It's not exactly normal for a nearly unknown MC to get production from the likes of DJ Babu (Beatjunkies/Dilated Peoples), Evidence (Dilated Peoples), DJ Rhettmatic (Visionaries), and a whole cast of Hip Hop's elite beat makers, but Trek Life and his skills on the Mic are anything but ordinary. Check the verbal acrobatics over the minimal Babu produced boom-bap of Hard Work if you need an example. Spending his teenage years in the L.A. county suburbs of West Covina, Trek Life became known locally for his freestyle and battle skills. It wasn't long before the rest of the U.S. got their first taste of Trek as a contestant (and finalist) on Showtime Network's reality/battle series "Interscope presents The Next Episode" Tracks like Hold Me Down (feat. Champ & KES) show some of the raw lyrical talent that helped Trek make his way onto a nationally televised freestyle competition at the age of... well he might be mad at us if we told you how old he was. All joking aside Price I've Paid is an example of what Hip-hop can sound like when it's not all about the paper-chase, a subject that the melodic, guitar-laden Still Here (feat. Silo) touches on.