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Styles of Beyond

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About Me

How does the underdog know when his time has come to win? After cultivating a decade-long career steadily streaming relevant recordings slightly below the radar and building their reputation as reliable to flow fierce and witty over all-time classic tracks, (epitomic.com 08/01), Styles of Beyond has put in the work and is ready to make their mark. Finally, these underground champions are poised to take their message to the masses. Being the underdog helps build character. It also makes success that much sweeter.
Well-known and respected among hardcore hip-hop heads, MCs Ryu and Takbir and producers DJ Cheapshot and Vin Skully earned their stripes from their famed appearances on the Wake Up Show - a breeding ground for respected rhymers and supreme lyricists, including Eminem, Jay-Z and The Notorious B.I.G. What followed are two landmark independent albums, the visionary debut 2000 Fold and seething follow-up Megadef. Indeed, the groups exceptional, genre-busting work with producers Divine Styler (Everlast, Swollen Members), The Crystal Method (Ryu was the voice of the groups hit single, Name Of The Game), as well as legendary beatsmith J Dilla (Busta Rhymes, Common), has set the stage for SOBs breakthrough.
After reconnecting with longtime friend, Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, SOB contributed their signature rhymes on several tracks from Shinodas Fort Minor album, including the single Remember The Name. With this, an international tour to Asia, Europe, United States and Australia soon followed. Performing in front of tens of thousands of fans, SOB gained legions of followers and invaluable experience. Now, the quartet has the perfect platform and increased visibility as they work on their breakout album, title TBD.
The album cleverly flirts with the concept of opposites - playful and militant, which is based upon everyday ironies, Takbir says. Ryu adds, Theres a side to us that wants to vent. We let it out. Although still in-progress, the album covers those angles and everything in between. Building off of a 1950s song, Damn features Ryu and Takbir detailing the ironic twists and turns of their musical careers, while on the jocular Sugar Honey Iced Tea, the duo bounces to an anxious beat, detailing things that make you do a double-take much like the titles acronym.
Clearly, the aim of the album is about the juxtaposition of opposites. The album promises to be the best of both hip-hop worlds: it promises to make the casual rap fan nod in enjoyment while garnering the respect of the most discerning underground heads. A relentless pummeling of carefully constructed bangers with a fundamentalist hip-hop heart, the collection features a multitude of enjoyable extremes: gunplay meets old-school references;comedy meets aggressiveness; lyrical technicality meets belligerent drunkenness. Without ever losing sight ofits distinctive brand of hip-hop, SOB has something for everyone.
The album sets a new hip-hop standard with straight skills and a focused mind on the craft and concept of each song. Styles Of Beyonds driving, drum-based production and the exciting interplay between the lyrically adventurous Ryu and Takbir, who are comfortable rapping about aliens, emotion, or microphone prowess, sets the stage for the reclamation of hip-hop.
We figured we wanted to use this opportunity to make a statement rather than use it to do what everybody else is doing, Ryu says.Our goal is to change the game. Thats been our intention since the beginning, to do something different. I think the Machine Shop camp sees that in us, adds DJ Cheapshot. Rather than us just being this cookie-cutter rap group, theyre seeing a bigger picture and seeing us as hopefully one of the groups on the forefront knocking down barriers and stepping over the lines, doing something revolutionary.
The impending release of the highly anticipated 2007 album promises to deliver the genre-stretching, innovative music that helped make SOB underground champions. These underdogs are about to have their day.
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Member Since: 3/8/2004
Band Website: SOB818.com and SOBCENTRAL.com
Band Members: Ryu, Tak, Cheapshot and Vin Skully

Booking Agent:
Craig Newman
Agency of the Performing Arts
[email protected]

Management:
Chris Barnett
Velvet Hammer Music + Management
www.velvethammer.net

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Record Label: Machine Shop
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New song up. Radio Clash...suck it

SOB stands for???Suckin on balloons...Sorry outta beer...still out boozin...showin our boners....squirtin on boobs.....serve on bartender....swingin ..rs...silly old bears....stuck on bottom....?? who...
Posted by Styles of Beyond on Tue, 13 May 2008 03:33:00 PST

New song up. "Don’t feel bad" produced by and featuring the RZA

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Posted by Styles of Beyond on Fri, 09 May 2008 02:13:00 PST

Boredom, Vegas, Party Mouth, Busta!

Soooo, it's been two weeks and still no movement on our debut major label album "Reseda Beach." This is where being signed to a major really sucks mega-ballsacks! We've made, in our eyes, the best Sum...
Posted by Styles of Beyond on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:37:00 PST

Bowl-Sh*t!!

So after two years of constant work, our brand spankin’ new album, RESEDA BEACH, is finally complete!! It’s sort of a weird though...we really havent had any free time since recording...
Posted by Styles of Beyond on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:02:00 PST

S.O.B. in Salt Lake City, UT this Saturday on 3/22

Styles of Beyond and Apathy in Salt Lake City, UTthis Saturday, March 22In The Venue215 S. 600 W., Salt Lake City, UT..::Buy Tix Here::.....
Posted by Styles of Beyond on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:43:00 PST

..::S.O.B. @ CRASH MANSION THIS FRIDAY!!!::..

Come Check Them Out Crash Mansion1024 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90015 http://www.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=125059...
Posted by Styles of Beyond on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:43:00 PST

Moving Forward!

Whats up SOB Solja's!!?        Here's a quick little update for ya. Even though things have been frustrating for us the past couple months -  trying to clear up thes...
Posted by Styles of Beyond on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:03:00 PST

-->>Happy Holidays<<--

Here's a lil somethin' we cooked up for everyone.Click Here-Ryu...
Posted by Styles of Beyond on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:45:00 PST

SOB Update...yet again!

Whattup SOB Heads!    Sorry for the delay on keeping everyone updated. We should've wrote a blog after we returned from Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour, but we hit the studio hard upon...
Posted by Styles of Beyond on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:26:00 PST

Second to None on Foxs Monday Night Line Up

For those of you watching the various Football games today, don't get up off of the couch to grab a bite or go to the bathroom during the commercials. You may miss Second to None as it is featured wit...
Posted by Styles of Beyond on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:57:00 PST