DJ ROB A-THE NEW MORTAL SIN! MAY 2009 iTUNES and Digital Land! SUPPORT PURE HIP-HOP IT IS HERE!Note the mix of She Still got Dimples with AAROPHAT is the promo release the official release be different after MF DOOM.
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Back CoverDJ ROB A: "The New Mortal Sin" brings you the seriousness with a taste of humor that hip hop heads should enjoy. The beats are done with his classic sample style, heavily melodic with soulful undertones. Rob A has been crafting beats for 15 + years (Mf Grimm Time and Space) and always only on the EMU SP 1200. You get just the gritty sounds of the SP banging your dome. For the newbie’s this will get you off the synth beats. All lyrics and cuts also are by Rob A unless a guest makes an appearance.For the lead single "She Still got Dimples" Rob A teams up MF DOOM on a MF DOOM produced track. This is going to spark some attention, talking about the seriousness of domestic violence. Be sure to check the rhymes by Rob A on "Hush it"; some of the lines in this song will be stuck in your head. "Stacks in the Lab" is sure to get some attention due to its classic soul beat and horns. "The Genesis was Strummer" is an autobiographical track that started with Rob’s hero as a child Joe Strummer. "Gunclaps on Wax" is for the underground heads, as MF Grimm joins Rob A on an avant-garde beat. DJ Faust (Urban Assault, Faust and Shortee) joins Rob A on "Where ya at VA?" a tribute to his home state. This song was completed in 2001 and previously unreleased. Take a journey into the serious message of "City of God" through the perspective of a youth growing up in inner city New York. Rob A very often prefers narrative songs, and they tend to be his favorites. The track "Explicit Lyrics" is meant to be ironic but will some get it? Check out the HUGE SOUNDS of "SWARM" and see why Master P picked "Whatz up Cuz" as one of his 5 favorite tracks on mp3.com back in the day. "Razors and Ice Cream" is a loosely autobiographical track and another classic narrative with a movie score sound scape.People, this is the real hip-hop not to be confused with what is drowning us out. So as Rob A says "Pay the iTunes fee cause our dues are neva free." Word!Available May 2009 iTunes and all Digital Stores online. Please pass it on! Contact:
[email protected] ROB A Discography: Soon to be released by artist: DJ ROB A- titled "The New Mortal Sin" Produced by ROB A.
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Rugged Soul Records president, Rob A is a visionary that seems to have been in training for this position his entire life. Born to a rock critic he was exposed to music daily. Listening to the likes of The Rolling Stones, The Clash, Burning Spear, James Brown, Miles Davis, Al Green, and The Stooges, music was always around. Records came in the mail via UPS in stacks daily. Some of the first rap records Rob heard early on like "The Breaks" "Flash to the Beat" and "Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" immediately caught his ear. As years passed Rob A studied the art form and participated in all aspects of the construction of Hip-Hop's movement in the early to mid 1980's. "Run-DMC", "BDP", "Cold Crush Brothers", "Biz Markie" and "Eric B and Rakim" were early favorites. In the summer of 1988 Rob A went to a local radio station in Charlottesville VA, WTJU, the radio station for the University of Virginia, and started a rap show Friday nights from 2-6 am. Being the first of only a few rap radio shows at the time at age 14 was a great start. This is where He started to learn the art of beat blending and mixing from other radio DJ's in New York City like DJ Red Alert and Chuck Chillout's weekend shows on 98.7 Kiss FM. Rob A did mix tapes in 1989 locally and continued doing them until 1997. As Rap grew and peaked in the years of '88-'90, he continued to be a fan and do shows. Rob A learned beat making in 1990 and would continue this art form, along with his love of Freestyling. In 1994 Rob A founded "Missing Link Beat Productions aka M.L.B.P" and made a few demos. One of which was critiqued in "Rap Sheet" In the October 1996 issue. M.L.B.P continues to do beats for other groups like for MF GRIMM songs "Time and Space" Rob A recently did a Hip-Hop Collection for Time Life Music called "SLAMMIN" go to www.ruggedsoul.com
