Do you remember when the Juice Crew released a record called the Symphony? Well, Tina, Noe, and Fred aren’t just a great fit on this song, they’ve made something incredible. I’m not comparing records here, I’m talking about chemistry. How often do you get powerful emcees teaming up to put timeless flows on the map for Hip-Hop? I’m glad this happened; you should be too! – Harry McRae
BE CAUTIOUS!
Barker Boys Films, Set Life, and American Fly studies presents “Be Cautious” Featuring NOE, Tina Brulee, and Fred the Godson. This video premier will be one of hip-hops greatest comebacks. Three of hip-hops greatest street composers, and Street-hop illustrators are teaming up to make a very serious point. The message is not to be ignored.
BEEF STEW
Check out the New Single: BEEF STEW by NOE (Featuring Tina Brûlée) on iTunes – Click image.
“I really just had to sit back and do some soul searching. I had to figure out where this music thing was taking me.” To put it plainly, if NOE wasn’t the one of the greatest lyricists bar for bar, he may have have entertained the most powerful leaders in the music industry. Trust me, our conversation on the current state of hip-hop was an amazing one. I spoke with NOE for 15 minutes about the future of music distribution, and we both understood the importance of branding, and trademarks. One of his most noteable talents is his ability to be original. His creativity makes him stand out like an orange backpack.
(NOE is lighting a cigar in the photo above)
I did not get a chance to ask him what inspired him to make this record, but he did tell me it was produced by Freek Van Workum, multi-platinum record producer from Germany. As our interview came to a close, NOE revealed to me that he plans to have many more releases. Song or feature, he will be pushing the envelope on his next project! – Harry McRae
Award Winning Short Film – In the wood.
Independent Film-maker Daniel St Ours Teams Up with International recording artist NOE to create—what would soon be regarded as the best short film of 2017—In the Wood. The Film won best independent short film of 2017 at The Way Down Film Festival. This film gives a fresh look at what it was like “Becoming NOE.”
Be and it shall come.
(A view of Noe in his city. The city of Baltimore).
They stress the importance of having a dream, but even the best dreams can become a nightmare. The music industry is like a fraternity, it’s all about who you know. You can be invited to the table, but only the initiated get to stay for dinner. Concepts are sacrificed with the draw of a pen. Men are bonded in this way by rhetoric that implies an offering will be given in exchange for celebrity.
I’ve always been true to my penmanship. What I wrote can never be undone by any oath other than that which is connected to my own integrity. Complicit as some have often been quoted to be, I see regret and suffering in their story. My city, “Baltimore,” manufactured the environment where I developed instincts for both survival, and peace.
Reading has taught me stillness in a place where motion was the culture unavoidably practiced by those around me. Much was expected of me by people in the music industry; and also by those whom I knew in the streets of Baltimore. With my untainted views, I knew that one thing could not become many, so patience was a virtue, and I’ve grown to accept that. I couldn’t be molded by to fit the criteria of the business. Although I humbly accept any challenge to advance, I have decided that if I was to practice who I am to become, everything I do would have to be connected to my core values.
There is NOE art like mine – Gladiator!
I’ve been asked by people who know me, “what’s going on with the music Noe?” I tell them that I am the music. My story is genuine. I speak of life, and the continuation of a profoundly expressed art. It is something I cannot abandon. I have emerged from the bricks; victorious, and having the power to triumph over even the most extreme adversities known to man. I am faced with the realities that affect my city. Where I am from says everything. Some people will never know honor, or be put in a position to defend something they feel passionate about.
My path in music is paved by that what is true to me, a struggle well known by those who like myself have been afflicted by what most people on the outside would interpret as the street life. I am not a product of my environment, but my environment itself is a product, which is absorbed by those who can relate to my music. As samurai’s do, I have vowed to stick to a code… one that gives a new meaning to the word gladiator.
The Artist named NOE
Do you know the difference? As was told by Noe himself, “I am the art.” Noe is truly more than what meets your ears. A writer who’s language is so powerful, when hearing his music, you could easily picture the the nature of his environment. – Harry McRae
Duane Bridgeford, better known by his stage name NOE is an American hip hop recording artist from Baltimore, Maryland. He is best known for his affiliation with Jim Jones and his involvement in East Coast hip hop group ByrdGang. He was featured on most of the songs for M.O.B.: The Album (2008) and was a prominent writer and featured artist on Jim Jones’ Pray IV Reign (2009). – Wikapedia
BECOMING NOE 