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PROJECT BIO Ground Zero
Confucious SunZoo
A Chinese master, born again, returned to finish his work.
INTRODUCTION:
Spirituality is woven into every BTG action, including its marketing strategy and branding. Many people who claim to be spiritual or possess spiritual gifts are frauds, or darkness empowers their spiritual prowess.
Daily mediation and prayer are interspersed into BTG’s spiritual practice. So, it isn’t surprising that SOG and CeLo claim everything they do is angelically inspired.
But there is sincerely something ‘otherworldy’ about SOG (SoldierOfYHVH) and CeLo (OG Yung Mann), aka BTG. You can feel ‘the spiritual’ when interacting with the duo. BTG speaks with conviction about their beliefs and spirituality without caring about disbelievers.
BTG proclaims they have always tried to strike a balance when releasing projects. The Ground Zero release continues that balanced pattern, providing 35 tracks of music from nearly every genre.
PROVING A SOLID TRACK RECORD:
The SOG claims seven angels, including Gabriel, suggested the vengeance action plan for conceiving and promoting Ground Zero. SOG explained that he prefers creating new music for each project, adding that he never runs out of concepts or creativity, thanking Heaven for that blessing!
But when Gabriel suggested releasing several tracks that BTG shopped to record labels or submitted for radio station airplay, SOG recounted that he objected. According to SOG, Gabriel explaining the plan to re-release previous songs then made sense.
Releasing rejected material would demonstrate BTG’s consistency, marketability, and commercial appeal. But more importantly, those songs will strike familiar chords with tunes played on the radio during those times. BTG aren’t new kids on the block but seasoned professionals the music industry has trampled and pilfered.
BLASTING FROM THE PAST:
According to BTG, combating blocklisting and other political persecution has been a constant in their careers. CeLo stated that BTG shopped record deals or submitted songs to radio stations, and within months, they heard music with similar concepts or production on the radio. SOG adds, “We stopped posting music to our webpage for the same reason.”
BTG reveals that twelve of Ground Zero’s twenty tracks and four of The Exorcist’s tracks are songs solicited to label A&R, radio program directors, and record label-vetting agencies like TAXI Music Group.
SOG explained, “The angel Gabriel suggested taking a trip backward, as far as the 70s’ to study master artists and their works, then imbue my productions and compositions with those studies, adding a contemporary flair.” The angel Gabriel? I’m not doubting SOG. But Gabriel would be an impressive muse!
SOG continues, “When I began producing and writing the music for Ground Zero, an image of an artist would pop into my mind’s eye. I would also hear a verse or melody I’d heard or seen in a video, which is how I identified the celebrity spirit acting as the muse.
Don’t Take Your Love Away is a contemporary Pop track with a ’70s pop undertone. I used a harpsichord as the main accompaniment, but I layered it with various modern synths to contemporize the song.”
There is definitely a touch of nostalgia sprinkled through Ground Zero. SOG confirmed that Tracks like Black Cherry, Lunatic in Motion, and We Should Get Together were inspired by Stevie Wonder, John Cougar Mellencamp, and Prince. In addition, the hard rock quasi-ballad Angel (Are You There) is a rather pleasant twist to Ground Zero.
SOG explained that the angel Gabriel suggested recreating the vibe and spirit of 1976 when he started working on Angel (Are You There). So, after watching the movie Dazed and Confused, SOG gave birth to Angel (Are You There).
SOG remains true to BTG’s trademark Supernatural Entertainment by writing Angel’s lyrics about the archangel Haniel, who appears on The Exorcist’s Ground Zero and Art of Life and Death cover artwork.
GROUND ZERO
BTG feat. SOG
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SOG declared that his objective is to play a humble role in reviving funk. ” I use Autotune not because I can’t sing. Roger Troutman is one of many memorable funk, soul, and R&B masters in the history of black music. It’s impossible to outdo a master like Troutman. So, I use Autotune to mimic the Talk Box,” explains SOG. SOG continues, “Bruno Mars does his funk thang, and it’s cool. But can you image Bruno in ‘yo funk? Hooo. WFUNK, we try to refunk!”
Ground Zero tracks like Jealous, Friends With Benefits, 9-2-5 (Working Overtime On You), GYPSY, You, and Wait are all rejected or overlooked songs BTG either shopped or released in the past. There’s even a remix of the SoldierOfYHVH 2019 PYROHYDRO track, The Boogieman (The Exorcists Remix), on Ground Zero.
THE EXORCISTS:
BTG states that they’ve always struck a balance between Yin and Yang, hard and soft, as their BIO states (Click HERE to read the BTG Bio). The Exorcist side of Ground Zero contains the darker, more streetwise aspect of BTG, where SOG transforms into SoldierOfYHVH. CeLo states that the street aspect of their lives became very dangerous at a particular career stage.
SoldierOfYHVH explained why he chose the title THE EXORCISTS! “I receive spiritual guidance from angels. But I also deal with real demons and devils, as our www.thatbdpfyop.com FrontPage Oracle has repeatedly demonstrated.
N—–s in the streets are demoniacs. Street scum–thots, thugs, whatever— have been demonized and desensitized by life in the ghetto. Goons and Savages listen to the demons on their left shoulders, as we see daily in the news. There are only two ways to stop a demoniac: exorcise the demon or execute the host!”
SoldierOfYHVH explained that once the streets became too deadly, he vowed to Heaven to deal exclusively with the dramatized danger. Soldier continues, “I didn’t want my brother going to prison or the grave. That would have destroyed his moms. So, I made a vow to keep my brother safe, and became the prey and the predator.”
SoldierOfYHVH clarifies that he’s not glorifying the streets in tracks like Creep’n or Scheme’n (Rhym’n and Thievn) and says he’s talking to those few Soldiers of YHVH, who, like himself, realized too late the streets are the Devil’s Playground, his “butthole.”
SoldierOfYHVH continues to illuminate when he states, “Greasy street tracks like Creep’n and OMENS reveal how I emerged from the Devil’s Butthole (the ghetto) in one piece. SOG stated that he actually used spiritual gifts and angelic guidance, unveiling those accounts in songs like Boogieman, OMENS, and SOGS (Soldiers Of YHVH).
But there is a fun and light side to The Exorcists, and tracks like A New Day, Fit’n ta Ryde, Ground Zero, On Tha Grind, Dream Makers, Bout That Money and Tha Rebound lighten the mood.
In addition, songs like 7’em 11’um, Tha Rebound, and Kali provide a big dose of comic relief while keeping it real! BTG will also deal with real demons in their streaming series, Exorcists Demon Hunters (please click HERE for more info)!
BTG’s next project is the Valentine’s Day release entitled Time Machine.
IN CONCLUSION
You can let Ground Zero and its Exorcists parallel play from start to finish, and you’ll feel like you’ve been on a musical journey through darkness and light, through Heaven and Hell, when it’s all over. Ground Zero is an artistic masterpiece with a little something for almost everyone! Thank Heaven for muses!
Please click the link below to visit the Ground Zero Music Preview Page.
