EXCLUSIVE: Fanning the Flames with Fire
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- December
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Over the summer, the Nyack-based rapper Lucky Me drew attention to his music by talking about drugs, Uggs, and slices of pizza in New City. When we included Lucky Me as one of our People of the Year, several readers informed us of another incendiary act from Nyack—Fire.
The 23-year-old, raspy voiced artist (Gregory Dubuisson on the dotted line) has been penning rhymes since he was 12-years-old and started passing out demo CDs back in his days at Nyack High School. He launched a MySpace page last year, which connected him to several promoters who got him gigs in Manhattan and Atlantic City, opening for Saigon at one point (Entourage fans will remember Saigon, who lives in Nanuet, as Turtle’s protégé). Fire has a deliberate, confident flow, and a gravelly voice that exudes character, but a few of the themes that pop up in his songs—sex, violence, contempt for the law—are bound to cause a stir among some Nyack residents. Especially nettlesome is a song where Fire slams the police, repeating a refrain that talks about proffering an insolent middle finger and a gesturing with his crotch. But more on that after the jump.
Fire’s parents are Haitian, and during his childhood in Central Nyack he wasn’t allowed to listen to rap in the house. However, he inevitably heard hip hop through his friends. In high school, he started listening to 2Pac, Dr. Dre, and, most of all, Biggie. “Biggie was my dude. I mean, I really love that rapper.� He also finds Michael Jackson inspiring because his music reached people around the world, which is essentially what Fire hopes to do.
In his youth, rap served mainly as an outlet for thoughts and emotions. “It was just freedom of expression,� Fire said. “I was just talking about anything I wanted to talk about.� He got more serious about rapping after high school, recording with a local label and eventually putting together his own 20-track album, where he mostly raps over other artists’ instrumentation. This gives him a chance to showcase his flow, and lets listeners compare his rhymes to the original lyrics.
Fire’s MySpace page features songs that riff on the standard fare of sex and drugs (the green kind; none of that New City white stuff*), but the most powerful lyrics are those directed at the cops. “I just don’t like the police. They mistreat me, they harass me,â€? he said. “I’m just walking down the street and they search my pockets.â€? He’s had numerous run-ins with the law, and twice gone to jail as a result. He did eight months in Rockland County Jail for armed robbery in 2004 and about 50 days for assaulting a police officer after that. In the first instance, he says that he wasn’t even at the scene of the crime. A friend showed him a knife earlier that day, and his prints ended up all over it. After the robbery, Fire said, that friend fled to Miami. The second arrest took place on Main Street in Nyack where he said an officer punched him and he responded in turn. Although he insists that these instances were a matter of being at the wrong place at the wrong time, he concedes that he’s been involved in plenty of fights over the years. When there were a bunch of people brawling over at the Palisades mall recently, he was “right in the middle of that.â€?
His lyrics often depict a violent world of fleeting pleasures. In “Down 4 My Block,” he paints a picture of a Nyack that might surprise some residents:
“I’m from Y-A-C-K-T-O-W-N�
Rhyme til I die I don’t pretend,
Smoke mad weed, sip juice and gin,
Stay low-key, keep a gun by the shin.”
Fire may share a bit of lyrical controversy with his peer Lucky Me, but there certainly isn’t any kind of kinship between the two. “He has nothing on me, point-blank, period,� he said. “He can’t do what I do…He wasn’t even rapping by the time I was rapping.� And while Lucky Me is constantly churning out clips on YouTube, Fire isn’t interested in posting amateur music videos. He’s more interested in working on his upcoming album, “The Definition of a Blockstar,� which he hopes to finish by spring 2008. His fans appreciate his focus on songwriting, he said. “Some people lived it and went through it and they can relate to my music, “Fire said. “Some people just like it because it sounds good.�
*This sentence does not imply that anyone in New City, Rockland County, or America, for that matter, uses cocaine.
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fire is da reel deal. lucky me aint got nuthin.
