Lil Tony definitely has things popping in the city with his mixtape Posted Loaded Floatin, which was a Twitter trending topic in Dallas recently. The NGenius Ent. artist has several other things in the works, including more music, and expanding outside of his hometown.
Paint Job” was hot, he hit me about joining NGenius Entertainment. He felt like I was one of the elite artists in Dallas. From there he put me in the studio. Merk has done so much for me.
What have you been up to since our interview last year? Last year was All Star weekend and we were working on the mixtape Flight 214. We put it out on 4/20 with DJ Drop, the CEO of Definition DJs. We blasted it everywhere and picked up a buzz on it. At the same time, I was halfway done with my original album Posted Loaded Floatin. We were going back and forth on release dates with Music Access, which is a Dallas-based independent music company. We set a date and was promoting it real heavy, but when the date came, Music Access told us the CD wasn’t comin’ out due to a misprint.
How would you describe your sound? Are you a street rapper or club type rapper? I’d describe my sound as being cool. Where I grew up it was just wild and crazy, so you can hear a lot of the street mentality I have in my rhymes and songs. But I’m trying to cater to the females a lot because I feel they gonna be the biggest fans and all the dudes gon’ come later. So that’s what I try to do with my club songs. Basically my sound is all about my life and what I been through, all the happy moments and sad moments. I put all that together and do what I do in the studio.
What did you do when the album wasn’t released? Set another date? We set a date and had to buzz it real hard from July to December. We dropped it free online on December 6th. We wanted everybody to be able to get it. It trended in Dallas on Twitter for two days. And we had a big album release party. We just been pushing Posted Loaded Floatin since then.
What do you have going on for Super Bowl weekend? We’re doing a couple club nights and shows with Dorrough. He’s got a big mixtape release party. We’re gonna promote Posted Loaded Floatin until we can’t no more. I’m giving y’all the news on my new all-original project I’m working on called Catch Me If You Can. We’re not gonna say the DJ yet, but it’s a big DJ from the west coast. I’m dropping another Flight 214 mixtape on 4/20. I’ma do this mixtape again with DJ Drop.
What are some of the songs off Posted Loaded Floatin that are getting a big response? My single “Shout Out,” a single called “We Ride We Roll” featuring Coress and Big Los. I also have a feature from Juicy J called “Let’s Get It” produced by Todd Hamburger. I also tried to show love to people in Dallas that’s got something going. I also got my producers Dangerous MGz on there. We went in and tried to create the biggest situation we can. We got 18 all original tracks. What’s your label situation? Right now I’m signed to NGenius Entertainment which is me, Dorrough, Ace Boogie, and our CEO is DJ Merk. I started with NGenius in 2010. When Merk was touring with Dorrough, when “Ice Cream 16 // OZONE MAG
Do you have your own label as well? Yeah, I also wanna speak on my click Triple G’s. We’re dropping a lot of new stuff this year. We’ll be dropping an album soon, and the mixtape will come first.
Have you cut off the shag since the last time we saw you? Nah, I haven’t cut off the shag. That’s a D-Town thang, that’s how we do down here – the parts on the side, the money making mitch up top, shag fade, you already know. I love being cool. I love rockin’ wit’ cool people. The shag is just noticeable everywhere I go so I will never cut it off. Is there anything else you want to say? I want to shout out to NGenius, Triple G’s, DCC, everybody that’s holding me down. RIP Sergio. I want people to hit me up on Twitter.com/LilTony214. Welcome to Dallas, TX for our Super Bowl. //