Throughout the streets of Bushwick, Brooklyn, the neighborhood kids pedal bicycles in search of adventure while industrious mothers attend to the household. Jingles from the ice cream truck sweeten the air with promises of sugar-sticky chins and elbows. Open fire hydrants spray relief to any and all who are willing to get a little wet while the occasional Yukon or Explorer rolls its twenty-inch rims over the dark asphalt. Men gather on the corner and guard their conversation with icy stares. The concrete is gray, the trees are green and the sky is blue.

“It’s a borough. A regular borough with people doing regular things”, Ike Dirty offers about his hometown from the basement recording studio of Rockboy Street Records where he, DJ Nu and the rest of the Teflon Entertainment team have been working on his forthcoming debut album, “Life Ain’t Fair