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ShapeShifters CD now available EMERGENCEmusic.net

About Me

WUTUPDOE LOVELY PEOPLE...DUE TO HIGH SPAM TRAFFIC I ASK U TO MESSAGE ME BEFORE U SEND A FRIEND REQUEST...MUCH RESPECT....INVINCILANALAST WARNING BOOTLEG MIXTAPE AVAILABLE ON BLING47.COM !!!!!!Detroit based emcee Invincible scripts lyrics to communicate both personal experience and a desire to affect social change. Through her clear delivery, witty wordplay, and conceptual songwriting she reminds listeners, you dont have to choose between style and substance.Even before she was fluent in English, Invincible recalls scribbling down the lyrics to her early Hiphop influences including Gang Starr, Boss, and Paris. She moved from the Middle East to the Midwest (Michigan) in elementary school, where she traded tapes and began to write rhymes. At age 15, she sought out local freestyle ciphers, and snuck into 21+ open-mics. By the following year she was throwing her own all-ages shows and collaborating with Detroit area artists such as Athletic Mic League and One Be Lo.While on a fateful trip to NYC in 1997, Invincible linked with the ANOMOLIES crew, an all-women all-elements hiphop collective. She relocated to the Rotten Apple one year later to join the crew, sharing stages with heavyweights such as The Roots, MC Lyte, Pharoahe Monch, Bahamadia, and Le Tigre. These ties drew interest to the rising emcee, landing her a gig as a lyrical sketch writer for MTV's Lyricist Lounge show. A verse from 1999s Hip Hop for Respect compilation against police brutality organized by Talib Kweli and Mos Def served as the worlds intro to her flow. She followed up with the cut Perfectionists w/ Helixx of the ANOMOLIES on the Lyricist Lounge Underground Airplay Vol. One.Though several labels tried to sign her, Invincible forewent the easy way to a record deal, taking the independent route, and in the hoopla she was dubbed Every A&Rs worst nightmare in a 2002 feature in XXL Magazine.During her stay in New York, Invincible maintained ties to her Michigan roots, returning to the Midwest region in 2002. She emerged on the standout single The Way We Make Music on The Detroit Experiment. She has since turned up on Free the P, and The We that Sets Us Free benefit cds, as well as BR Gunnas Dirty District Two. She has rocked shows with Slum Village, KRS ONE, Dead-Prez, Jean Grae, and Underground Resistance. Her latest work is on the Platinum Pied Pipers 2005 BBC Album of Year Award nominated Triple P, featured on the cut Detroit Winter. She also shines on the breakthrough single Shotgun with J Dilla and MED. Invincible performs in PPPs versatile live show, touring throughout the US and Europe.A decade deep into her path, Invincible is dedicated to honing her craft and pushing the Hiphop envelope. Her vivid lyrics narrate the politics of everyday life, rooted in the struggle for change, laced over cinematic tracks from Waajeed of PPP/Bling47, Lab Techs, and others. Splitting her time between community work, youth organizing, and constant touring, Invincible is recording her debut solo ep coming out in 07, and full length album due on Bling47.LAST WARNING bootleg mixtape available exclusively at shows & bling47.com..This profile was edited with Thomas' myspace editor™ V2.5

