Vice

"I'm Vice aka Virtual Impression of Creative Arts (formerly Vicious Integrated City Environment). An MC from Birmingham with a true passion for Hip Hop. I have been MCing (properly!)since 1999, and since then I have been concentrating on honing my skills and truely understanding the art and background of rapping and hip hop. I was part of the Micrippers crew, who formmed in Lincoln, UK in 2002. The crew consisted of Halo, Geo-Graphic, JD Sykex, Venom, Supreme Ila and an ever growing extended family. The crew are working on solo joints for a while but hoping to get back together soon. I have finished my first album, entitled Visions, however I am holding it back for a while to create a mix cd called "Tales Of A Street Poet". This entails all the styles i've been trying out recently, and various collaborations, both beatsmiths and lyricists. I am working on promoting myself. Sportmonkey recently created a website that i'm really proud of - www.v-i-c-e.com - I am working on creating my own record label called Streetsoul Productions, aswell as working with hhbradio.com and the artists attached to the site. I have been liasing recently with Jamie of Baby-knotted films, the brilliantly unique combination of the innovative hip hop producer Baby J and jamie, an extremely talented young music video producer. I was formerly a writer in Undercover magazine, which is currently taking a sabatical to find new representation. Hopefully a friend of mine - El-Point Man, aka The Weasel, an amzing Dj who hails from Manchester and now resides in my home town of brum will be creating a remix ep of my album. I guess, after all's said and done, I just want to leave my own mark on Hip Hop, I don't claim to be great, I am simply attempting to create original music with varying lyrical styles and sounds. If one person in 50 years time says "i wana hear that classic vice joint!" then my work is complete! On the real though, my inspirations include my beautiful girlfriend Erin, who without her I never would have stayed motivated and pushed forward, my mum, who has always had undeniable faith and belief in me no matter what i want to achieve, and Halo, my biggest rhyming influence, who gave me the confidence to get my lyrics heard and put me on the early Mic-rippers joints. My friend Nathan who is overseas in China doing the teaching biz at the moment, Im proud of him. Furthermore, Akin, along with Nathan, have looked after me through everything that has happened to me and treat me as their brother. Everyone i know and everything I have done influences me, so hopefully I will be able to continue to push forward with this. Please check out www.v-i-c-e.com"