Shifty Eyes

Shifty Eyes

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Shifty Eyes is an immaculate dynamic lyricist who's shaking up the hip-hop scene and quickly becoming a household name in his region. As an independent artist, Shifty Eyes has developed a prominent footprint on his stomping grounds and is ready to magnify on an international podium. After defining his craft touring and recording with well-known producers in studios all across North America he has built a powerful arsenal of sound. His latest mixtape 'A New Day' is a sonic taste of that arsenal with quality visuals to back it up, like his newest release 'Kings' which was recently aired on MTV and has reached over 200,000 viewers on YouTube. He is currently working on his debut album in Atlanta GA, with his first single is set for release this spring.

Genre: Hip-Hop / Rap
Subgenre: Hip-Hop
From: Sylvan Lake, AB, CANADA
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AUSTIN, TEXAS - 13 Mar, 2017 - “Shifty Eyes has an Official SXSW Showcase coming up in March and this visionary artist will be bringing his perfectionist mindset to arguably one of the most significant shows in his career thus far. New singles will be integrated into his intricate live performances promoting a fresh LP that was recently recorded in Atlanta, Georgia.

Shifty Eyes is bringing more energy than ever with his highly efficient team of dedicated music professionals at one of the biggest music events in the United States in Austin, Texas. The SXSW will be the ultimate testament, as Shifty Eyes will be competing with industry giants at the highest levels to persuade a novel audience to his fundamental movement of conscious music.

Shifty Eyes embodies the universal concept of a pipe dream dispersed with intimate set backs of real life spectacles embodied in every ounce of his music. This musician began hustling from venue to venue establishing a following and grinding out with precision at every show upping the bar of creative expression through deliberate rap performances. The SXSW will be the pinnacle of a make or break moment for Shifty Eyes that he has been preparing for diligently.

This is the perfect opportunity to show his remarkable faculties in an oversaturated rap industry and display his unique abilities of MC-ing at an elite level in front of hundreds of people. Shifty Eyes will be putting his talents to the test against some of rap’s biggest names both well known and independently. This is his title shot to bring pride back to his hometown of Canada, his supportive family and a highly devoted fan base.” @CarsonCLee

SXSW Official Showcase: http://schedule.sxsw.com/2017/artists/11090?_ga=1.182823718.1088360439.1487050538

Kings Single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fASzJs82mE&feature=youtu.be

Media Links:

Website: http://www.iamshiftyeyes.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shiftyeyes
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shifty_eyes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theoriginalshiftyeyes
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShiftyEyesMusic
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shifty-eyes-1
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-new-day/id1105254944

Contact: OfficialShiftyEyes@gmail.com / Sierra.StrongSound@gmail.com


Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/embed/7fASzJs82mE?feature=oembed

Media Contact
Company Name: Strong Sound
Contact Person: Sierra Treichel
Email: sierra.strongsound@gmail.com
Country: United States
Website: IAmShiftyEyes.com -

CANADA - 22 Feb, 2017 - Shifty Eyes exhibits vivid rap schemes on this absolute banger that has broke 200,000 views in such a short period of time. Shifty Eyes is revolutionizing what it means to be an independent artist in the game where industry gatekeepers take supremacy. Shifty Eyes surpasses them promoting directly to fans to show that true authentic talent is the only consideration for respect in a saturated rap industry.

Shifty Eyes deliveries are impeccable on this track with syncopated rap flows coupled with conscious rap lyrics that depict real life situational and flawless storytelling on a complex beat. Shifty Eyes is gaining substantial notoriety on an international scale with a heavy following through various platforms as well as headlining for prominent venues where he grinded substantially as the opening act in the beginning for exposure. The production aspects cannot be ignored or overlooked as they set the foundation for this rapper’s twisted wordplay.

The engineering/productions works as a supplemental factor where every musical frequency has a dire relation to the overall music. Shifty Eyes holds his own originality without trying to be anything that he is not which a lot of mainstream rappers are trying to push which is utterly incongruent to the rhymes they spit and phony. He possesses genuineness in his music that transcends the formative means of communication through his graceful demeanor.

