The Reallionaires

The buzz on the streets these days in world of northwest hip hop is Seattles own Reallionaires. Even though it is early in their careers together, they have had a Hendrix like affect on the local hip-hop world; no other acts want to follow them on stage. The Reallionaires are Scizza Hands (Antonio Stillwell and Produk (Nate Sebree). Scizza is no stranger to west coast audiences, as the leader of the group Mobb Tyght Hustlers he scored a big hit with the release of the single Lets Get Toasted several years ago. The Produk who is also known as The Man and The Fix writes most of the beats and hooks and inspires comparisons to 2Pac and Biggie with his baritone voice and handsome looks. On Thursday September 29, 2005 this writer attended an event in Everett at a bar called Jimmy Zs. I suffered through a local heavy metal group playing original music, and two hip-hop groups who virtually sounded the same. During these two hours of torture, I was ready to go home in utter disappointment. No one seemed to be into the music that was being played by these groups and each table seemed to be more intrigued by their own conversation than the hip-hop beats coming from the stage. By now I was wishing I had not spent the $7 to hear people imitate E-40 and Eminem. The Reallionaires took the stage I first noticed that they had a definite Stage Presence. Scizza in a white sweat suit with a headband around his clean-shaven head, his arms covered with tattoos, Produk wearing a black bucket hat and a white Sean John Jacket. In a deep and distinctive voice reminiscent of Barry White, Produk invited everyone to get on the dance floor or come up to the stage. A few women came to the stage. Then the music started. The Reallionaires opened the set with some east coast flavor hip-hop creating the first excitement of the night with their opening number Real Hip Hop. About one minute into this track the dance floor was filled and everyone in the house was standing and either dancing or bobbing their heads. This was just an indicator of things to come. Combining the unique beats with catchy lyrics like, Reallionaires came to give the game what it needs, originality plus IQ its all on you homie what you wanna do? Then along came a song I am sure we will be watching on MTV or hearing on KUBE 93: Thursday. As Scizza and Produk danced and strutted around on stage to this west coast beat, women danced or stared, guys clapped their hands to the beat. I was positive that what I was witnessing was the rebirth of the local Hip-Hop scene and the dawn of a new era in Seattle music. From what was an extremely boring night, a party had broken out. The catalyst was the original and dynamic music of The Reallionaires. The set was completed with: S.E.A.; Night Life; Oh No; The Brain Academy; and finally Breakin A Sweat. It may sound cliché but each song was individually unique, both lyrically and rhythmically and the progression of the songs had me eagerly anticipating the next song, because they just kept getting better and better! Given the quality of the song they started with, this was impressive. As they left the stage there was a rousing round of applause and screams for an encore. I recommend that you check them out, I have heard a lot of local hip hop, and these guys are definitely Seattles hottest act. The Reallionaires sound like the Reallionaires. The diversity of their songs reminds some of Outkast, but The Reallionaires have their own sound.
- The Facts