Artist Review: 3 Amazing Musicians – 3-A.M

3 Amazing Musicians is a new rap trio that emerged from Paarl Valley and started their musical ventures at the beginning of February 2010. At that time the trio was not so serious in pursuing this career but after their first gig, was the rest history. The group members are from New Orleans and Charleston Hill and consist out of Miles Benjamin a.k.a. MOB (producer/ rapper), Cheslin Boisen a.k.a. C.B. and Almero Adams a.k.a. Ally G (producer). The crew made their debut at Miss New Orleans Secondary in February of 2010 and their last appearance was at Club Havana in Wellington at Panaikz C.D. launch. They jotted down over 50 names for the crew and asked their friends and fans what name to use and eventually ended with 3-A.M. They call their music soul music and not hip hop/ rap since they feel it from their soul. “We do not classify ourselves,” said M.O.B. 3-A.M is currently in the studio finishing up their debut mixtape and recorded 8 trax so far and hopefully will complete it by March 2011. They collaborated with Justine and Ube. They are of course faced with challenges since artists do not pitch up to record, but we will see how things unfold in 2011. They also hope to perform on a promotional event with a well- known beverage company. Unfortuanately can we not disclose any names. NO FREE advertising. LOL. Their songs are based on everyday struggles and issues that everyone faces. They also do not write songs based on themselves but what happens to other people in the community. They have a chilled creative process and this helps them to write their commercial hits. Fans can expect the best and not a Souljah Boy fly by crew as said by M.O.B.. Quality content and productions is what they aspire to. When I asked M.O.B. what he wants to tell the youth he said:” Believe in yourself and do not let anyone tell you otherwise. I started with nothing and got helped from guys like Yunique, Panaikz and many others. So just believe in yourself!” Fans can expect them to perform next year in February 2011 at a charity event in Cape Town. If you want to listen to their music then go to http://www.soundcloud.com/milesmob or http://www.reverbnation.com/milesmob.