Masterplan to talk about, amongst other things, his beginnings in the music game, old-school rap beefs and media motor-mouth Bill O’Reilly. With a Hip-Hop-based talk show on the Grapevine Radio network, The Dollar Project (a non-profit foundation to help the homeless), and various television plans in the pipeline, it’s clear that YZ is a man of action who doesn’t believe in wasting either time or an opportunity to build. Aside from his forthcoming album “Muad’Dib” (which is preceded by the banging single “You Know Me”), the entrepreneurial MC is also involved in a number of other ventures through which he is able to satisfy both his creative tendencies and feelings of social responsibility. A sophomore project, “The Ghetto’s Been Good To Me”, was released in 1993.įast-forward almost 15 years and YZ can now be found living in Atlanta with his family, still working hard in his ongoing attempts to uplift Hip-Hop culture and address some of the potentially controversial issues currently surrounding it. An album soon followed in the form of 1990’s well-received “Sons Of The Father”, which found YZ dropping science over a head-nodding selection of sample-heavy beats. Initially coming to the attention of the wider Hip-Hop community with the 1989 release of his Tony D-produced “In Control Of Things” single, YZ’s lyrical blend of street-savvy swagger and afrocentric politics endeared him to rap fans hooked on the intelligent but raw music of acts such as X-Clan and BDP. New Jersey native and former Tuff City recording artist Anthony ‘YZ’ Hill can also be added to the list of true-school cats from yesteryear still making noise in the new millennium with quality music that’s simultaneously retro and relevant.
With 2007 having seen new albums from legendary artists such as KRS-One and Public Enemy, and with Internet message boards buzzing about forthcoming material from the likes of Rakim, EPMD and Brand Nubian’s Grand Puba, it’s safe to say that the spirit of Hip-Hop’s fabled late-80s / early-90s golden-age is being kept well and truly alive by a string of lyricists who’re not ready to hang up their microphones just yet.
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