Real name: Donnell Copeland

Effective period / Period of releases: 2000

DONNELL COPELAND BETTER KNOWN AS SWOSS, A.K.A. "THE GHETTO STORYTELLER" IS NOW 26 YEARS OLD AND WAS BORN IN ROCHESTER, N.Y. WHEN HE WAS 14 HE MOVED TO HAZLEHURST, MS. THAT'S WHEN HE STARTED GETTING INTO MUSIC. HE MET SOME NEW FRIENDS THERE WHO WERE WRITING SONGS. THEY HAD WHAT SOME MIGHT CALL A MINI-STUDIO, MEANING THEY HAD THE BASIC EQUIPMENT TO MAKE A ROUGH DRAFT DEMO. THEY ALL GOT TOGETHER AND STARTED A GROUP CALLED "COMBINATION WORLD 3" (C.W.3.). THEY ENTERED ALL OF THE LOCAL TALENT SHOWS THEY COULD AND EVEN CAME IN SECOND PLACE IN A STATE RAP & DANCE CONTEST! SWOSS'S FAMILY THEN CAME TO SETTLE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA WHEN HE WAS 18. HE BOUGHT SOME D.J. EQUIPMENT AND STARTED DOING HOUSE PARTIES WITH AN OPEN MIC CONTEST AND ENTERING CONTESTS OUT OF TOWN SHOWING VERSATILE SKILLS TO AND FOR THE HOODS HE WAS IN. THEN ONE DAY HE CALLED THE FULL MOON RECORDS STUDIO, AND BY CHANCE OF FATE, D.J. FURY ANSWERED THE PHONE! D.J. FURY WAS SO BUSY WITH OTHER PROJECTS THAT HE COULDN'T TAKE ON ANY MORE ARTIST AT THE TIME! SWOSS LOVED D.J. FURY'S STYLE OF BEATS AND SIMPLY REFUSED TO WORK WITH ANYONE ELSE! SO AFTER 2 YEARS OF WAITING AND CALLING; SWOSS FINALLY PERSUADED D.J. FURY TO SHOW HIM HOW DETERMINED HE WAS TO GET INTO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. AS SOON AS D.J. FURY HEARD HIM RAP, HE RECOGNIZED THAT SWOSS HAD GREATLY SURPASSED THE LEVEL OF THE STREET CORNERS AND INSTANTLY BEGAN MAKING PLANS FOR SWOSS'S MUSIC CAREER AND QUICKLY GOT HIM INTO THE STUDIO! SWOSS SAYS, "IF I STAY DETERMINED, I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE AND OTHERS." WELL, NOW HE HAS HIS CHANCE!!!
IF IT'S THAT DEEP DOWN SOUTH DIRTY-ASS GHETTO FUNK YOU DESIRE, SWOSS IS THE MAN TO BRING IT TO YA'! THIS ALBUM HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO JUST RIDE, CHILL, (SMOKE OUT...) AND JUST PARLAY WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO FAST FORWARD OR SKIP A TRACK AT ALL! IF YOU DO ANYTHING, YOU'LL BE REWINDING TRACKS OVER-AND-OVER! D.J. FURY PERSONALLY TOOK SWOSS UNDER HIS WING AND SPENT LOTS OF TIME ON THIS ALBUM TO PERFECT THEIR SOUND! FURY EVEN DESIGNED THE ALBUM COVER ON HIS COMPUTER AT THEIR OFFICE! WHO NEEDS PEN-N-PIXEL? WE DO OUR OWN SH*T AT FULL MOON!

SWOSS HAS SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HIS CLICK FROM DELAND, FL FEATURED ON THIS ALBUM. EVEN THE FEMALES (ESPECIALLY NINA ROSS) CAN HOLD THEIR OWN! I THINK TRICK & J.T. MONEY BETTER WATCH OUT BECAUSE SWOSS' SH*T AIN'T NO JOKE! WE MAY HAVE A NEW KING OF THE MIC REIGNING FROM THE CENTRAL FLORIDA AREA OF DELAND INSTEAD OF GOOD OLD SOUTH FLORIDA'S MIAMI FOR A CHANGE! AFTER LISTENING TO THIS ALBUM, YOU MAY HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART WHEN IT COMES TO SMALL TOWN TALENT! AND WITH D.J. FURY'S TIGHT ASS BEATS... I'LL SAY NO MORE! YOU MUST LISTEN FOR YOURSELF!

IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE A D.J. AND NEED SOMETHING TO GET YOUR CROWD HYPE, PLAY THE THIRD TRACK ON THE ALBUM ENTITLED "RIDE ON YA'"! IF THEY DON'T FEEL THAT ONE; VIDEO TAPE THEIR REACTION, MAIL IT TO D.J. FURY, AND HE SAYS HE'LL GET OUT OF THE GAME IF THEY DON'T GET ROWDY! NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CONFIDENCE!!!