MC Cope began life as a punk / metal guitarist in the underground band Blind To and signed to Reality Sounds in 2004. After a relentless five year spree of gigging four nights a week they unanimously split to pursue other avenues of music.

Behind the scenes, producer / rapper Cope was busy building beats and writing page upon page of lyrics. He began combining some of his musical background in guitar driven music accompanied with his love of UK hip hop and Shallow and the Deep was gradually...