Shifty Eyes has a great video production team as well that brings about another creative edge reinforcing his mastery of multiple forms of creative expression. His entrepreneurial mindset coupled with an extraordinary amount of enthusiasm is a recipe for mayhem in hitting new pinnacles in a chaotic music industry. Shifty Eyes is simply doing something right with the unprecedented exposure he has gained over the formative months and the wave is only becoming sounder.

@CarsonCLee

Scope the Video On YouTube Kings (Official Music Video)

Shifty Eyes Media Links

Website: http://www.iamshiftyeyes.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shiftyeyes
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shifty_eyes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theoriginalshiftyeyes
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShiftyEyesMusic
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shifty-eyes-1
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/a-new-day/id1105254944

All Rights Reserved @Iamshiftyeyes.com


Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/embed/7fASzJs82mE?feature=oembed


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Media Contact
Company Name: Strong Sound
Contact Person: Sierra Treichel
Email: officialshiftyeyes@gmail.com
Phone: 4035966866
Country: Canada
Website: www.iamshiftyeyes.com - CBS

Shifty Eyes is an immaculate dynamic lyricist who is shaking up the hip-hop scene in Alberta, Canada. He has opened up for platinum selling artists at some of the toughest venues throughout America and has carved out a specified niche that his team is ready to expand upon. Shifty Eyes says his ultimate goal is to bring value to the hip-hop genre through positivity and inspire listeners through his poetic wordplay/storytelling.

Perfectly adapted to the technological era, he also has the ability to mix, master and market his own music. Both an abandoned and adopted child, Shifty suffered a difficult upbringing that forced him into addiction, and an almost fatal overdose. Today he is the father of 3 children who aims to be a positive role model for his family as well as provide inspiration for aspiring musicians.

From his acclaimed debut mixtape “A New Day” , released earlier this year, comes the potential smash single “Nowhere” Ft. Mitchelle’l (Produced By C Gutta). As an artful rapper, Shifty Eyes’ two biggest strengths as an artist are his prodigious songwriting abilities and the ragged emotional truths that live within that writing.

Both traits are omnipresent on here. Shifty writes great songs that feel like an exposed nerve. His flow goes from a hushed whisper at one moment before exploding into an emotional vocal the next. His verses gradually froth over into a rolling boil. The last half a bar is usually delivered with full-throated stomp as if to punctuate his verse for dramatic tension.

While other rappers feign emotional honesty, Shifty Eyes is unafraid to appear flawed, or even vulnerable in this song about seriously loving someone while you’re on your grind to create a career in the business. “Nowhere” is also stocked with a throbbing, soulful and melodic chorus.

Shifty stays on top the track right through as he bellows, “I can see that you hate it every time that I’m leaving, but baby I’m sorry life ain’t easy.” With probably the best line being: “While I’m out on the road, remember you’re my drive.”

When Shifty’s rapping, his message becomes clearer and clearer as he gets deeper into his verses. All-round his music runs off emotion, and this is never more evident when he brings his female acquaintances into the fold, as he does on this track.

Shifty Eyes’ music has the shiny gloss of mainstream rap peppered with some of the roughness of trap rap. The rough elements keep things from getting too jiggy, and the gloss ensures that his music rises above the deluge of mediocre street rap.

Right now he is getting bigger and even better, the originality and genuine feel of his music are really the things that will make people believers in his music. Shifty Eyes is aiming for something bigger than hip-hop with his music, and he will capture your attention. - JamSphere

Shifty Eyes’ not a freshmen in the professional recording and music industry. Through his dedication to music, the diligent artist has definitely left a stamp with cutting edge songs and lyrics. As a music artist as well as an entrepreneur, don’t be surprised to see Shifty Eyes in the biggest publications. Only highlight reel type of work can be expected moving forward from this emerging artist.

