"I've had people who don't like hiphop tell me that mine is the only hiphop they like," Storm says, as he gazes with enthusiastic adoration at his own visage reflected in what appears to be a vat of Jack Daniels on the table in front of him. "And hiphop cats tell me that the music I make isn't really hiphop, but they like it."

The twentysomething emcee runs his hand over his Oakland A's baseball cap, as if searching for any trace evidence left behind by whoever is responsible for planting his words at this worrisome crossroad. Or perhaps he is grazing for the tiny platypus he insists is in the room with him at all times, watching, judging. He gazes at the floor, his eyes following the path of a bubblegum-coated baseball that has inexplicably fallen out of his pants pocket.

"So I imagine I'm either doomed or blessed. I guess we'll see."

Storm first freestyled on a Providence city bus with a female volleyball player from a cross-city high school in 1989.....they battled, she won....He began to seriously rap as a joke in 1993, recording horrifying lofi demos with his current hypeman, The Snail, that sound suspiciously like some of the material that certain post-millenium indie hiphop outfits have released commercially..... 2 full independent albums found their way into local shops between 1994 and 1996, and have thankfully disappeared from the public consciousness.... Storm spent most of the late 90s beginning and ending projects with numerous collaborators far more talented than himself, always dropping out to foolishly attempt to adapt himself to a conventional way of life that was destined not to take.... He battled a bit, recorded some mixtape 'exclusives' and generally leaned against the wall during the earliest hours of this underground hiphop party....he perfected an earth-shattering Jason Priestley impression.... this did little to further his career... around the turn of the century, Storm dabbled in the Providence coffeshop spoken word scene, and still clings to the delusional notion that he had something to do with local cafe Cup of Joes winning the 2000 Providence Phoenix Best Spoken Word/Open Mic selection (he was a featured weekly performer).... Davis then began working as both crew and talent in the independent film scene, as well as at a boutique music label/management company, in the hopes of helping to further the careers of associates and other artists he was certain were better than he... In late 2003, standing amidst the smoldering ruins of a once promising life with nothing but a closet full of stolen sweaters and pounds of pages of unrecorded songs, SD finally decided that drive and a unwillingness to accept reality are far more important than astounding talent.... thus he began recording a proper debut album, called KEGSTAND POETRY FOR THE RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC, which is due to surface sooner than later.... currently, the RYE COMMENTARY CD Sampler is available, featuring 7 songs from the upcoming LP, plus exclusives and extra content unavailable anywhere else...in 2005, Storm joined forces with a cadre of New England's finest emcees and producers to form PoorlyDrawnPeople, the latest in this nauseating wave of overly-emotional underground hiphop crews that swurrr to gawd they gon change da game... they won't... neither will PDP... but, the music is rather tight... so Storm would dig it if you stayed tuned as the saga continues to unfold.

	She WIle E Coyote Ugly Duckling hiphop that floats like a swan whose heart is sinking like a stone the morning after. A hungover lovesong to misdirected lust.		Hip Hop/Rap
	Steps of the Brownstone feat Romen Rok Produced by Entity and featuring Romen Rok (ex-Funkbunker Fleet), this bass-heavy statement of purpose pays subliminal tribute to Guns N Roses and places RI's most dynamic duo at the forefront of what just might be an Ocean State rap revolution.		Hip Hop/Rap

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