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Releasing a slew of mixtapes, including Another Day, Another Dollar, the rapper has built up anticipation for the big band, which comes in the form of his official street album, The Free Agent.

With assistance from DJ Drama, the two will release the album to iTunes and all other digital online retailers this month.  Noted features include Bobby Valentino, Don Cannon, Terrace Martin and Drumma Boy.

“Bang That” and “My Real Ni**az," two tracks from the upcoming release, have already dropped to give a glimpse of what to look forward to on the first outing.

“We decided to go with the concept The Free Agent because I am an unsigned artist who feels like LeBron in his free agency year.  My options are open, everyone is anticipating who I am going to sign with, and I am excited to continue to feed the streets good music.  Our focus right now is growing the Get Your Green Up movement, expanding and reaching new audiences.”

The rapper has been on his grind for quite some time and his patience has started to wear thin.  Speaking with HipHopWired.com, he spoke on wanting to create an actual album and step away from the mixtapes.

“I want to do an album because I feel like on mixtapes, I can't really give you everything except for me spitting.  There's records that I want to do, that I feel are good records, but they aren't meant for a mixtape.  If I do a song about my mom or my brother or my sister, I want that to be on the album. I feel like it's album work and I want to put that out.”

With such competition in the mixtape circuit, he also feels as though it is hard to gain recognition for the work put in.

“It's like people don't even respect you on a mixtape unless you do some crazy rap bars.  I'm ready to do an album so bad and I don't care how we put it out as long as we put it out and I get to put my feelings on wax and hopefully sell some records.”

Well, the time has come to step up to the mound and show fans what he is made of.  He should be swinging to the fences with this one.

Emerging in the rap circuit during that era as a New York MC, rapper Fabolous has always been able to maintain his balance between the hood mentality as well as the good life of luxury. Featured on Good Day New York earlier today, the Brooklyn bred rapper speaks on the shift in music which has become friendlier towards the ears.

“People are starting to get away from that and also growing up. They're not keeping the same younger mentality of every time something happens, to make it a physical or violent altercation. People are starting to learn from the mistakes in the past with the passing of guys like Tupac and Biggie, learning from that, and moving on.”

California rapper Roccett has spoken on violence and how it has surfaced with the increase in gang life. Whether rappers are willing to take the job or not, their words can be deemed as being weapons of mass destruction depending on how they use it. Young minds soak up the lifestyle like a sponge as they emulate what they hear through their speakers or headphones.

Stories are dictated of the gangster, of the drug dealer, of the pimp, through the words of prominent artists and their success only validates their message. Promotion of negativity generates positive sales, but look at what it costs when the youth adapt to what they believe is the new American dream.

Nothing will change some messages delivered by certain artists, as it is their right to express experiences that they've gone through, but it seems to be getting flushed out with the new school of consciousness and of course the dance craze. Something will have to give and only time will dictate which.

HipHopWired: For all of those that are unaware, can you give an introduction?

Roccett: My name is Roccett.  I'm from the West Coast…Carson, California.  I do Hip-Hop, I'm a rapper and I get it all the way in.  Green Up Entertainment is the label that me and my manager Rick Edwards have.  I was signed to CTE with Young Jeezy, but I am no longer signed with him.  I've probably worked with everybody in the game that's big in selling records right now and there's a couple I haven't worked with.  I been doing it for about 10-12 years just grinding and trying to make something happen.

HipHopWired: You've been in the game for some time.  When did you decide to become serious with rap?  At 25, do you feel that you have a lot of knowledge about the game even with your age?

When I was 18, that's probably about the time that I started to get serious with it, but I've always been doing it since like 9^th grade in high school just beating on tables and all that.  Once I got 18, I got serious and tried to make something happen out of it.  I feel like I've grown, but I still feel like there's a lot more that I need to do.  I feel like I have done a lot and working with all of these artists in the game is good, but I haven't sold any records like that yet so I feel that there is a lot more that I need to do.

HipHopWired: How do you separate yourself from the flood of artists that have come into the game as of late?  What type of music do you try to put out?

Roccett: I'm just me.  I'm a different person.  There's just so many people in music right now and you don't know who is who and what to believe.  If you look at my videos and listen to my music or meet me in person, you will see that I am genuine and I don't try to do gimmicks or try to be something that I am not.  I'm just me and I give it to you how it is.  I thank god that people respect me for it and here we are today and they are still checking out for my music.

I guess it depends on what kind of mood I'm in for the day.  If I feel like I'm in my I hate the world mood, then you're gonna get a record like that.  If I feel like making a girl record or however I feel, I do it.  I don't really categorize my music.  I just make it and hopefully somebody likes it.

HipHipWired: Can you explain exactly what happened with you leaving CTE and your relationship with Young Jeezy?

In life, there's times where you need to make decisions that are better for you and your career.  To be honest with you, Jeezy didn't really put out anybody.  That's my boy and we cool, but there was no artists that he put out that was successful.  I don't think he did a hard enough effort to put anybody out that would be successful.  I'm not knocking him because he's a rapper too so at the end of the day, he has to worry about his own career so how could he really be worried about yours unless he's really ready to take that role.  I just felt like I have a solid team behind me and I'm not trying to be in the music game to be somebody's sidekick.  I want to be my own man and have my own music.

If the person you're with isn't ready to make those proper decisions that you feel as a person is proper for you, then you need to be a man and make your own decisions.  Some people might feel like I'm crazy for leaving Young Jeezy because that's him, but at the end of the day I'm trying to be a successful artist too and I'm not trying to be someone that hangs out with a celebrity or goes here and there.  I did that before I signed with Jeezy so now I'm just trying to make what is best for me.  Whether that be signing with another rapper that I think is ready to put me out or going straight to a label or whatever, I feel like it's going to be a decision that I make and I am going to roll with it.