SOME BODY FROM THIS ROCKLAND MAGAZINE GIVE A CALL AT (845 480 2045)OR EMAIL ME
FEMALESLIE2MUCH@AIM.COM
THIS IS LUCKYME
ARE FUCKING SERIOUS YALL GIVE THIS BUM SOME FUCKING LIGHT
NO ONE KNOWS THIS GUY
HELL WILL NEVA BE AS GOOD AS ME
I WAS STAYED QUIET UNTIL I SAW THIS SHIT
HE WANNA EAT OFF MY NAME
AND SO WHAT MY VIDEOS ARE LOWBUGET HE HAS NO VIDEOS
YALL MAKING ME PEOPLE OF THE YEARS WAS THE BEST THING TO DO
BUT TO GIVE THIS BUM SOME LIGHT
YALL ARE FUCK CRAZYY
SO IMMA LET IT BE KNOWN NOW I WILL CRUSH ANYTHING HE PUTS OUT
IM THE BEST RAPPER IN ROCKLAND AND THEY PEOPLE KNOW I T
IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME
ROCKLAND MAGAZINE SHOULD GO AROUND AND ASK THE PEOPLE
IM THE NEXT
IM THE NOW
I MAD HISTORY IN ROCKLAND AND YALL KNOW IT
200 HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW
KID S WILL BE TALKING ABOUT MY SONG
AND IF HES SELLING CDS TELL HIM TO SHOW U PAPER WORK
CAUSE I DOUCT IT IF HE GIT IT
THIS GUY IS A FRAUD
NOW IMMA O EXTRA HARD FOR THE 08
ROCKLAND MAGAZINE PLEASE CONTACT ME
WWW.MRNEWCITY.COM
AIM:FEMALESLIE2MUCH
WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/LUCKYMEMUZIC
the shit is crazzzzzzzzzzzzy
LUCKYME
are you kidding me …... stop all the BS right now this is getting out of hand .. if the ppl are feeling fire… then thats what they want.. dont be mad if there is someone els thats getting shine…that just gos to show what a poor loser you are… he told his part and that all there is too it… thats how he was feeling you said your piece so let him say his…..and if you got a problem take it up with me hit… bc i will never back down!!!!!!!!!
IT'S FIRE BABY!!!!
BLOCKSTARZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
AND WE ARE STILL PUMPING FIRES CD AS WE SPEAK HIT ME UP IF YOU ARE INTERESTED!!8454802227 THEY ARE GOING AT $5 THE BEST OF 2007!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOOK OUT FOR MY NEW TRACK CALLED ****WHOS FIRES""" ALSO COMING A VIDEO 2
YALL LET THIS BUM GET SHIINE
HE FUCKING A FRAUD…............
HE AINT SELLING NO FUCKING UNITSSSSSSSSSS
THE DAYS PEOPLE SAY HE BETTER THAN ME ILLLLL QUIT RAPPERINGGGGGGGGGG
THATS WORD TO MY SON
08 IS MINESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
NO ONE SHINE BUT THE BEST AND THATS ME
LUCKYME
WWW.MRNEWCITY.COM
WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/LUCKYMEMUZIC
IM THE TRUTH
SHOUTS OUTS TO ROCKLAND MAG….
Both of these rappers are average at best, LuckyMe has the mentality to make it as a rapper as far as his work ethic, marketing ability and the will to succeed, but lyrically he's not there at all. I hope he see's this as a compliment to keep working hard and to stay humble, and don't let a little attention of one song get to his head, because there are alot of rappers in rockland that are gearing up for 08' that are alot more talented and may not like his claims of being the best. As for fire, he's getting it done as well as far as marketing himself and being seen, lyrically i would like to hear more than just about the streets. Be more creative and take chances a making good music. He can stay hood, but the flow needs work. But I would have to give it to him as far as a battle goes between him and LuckyMe. This is good for both rappers, as far as a rivalry but expect a few unexpected guests* to appear on the Rap scene in Rockland very soon
i agree with the above comment lucky me needs to take the shine he got and moove on …newcity isnt alwasy gonna be there… and fire is the definition of a rapper as for all musicians do he will mature and grow as an artist….all this talk of lucky me being biter needs to stpyou dont see FIRE talking about it he stated his piece and left it alont he dsnt go around bad mouthing lucky if he doent like him thats fine he dosent have to everyone is intitled to their own opinion… so i'de ike to see all this end right here and everyone go about their business and do their own thing….
