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Custom - Made

If it is artifical...Then let it be...

About Me


Born in Chicago in 1980! Raised in Albany Park...I'm not gonna tell you my life story nor am I going to get all in depth on who "Custom" is and what not. I just love music, simple as that, no big mystery, no bullshit, just me! Started off as a house Dj when I was 12, then got into Hip Hop in 1994 and it's been my love since...I do it because I can...So on that note...Just listen to the music...Chill, flow, rap, vibe, just enjoy the good goods!!!
Now I would like to take the time to acknowledge a handful of local inspirations. To those who have been putting out music before the era of CD's thank you. For those DJ's that made mix tapes on an actual cassette tape, thank you. To the MC's that would kick ciphers from Navy Pier, to Pilsen, Humbolt, Logan Square, Albany Park, Rogers Park, Stoney Island, Dolton, Wicker Park, the Wild 100's, the record shops, the music bodegas in the lil mom and pop outlets, to the endless discussions at the grub spots in the late nights to early mornings, to the graph heads that ran the lines of brown, red, blue, from Midway to O'hare, to the venues that allowed us to have a Mecca of our music, to the many parents that put up with their child as they experienced this ever changing movement...
THANK YOU!!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/8/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/theregimentcrew
Band Members:

The Regiment Production Crew

>> - Jay Nice
Weapon of Choice: SP 1200
Hood : Stoney Island
Tag: One Shot One Kill

>> - Mystro
Weapon of Choice: Fruity Loops
Hood: Posen
Tag: No bull, just that shit!!!

>> - Visto
Weapon of Choice: MPC 2000XL
Hood: Albany Park
Tag: Carpe Diem (Seize the day)

>> - Custom
Hood: Albany Park
Weapon of Choice: MPC 2000XL
Tag: Hal-Iqa (Truth)

Influences: My life...

In no particular order...Pete Rock, Dj Premiere, NO I.D., Diamond D, Dogue Infinite, Large Pro., JD, Just Blaze, Scott Storch, Timbaland, Neptunes, Dr. Dre, Traxter, Alchemist, Q Tip, Hi Tek, Molemen, Souund Merchants, Prestige, Triology, Quincy Jones, The Regiment Crew, this shit can go on and on...

These MC's stand out to me the most...Eminem, Jay Z, Nas, Big L, Biggie, 2 Pac, Big Pun, Lord Finess, Guru, 50 Cent, MC Lyte, Queen Latiffa, Jean Grey, Lupe Fiasco, Omar Cruz, Joell Ortiz and Chicago's very own J.U.I.C.E. (The one and only Juice)...
Sounds Like: My life...
Record Label: The Regiment Record Crew, LLC.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Hood Math...

Hood Math&..: A boy becomes a man physically at a certain age. Well that shit changed at the age of 12. At 12 I was cashing checks for 8. 8 out of every 100 was money for numbers. Numbers I ran for b...
Posted by Custom - Made on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:13:00 PST

Some shit Ive been working on...

Street U.N.: You have the boulevards and the avenues. From west to east, east to west& Seoul Drive. You can drink with the Koreans& They will talk about the blankets they picked up by the Mexican sho...
Posted by Custom - Made on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:12:00 PST

It is getting nice outside...

Seeing how those that do know me very well, know that I'm a foodist at heart... And well you know I'm down to get some cooking done... So I just wanna share some good grilling recipes...  HOPE YA...
Posted by Custom - Made on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:30:00 PST