House Of Abdul

Thursday, November 4, 1999

Millenium: Rap Sheet x Y2 Kaos Theory

MILLENIUM
Y2Kaos Theory
Emerging Overground

The Y2K Bug won't to the only mark of the millenium If one Maryland emcee can help it. 18-year old Clinton Green, a.k.a. MiHenium, says he plans to blaze trails through the Rap industry with Kaos Theory, a collection of true-to-life
tales and Rap revelations.

"All I do it state the obvious," says Millenium. "I'm not preachy, but my rhymes
have morals In them."

"If you steal and rob from people, you'll get caught up. I rap about anything from love to, deep thoughts, to anything you can think of."

Millenium mixes his morals with a style he compares to East Coast rhymers like Nas,
the Wu-Tang Clan, and the late Notorious B.I.G. But he says his style is unique in that it focuses on everyday occurrences, not glamour or trashy
tales of gangsterism.

But Gangster Rap did play a large role in Millenium's decision to pick up the mic. His inspiration - Dr. Dre's watershed album, "The Chronic."

"At first, I wasn't into music at all." Millenium recounts. "When all of that stuff came out with East Coast vs. West Coast. I didn't even know the difference. I really didn't care."

But after hearing The Chronic and later Wu-Tang's "C.R.E.A.M." single, Millenium began writing his own rhymes. His handiwork soon caught the attention of Casino, his current manager, and they began a campaign to get him signed to a record label.

"I signed to House of Abdul: an Independent label," he says. "I signed with them because they're fearless. They aren't afraid to take chances. I do anything and everything."

Millenium Juggled schoolwork at Wheaton High School with Rap, making a name for him-self among local venues in Maryland. After the March release, Kaos Theory itself is making a debut In the South as well as New Jersey.

"Right now, I'm knocking on a lot of doors," he says. "Maybe somebody major will answer." But until he gets that answer. Millenium is enrolled in Strayer University in Maryland. The Rap artist is pursuing a computer networking degree.

"I don't care what anybody says," Milleniun stresses. "nobody is going anywhere without certification or an education, I'm always going to be talented. Whether Rap success comes today or tomorrow. It's going to come. I don't want any limits on me."

--Kyra Kylan

Tuesday, October 12, 1999

Millenium: INSOMNIAC MAGAZINE

The World’s Only Hip Hop Trade Publication
INSOMNIAC MAGAZINE
For Those Who Can’t Sleep On Hip Hop

Washington, DC has been known for many things throughout the years: corrupt politicians, crackhead mayors, out of control violence and the birth of Go Go music. D.C. really has never been known for its hip hop artists, until now. Meet Millenium, an 18 year old rapper who has seen a lot of things in his short life.

His flow is distinct and he paints vivid pictures with his rhymes and makes you feel his pain. This his debut album is definitely one of the premier albums of 2000. With songs like “How Far Will You Go,” I am convinced Millenium is the second coming of Kool G. Rap. The production work on this album is superior and (reminds me of Large Professor type tracks) compliment Millenium’s flow. One of the highlights of this album is the song “Fantasia” which is basically about creepin with your best friend’s lover. There are other jewels on this album, but one track I could have done without was “Gunpoint,” which incorporates a reggae feel. Overall it’s a slammin album.

–DJ Naud

Wednesday, September 1, 1999

Millenium: Right On! Magazine

It may not be the end of the world, but the beginning of the new rap generation. Youngsters whose first taste of hip hop was the Wu-Tang Clan. “I didn’t listen to much rap until I heard C.R.E.A.M.,” says the 18-years-old Millenium born in Baltimore and raised in D.C. “The joint was so beautiful, I immediately started writing.”
When Clinton Greene, a.k.a. Millenium started writing rhymes, he went out and got battle tested. He won his high school’s prestigious Blue & Gold talent show for 2 consecutive years.

On a local radio station, he dominated their weekend freestyle battle four months straight. His record is still unblemished – no one beat Millenium, he just stopped calling. “It was getting boring for me and the station.” He then called in to WPGC, one of the top radio stations in the country, and won the rhyme battle for the night. “I did not call again,” says Millenium. “People claiming to be me started getting on the air after that. It was so foul, that I no longer go by that name.” That was one of the reasons he wrote the first single, “How Far Will You Go” from the House Of Abdul’s debut album Kaos Theory.

Monday, August 2, 1999

Millenium: Vibe Magazine

Vibe Magazine Highlights

You know we’ve hit a strange point in history when rappers begin declaring that their introduction to hip hop was neither a late-‘70s Cold Crush tape nor the Sugarhill Gang’s 1979 “Rapper’s Delight” nor even Run-D.M.C.’s 1984 “Sucker MC’s” but rather the Wu-Tang Clan’s 1993 hit “C.R.E.A.M.”

Eighteen-year-old Washington, D.C. product Millenium freely admits that the Wu’s paper-chase primer inspired him to pursue rap music seriously. Fortunately, the Chocolate City man-child has put this influence to good use. Witness Millenium’s own elegantly gruff “ Fantasia” (House of Abdul, 703-751-1313), the B side to his “How Far Will You Go” single. Celestial strings and the sampled voice of the forever-solid gold Dionne Warwick Crooning “This enchanted love of ours…” provide setting for a story line that traces young infatuation through betrayal and lost love to, ultimately, death. Life as a shorty shouldn’t be so damn difficult.

CHAIRMAN’’S CHOICE, AUGUST ’99

Tuesday, July 20, 1999

Millenium: CMJ New Music Report

MILLENIUM

Kaos Theory

Floating with ease over a diverse set of beats and tempos, this young lyricists from Virginia attacks the mic with the combined charisma of Notorious B.I.G. and Keith Murray. From gritty jewels like “Run, Run, Run,” to the souled-out “Fantastia,” Millenium proves age still ain’t nuthin’ but a number.

By Kyle Allen