The Chicago Reader wrote that the album is "outsider-artist genius. Sputnik Music wrote that the album fuses "a nostalgic and ethereal blend of cloud rap and vaporwave". ĭespite the heavily independent and lo-fi nature of the album, it received positive coverage in the music press. University of Notre Dame newspaper The Observer noted that the album became an " internet meme due to its shockingly upfront title and unique album cover". You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack is his most popular album, and the only one that has been released commercially on an indie record label. Since then it has garnered over two and a half million views, and news outlets started reporting on him shortly after. His obscurity would continue until early 2013, when the title track of his album You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack, released in 2008, was posted onto YouTube. Throughout this period he showed frustration at his obscurity and limited exposure, as detailed on one of his early songs "9900 Haters On The Wall", where he claimed out of ten thousand people who heard his albums on the site, only a hundred had bought them. Viper continued to release mixtapes regularly throughout the early 2000s under his Rhyme Time Records label through the CD Baby website, becoming one of the first cloud rap artists. Viper's first album, Hustlin' Thick was released in 2004, originally under the name Lee Dogg, but was retrospectively changed to Viper shortly after. While Viper reportedly started rapping as a child, his first musical appearance was on the soundtrack for Fifth Ward, under the name "J-Ride", for which he also acted. After graduating from the University of Houston in 2000, he became a real estate broker and joined the 5-9 Piru street gang, a division of the Bloods. In 1997, he was an actor in the film Fifth Ward, directed by his brother, Greg Carter. At the age of six, he relocated to the Hiram Clarke neighborhood of Houston, Texas and started rapping at the age of nine. He began playing the piano at the age of five. First song is entitled I Got The Fire and it is a classic eurodance song featuring US singer Kimberly Twiggs.Ģ018 : Viper aka Freeze visited Dagoth's song Rockin' Through The Night and he was featured on Kristina Safrany's single You Taught Me How To Love.Ģ019 : he released single Through The Vortex under project name Amateon.Ģ021 : he did a pause due to health reason.Viper was born in El Dorado, Arkansas. They also recorded a cover of Valerie Dore It's So Easy and are planning to cover Danny Keith's Keep on Music.Ģ016 : Viper started a new eurodance project called Freeze. It featured vocals by other Free 2 Night member Ira Vain, and included remixes by Poison Beat, DJ Walkman and RealThing. You Got To Move was a cover of a song by DJ Candy Feat. He is also the author of all Digital Base's lyrics (except No Desire For Revenge, which was written by Ira Vain) and also co-wrote music fo No Desire For Revenge. Viper (Viktor Plotnikov) is one the members of eurodance project Free 2 Night. Time Is Ticking (with Jakarta & FatFoont) Compilation only He co-wrote the lyrics and recorded a rap for the special version that will be available soon (thanks to Victor). : Viper recently collaborated with bulgarian vocalist Thod Georgiev and Romanian producer Robert Visa on Thod's new song Dark Heart. It will feature 7 instrumental spacesynth tracks (thanks to Victor). : On May 7th, Viper will release a solo album entitled Mighty Ducks From Outer Space under stage name Amateon. First song is entitled I Got The Fire and it is a great classic eurodance song featuring US singer Kimberly Twiggs. : Viper started a new eurodance project called Freeze. : Freeze was featured on Mark Ashley's cover of Last Christmas. : Rapper Freeze teamed with B.Bionicle and Nikki to record a cover of Fancy's song Deep In My Heart. : Victor Plotnikov's project Amateon will soon release a new single entiled Through The Vortex. : Discover Through The Vortex, the new single from Viper's project Amateon.
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