the whole character and sound I am trying to portray. I never really rushed it so I feel confident and strong about what I am presenting to the public now.

Robert - How did it start for you? Street battles and the like?

Minus - I always liked the spotlight to be honest. From what I remember my love for poetry and music culminated into one when I came to the United Stated and started learning about hip-hop. What really made me believe I could pursue this as a career was when I started battling a whole block on tracks and one by one they just kept dropping. It was so fun and easy I just remember wanting to do the next track and the next track.

Robert - What is your opinion of the Rap / Hip Hop scene today?

Minus -Everything is being way overdone in the genre, you got too much of the same things and a lot of it is becoming tired. The whole beef and battling thing in hip-hop has even been reduced to a form of publicity stunts instead of a form of competition and stepping the game up. This has always been the art form of many very, but it’s ridiculous now to a point. In the mist of every rapper trying to be the "hardest" and "gulliest" we now have every single track out there saying the same now, "I’ma kill you", and you can’t go further than that we have pushed it to the point where that is all we hear. The whole shoot em’ up bang crap is ridiculous, no one is trying to make story tracks no more, I can’t even listen to the radio most of the time, because it’s like how many times can you hear the same war story before you know what’s coming?

Robert - I know you believe in your music. Can you tell us why you think you have a shot in the industry?

Minus - I live for this, I mean literally I live for this. With me is not just music is the business and industry itself. A lot of rappers pride themselves in being ill with the punch-lines or hot with the flow and that is mostly where t

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