HipHopWired:  You've had your own label, Green Up Entertainment, since 2004.  Can you elaborate on how it came together?

Roccett: Green Up is really me, my manager and my homies.  All your life, all you try to do is figure out a way to get some money so we came up with the slogan “Get Your Green Up” and however you do it, you have to get as much of it as possible if you're trying to live comfortable.  That's the slogan and motto and we live by it.  We started the record label and we're just trying to grow right now and build a buzz and pretty soon we'll have our own artists that we will be putting out.

HipHopWired:  What's up next for fans to be looking forward to from you?

Roccett: I got a mixtape coming out called The Free Agent. I was going to call it The Chronic 2009, but I might just call it both.  I'm no longer signed to anybody so it's just going to be me jumping on some beats doing some mixtape flavor, but I got some songs on there also.  It's gonna be a brand new 14-15 songs that you haven't heard with me going all the way in and hopefully the fans will be digging it because I can't wait to release it.

I want to do an album because I feel like on mixtapes, I can't really give you everything except for me spitting.  There's records that I want to do that I feel are good records, but they aren't meant for a mixtape.  If I do a song about my mom or my brother or sister, I want that to be on the album.  I feel like it's album work and I want to put that out, but not on a mixtape.  It's like people don't even respect you on a mixtape unless you do some crazy rap bars.  I'm ready to do an album so bad and I don't care how we put it out as long as we put it out and I get to put my feelings on wax and hopefully sell some records.

HipHopWired: What advice would you give for the young cats trying to think that they can just jump in the game?

Roccett: There's a lot more to it.  It's more business and politics than you would ever imagine.  Rapping is probably about 10% of it all, whether you're a good rapper or a bad rapper it doesn't really matter now.  You need to have a good, solid team around you and the right people and the right squad to make you successful in the rap game.  There's a lot of people out there with talent that I feel should be getting looks and be in the rap business, but it just doesn't work like that.  You have to have your business together and yourself in order or else you won't even get a chance to get looked at.

Music is a reflection of your life with things that you have done or things you have gone through.  I don't knock anybody's music because there isn't anything wrong with dancing if that's what you like to do, but sometimes there's good days and bad days, good love and bad love, bad things and good things that happen in life and I feel like there is nothing wrong with a rapper saying those things either.  It's just sad that a lot of people have gone through things and don't put it in their music.  I feel like the fans will relate to you more if put what you went through in your music.

For more information on the West Coast's rising MC, log on to iamroccett.com

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Something so far away needs to be mentioned so early as voting for the event began September 1 and an honorable mention is West Coast rapper Roccett as he has been nominated for mixtape artist of the year.

The artist known as Roccett is most known for his work alongside Young Jeezy when he was a member of the CTE camp. As he felt he wasn't pushed or marketed correctly by Jeezy, he decided to make moves and make a mark on his own. On this journey, he has blown up on the mixtape circuit which would build up to his latest, Another Day Another Dollar.

As the West continues to try and dig their feet and stand firm in the Hip-Hop game, having an artist by the likes of Roccett can only help bring the West back.

Although critically acclaimed for his work on the mixtape game, an interview with HipHopWired showed that the artist has aspirations far past delivering 16 bars and freestyles over other people's beats.

“ I want to do an album because I feel like on mixtapes, I can't really give you everything except for me spitting. There's records that I want to do that I feel are good records, but they aren't meant for a mixtape. If I do a song about my mom or my brother or sister, I want that to be on the album. I feel like it's album work and I want to put that out, but not on a mixtape. It's like people don't even respect you on a mixtape unless you do some crazy rap bars. I'm ready to do an album so bad and I don't care how we put it out as long as we put it out and I get to put my feelings on wax and hopefully sell some records.”

Another camp that has gathered a strong force behind it is CTE (Corporate Thugz Entertainment) which is run by rapper Young Jeezy. This camp, however, has been suffering the same fate as camps such as G-Unit with M.O.P. where artists are suppose to blow, but they never come with a project.

Recently, HipHopWired.com conducted an interview with Roccett who is a California-bred rapper that was under Jeezy's label. While DJ Drama made the statement that he was no longer with CTE, the rapper took some time out to actually clear up the speculation surrounding his business relationship with Jeezy.

“In life man, I feel like there's times where you have to make decisions that's better for you and your career. To be honest with you, Jeezy didn't really put out anybody. That's my boy and we cool, but there's no artists the he put out or was successful. I don't think that he put in a hard enough effort to put out an artist that would be successful.”

Although the business side may not have gone the way that he once thought, Roccett assured the fact that he understands that's just the way some things happen.

“I'm not knocking him because he's a rapper too, so at the end of the day he has to worry about his career so how can he really worry about yours unless he's really ready to take that role.”

Roccett states that no matter what the situation may be, he is still friends with Young Jeezy and is not sour about what transpired and only takes it as an extra push to make sure that he can make a name for himself even if he has to do it on a solo tip.

“I just feel like I have a good solid team behind me and I'm not trying to be in the music game to be somebody's sidekick. I want to be my own man and have my own music.”

Roccett released his mixtape Another Day Another Dollar with DJ Scream and is currently in the works of prepping his next mixtape tentatively titled Chronic 2009 or The Free Agent while shopping a new deal. For more info on the West Coast lyrical killer, log on to iamroccett.com and stay tuned for his upcoming feature with Hip-Hop Wired. Check out his new video “I'm Getting Money/Bang Dat” below.