"Charlie called me and said he liked the song and was interested in signing me to their label, Porterhouse Records," says Dash. It sat on the group's hard drive for several weeks, until T.P.'s manager, Charlie Jabaley, stumbled upon it while putting together their mixtape I'm a Differenter 2. The first verse, hook and intro remained - Dash handed the song over to Travis Porter. Because Travis Porter had an established local name, Dash figured it would help his cause if he incorporated the group into the song. Strap listened to the song and immediately wanted to get on it. "And I purchased the beat from producer Vibe Beats off of ."
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"I'd written all three verses on the song plus the hook," explains Dash. One day, in a car on the way to a club in 2009, Dash let YT and Travis Porter member Strap hear a song he'd just recorded entitled "All The Way Turnt Up!" Dash became cool with the group and hung out with them from time to time. His networking efforts led him to his cousin Torrey "YT" Hood, an investor in the Stone Mountain-based trio Travis Porter.
It was about spending time with her and making sure I could provide her with a great life."ĭash continued to record songs in his basement and distribute them at school and at parties. "When my daughter was born, my life suddenly had a purpose," says Dash. However, the aspiring emcee didn't begin to take his music career seriously until he became a father at the age of 16. The following year, the already popular Dash - a basketball-playing heartthrob - released a solo mixtape entitled My Turn, further boosting his high school profile. In 2006, the group (which included Dash's brother) released a mixtape, Recognition, which generated significant buzz around Mill Creek High School. By high school, he'd taken on the name "ATL" as part of a four-man rap group called the Blackout Boys. "When he'd leave the house, I'd steal the beats off of his computer and record them on a karaoke machine."ĭash began writing raps at 12 years old. "My brother used to make beats in the basement," says Dash. The baby of the family (he has an older brother, two half-sisters and two step-brothers), Dash was an inquisitive and bright child who learned about Hip-Hop from his older brother Erik. Now, he is writing his own pages in history.īorn Jeffrey Johnson, Jr., Dash grew up in Atlanta's Capitol Homes projects under the watchful eye of his mother and great-grandmother. The rapper made major noise in '09 with the party-starting radio smash "All The Way Turnt Up!" featuring Soulja Boy. And then there's Roscoe Dash, an ATL native son poised to carve a movement of his own. Yeaaah this ya boy Roscoe Dash Mr.Atlanta breeds its fair share of music milestones - chart-topping trap boys, dance innovators, crunk divas, trendsetting teens who finger-snap, "twerk," and "swag surf" their way into the pop culture mainstream. Shawty bad, she expensive so you prolly couldn't afford er.īut every time I see her it's crunch time, like we in the fourth quarter, and I'm gone. I get heads and tails like both sides of the quarter.
Now my meat's between her buns like a fuckin big mac.Īnd everytime she place her order, I beat er then deport er. I don't even know her and I fucked er, what you know bout that? We don't even go out, all she do is hoe out. Show out, show out, show out, all I do is show out.īack to the crib with yo girl and I go out. It's R-O-S-C-O-E dash, I'm headed for the fame hoe. Gone and catch this change hoe, yeah we in this thang hoe. You know I make it rain hoe, Goosey by the bottle, blowin fruity like a mango. Like Roscoe why you grunt so hard? I'm like I'm tryna get it.Īnd that's just how I do it, hit the mall with bout 10 stacks but you know that I blew it. Pockets so swole just like Popeye on his spinach. I'm a ball-a-hollic like my money, never ending. (Show out) I be all up in the mall ballin like it's no tomorrow (out out out out) (Show out) I be all up in the mall ballin like it's no tomorrow (Show out) Gucci, Louie, Prada, man I'm all about my dollas I got lots of gwalla, let me show you how I show out. I got lots of gwalla, let me show you how I show out
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