The Alberta, Canada based musician is an international recording artist. “As a child I was always intrigued by the elements of hip hop, although I’ve never seen them for what they were until I became an artist. Listening to sub genres and different music styles as a kid opened my mind to a broad spectrum of music, but it wasn’t until I was introduced to the art of freestyle in 2003 that I was really sold,” Shifty Eyes recalls when asked about he’s shift toward hip hop.

While touring with Def Jam affiliates in 2013 and recording along the way, the stop in Atlanta changed him forever as an artist. He saw the culture from a view he’d never seen from Canada. Now in the present Shifty Eyes’ is finishing up his self-titled album Shifty Eyes which pays homage to the old school roots of hip hop. He just tied up an EP of the collaborations that came from that album with some underground heavy hitters. He’ll be releasing Shifty Eyes with no features in 2017 to the underground market and he hopes to reflect himself and his story accurately with this project.

Official website: www.strongsoundarmory.com/shiftyeyes
Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/shifty-eyes-1 - RudeBoy Magazine

As a Hip hop journalist in the music industry, we’ve managed to run into tons of new upcomers. With the many emerging talented artists, some get heard and others don’t work hard enough to become a success story in the game. Hailing from Sylvan Lake, Alberta Canada, and with a musical talent like no other, Shifty Eyes is here to stay with his new debut mixtape “A New Day.”

When first taking a glance at Shift Eyes’ project, the first thing we noticed was his choice of cover artwork. We said to ourselves, here is this guy holding a banana with the name of his mixtape written all over it. At this point, the team at Inyaearhiphop was thinking we have to hear this project, will Shifty Eyes be a talented artist or would he be one of those artist you close your computer tab on?

We’ll, when clicking play and listening to the intro “Till Death”, we knew we already had the answer to our question and instantly felt “A New Day” would be a solid mixtape. Moving onto track 2, “Bass Remix”, Shifty showcases his metaphoric abilities over hard knocking bass that blows you away. Now, at this point you know your’re really in for something the world should be on the look out for.

Midway through the mixtape, we realized Shift Eyes does a good job of putting messages into his songs and doing it well over thumping trap beats. While continuing to move through the collection, we ran into a song which he titles “Ryda” and features Kevin Gates. On this one, the two go into depth about being from the streets and being straight up ryders. A cosign from BWA boss, Kevin Gates, pretty much put the project in 6th gear and let us know Shifty Eyes meant business.

From then on the while listening, the hits just kept rolling in with songs like “White Nino Brown”, “Blowin Up”, “Motive”, “No Pain”, and one of our favorites “People”. Every number on the project happened to be really good, but People had every one of us dancing and jamming from our office. The team at Inyaearhiphop gives the Canadian spitter’s tape 5 out of 5 mics. Shifty Eyes ability to make songs that make sense and choice of production lets you know he’s ready to take on the game.

We were going to break down every single track from the mixtape, but we didn’t want to spoil it for you guys. You’ll have to listen to the project from top to bottom to feel the hype and energy it gives off. We know Shift Eyes will be special to Hip hop and were glad to get introduced to A New Day! - InYaEarHipHop

Shifty Eyes – Keep Your Head


Shifty Eyes brings to the table a strong essence of cognizant rap music to the forefront of the industry border for hip hop heads across the US and elsewhere. I was particularly impressed with the overall message of the music focusing on positivity through life’s hardships - the motivation to maximize our potential regardless of the hands we were dealt. The production on his newest single “Keep Your Head” infused with immaculate lyrical performances created a great contrast in energy variations that completely colored the single in an inspirational shade. Production creates the foundation of the song and I really think that this artist understands the importance of this notion when songwriting to a meaningful beat. Not only are Shifty Eye’s lyrics on-point, the flows are tight and sharp with fluxes between hard hitting lyrics and gyrating cadences. The fluctuations from hardcore rap to mainstream vibes was apparent and made for an interesting dynamic throughout the single that I felt was appealing to true hip-hop fans.
If you want to hear mindful music that is pushing this rap game in the right direction -Don’t sleep on this track or Shifty Eyes and his team of talented musicians/artists! - Lee Carso

Shifty Eyes Releases Latest Music Video off of Mixtape “A New Day”

Shifty Eyes is an up and coming international recording/performing hip hop artist with an intense passion for music. From touring with artists, as well as working with producers and teams associated with major labels such as Grand Hustle Ent., Epic Records & Universal Music Group, Shifty Eyes is well on his way to becoming recognized as the artist he was born to be.

