E C N A I L L A E TATHLANTA, GA T
attoos are as popu lar in Hip Hop cultur e as Philly blunts an Nowadays it seems d strip clubs. everyone has at lea st one tattoo beari name, a fallen soldi ng their mom’s er or tho se not-quite-sureletterings. But the what-this-says Ch tattoo that influenc inese ed The Alliance, a group, into making five member Atlan their hit song “Tatto ta rap o” wasn’t an R.I.P. different variety. It tat but a tattoo of was a female with a a tattoo on - you back. guessed it, her low er “I was at the club [and] I just saw a shorty,” says Q, Th and creative mind e Alliance’s manage behind the song. r “She looked good you seen her ass. Bu from the front and t the tattoo was sit then ting right. That wa wanna smash that.” s sexy. Made a nig Score another one ga for lady lumps ins minds of rap artist piring the creative s. The Alliance, which includes rappers Bla ckout, 22, P.O.P., 21 rapper Bliss, 19 an d in-house producer , Skinny, 20, female , Tyindie label, Nothin Comz Eazy. Q’s vision Cutta, 22, were formed by Q under his present them as on was to unite a gro up of solo artists an e mega-group. Aft er three years of pla d chairs in search of yin the right pieces, Th e Alliance was forme g member musical unity, oneness,” Q d. “Alliance to me says. “It’s all abou is t being together. We one shine all at on wanted to make ev ce and then we sta eryrt slipping off into solo projects.”
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“We’re family,” TyCutta adds. “It’s all one but everyone do their own thing is go .” Branching off ma y be in the plans, bu nna branch off and the Alliance is riding t for the time being high off the succes , s of “Tattoo” featur ubiquitous Fabo (“F ing abo came in and he was like, ‘This [song the surprisingly Super Bowl’,” Q lau ghs). ] is bigger than the Newly signed to As ylum, The Alliance (who all have tattoo wondering) are in s, the studio preparin g their debut album in case you’re feel-good concept which focuses on songs ranging from wannabe models to in the clubs. “We’re approaching wome not a certain types n of music, we’re jus Ty-Cutta says. “Ride t making good mu to, party to, laugh sic,” to, varying sounds an cry to, it’s a va rie d styles, The Allian ty.” With so many ce can’t be classifie “snap.” “It’s really d as jus versa from different places tile over here,” Skinny adds. “You go t “crunk” or t [members] coming , coming out of the different sound.” ghetto, so you know it’s going to be a And while many art ists are known to dro heard from Bonecru p a hit and gracefull sher?), The Alliance y bow out (anyone has other ideas. “W in the business,” Q e says. “We’re not he re to be one-hit wo wanna be icons stay.” // nders, we’re here to - Randy Roper