Seaclipse

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Seaclipse
Birth name Corey Davis
Also known as The Top-Boy
Born May 24, 1980 (1980-05-24) (age 28)
Origin Seattle, Washington
Genre(s) Rap, Hip Hop
Occupation(s) Rapper
Instrument(s) Vocals
Years active 2005 - present
Associated acts Lil' Flip, Bun B, Huey

Corey Davis (born May 24, 1980 in Seattle, Washington), better known by his stage name Seaclipse, is an American rapper, hip-hop artist.

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[edit] Early career

Seaclipse was born and raised in the south end of Seattle, Washington to parents (B. Davis) and (S. McCully).[1] Largely due to his inner-city up-bringing and the influences of urban music in his life, Seaclipse started to gain a strong interest in hip-hop music and other forms of artistic expression at a very young age. He began to write songs and lyrics at 12 years old, but it would not be until the age of 17 that he would actually start to record music and songs in the studio. Attending Rainier Beach High School for a short while, and later transferring to Renton High School for a few years, Seaclipse found himself getting in and out of trouble with the legal and public school systems. During his senior year he dropped out of school to focus on pursuing a music career. Within 3 weeks of leaving high school Seaclipse moved to Stockton, California in which he would spend the next 4 months living with (Crazy-8). A friend of Seaclipse's older cousin, Crazy-8 was a member of the locally based successful underground rap group (Black Rhino). Becoming the musical mentor of Seaclipse during this time, and with his powerful ties to the northern California hip-hop music scene, Crazy-8 agreed to help Seaclipse jump start his music career. The year being 1998, Northern California and the bay-area were at hot-bed for west coast rap artists such as E-40. And with the connection to Crazy-8, Seaclipse was able to spend a huge amount of time in the studio during the recording process of Black Rhino's album Paper Route[2] which featured well known bay-area rappers, E-40, B-Legit, and Spice-1. The process of being in the studio with Crazy-8 along with other seasoned artists like E-40 and B-Legit overall provided Seaclipse with plenty of hands on experience, as well as an education of how to take an album from the conception stage, to being a fully finished product. After living in northern California for about 4 months and learning some of the basics of how the music industry works, Seaclipse then moved back to Seattle to continue in the pursuit of his own music career. Now back home, Seaclipse began to venture out on his own as a young new solo hip-hop artist in search of bringing his career aspirations to reality. He would soon find out that the road ahead to becoming a successful musician wasn't always going to be so easy. Like any new up and coming artist who was paying their dues, Seaclipse tried to make a name for himself by doing whatever he could that involved his local music scene. Eventually he began to slowly work his way up in the music business by performing at various regional and national music showcases,[3] as well as performing live as an opening act on some concerts that featured bigger named artists. Seaclipse also kept himself busy with recording new material in the studio, and networking with the some of the more established artists backstage at events and shows that he was a part of. Over the years Seaclipse remained fully dedicated to the pursuit of his music career in hip-hop.


Seaclipse has since released two independent albums in 2005 and 2006 on the Dallas, Texas based ultrax record label.[4] His Playin With Fire album released in (2006) guest featured Rap artists: Bun B of UGK, Redman, and R&B / Pop singer Marcos Hernandez.[5] Seaclipse and Marcos Hernandez were label-mates during the time period of (2004 - 2006), both being signed to the Ultrax Records music label. Ultrax Records joined in a joint-venture record deal with New York City based TVT Records.[6]


Seaclipse has a single called I'm Hot featuring both major label rap artists, Lil' Flip, and Huey. (I'm Hot) is the second single off of the (We Got Next) compilation album, which to date has sold over 95,000 copies in the United States alone.[7]

[edit] Controversy

In early November of 2007, in response to a personal attack posted on an internet blog titled Public Apology to Seaclipse on a local Seattle based hip-hop website www.206proof.com, Seaclipse threatened the life of a Washington state based hip-hop artist Johnny Concrete, leading to one of the biggest forum discussions in the websites history.[8]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • 2005: Seaclipse[9]
  • 2006: Playin With Fire[10]

[edit] Compilations

  • 2006: Dollarz and Cents - featuring: Seaclipse[11]
  • 2007: Lil' Flip Presents: We Got Next - featuring: Seaclipse[12]

[edit] Mixtapes

  • 2007: Southwest Connection - The Mixtape Series Vol. 20 - featuring: Seaclipse[13]

[edit] Awards

Seaclipse was named the Washington state champion in a Vibe Magazine article titled, State Champs: The 51 Best MySpace Rappers in America.[14]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Swagg News Article"
  2. ^ "Black Rhino - Album"
  3. ^ "Las Vegas Weekly"
  4. ^ "Ultrax Records Website"
  5. ^ "Seaclipse Discography"
  6. ^ "Ultrax Records - Marcos Hernandez Discography on Wikipedia"
  7. ^ "Lil' Flip Discography Wikipedia Page"
  8. ^ "206 Proof Blog Forum"
  9. ^ "Seaclipse - Album"
  10. ^ "Playin With Fire - Album"
  11. ^ "Dollarz and Cents - Album"
  12. ^ "We Got Next - Album"
  13. ^ "Mixtape - CD"
  14. ^ "Vibe Magazine Article"

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