Chaotik Stylz spent the majority of his formative years
shuttling back and forth between Buffalo,
NY and Los
Angeles, CA and did so by navigating
between two different worlds; the suburbs of Buffalo and the inner-city of LA. “My
upbringing was odd to say the least.
I was primarily raised by my mother, who was an actress who later became
a school teacher and when she passed away after a long-battle with Lupus it
unleashed a monster inside of me.
My father, left for Los
Angeles when I was a kid, needless to say it created
issues” states Chaotik.
Chaotik started emceeing at the age of 16 with his crew
in Buffalo and
after his Mother passed away it lit a fire in him which propelled him to take
his gift more seriously. After
linking up with M.E.D., Chaotik was introduced to Oh No and thru the wizardy of
technology received a beat-tape from Oh No that would inspire him to start
crafting the material that would eventually become The
Subliminal Substance LP.
The initial recording stages of the project soon thereafter lead to
Chaotik holing up at Oh No’s studio in Oxnard, CA “We worked the entire time I
was there, all I did was choose beats and rhyme during that trip. However, as
the process played out, most of the original beats I picked during those
sessions were scrapped and new ones were selected. The time I spent out there
changed me as an artist and started me on the path I'm currently now on” Chaotik
laments.
Since the completion of his LP, Chaotik has stepped into
a new arena and begun on a path of sobriety, but The
Subliminal Substance is full of drug and alcoholic rage; pain of loss,
mental issues and a "Chaotik" lifestyle.
Chaotik offers “The Subliminal Substance centers on
the idea that Hip-Hop music has become a highly addictive, yet dangerous drug
which is ruining the spirit of its listeners; it has become a shadow of its
former self and this is my ode to its glory days and hope that the art-form will
return to its greatness.”
