Intrinsic Expression - USA 2006 Featured Artist:
"8.bliss music titillates the soul... a revolutionay style that pushes the boundaries of typical Hip Hop to set a standard of what is destined to greatness... deep lyrics that float on beats that twitter the eardrum, entice the mind, and calm the heart."

Rago Magazine - UK 2005 Interview:
"Follow your heart at all cost. Stay true to yourself. Self-respect is the greatest respect earned..."
- 8.bliss

UndergroundHip-Hop.net - USA 2003 Featured Artist:
"I feel like nothing I can say about his album will truly do it justice... Hip-Hop, spoken word, poetry, philosophy, spirituality, life... I'm stricken by the openness and honesty... Sometimes a verbal diary, sometimes a message, sometimes rational, and always thoughtful... auditory artwork…"

Altrap - UK Review "A Train of Events":
"I'm normally not a great fan of spoken word stuff, but there's something about this that just clicks... this is CRAZY deep... the work of DJ Exacto and DJ Denizen on the boards is as impressive as 8's penchant for writing... "

RapReviews.com - USA Review "A Train of Events":
"...the musical diversity on this album is highly impressive... a place where real-life action transcends into thoughts and images... nothing less than existential matters... expertly arranged..."

Global Hip Hop - UK Review "A Train of Events":
"...a satisfying journey for anyone willing to hold their pre-conceptions and just listen. Certainly different, certainly refreshing,…”

Hip Hop Game - USA & France 2003 Interview:
"My name "8.bliss" means "infinite bliss", my soul existence.... I'm just giving it up to the "most high"... we manifest into what we ask for. So we have to do be careful..."

Raw Roots - UK Review "A Train of Events":
"8.bliss could open the world up to you... this is real poetical genius..."

Sleepy Brain - Melbourne, Australia  2003 Interview:
"a smooth, massive call-and-response.... a splendid evocation of Wagnerian poetics.... Recently married and on a move to NYC... we sit and speak with 8.bliss and absorb the basic subtext to his poetry, music, films – and probably his sk8in style."

Belles In Monica - UK Review "A Train of Events":
"...intelligent, positive, humourous, dark, different... San Francisco should be proud of this particular son."

BrokeBeat.org - USA Review"A Train of Events" & Interview:
"...provokes creative thought... highly autobiographical... clearly demonstrates the delicate value of universalknowledge... intellectual hip hop..."

Blue Comet Music - UK Review "Dropzone - EP" by Underground Cartel:
" kudos must go to Kruze for being the mastermind of this concept... Beni from Montpellier's French verse is a really refreshing change... top quality production... 8.bliss stands out in Seconds Out, a unique voice complementing some 1st class lyrics... brilliant example of artists from different countries sharing the same opinions about politics and society..."