MEMPHIS, TN – If you’re going to be bold enough to
enter the hip-hop game, you better come strong and be a force to be reckoned
with.
That’s Marcus Bowen’s attitude, and it’s the mentality
behind choosing the stage name Excaliba – a nod to the sword of King
Arthur and the Round Table. It’s also the backbone of his company Round Table
Entertainment RTE, which serves as the record label for his new 13-song mixtape
entitled “Da Gift.”
“It’s an idea based off of defeating struggle and
adversity,” Excaliba said. “We as people face and encounter adversity every
day. I’m not a biased artist or an artist of segregation or prejudice, even
though I’ve been there and through hard times and struggle. I want to overcome
negativity with positivity. I want to be a force to be reckoned with. That’s
where the story of Excaliba comes from. Around age 19 I was with my cousin, and
it was a time when I was going through a struggle in my life, and he said I was
kind of like the Sword in the Stone. He said, “I was like that sword, which was
the weapon of choice and had the power to defeat anything. I went and watched
the movie ‘Excalibur’, and afterward I said to myself, I am the weapon of
choice. That’s me!’”
He hopes people who listen to his music will get that sense
of excellence and powerhouse entertainment. To help them get a feel for the
kind of music he creates, he has “gifted” fans with this new mixtape that he
said is a little bit of everything.
“It must be me being me – one of a kind,” he said. “I’m
being myself. I’m being original. I’m being a trendsetter. This showcases the
versatility and ability I have to give you a flow on any type of production. If
it’s a country mix, I could go at it. I have music for all people.”
The main single off the mixtape is a song called “Where You
At.” It’s a song that he describes as “explosive,” but also very introspective
– perhaps more-so than any other song he’s ever written.
“I wrote that song at a point and time when I was looking
for love in my life,” he said. “I was looking for something that I felt I had
lost. It was around the time my brother had passed and I was going through a
relationship breakup and all that emotion. I eventually wanted to start looking
for a life and find that true love, and out of that I realized that music is my
bride. She was my mistress at first, and when I realized she was deep within
me, I began to ask myself deep in my soul, ‘Where you at?’ When I heard the
track, it spoke to me and I began to sing a melody that I felt and the
instruments inside of me spoke to me and suddenly I was speaking the music. I
feel like it’s a song that represents all of me. When I visualize the music video
for this song I see the old school and the new school and the middle age. I see
it being played at clubs and at backyard barbecues and stepping and at beach
clubs. I see it all.”
Fans who want to get a taste of Excaliba’s music can check
out the artist’s official website www.excaliba.net, Reverb Nation or Google+, or can
watch some of his music videos on his YouTube
channel. Fans can also follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr to find out more about
upcoming music releases or live performances.
No comments:
Post a Comment