Physha P - June 2008 - Hip-Hop
“Now what you hear is not a test, I’m rocking to the beat…”
“Walk this way, talk this way…”
“Live from Bedford Stuyvesant, the livest one…”
“Up jumps da boogie, da boogie jumps me…”
Hip-hop culture made its initial impact in the basements of urban youth circa the summer of 1979. Rapper’s Delight brought this new sound to the mainstream, and ever since then, innovative rap collaborations have created fresh sounds that have taken the genre in exciting, unpredictable directions. The hip-hop duo Physha P is ready to take their place among Sugar Hill Gang, Run DMC, Notorious B.I.G. and Diddy, and groundbreakers Missy Elliott and Timbaland. With passion and drive, earnestness and confident style, it is their mission to create “next-level hip-hop.”
Physha P is an innovative alternative/hip hop group with a sound as eclectic as their unusual name. Group members Arman “Bebe Boohgz” Dixon and Sumu “Wa Peace” Walusimbi are an unlikely pairing brought together by focus, drive, and a love of all things music.
Like many of music’s great duos, Bebe and Wa Peace met in the schoolyard, in Upstate, N.Y. The foes-turned-friends (over a girl, of course) put set aside their differences to form Universal Treat. The band of five eager grade school hip hop heads evolved into a three man high school group known as the “Hot Spittaz,” consisting of Bebe, Wa Peace, and high school friend Chris Mendez. But tragedy struck the budding super group, when a car accident claimed Chris’ young life. Bebe and Wa Peace kept moving forward with the spirit of their friend in their hearts, making their hunger for success even stronger. So began the story of Physha P.
For now, Physha P are signed to independent record label Da Fam Entertainment, and is taking New York, the birthplace of hip-hop, by storm with their energetic live show. Their music is generating buzz on MySpace, as well as an ever-growing legion of fans worldwide. Like their track “Goodbye” perfectly sums up: “This is all a feeling, playa.” The 80s funk and electronica experimentation of “Shorty’s Got Me” makes it both radio and club scene friendly. Physha P, like those artists who have made an impact before them, are driven by raw emotion, the key factor that makes their music so striking. Coupled with a commanding flow, undeniable swagger, and fun experimentation with the many musical influences that have shaped their entire lives, Physha P has the potential to impact the hip hop game forever, and to put their own stamp on youth culture.
Lightning and thunder clash, but together, they create a powerful unexplainable force. Physha P is ready to make history as an undeniable musical force. In their own words, “”they make the hip-hop music the hip-hop generation should have made.”
