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Following in the footsteps of such Booth favorites as Mike Dreams (formerly known as Young Son) and Jeff Chery (formerly known as Pay$0z), I Am Us emcee Cause has traded in his dusty old stage name for a fresh new one. As evidenced by Stand Out, the artist’s first track released under his God-given name of YONAS, the change was accompanied by a good deal of soul-searching. Over Sean Divine‘s pensive piano-loop instrumental, the up-and-comer reflects on his motivations for making music, as well as the countless obstacles that stand in the way of his journey to the top – from haters and gold-digging groupies to his self-doubt and preoccupation with fame. Needless to say, the emcee sounds just as dope and insightful by his new name as he did by the old (if not more). Readers digging this introspective, lyrically astute jam won’t want to miss the fresh material YONAS will showcase on his new street album, SEVEN; scheduled to hit the ‘net sometime this spring.
This song first appeared on the
Independent Chart
on March 1, 2010
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ive heard that sample piano somewhere damn thats gone bother me...can somebody help me out, prolly not maybe i heard it on a beat website...this is not bad, some things could be better...but ill def listen to this again maybe not that much, the hook could have been better... but ill put in small rotation because of the message...never be a slave to the system...there watching...muhahahah
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2010 |
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Yonas, Cause, Dope Emcee... call him whatever you want. Bottom line: He consistently churns out dope material.
DJBooth.net Freestyle coming soon! 
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2010 |
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Wow, amazing song. I wanted to give it 4 stars but the song wouldn't let me. Everything about this is good from the production to the lyrics to Yonas himself.
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2010 |
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Great record. Yonas' rhymes, flow, and message was all on point. The beat went perfect with it as well and was a great backdrop to the song. Can't wait for that freestyle.
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2010 |
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2010 |
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Deep track, this track may just define what Hip Hop used to be, and what DJ Booth strives to put out to the people everyday.
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2010 |
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i like how richard described sean divine's beat, as a "pensive piano-loop instrumental". this is exactly what i thought of it. i hadnt heard of yonas before but after this track id certainly like to hear more! keep it up!
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2010 |
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Damn, he crushed this one. Just crushed it. I don't know what more I can even say, just, damn.
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2010 |
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Yeah he is nice. I need to hear more from him. On a harder beat. The beat was cool. But with his style I gotta hear him on something hard
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2010 |
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Copy and Paste @HoamBoy.
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2010 |
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Hot song. All in the struggle can identify with this. He's def on the radar.
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2010 |
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i have always love Cause and its cool that he changed his name. Like Richard say with the new name change he sounds great maybe even better than before. His flow and his choice of beats is amazing. Shout Out to Sean Divine. Soundclick.com is where it's at lol.
S A I N T |
| Posted on Feb 26, 2010 |
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This was nice. Songs like this can either nail a message or be cheesy to me, and YONAS nailed it. I have heard this piano sample somewhere before too. It's killing me that I can't figure it out, I feel like it's from the breakdown of a song....
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| Posted on Feb 26, 2010 |
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I figured it out! This reminds me of JR&PH7; "Top Rank" ft. Guilty Simpson and Black Milk.
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| Posted on Feb 27, 2010 |
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damn..
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| Posted on Feb 27, 2010 |
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who the hell is this?? Well idk how big his fan base is, but he can add another person to it, pretty damn good
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| Posted on Feb 27, 2010 |
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| Posted on Feb 28, 2010 |
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Wow I slept on this one, but he just woke me up. The production is captivating, Yonas spits some real lyrics and his flow sounds great on this beat. This is dope.
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| Posted on Feb 28, 2010 |
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dope... i'll be waiting for SEVEN
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| Posted on Feb 28, 2010 |
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This STANDS out.
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| Posted on Feb 28, 2010 |
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Awesome prod. flow. lyricz. mad.
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| Posted on Feb 28, 2010 |
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because this kid is real he gets five from me
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| Posted on Feb 28, 2010 |
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| Posted on Mar 01, 2010 |
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everything here is on point...the production, flow, lyrics. I could see dude blowin up
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| Posted on Mar 18, 2010 |
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| Posted on Jun 21, 2010 |
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Yonas & SEVEN = ART.
This track is not a banger, but its a good a$$ track. |
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