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RANDY MASON

About Me

Hailing from the Bronx, New York, Randy MasonIs a 23 year old emcee, freelance writer with a positive message,Characteristic of the early days of hip hop! DrawingOn musical influences such as Nas, Mos Def, Tu-pac, Common,A Tribe Called Quest, K-os, the roots,The Beatles, the White Stripes, and many others, Randy hasDeveloped a unique lyrical style so rich in metaphorHe is more easily comparable to great AmericanNovelists and poets such as Hemingway, Bradbury,Burroughs, etc. His versatile style could be characterized inmany different ways, but his unrelenting positivityShines brightly in today's cultural climate of greed,Violence and rampant snobbery.Randy Mason is also a freelance writer. Currently writing for the connex list magazine, protégé magazine, inda streetz magazine, AWOL magazine, 206zulu.com, and his own blog www.doperthenheroin.blogspot.comAccomplishmentsFeatured in the connex list magazine 2007, inda streetz magazine 2007, and Protégé magazine 2008.“Under the influence” mixtape 2005“Illest rapper of the year” mixtape 2006“Fresh Air” debut album with band 2007 (Released by independent label 27 inch recordsAfrica Bambattaa FM Radio show - N.Y.CRhythm and Soul FM Radio- N.Y.CDJ Readycee Podcast Radio show -N.Y.CSoup kitchen podcast Radio show-Rhode IslandSoupy gato podcast Radio show-SeattleMandean fm Radio show-N.Y.CZulu fm Radio –SeattleAmbeline Fm Radio- TexasDj Kingston FM Radio- EnglandDj modesty the real hip hop fm radio show- ParisSirius satellite 24 hour mixtape Dj jack da ripper-World wideAM sessions radio- Upstate New YorkFm Radio in Los AngelesAlchemy Radio – AustraliaTony Touch radio show Sirius satelliteG-unit radio the Gomez brothers radio show Sirius satellite radio (Dj jack da ripper)The halftime fm radio show N.Y.C Dj EclipseHot 97 Dj AbsolutRoya-radio.com Top ten most requested song for 3 weeks... show based in germany...Opened up live show for sniff-n-Wesson boot camp click in n.y.c at the remote Lounge-2007Guest VJ on bust-n-out T.V (also interviewed as featured artist) airing on VH1 fall 2008.“New day” off the fresh air album has been chosen to be on the “business as usual” hip hop documentary soundtrack, as well as in filmSome past Performance venues includeThe pleasure dome In Tampa Florida Mt. st. Vincent College in the Bronx Wild spirits N.Y.C The remote lounge N.Y.C Nuyoricans poet’s café N.Y.C Shrine Harlem Don hills n.y.c Desperados Middletown New York New rock city The pyramids N.Y.C The alphabet lounge N.Y.C The burn lounge Brooklyn S.o.b’s international Hip Hop showcase The bowery poetry Club

My Interests

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Member Since: 5/1/2005
Band Website: WWW.DOPERTHENHEROIN.BLOGSPOT.COM
Band Members: Randy Mason, the crowd.




Influences: krs one, rakim, a tribe called quest , coldplay, Jay-z, Nas, Big Pun, Outkast, Common, Wu-Tang Clan, Kanye West, k-os , The Beatles, Bob Marley, De La Vega, white stipes, all bboys and bgirls across the world, and Many Many MORE! ************************************************************ ******..type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" height="344" width="425" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kh82bhAp9s0&hl=en&fs= 1"> .. .. .. ..********************************************************** ******RANDY MASON, AKIL DASAN, CHARLES HAMILTON, SCIRYL, FREESTYLE SOMEWHERE IN HARLEM... "FRESH AIR"Randy Mason, Dro, & Dj king james live at drom n.y.c
************************************************************ **** CHECK OUT THESE KIDS SPITTING A RANDY MASON VERSE. YO AKIL DASAN IS THE MAN, THESE KIDS ARE GREAT. IT'S AN AMAZING THING WHAT AKIL DOES WITH THESE KIDS, TEACHING THEM TO DANCE, PLAY INSTRUMENTS, SING, FREESTYLE, RAP. YO P.S 163 ROCK ON, AND YA DONT STOP!
Sounds Like: Randy Mason.
Record Label: BOOKING INFO CONTACT: Ken Joseph [email protected]

My Blog

THE CROWD ON THE DAILY NEWS

HEY CHECK OUT THE CROWD ON THE DAILY NEWS WEBSITEhttp://www.nydailynews.com/video/?autoStart=true&topV ideoCatNo=default&clipId=3728830YO REACH OUT TO ME ON FACEBOOK PEOPLE!WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEREALCROWD...
Posted by on Thu, 07 May 2009 08:40:00 GMT

HIPHOPGAME.COM

GREAT NEWS! THE GOOD PEOPLE OVER AT HIPHOPGAME.COM PUT "THE EMCEEMIX" FEAT. ALI VEGAS, & CL SMOOTH ON THE SITE!GO CHECK IT OUT IN THE AUDIO SECTION OF THE WEBSITE. ITS GETTING A LOT OF HITS.THANK YOU ...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:07:00 GMT

STATIK SELEKTAH SHOWOFFHIPHOP.COM

YO if you dont know about Statik selektah you need to wake the fuss up. Right now Statik is one of the illest producers doing it in Hip Hop right now, about to be three albums deep featuring all the l...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:57:00 GMT

Randy Mason's Blog "Doper than heroin"


Posted by on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:56:00 GMT

"Yo is that J Smooth?"

"Yo is that J Smooth?" Last night I was on the train in New york city, I think it was the f. Akil, Adeline, & I were heading down to a show at the Nuyoricans poets café where we were scheduled to perf...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:04:00 GMT

A SHORT STORY TITLED "Running out of time" by Randy Mason

Running Out Of Time A short story written by Randy Mason.On a hot summer night in the south bronx a baby girl was tossed from the 5th floor window of a tenement building into the dark alley below. A L...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:46:00 GMT

THE CONNEX LIST MAGAZINE

Hey what up what up! Yo the new connex list magazine has finally arrived! Issue 26 with the legendary KRS ONE on the cover is now out and available at fat beats record shop as well as online FREE  via...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:47:00 GMT