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Unique Image is on a mission to<br />
bring the heart of R&B back to<br />
the game. After signing to Big<br />
Gates Records early last year,<br />
Mic, Corey, Veedoe, and Franky<br />
have been focused on taking<br />
their quartet to the next level<br />
in Hip Hop Soul music.<br />
How did you guys come together as a group<br />
I notice y’all are all from different states.<br />
Mic: Our group originally started at the<br />
University of Southern Mississippi in 2002. We<br />
all went to college together. It started off with<br />
four of us and we ended up getting another<br />
member. Over the course of the years, the<br />
members kinda faded in and out. When we<br />
met our current lead singer Franky a couple of<br />
years ago everything just clicked. That was the<br />
boost that we needed to get us where we’re<br />
at now.<br />
Tell me about appearing on BET. What did<br />
that do for your career<br />
Corey: We were already a known group in the<br />
area – Hattiesburg, Jackson, New Orleans. BET<br />
just put us on the national level. When we<br />
went on 106 & Park and won, it was people<br />
from all over that had never heard of us but<br />
appreciated the music. Winning on that type<br />
of stage meant a lot to us.<br />
Were you expecting to win on Wild Out<br />
Wednesday<br />
Corey: Of course. We was expecting to, excuse<br />
my language, beat the shit out of everybody.<br />
We always had self-confidence.<br />
You were also on Showtime at the Apollo too<br />
right<br />
Corey: Yeah, we were on Showtime at the<br />
Apollo. We didn’t win, but we got a standing<br />
ovation and the people went crazy. It was a<br />
great experience.<br />
If you had been on Showtime at the Apollo<br />
and the clown dude came out and pushed<br />
y’all off stage, would you have quit<br />
Corey: Nah, of course not. First of all, that<br />
wouldn’t have even happened. We do our<br />
thing, we get down on stage, but if he would<br />
have come out, it would just be another<br />
motivational tool to let us know we gotta step<br />
our game up. We not the type of cats that get<br />
easily discouraged.<br />
Why did you choose your group name What<br />
exactly is unique about your image<br />
Veedoe: Basically how the name came about<br />
was in college there was us four guys – one<br />
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