At the tender age of 7 little L.Dot came to the states with his beloved grandma, taking a brief 3 month tour of the infamous NYC he found his place in The Bronx. The distance from home and loss of his uncle didn't even break his skin, he continued his excellence in school (and in music). No musical equipment needed, L.Dot found his instruments right in the classroom...his desk! No teacher could stop his hands from creating amateur beats on the desk nor could they shut his mouth from spitting small flames of fire; soon to be burning down buildings! His first performance experience was the work of uncle Gilbert who enthusiastically pulled the small L on stage while he was performing at a courthouse Christmas party. Passionately the young versifier executed the song "La Escuela" from the Puerto Rican Ruben DJ; who was of course one of the mentors of the boy turned lyrical dragon.
The first song written by L.Dot took place on Morris Ave., well known to bronxites. This is also where he befriended his companion Macho, eating the compliments thrown at him. The two worked on a project for school for which L wrote and Macho performed using (what'chu know about this?!) a tape deck! So starts the Latin Mob history...L.Dots crew consisted of Low, Sito, Jay, and Dutch. He recalls "We were high as fuck walking with a few shorties we worked with and niggas started freestyling, I jumped on a rock like I was on stage and went off for like 5 minutes. I was so hyped I ripped my chain by mistake. That's gone." [Laughs]
After the crews 99 problems (and a bitch was 1) in 2001 L's new companion was Sleepy; master of the musical sound. L was given his first taste of hooks and bars when Sleepy threw all of his projects at him. Sleepy took him to a studio in Queens that to others looked like a dungeon but to L was a small piece of heaven. As life moved on, so did the so-called "friends" who surrounded L. The new crew was now L.Dot and Shawn, they got to work and started making the Boogie's corniest music with Fruity Loops. The very first recorded song was "Lady," taking place in the home studio of Jay Heightz. The 2 years were spent sweating and spitting; the product being 30 recorded songs. Also coming out of this was one of the future minions: 12 Gauge A.K.A. DJ 12 Gauge. L.Dot reminisces "He had the craziest DJ set up I had ever seen. Turntables, EQ's, and a crazy control board. Huge speakers. About 100 or more records. CD's everywhere. It was nuts.." This is where L came to know the rest of the current 12 Gauge Minions. "I spit like 4 songs that day, recorded it in one shot. No takes, no pauses, just a straight run through. The good ole' days. I can't do that shit now!"
Now, in the 2002-2003 time frame, is where Problem Child, M.E.L., Outlaw, and Bag of Bones come into play. Although Jay Heightz was throwing down offers to L for verses and performances, some accepted, L remained loyal to the minions; and Latin Mob Entertainment (LME) was official as of 2006. The hits "Sticky Icky", "Problem", "Mobstaz This Mobstaz That" and some others were born in the home studios of LME. Since December of 2007 to this very day there are over 65 joints by LME (not including L's solos) recorded and being played in showers and on Myspace pages all over the Big Apple and anywhere else music can be found. "Now I'm finishing my solo mixtape Nothing But A Dream. Then we going to put together The Deathnotes. I mean we got enough to drop it now but we just building up the tracks 'til we feel confident enough with the product." Look out for the mixtapes and the upcoming solos of Problem Child, Bag of Bones, and M.E.L..
Look out NYC 2009, Latin Mob and the 12 Gauge Minions are spitting fire and we remain with no extinguishers! Much more to look out for from the young crew. So show some love, visit the Myspace (myspace.com/Lmatosmusic), check out the album art, and DOWNLOAD THE JOINTS!!! (Duh) Also keep an eye out for the LME/12 Gauge website...COMING SOON!
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