You’d better grow eyes in the back of your head, cause the Snypaz are hittin’ form every angle. You could in their scope-from that window across the street… or that low flying plane…under that parked car… peeking out the dumpster. Fact is they got all angles covered…their bullets are the songs, and their lyrics are the guns. The tracks on their national debut LP, “Livin’ In The Scope” span a variety of materials, dividing time between their experiences in their Westside Chicago neighborhood. They got tracks for killers, tracks for ballers-all with their patented spitfire lyrical storm.
Snypaz are 2-4 (Iren R. Moore, age 23) and Chilla (Charles Paxton, age 26). The group is looked upon as pioneers in Chicago as originators of a well-known style of rapping. It’s a style that Chi-town calls “snypa-style”. With a close-nit rap community in their Westside neighborhood, the group, the group has over the years influence many of today’s hip-hop forerunners…check the list: Do or Die (Rap-A-Lot), Crucial Conflict (Universal), Psycho Drama (Suave House/Universal), Children of the Ghetto (Hoo Bangin’/Priority), and Twista (CWAL/Atlantic) and will continue to influence the nation. True Chicago rap pioneers…ask any of the groups above.
The group was originally called Westside Connection-long before Ice Cube linked up with Mack 10 and WC to form their own group. They soon changed to the very fitting moniker, Snypaz. The duo dropped a few Chicago-only releases independently including “S.N.Y.P.A.Z” tape and “My Life As A Snypa” EP, with regular appearances on mixtapes and airplay through their city and far away as Japan, the group’s fame started to grow rapidly. The Snypaz have been featured in magazines like Murder Dog and The Source, and seen on Chicago new programs. They’ve appeared on albums from Scarface, Do or Die Yukmouth, Ghetto Twiinz and others.
Their single, “That’s on Everything” is a club and car anthem that will have the nation eating from their hands…with exotic Spanish guitar and an uptempo beat and flow-describing just how intense the duo’s dedication is coming up-putting it on family, life, friends-everything that they love! Some of the other tracks that are sure to make noise include “Roll Wit Thuggs”, “Playa Like Me” and “Kill-Steal-Will” where they graphically depict just how trife their Chi-town streets can get.
The album features appearances by Yukmouth from the Luniz on “Dollar Bill”, Spice 1 on “2 Deep”, as well as tracks with Young Noble from the 2 Pac famed Outlawz, The 5th Ward Boyz, The Regime, Do or Die and members of the Snypaz hometown camp. The album’s producers include Hurt-Em-Badd (known for 7 songs off 2 Pac’s Makevelli), Mike Dean (Scarface, Geto Boys, etc.), Domo (Devin), Mr. Lee, Platinum, and the Legendary Traxster (Twista, E.C., Shock the World) giving the album a complete and varied feel.
Snypaz keep it real for their listener-“We’re puttin’ our foot down for Chicago” Chilla insists, “We’re here doing our thing with the whole world looking at us. We’re Snypaz lookin’ outside the scope at our target, but in the meanwhile, we’re a target to the government, the world, our fans…”Livin In the Scope.” So drop the CD in and don’t mind that red dot on your chest, you can’t avoid it anyway.