Malik Ameer

{TYPOS INCLUDED} Inspired heavily by the ancient philosophies of Akhenaton, Apollonius, I Ching, Tantra, Aghora, Homer, Shakespeare, Ovid, Funkadelicism, Dogon, Sufi, Kush, Celtic, Buddhism, Fela-ism, James Brown-ism, Yoruba, Yaqui, toltec, Cherokee, Threadgillian mysticism, Stevie Wonder-ism, baptist Church, Methodist Church, Pentecostal Church, Sanctified Church, Gurdjief, Hesse and D.W. Laurence are the madmen... Inspired by all music including straight edge pop, ranging from mtv favorites, to timeless pop icons like the Beatles and Frank Sinatra, as well as an assortment of operas,Sly Stone, Bach, ZAPPA, Schostakovich, Albert Ayler, Schoenberg, Schubert, Prokofiev Curtis Mayfield, and of course Son House, Howlin Wolf, Charlie Patton, and The Gees Bend.Other identity ideas about THE MADMEN are as follows; their approach to music is improvisational and devoted to expressing the spiritual landscape and one's journey through it and into it... Yes its somewhere along those lines. All the music is always free (literally). So if you are at all interested in acquiring any of their music, please simply email Malik and request an album and he will send it to you for free. Also look into the website, madmenscalling.com to find poetry, short stories, paintings, music and recommendations from the madmen community (you are also welcomed to contribute any of your work to the site as well).As for Malik Ameer Crumpler, he is a fiction writer, poet, playwrite, rapper, producer, painter and artistically schizophrenic individual who works a day job that often spills into the night. When not in his Bruce Wayne, Malik studies many forms of poetry, film, mysticism, dance, alchemy, meditation etc. etc.Malik has made well over 25 albums since his recordings began in 1989, but the albums that are still available are MANY SCARS- 1998, THE UNSEEN-2000, THE NIGHTMARE-2000, DRAPETOMANIA-2001, SANCTIFIED-2003, ENCHANTMENT-2005, NOTHING BETTER TO DO-2006, and now THE ROSELINE-2007.Thank You for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you.PEACE & RESPECT: US