Serious ‎- Eyes On The Prize / Serious - 1997

12" - 1997 - Pump Records  

Here is another 12" to get in his collection ! It was released in 1997 on Pump Records by SERIOUS who seems to be an emcee from Philly. The A-side of the wax contains "Eyes On The Prize" (Vocal & Instrumental) and the B-side contains "Serious" (Vocal & Instrumental), both tracks produced by Capital J.

Pump Records was a record label based in Los Angeles, California. I don't know exactly how an emcee from Philly was signed with a label from L.A but I believe everything happened with the help of Static a.k.a DJ Staticman, who was originally from Hawai but was also based in L.A in the late 90s. He managed Rude Funk Entertainment and also worked on Radio Free Hawaii 102.7 FM. He was the owner of the 40 Shack Studios based in Honolulu, Hawai where both tracks of the 12" were recorded. Moreover all the tracks from SERIOUS's self-titled album released on CD one year later were recorded there and were produced by Static and Capital J. I've sent a few messages to SERIOUS and Static to get more info but no answers for now unfortunately...