fuck thats i dont give a fuck who has something to say its probally a hatiing has black person
who has something to say
that newcity single is not just a one hit lil giggle
thas song made fucking history in rockland county
yall people dont understand thats there kids
kids
will be talking about thats song when we die
yall envy my snowbunnies ,money.and my local fame
i am the best rapper in rockland
fuck having the most complicated rythmes
its not about that
its about getting ya point across
all who say there better than me
making a fucking hit
i fucking hate u haters
i appeal to a white audience so fucking whats
i will continue doing whats im doing
i TOLD YALL PEOPLE 07 WAS MINE AND IT WAS
THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR LUCKYME***8
IM NOT COCKY IM JUST BETTER THAN THE REST
08 NEW RAPPERS ON THE SCENE YEAH RIGHT ***
FOR ONE THERE TO LAZY AND THEY DONT BELIEVE IN THERES SELVESS
SO THEY LOSE BEFORE THEY START
AND THE LAST THING IMM A END THIS WITH IS…. THIS
WHEN ROCKLAND PEOPLE HEAR MY SHIT THEY KNOW IM TELING THE 100 PERCENT TRUTH CAUSE I DONT GIVE A FUCK
THATS WHY I HAVE FANS
THEY KNOW I WONT LIE
LIKE ALL U GANGSTAS
YALL TO BUSY tryna be tough
WELL NEWS FLASH ROCKLAND CANT RELATE TO THAT….............
THEY RELATE TO ME
L…..U…..C…K…..Y
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I FORGOT
M.E
WWW.MRNEWCITY.COM
Yo, aight, alot of people been quiet about this dude for a minute, ur done, if u think 08' is yours u got another thing coming my dude. Rap has never been about just solely gettin ur point across, its about skills. U betta get ur bars up cuz u gona get bodied on a track real soon, cuz u think u the BEST RAPPER IN ROCKLAND, there's sign artist in ROCKLAND, so u better then them? Y? Cuz the parents of the kids that u hustled to go mad cuz u said they do coke? so they called the legislaters and u got on the news? so that really really makes u the best?? IS THAT Y U DA BEST RAPPER IN ROCKLAND, U BURNT ALL YOUR BRIDGES. Yo KEEP SAYIN U THE BEST RAPPER IN ROCKLAND AND I PROMISE U SOMEBODY"S GONA BURY U ON RECORD REAL SOON, ur lyrics are trash, and alot of dudes around here at least appreciated ur hustle but now u just talkin crazy u know in ur heart u AINT!!!! the best, so stop lyin to urself and ur NEW CITY.
COME TEST ME NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I DONT SEE U WACK RAPPERS
U STILL LIVING WITH MOMS
BROKE
I SMASH RAPPERS
YALLTALK ABOUT YA GUNS
AND HOW U CLAP RAPPERS
YOU GUM BALL NIGGAS
YALL JUST PRETEND RAPPERS
KNOWN BY CREWS
THIS BLOG SHIT KINDA GETS TO ME
NEWCITY GAVE ME LIGHT
YALLLLLL MADDDDDDDDD
I HAD THE RECIPE
LUCKYME IS DONE
YALL MAD
I MADE HISTORY
YALL RATHER BELIEVE OPRAH'S BROKE
AND SHE SHOPS WITH A E.B.T
COME GET ME
WAIT I CANT SEE YOU NIGGGAAAAAAAAAAAA
MAKE A HIT
ummmm… yeah lucky just stop… you sound like a 5 year old whining over not getting his way… really act like the grown man you say you are and just go bout ya bizz and appeal to ya white fans… just stop crying your making ya self look bad…. and your acting like a fool… there is alot of talent in rocklnad and im sorry your not one of them maybe next year you can get ya weight up and get with the BIG BOYZ… untill then lets just cool it… K??
(and if this offended anyone ….im not sorry and yeah i guess you can hit me up…AIM:belizeanbeauty29)
let it be known that FIRE said what he said and if it was taken the wrong way then so be it . we at Rocklnad Blockstar Productionz do not apologise for anything that our artist has said. Negative and untrue statments were mad and fire chose to ignore them the first time.. but as these statements kept appearing they could no longer go unnoticed. Fire's is intitleed to state his oppinions whether it makes another artist uncomfortable or not. and we back him up 100% and will continue to do so.
RBP
Manegment
lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQpPqzFfB9k
Both of these dudes have nothing on Wunda Bread. These dudes aren't versatile, and are not talented. If you're interested in hearing someone who could write not only rap, www.myspace.com/wunda1 Oh and March 3rd, See him @ Liquid ICE nightclub..
lucky is cool..fire is cool..but wunda's the "wun"..real talk u got nyack, u got new city..now u got strawtown in the building..wanna see talent..march 3rd liquid ice..i'll be there..songs on my myspace showcase something that most rappers lack..versatility…anyway..i'll let these two ducke it out..but when the smoke clears remember the name..wunda!