SENECA

I AM A HUMAN BEING THAT LOVES EXPRESSING HIMSELF, ITS THERAPUTIC, IM SICK AND TIRED OF OUR GOVT PERSECUTING OTHER HUMAN BEINGS FOR BEING THEMSELVES, SLAVERY STILL EXIST IT MUST BE ERADICATED, ITS TIME WE REALIZE THERE'S NO DUALITY WE ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED, A COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUS MEANS WHAT WE DO SAY AND THINK AFFECTS ALL OF US ON MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS: SCIENCE COULD NOT EXPLAIN MANY OF THEM RESULTING IN A LOT OF FOLKS NOT OPENING UP TO SUCH AN IDEA. INTENTION IS THE KEY . THIS IS SENECA'S MUSIC, REFLECTING HIS LIFE EXPERIENCE, PERSONAL GROWTH AND QUEST FOR UNDERSTANDING. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AROUND MUSIC. HE STARTING PLAYING TRADITIONAL AFRICAN DRUMS WITH MASTER DRUMMER BABA ONA AS A YOUTH, AND SOON PROGRESSED TO SEQUENCING HIS OWN RHYTHMS ON DRUM MACHINE'S AND SAMPLERS. HE BREATHS RHYTHM. GROWING UP TO HIERO, WUTANG, NAS, GRAVEDIGGAZ, BLACKSHEEP, BOB MARLEY, COMMON SENSE, DRE DRE, SNOOP(WHO DIDNT WANT TO ROLL DOWN THE STREET AND SMOKE INDO AT 14) CYPRESS HILL(BOOM BIDDIE BYE BYE) HE WROTE POETRY, HIS FIRST LOVE AND BEGAN THE JOURNEY INTO HIMSELF AT AN AGE WHERE MOST CHILDREN WERE TRYING TO FIND THE KEY TO THEIR EMOTIONAL ISSUES USUALLY , LYING SILENTLY UNDER THEIR MOTHER OR FATHERS PILLOW (I KNOW THAT WAS A BIT INTENSE, BUT SO TRU SO TRU) BORN IN GAINESVILLE FL IN 1982 HE DELT WITH A DIFFICULT CHILD HOOD WATCHING HIS FAMILY SEPERATE INTO FRAGMENTS. BEING THE YOUNGEST OF THREE CHILDREN, MUSIC HELPED HIM DEAL WITH MANY OF HIS CHILDHOOD ISSUES YET STILL LEAVING ROOM FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. HE STARTED FREESTYLING AT AGE 14 UPON MEETING AKIN YAI AT GAINEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL HE SOON REALIZED THAT HIP HOP WAS HIS VERY OWN......A PLAYGROUND OF THOUGHT, IMAGINATION AND SELF EXPRESSION. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL HE REALLY BEGAN TO WORK ON HIS SKILLS AS AN MC AND A PERSON. PERFORMING IN AND AROUND GAINESVILLE NETWORKING AND JOINING HIS FIRST OF TWO GROUPS. THE MAGI, CONTINUING HIS QUEST FOR TRU SELF HE TEAMED UP WITH MC/PRODUCER MARLEY B NOW OF VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, TO CREATE AN ECCLECTIC BLEND OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND PURE EXPRESSION, PRIORITIES AND FOREVER CHANGING MUSICAL INTENTION LED TO THE INEVITABLE BREAK UP OF TWO FRIENDS AND A RAP GROUP. HE SOON LEFT FLORIDA 4 YEARS LATER AS A SOLO ARTIST AND MOVED TO BERKELY CA AT AGE 21 MEETING DEJAH FORTUNE AND LATER SAM HOBSON(JOE CON) FORMING THE GROUP, SHADOW CASTE WORKING HARD RECORDING AND PERFORMING IN THE BAY, WITH SUCH GROUPS AS LUNAR HEIGHTS, CASUAL, MICAH 9 AND P.E.A.C.E FROM THE FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP. SHADOW CASTE MADE A DEFINITE MARK ON BAY AREA HIP HOP. DUE TO MUSICAL DIFFERENCES SENECA'S LEFT THE GROUP TO PERSUE HIS SOLO CAREER AGAIN. HE NOW IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH DJ SAURUS AN OLD SCHOOL DJ WITH RAZOR SHARP SKILLS ON THE ONES AND TWO'S, SAURUS IS ALSO AN ENGINEER AND PRODUCER OUT OF RENO NEVADA THEY HAVE CREATED THE HIP HOP ENTITY GIVING TREE AND ARE FORMING A STRONG FORCE IN BAY AREA HIP HOP.. width="425" height="350" ....}