TRUTH ENOLA a.k.a. POUNDS MAYOR
CONTACT: http://www.truthenola.com
http://www.poundsmayor.com
Under his alias Pounds Mayor, Truth has collaboratively released an interim album with well renowned DJ Cross Phada. The album, entitled “PMP Raw Uncut”, reflects a return to the hip hop era of the DJ and MC, laced with a whole new sound that reflects the growth of hip hop into a genre with global appeal. Pounds Mayor provides a lyrical reflection of life while Dj Cross Phada produced the album's original tracks to stay out of the box.
Hailing from Long Island and known in the Hip Hop world for unforgettable hooks and rhythmically fusing hip hop, R & B, soul and the blues, Truth Enola a.k.a. Pounds Mayor, continues to break all the rules in the development of this interim album.
With the introduction of PMP, Pounds Mayor and Cross Phada bring the fire to fans across the globe! ARE YOU READY?!!!
Truth Enola's husky sound first wrapped around listeners with his performance on “Pony Ride” on De La Soul’s “Stakes Is High” album. In 1999 Truth dropped his first single entitled “May Day” on Maseo’s Bear Mountain Records. As evidenced by his discography, since that time Truth has consistently recorded or been a featured lyricist on numerous releases. He has delivered stellar performances on the Jigmasta’s critically acclaimed album, “Infectious”, and on recordings with Kwest, Prince Paul, Rubix, and Def Jam Japan’s first rap artist, Dabo.
An experienced artist and performer Truth has garnering the respect and love of hip hop fans world wide. He toured the United States twice with De La Soul and performed internationally to Brazil, London, Sweden and Switzerland. Moreover, he has performed with Common, The Roots, Mos Def, Goodie Mob, A Tribe Called Quest, Fishbone, 311, George Clinton, Maseo Parker, Pharcyde, Pharoah Monch, KRS-One and a host of other artists that respect the streets that gave life to their careers.
Truth has been featured in XXL, The Source, Vibe, and Elemental magazines. Additional reviews of his outstanding work may be found on allhiphop.com, soundslam.com, prefixmag.com and ballerstatus.net.
In 2004 Truth released his debut album “6 O’Clock Straight”, followed by “Ten Past 6: An Audio History of Truth Enola” in 2005. It lyrically tackled everything from the reality of gangsta' life and loss, to the satisfying ride in the bedroom. You get love, war, sex and crazy all in one album with a few moments to just reflect on self. It was backed with a stellar list of producers including Celph Titled, Da Beatminerz, De La Soul, DJ Spinna, Fusion, Geology, Joe Blast, The Are, T. “The Beat Specialist” and Mr. Naso as well as Yuseff Harris. Featured artists included De La Soul, Phife Dawg, and Dragon from his own crew Mad Men Moss.
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