As an artist, Shyan Selah’s music is both unique and commercial. When his underground mixtape, Godd Game Volume Won, took over Seattle streets in the summer of 2006, Selah was quickly recognized as a “next level” emcee. After releasing songs like the club-bangin’ single “Concrete City,” and the guitar ripping “Hollywood Blvd,” which not only received rave reviews all across the world online, but were also quickly snatched up for licensing for television and home media entertainment projects, Selah knew his music was truly for the masses –on the streets, online, and around the world.

Brave New World, Selah’s freshman debut is a mix of hip hop, rock, R&B and soul. It’s a new combination of sound for a new type of artist: one who can both rap and sing, one who’s both an entrepreneur and an activist - a musician raised in the tradition of Hollywood with a progressive edge. In both business and music Selah is a perfectionist and it is exemplified in the quality sound of Brave New World, which was recorded at the prestigious House of Blues Studios and touched by the most experienced hands of Master Mix Engineer Booker T. Jones III (Boyz II Men, Mary J. Blig, Destiny’s Child) and Eddy Schreyer of Oasis Mastering (Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé, Will Smith, Akon).

A self described “Rebel with a Cause” Selah merged the prestige of the tried and true with the rawness of production talent that is brand new to the scene. He handpicked DJ Rocdusa and Joe Dancsak of Tha Trailz, Fred “Freddie Fingerz” Darden and Q. Dot who all brought their own blend of hard hitting beats, old school funk and soul, classic hip hop and edgy rock to Brave New World and immediately elevated the album to classic status by its originality alone.

With Selah’s brand of descriptive music Brave New World gives its audience hip hop beats with lyrical content that transcends hip hop culture - a spiritual odyssey that encompasses all what Selah’s life has had to offer: classic music, a hustler’s mentality, sex and romance, the joys and pains of fatherhood and the ultimate salvation that is to come.

In Shyan Selah’s life, there’s no shortage of content when it comes to his ability to express and nothing is off limits in his music. Already at work on his sophomore album, City of Angels Selah will pick up where Brave New World left off: an otherworldly, bigger than life spiritual, sexual, and brutally honest revelation that will unite hip hop heads with hipsters, engage hard core rock fans, and touch the spirit of R&B soulsters. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.