Tarik NuClothes - Embarking on a "Nu" Path

Sometimes artists are put into boxes by listeners, or record labels, and sometimes artists are put into boxes due to their own fears of what might happen if they were to do anything different from what they’re known for. Tarik NuClothes, who’s rapped under a variety of monikers over the past decade-plus, knows the latter can oftentimes be the hardest kid of box to break out of. When he created the club song “Bubble Shaker,” however, which has proven to be a huge hit on MTVu.com and been featured everywhere from Jersey Shore to FOX NFL Sunday, he managed to achieve this. This week I caught up with Tarik NuClothes to find out more about his most recent transformation, the mental hurdles he had to get over in order to make it happen, and the ways in which he’s maintained his long-term relationship with music.

Read the full interview at RapReviews.com.