" I TOLD EVERYONE MY PLAN AND THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND" RAPPER 'SWITCH' SNAPPIN ON THE MIC!

Luke Thornton Also known as 'Switch is a dope rapper who drops BARS. We had the opportunity to interview Switch and get familiar w/ the music he's put out and the current project he dropped this week on 4/10/2017. Switch is an island emcee from Vancouver Island, British Colombia in Canada. He has been rapping since he was about 12 years old and has been using rap & Hiphop as a canvas for art ever since. "He has performed with numerous artists including Mob Depp, SNAK the Ripper, Bender of Flight Distance, Merkules, MadChild, SonReal, EvilEbenezer, the Outlawz, R.A. the RuggedMan, AlphaOmega, MOKA Only and TOUCH. To date, he has performed at 107 events" (Facebook.com/SwitchMusic1992)

We had the opportunity to listen to tracks by Switch & Morgan Murray on bandcamp and also thru some 42 tracks dropped on Switch's Soundcloud. Freshley, switch has gravitated to the sounds of dark boom-bap type beats as well as hiphop beats. These are mostly beats produced by Phil Script out of Houston, TX as well as Yeshintae out of California.

More recently he has had problems w/ Drug addiction going in and out of rehab from drug use. Even though he has been thru tough times with the addiction disease, he has used this struggle to be expressed in his music. Addiction sweeps the world in our youth and it it can be tough to overcome- HIs next LP, Substance Abuse Dropped April 10th, 2017 includes his battle w/ drug addiction and the depth it goes into understanding human beings and our race itself .

SUBSTANCE ABUSE --- APRIL 10TH,2017

SUBSTANCE ABUSE COVER ART VIA instagram @SWITCHSB_

Back Cover of Switch's Album, Substance Abuse

Tracklist of SUBSTANCE ABUSE

THE CHASE
LONG TIME COMIN FT. THE WISE GUY
NEAR THE END
HEAR ME OUT
KUSH
GO ON LIKE THIS
SKULLS
SUICiDE NOTE FT. IDLHANDS
SCRIPTURE
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
CAN'T SLEEP
NOTHING TO DO
FIGHT WHAT IM FEELING
LOST

Also noted on the cover art All beats mixing and mastering by Yeshinitae

And all songs recorded by JELLYNOTE at D-BLOCK STUDIOS

THIS ALBUM DROPPED APRIL 10TH, 2017 AND IS AVAILABLE on SOUNDCLOUD AS WELL AS MUSIC VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE.. BELOW.

Rareflavr asked, " Switch what can we expect from Substance Abuse? "

"Truth. I really wanted to speak on some shit that is often glorified I wanted to put it out in a different light, cuz wasn't shit glorious about it na mean. It's an everyday struggle, addiction is a disease and it kills millions, im blessed to be here, i still gotta work at it but i'm lucky i'm still breathing and this album some of it was written before treatment in treatment and after so it's a pretty crazy project I'm happy with it and I know anyone who's ever suffered like I have or anyone who knows someone who struggles with addiction will relate, it's the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth" (RareFlavr/Switch Interview)

Check out some samples & dope visuals off of the album including the tracks: "Skulls", "Near the End" , and "Kush" (Videos below)

SWITCH-SKULLS PROD. BY YESHINTAE

SWITCH- NEAR THE END PROD. BY YESHINTAE

SWITCH-KUSH PROD. BY YESHINTAE

There is substance in the music and you can tell Switch has developed as an artist and producing more quality music. Substance Abuse is about all the drugs he has had to deal w/ and all of the problems / upsides/ downsides of living that lifestyle. We can all learn as human beings everyday and dealing w/ one another & what we've heard from Switch is realness making him a dope MC. If you are reading this and have the opportunity..Please share this ArtistSnapShot & visit The social media pages of Switch. Listen, Like, Share, Follow, and comment on the content he has released especially the release on April 10th, 2017 with Substance Abuse.

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