Cincinnati's Main Flow has been doing Hip Hop for a minute now. The former Mood member has been staying busy with his company Wanna Battle, as well as preparing two releases. Besides that, there are plenty of ideas that Flow has, so rest doesn't really factor into his daily routine. Currently, Main Flow is working on finishing up his LP, "HipHopulation." The album is slated for a January release, and Flow and his management team are working out a deal with Traffic Distribution. "HipHopulation is just another word I made up for the population of Hip Hop. The concept behind that record was to work with as many artists as possible to show that I can rhyme with the best of them I got 6 to 7 guest appearances on it." And those guest spots are only reserved for the best, as Black Thought, Talib Kweli, Raekwon, and Defari received invites to bless a track. Besides the full-length, Flow plans on hitting fans with even more. "I just did an EP called "Flow Season" and it's with a producer from Croatia, Nace. There's thirteen joints on that. We're gonna drop another single first, it's called "She Likes Me," and that's going on the "HipHopulation" album, and I'm gonna try and sneak this EP in which has nothing to do with the "HipHopulation" release." While he's looking for distribution for "Flow Season," Flow is also starting his Wanna Battle clothing line, on wannabattle.com. The MC has also released a single with Planet Asia called "Loving the Game," and the record has received great reviews. Flow also teamed up with Kweli for the classic "Hip Hop Worth Dying For" on Triple Threat's "Many Styles" LP. He also worked with DJ Greyboy for his independent release "Castle Diplomat." While a Mood reunion is not likely to happen, Flow has plans for a new supergroup: "I entertain the thought of that in 2004. Maybe if we could all get together, it's just taken my partner Dante so long to do his first album, and then you got Hi-Tek, he just did Hi-Teknology 2. I don't see it happening, so I was thinking of forming a new cast of players to come up with a new album like that." The karma that Flow and Hi-Tek have working together is matched by few in the industry. "It's just really a perfect fit. It's a shame we haven't been connecting because we make some of the hottest music he's done because of how we came up together and how the chemistry is, coming up with the good concepts and scratches. There's few producers that you can just drop the vocals and know that they gonna come up with the rest of the song without your input. That's how Hi-Tek is." Unfortunately, Hi-Tek won't be working on "HipHopulation," but Scott Storch and maybe Shock G will come through with some tracks. Recording is not a problem for Flow at this point in his career. "I got a G4 Powerbook in the crib. We got a lot of producers from all over the world sending beats so we just import them and lay the vocals down and send it back to the producer to mix 'em." This helps explain how Flow has over 600 tracks in his vault. Despite having some of the dopest artists, Cincinnati still hasn't been able to blow up. "Everybody thinks they got the master plan but there's no unity. In these other cities there's unity. That's why they're making such a big impact. It's power in numbers." The Ohio scene definitely isn't dead, as they have artists like the Lone Catalysts, Five Deez, King Soloman, Copywrite, and Blueprint." Flow says "some of the undercards need a shot at the title as far as going for better record deals and shit like that. other than that I think its going in a good direction. You know how different areas show up on the map, now everybody's doing the Southern thing, from the King of Crunk and Chingy. There's all these different people coming out and I'm just waiting for it to come back because Cincinnati got skipped on that. Hi-Tek is reppin Cincinnati but I don't think we've really gotten the green light. Mood is probably the hottest that's come out of Cincinnati. But it's a bigger picture. Detroit came on the map, St. Louis, but still there's no Cincinnati showing." But Flow keeps a positive outlook on the game. "It's about who you know. A lot of people jump in the game easy but you have to be ready to work. It's like anything, basketball, boxing, you can't just jump in and expect to be Roy Jones. You gotta put in some work and your breaks will come. Everybody's gonna get their chance eventually but it's just a matter of timing." Flow's style has been changing and evolving since the days of "Hustle on the Side" and "Karma," and he has no plans of stopping now, as he has two tours ready to jump off, one in October, and one in January, which HipHopGame.com is going to be a part of, and will feature artists Planet Asia, Tha Liks, Shock G, and Talib Kweli. As everything is coming together and Flow is getting everything ready to drop, fans be ready, Flow is chilling and staying "all up on the humble." By Brian Kayser

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