“Keep Your Head” is the first, of many visuals from of his latest mixtape titled “A New Day“. Check it out below! - MARCIAMANAGEMENT

We gotta be honest when we say we haven't heard of Sylvan Lake, Canada before.

Which is why 25 year old rapper Shifty Eyes caught our attention when we received his latest release in our inbox. Alberta rap seems to be a rare thing, at least for us, so it was refreshing to see the hustle coming out of the woodworks when it comes to someone like Shifty Eyes.

My latest single "Hustlenomics" is a raw vision into my past, with a little taste of the future.

The catchy production line on this one gets us going from the beginning till the end, leaving us wanting to go for seconds. Packed with high energy and explosive punchlines, "Hustlenomics" is featured as the third track on his debut mixtape A New Day which is now available. - Submitted By Staff Picks IX Daily

ALBERTA, CANADA – Shifty Eyes has always been energetic. It’s how he got his name, in fact. When he was a child growing up on the streets in Alberta, Canada, his friends called him by any manner of nicknames because he was small, wiry, extroverted and talkative. In particular, they’d playfully call him Shifty, and when one day a friend started calling him Shifty Eyes, the name stuck.

Today Shifty Eyes uses that energy and penchant for verbosity as an up-and-coming musician. Over the past three years he’s toured across the U.S. and recorded hundreds of songs in collaboration with other artists and producers. He has now returned home to Alberta to focus on promoting his most recent project – a mixtape of 20 songs that he says embodies the journey he’s taken throughout his career. The project, entitled “A New Day,” was released in April and has been making waves. Over the course of the next few months he’ll be releasing new music videos on YouTube for songs on the mixtape. In November there will be a new single and video release, as well.

“When I found music, it was a light in my life during a dark time,” Shifty Eyes said. “And for a long time my music was darker because I was using it as an outlet. It took me awhile to mold myself, and I’ve amassed a huge compilation of music that I’ve made with other producers over the years. Those songs show you a plethora of experience. I’ve grown, and now I have a plan and a structure to my music. This mixtape is kind of a stamp of authority of my music, and it takes you on a journey. It starts with some of my hard-hitting trap music and then leads into more of a laid-back vibe. There are songs that talk about family. There are songs that talk about moving forward past addictions. Ultimately, every song has an injection of positivity in it.”

Over the past three years, Shifty Eyes has been working relatively alone, surrounded by a small group of like-minded musicians, trying to build a name for himself. He has organized his own events, recorded and produced his own music, and even established a brand. After making some waves in the U.S., Shifty Eyes has set his focus on getting his music and message heard by the masses. “A New Day” highlights his lyrical creativity, reflecting his struggles and growth as an emerging artist in the digital world.

“When people hear my music, I want them to discover a sense of purpose,” he said. “That’s my goal. There’s a quote I heard from RZA awhile back where he said, ‘If one thing happens out of my music, I hope it’s that I can touch one person and help them out. That’s my idea of success.’ And I agree with that. I have a big dream. I want the access to be able to talk to people and mesh with communities. I think we’re in a time right now where it’s really hard to talk to your neighbors. There aren’t enough voices out there who have the balls to say something to affect change. I want to be a voice for positive change.”

Fans who want to check out Shifty Eyes’ music can do so by visiting his website Artistcard.com/officialshiftyeyes or checking out his YouTube channel. Fans can also follow him via social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/shifty_eyes/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-qmK7vnD4U9jo9dlmaHeew - CMLapse Ent.