Born and bred in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant section, Access Immortal was lauded as a strong up-and-comer in New York's hip-hop underground upon his 2005 debut album, Shades of Reality, with several critics fancying him as a Nas or Prodigy (of Mobb Deep) in their youthful prime. The underground MC sought out a career in rap after serving stints as a local DJ and an intern at New York's Fat Beats Records. He started with open mics in 2001 and eventually upgraded to bigger performance venues, like the CBGB's and SOB's, all over the East Coast. Immortal's first releases were a ...