There is a neighborhood tucked away in the eastern hills of Cincinnati called Silverton where two local hip-hop heavyweights hail. CITOAK and KyleDavid may have emerged from separate rap clans as they rose through the proverbial ranks (Watusi Tribe, Five Deez), but fate within the Queen City is always but a sliver away and eventually brought the two lyrical forces together to form the appropriately named Sons of Silverton.
On their debut effort Or Forever Hold Your Peace, they have teamed up with native New Orleans producer Prospek. Who after being displaced by hurricane Katrina had eventually made his way to Cincinnati. After being introduced by Suave, what started off as a 3-5 song Ep quickly escalated into a full blown project.
With contributions from veteran artists like Cincinnati rapper great Piakhan (Hi-Tek, Reflection Eternal), jazz pianist Josh Jessen, bassist Jake Hellman (the Quiet Hollers), guitarist Chris Madine (The Cliftones, Chris Pennington and singers Deion Jenkins (Game, Hi-Tek) and Diamond Russell the creative energy was undeniable.
The first bite of this collaboration comes in the single “You Know Them As”. A song about “ Suckas” as the chorus so emphatically exclaims. With spins on Uptownradio513, WXDU Street Flava Show, Southern Vangaurd Radio, I and Eye radio 97.1fm, and SoulPublic radio already in rotation. Tour support of the project planned thru out the summer has the Sons of Silverton poised to leave an impressionable mark on the surface of hip-hop. .