Education is key – education is power. Spotted at Rap Radar.

What do you think is going to happen when you tear down all of the projects and try to pretend Atlanta doesn’t have poor people anymore? Expect much worse to come.

[UPDATE BELOW]

R.I.P. BOWEN HOMES
R.I.P. HERNDON HOMES
R.I.P. TECHWOOD HOMES
R.I.P. CAPITOL HOMES
R.I.P. BANKHEAD COURTS
R.I.P. GRADY HOMES
R.I.P. JONESBORO NORTH
R.I.P. JONESBORO SOUTH
R.I.P. THOMASVILLE HEIGHTS
R.I.P. BEDFORD PINES
R.I.P. PERRY HOMES
R.I.P. KIMBERLY COURT
R.I.P. HOLLYWOOD COURT
R.I.P. WHEAT STREET GARDENS
R.I.P. EAST LAKE MEADOWS…

Shall I continue? I would be here for weeks…

Pill [@Pill4180], and Young Dro [@DroPolo] discuss, sex, twitter, and junkies. Brought to you courtesy of my developing camera and editing skills. If you are wondering what song is in the background – it will be released very soon. Enjoy.

Today, the streets told us about the news of the day in the 4th Ward, Pink City area. In a sick way, this reminds us why we love Hip Hop – we value these types of real life stories being told in the music we listen to, being told by the people who live it right outside their doorstop. We would like to thank Pill for giving us real, painful life stories in his music.

We here at The Educated Villains do not condone senseless violence, nor do we condone the wholesale imprisonment of poor people. Take that statement as you wish. Get money at all costs, take care of your children, improve your community, and place a major premium on education. This way, our next generation won’t have to endure these types of things.

Here we have Pill sitting down with DJ Drama at Hot 107.9 discussing his quick rise to prominence as well as what he still seeks to achieve. They also talk about their most recent mixtape, “1140: The Overdose.” Not much more description is needed. Enjoy.

BONUS: Pill – “Light It Up” [Freestyle]

Part 2 of the series introducing the world to “Pink City Entertainment.” This clip was recorded at Figure 8 in Southwest Atlanta at Pill’s “1140: The Overdose” mixtape release party. Below, we are also including a bonus freestyle. Enjoy.

BONUS [Click to Download]: “Gin and Dreams” [Freestyle]

There is a quiet storm brewing here on the streets of Atlanta. A new era is on its way – we are going to make sure of that. TheEducatedVillains.com is a proud supporter of Pill and the entire Pink City Entertainment crew. I see ya Steeeebo! More clips to come.

From MTV News:

Fourteen months ago, Pill had the trap going ham for his street pharmaceuticals. The young rapper struck gold when he dropped his rugged video for “Trap Goin’ Ham.” Rapping with a Corona in his hand, he showed women in his neighborhood smoking Newports and dudes rolling blunts.

It was uncut, real and raw, and it gave you a flashback to that unflinching peak of ATL when some of the greats, such as Outkast and T.I., showed their lives in Georgia. Since then, Pill has become a favorite of hip-hop bloggers with his mixtapes 4180: The Prescription, 4075: The Refill and 1140: The Overdose.

“It’s surreal, man. When you start off, you hope you can make it to this place,” Pill said of his growing popularity. “4180 was my first solo project ever. I went from zero to 60.”

With that trilogy done, Pill is working on a brand-new tape, sans the medicinal theme, with DJ Holiday and the Empire. His debut LP should be dropping sometime in the fourth quarter or top of 2011.

“The Medicine, I’m working on it. I wanna make sure I don’t rush it. Once you get the deal, you feel like, ‘I gotta drop the album,’ ” Pill said. “I wanna make sure everything is new, everything is fresh. I got music for it. But I just wanna make sure all the feelings I go through, all the experiences, I wanna incorporate everything. Look forward to The Medicine. Not too many features. I don’t wanna crowd my first album with a bunch of features and make it a compilation CD. I want it to be more of me giving the people who I am and letting them see where I come from and hear my testimony.”

Although the album is still being recorded, Pill said he has a keeper. It’s one of his most personal projects yet.

” ‘A Song for My Momma,’ ” Pill said when asked about a must-hear on his LP. “My momma passed away. I went in the studio, and I had been so stressed that week. That night, I was out clubbing, and I got a little tipsy. I was in New York. When I got back, I burst into tears. It caught up with me. I was like, ‘Damn, I’m actually doing what I told my momma I was gonna do.’ It was like, ‘Man, I gotta make her a song.’ I was supposed to make her a song, and I been running from it. I knew it was gonna take a lot of emotion and pain to do it. So when I got to the studio, I was boo-hooing still. My pages [that I write my rhymes on] was wet up, but I got through it.”

The Educated Villains, OnSmash.com, and Motion Family present to you Pill’s newest visual off of “1140: The Overdose” with DJ Drama – brought to you courtesy of D5M LLC, Pink City Entertainment, and Asylum/WBR. There is no further explanation needed for this video. By now, you know our stance on all of the issues presented in this video. We always strive to bring you the truth – this is another step in us continuing our mission. Truthfully, we do not care if you don’t like it – this is Pill’s story, and we support it wholeheartedly. Enjoy.

The mixtape can be downloaded here.