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Member Since: 5/14/2005
Band Website: EMERGENCEmusic.net
Band Members: Invincible is considered a dangerous lyrical warrior whose verses are steeped in defiance. It is rumored her lab in the microgalaxy known as Detroit, MI, has been the headquarters for historic metamorphosis with conspirators including her crew the (all female hiphop collective) ANOMOLIES, Finale, Suheir Hammad, and Waajeed of bling47/PPP. Splitting her time between youth organizing with Detroit Summer’s Live Arts Media Project, the US Palestine Youth Solidarity Network, and constant touring she blurs the line between art and activism. Invincible’s latest evolution, and long awaited solo debut: "Shapeshifters", promises to be even more rebelliously appealing to the masses than her previous work.
Influences: life, my (chosen) fam, A No Mo Lies crew, Finale, Waajeed and bling47, Tiombe Lockhart, detroit&michigan hiphop (+all good mitten/upsouth music), pharoah monch, letigre, big L, mc lyte, underground resistance, Bahamadia, gang starr, gil scott heron, nina simone, prince, the coup, medusa, new party records & We Have a Mufukin Plan intl, anne peebles, james baldwin, audre lorde, lee maracle, paulo freire, edward said, norm finkelstein, www.slingshothiphop.com, www.jsalloum.org, www.estilohiphop.com, www.olivetones.com, Njia Kai, Frida Kahlo, Gigi Otalvaro-Hormillosa, jessica care-moore, Staceyann Chin, D.Blair, Suheir Hammad, Incite!, FIERCE!, the young lords, CPR, DAY Project, Ruth Ellis, Rob Williams, Maureen Taylor, Jimmy & Grace Lee Boggs, Detroit Summer yoot...just to name a few!
Sounds Like:SMASH!!! sledgehammer! live @ the Shelter DetroitTHE LOOOONGAWAITED! live at elevation LAthe music is the weapon-"bombs away!!!!" live at bgirl be the invincible microphone fiend-"pick ur poison" live at bgirl be
Record Label: EMERGENCE MUSIC
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

mowed down motown for a parking lot next to the game

locusts. after you watch it please go to the site and register and vote and comment about how this relates to your city! "you want change? its a daily choice."...
Posted by invincible on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:13:00 PST

SLEDGEHAMMER!/In The Mourning WORLD PREMIERE(D) and interviews

in this cold cold world full of clear channel and radio one controlled radio stations there are few airwaves based places one can seek refuge. Two of my favorite HipHop havens happen to be based in Ca...
Posted by invincible on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:32:00 PST

striving to be one of the best period.not just one of the best with breasts and a period...

yet i still rep REAL hard for the double X chromosome. This includes my crew the ANoMoLIES (check out my top friend if you haven't already), but also many others who are holding down the topic with so...
Posted by invincible on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:48:00 PST

LAMP in the SOURCE!!!!

CHECK IT OUT FRONT COVER BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER...SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE DETROIT EDUCATION CRISIS...AND ITS GRASSROOTS YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROJECTS UTILIZING HIPHOP AND MEDIA!!!! BIG ...
Posted by invincible on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:01:00 PST

MOTOR CITY CRIBS!!!!

since i dont have a motor city Ride i never leave the crib...the illest photographer this side of the mississippi, Doug Coombe, recently came thru to build about my humble abode. check it out here:htt...
Posted by invincible on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:25:00 PST

In Her Twilight, 91-Year-Old Activist Shines Brighter Than Ever

In Her Twilight, 91-Year-Old Activist Shines Brighter Than Ever By JONATHAN TILOVEDETROIT  In a two-story brick house with red trim and a leaky roof, Grace Lee Boggs, 91, is plotting revolution.Tha...
Posted by invincible on Mon, 21 May 2007 03:27:00 PST

SISTAZ IN RHYME UPDATE!

TOP TEN HIGHLIGHTS AND LESSONS LEARNED ON THIS TOUR (in no particular order)10. aspirin thins your blood and makes you more likely to lose your voice. dont take it even if u have a cold and are in pai...
Posted by invincible on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:53:00 PST

LEIPZIG, Kufiyas, and intentional confusion

A couple nights before me and Stacy Epps left cali for Europe, I had the honor to share the stage with DJ Suprema One, Mark Gonzales, Skim (with Soul speak), Stacy, the Phillistines and the Nomads at ...
Posted by invincible on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:17:00 PST

DAY Project benefit for victim of police brutality's family

this is an important event...fundraising for the survivors of a horrible injustice amongst us...read the story below...and PLEASE REPOST AND SPREAD THE WORD!!! in love n struggle, iDetroit Asian Youth...
Posted by invincible on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 05:42:00 PST

QUALITY CONTROL feat. THEORY, QUEST MCODY, LAB TECHS THIS THURSDAY!!!

featuring:-THEORY...one of my favorite emcees in the mitten...repping FLINT!!!she just dropped her independent debut album "homegirls and handgrenades" and its incredible...and this is her first time ...
Posted by invincible on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:46:00 PST