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Outasight: NYC’s Latest Underground Sensation Debuts Music Video On MTV University!
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With a praise-worthy independent album and a music video debuting, Outasight will soon be in your sight, and perhaps at your school .

Who Is Outasight?…

Born and raised in Yonkers, New York, Outasight (Richard Andrew) was brought up by a mother who decorated the walls with records and a guitar playing father. Constantly Moving from apartment to apartment never gave him a true sense of home, but always found comfort in music. Whether it was fronting bands at such hollowed venues as the Knitting Factory and CBGB’s, or citing spoken word at the Nuyorican Cafe and the Bowery Poetry Club,As always love the stage. A once regular at drum and bass party’s, it was at these party’s where he really began to utilize both rapping and singing together. Using these experiences, Outasight is bringing his brand of music to the forefront.

From Being Outasight To On-The-Radar… Outasight has opened for such major artists as Me’Shell Ndegeocello and Dead Prez at New York’s SOB’s .He also rocked at the 2007 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival where major label artists such as Emily King, Ghostface Killah, Skills, and Consequence performed. Outasight first stepped onto the scene when his song, New York, New York was featured on a debuting MTV Show (PowerGirls) and his music has graced the airwaves of major campus radio stations across the country. NYC’s 90.3 City College Radio’s highest rated Hip Hop Show (Hosted by Video Music Box’s Kevin Lawrence)named Outasight Best Urban Alternative Artist. Outasight’s Employee of the Year EP (released September 25th 2007) has received over 10,000 downloads. Outasight has received press from MTV, VH1, Myspace, Black Planet, Urb Magazine, Giant Magazine, Concrete Loop.com, SOHH.com, XXL, Singer’s Brooklyn Bodega, Hip Hop Remix, The Deli Magazine, Tour Magazine, and countless other blogs across the net.

Beginning Today… Daily Grind Music is proud to present Outasight’s video for the track “Good Evening”. The video premiered November 3rd on MTVU’s “The Freshmen(http://freshmen.mtvu.com/freshmen_nominees/outasight)”, a program which airs 5 new videos all week and has viewers vote on their favorite. The video is shot and directed by Andre Hibbert, produced by Kansas City producer D/Will, and is featured on Outasight’s promotional album “Radio New York.” Radio New York has recieved wide spread critical acclaim including “Good Evening” being featured on Concrete Loop.com and Giant Magazine “5 Songs that Don’t Suck.” Radio New York also includes XXL Magazine’s Soundcheck choice in “Something to Talk About”, and Urb Magazine Next 1000 pick “Fame and Fortune”. Outasight graced the front page of the world’s largest networking sites in Myspace and Black Planet.

To Check Out The Video Or Add It To Your Site, Check Out These Links… Good Evening(Dream Big)” VH1 Video Link

Reviews of Radio New York: “Outasight’s new offering, Radio New York,is a barrage of harmonic hip-hop and catchy hooks, infused w/ springtime to make a dope album.” -88 out of 100…Okayplayer “If you love soulful, old school hiphop influenced music,Outasight can definitely make you fall once more for your once lost love.” -Giant Magazine