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The Purple Yam Cafe

About Me



As a young child barely old enough to tie his own shoes, the young Eric found his love for Hip-Hop and of course, the expression of rap. It wasn’t until high school when Eric became Emassin nick named by fellow crew member Charles a.k.a. Ceerock.Emassin, San Fran native and long time member of the infamous underground crew ELEMNOP, is breaking out with his first solo album early 2007. Produced by Ceerock, one of the most innovative and up-and-coming producers in the Bay Area lays out this debut album with a soulful yet street-inspired resonance. With years of M.C. experience and his hard earned rise in the world of education and community organizing, Emassin tells all in truth through his rhymes. Emassin’s mucky yet impeccably polished social consciousness blended in with Ceerock’s soul bounded jazz rhythms generate the undeniable sound and long awaited arrival of the Purple Yam Café.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/27/2006
Band Members: E.Massin, CeeRock, DJ Ant-1,& Sir Tipp.
Record Label: Groundwork Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I'm a fan of Meiko

I've been a huge fan of this lady. She's been on the dl for hella long on the singer songwriter tip, but within the last couple years she's been bubblin. Peep her out! She'll be in SF on May 29th at t...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:53:00 GMT

Dedication to Eagles

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Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:37:00 GMT

new new song! peep it!

http://www.cinestra.com/music/40-emassin-walking-on-ice
Posted by on Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:48:00 GMT

colma....

pure effing genius!
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:47:00 GMT

Check out this event: A Cup of Creativity

Hey Yall,So I'm using this here myspace to promote an event that I'm organizing for the arts program that I coordinate. Basically, I've been running this arts program called ROCK Cafe on a very litt...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:03:00 GMT

Politics As Usual

many of you have been asking for this and where you can get it. my bad for being so slow on stuff. big up to deedot for this one. enjoy!(copy and paste the link below)http://www.mediafire.com/?oqlrrw4...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:53:00 GMT

oldie but goodie

flava from the bay
Posted by on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:56:00 GMT

the meaning

lets bring it back right quick.http://216.92.96.143/podcast/pretty-buoyant-show-inter views-emassin-ceerock-e
Posted by on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:09:00 GMT