Reason – Paid Bills

Reason is a member of the Rhode Island-based independent hip-hop collective, Poorly Drawn People. He recently dropped his sophomore album Landlords & Lullabies, which is the follow-up to his acclaimed debut album, Gemini Slang. With his time between albums, Reason traveled the East coast and beyond with the PDP crew in support of their collaborative projects, Motion Not Emotion and Shoot For The Stars, Hit The Ceiling. Reason has worked with underground artists such as Drumat!c, Lazerbeak (of Doomtree), Phillip Drummond and fellow PDP-members Falside, Storm Davis and Dox.

We hooked up with Reason for this week’s First 5. Check it out!

1. Tell us something no one knows about you.

I’m a hypocrite but only on the weekends. I also document any spelling, grammatical, punctuation or print errors I come across in anything I read. I’ve got 3 notebooks dedicated to it.

2. What do you want people to take away from your music?

People should give back to my music but if they have to take something away hopefully it’s a little less self hatred. Also, an understanding that yes, your friends and their friends, are better rappers than Reason.

3. What is one of your biggest regrets?

Deciding to take rap music seriously.

4. What’s one of your greatest hip-hop memories?

Seeing RUN DMC live! No, that never happened. I’ve never seen them live. My greatest hip-hop memory or memories are probably when it wasn’t cool to be a part of hip-hop.  Those were fun times.

5. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Hopefully not here but who knows. I’ll probably still be making music and still paying rent. If that doesn’t pan out perhaps I’ll open a bar with someone else’s money… Dream big kiddies.

To purchase Reason’s releases visit his MySpace page. To purchase albums from Poorly Drawn People visit their website.

Stream: Reason – I Don’t Want To Build

“I Don’t Want To Build” is the second single leaked from Reason’s freshly released sophomore album, Landlords & Lullabies, that dropped April 6th. Production was handled by fellow Poorly Drawn People label-mate Falside.

Purchase (via CD Baby): Reason – Landlords & Lullabies

Download: Reason – I Don’t Want To Build

Paid Bills is the first single from Reason’s upcoming album Landlords & Lullabies. The single features production efforts from fellow Poorly Drawn People crew member Falside.

Download/Stream: Reason – Paid Bills

A new mixtape from Reason! of Poorly Drawn People, who tout themselves as “a social club for gentlemen of leisure, cleverly disguised as a band of Providence, RI’s favorite indie rap superheroes.”

Stalker Stories features production by Falside, Dox of Poorly Drawn People and PhillipDrummon & guest appearances by Storm Davis, Dirty Hank, Cas Uno, Esh The Monolith & Intrikit.

Follow Poorly Drawn People via their blog, poorlydrawnpeople.blogspot.com

Tracklisting after the jump.

Download: Reason – Stalker Stories

Tracklisting:
01 Issue Scar Tissue
02 Dysfunction
03 A Stalker Story
04 Get Downsized
05 Worriers feat. Dirty Hank
06 Its Not You Its Me
07 No Meat No Fish (cuts by DJ Emoh Betta)
08 My Tape On Drugs (Falside Remix)
09 Marla Singer feat. Dirty Hank
10 Distance
11 Dead T-Shirts (Falside Remix)
12 All Together feat. Storm Davis, Intrikit, Dirty Hank, Cas Uno, Esh The Monolith, DJ Save
13 Here Today
14 Shut Up & Rap
15 Last Letter