03/06/2025
RIP Syko & Popsykle
25 years ago today (March 5th, 2000), this Seattle Hip-Hop classic was released to the streets! This was the 2nd full-length album that I entirely produced, recorded, and mixed, as well as wrote and rapped on. At that point, we had already made a lot of noise with the first Full Time Soldiers album, but this follow-up album was the one that made everyone pay attention to F.T.S. and Street Level Records. We were hungry and a force to be reckoned with!! This album was so highly anticipated, Sam Goody was taking pre-orders for it months in advance. We launched the album with a sold out record release party @ The Ballard Firehouse, which featured performances from Self Tightld and Syko, along with DJ Kun Luv on the 1s & 2s. A couple of months later, I received a call from KUBE 93's Future Flavors show asking for some songs to play after they had heard about us from Sam Goody. I sent them "Player's Policy" and "Lately," and from there, the rest is history. Good times.
RIP to our comrades Byrdie, Brazy J, Creep Lo, Syko & Popsykle. 🙏
F.T.S. - Money Motivated is available wherever you listen to music!
