A Letter to my listeners….

I have been working hard on this mixtape for a while now to give you guys something new from me. Not only new in the sense of new lyrics and flows but an all-around style and approach. The way that im presenting this next project will be through both fun and deep approaches. There will be a lot of party songs mixed with deep , meaningful ones as well. I’m not looking to put out 20 songs that make an album look good because theres a bunch of songs.. I’d rather put out “11” Dope songs that will keep my listeners listening. Along with putting out this mixtape i’m looking to get a lot more shows to perform these songs at. This process is more difficult than people think and that is why this mixtape process is taking longer than usual. In my opinion if you aren’t promoting yourself by doing shows and interacting with bigger people in the industry than theres no point in making music and investing in yourself as an artist. 

As some may know my “Brand” or “Group” is named “iLLESTOUT”. This isnt a jab at any other artist doing there thing and making music. This is just my way of saying that im working my hardest to be the best and “illest” artist that i can be.. Now that we have that clarified …

 ”iLLeven” will be my next project that i release..

iLLeven will be yours on 11/11/12 at 11pm Sunday night ! 

In the meantime i will be leaking songs off of it and putting out videos. Thank you to everyone who’s been coming out to the shows and showing me support on all of the social networks that i present my music on. I truly do appreciate it  more than you can believe.. Be ready for some new music coming to you this november and strive to be the “iLLESTOUT” 

- Matt Maratea