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MATRE

Year of The Gift Mixtape Available @ la2thebay.com

About Me



ABOUT MATREMatre "Workers Party" Live @ Zabumba 7/08

Matre Freestyle Live @ Zabumba 5/08

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/16/2005
Band Website: top2bottomla.com
Band Members:


MATRE
The Year of the Gift Mixtape Vol. 1
©2008


MATRE
Struggle Music
©2005



THE LEAGUE
The Track Team
©2003


THE ENGLISH LEAGUE
Mirror Heroes
©1999


In Their Eyes: '90s Teen Bands Vs. '80s Teen Movies
©1998. Rhino Records



OTHER MEMBERS:

The League: Matre, Jericho J, Doc Lewd, Life Rexall... Family: LA2TheBay (www.la2thebay.com), Deeskee, The Shape Shifters, Top2Bottom, Universal 1 Crew (www.myspace.com/universal1crew) Marechal, Zulu King Soldierman (UBIZK), B-Boy Edu (UBIZK), Kamau, Factor, DJ Chaps, Rove, Side Road Records, The Rubberbandman, Neila, Joe Dub, 2Mex, Xololanxinxo, Subtitle, Nick Rolston and Braintrust Ops, Shade Tree Multicultural Foundation, The DC, and all fam worldwide!
Influences: Run DMC, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, BDP, Slick Rick, Rakim, Nas, DJ Premier, The Whole Native Tongue Family, Ice Cube, DJ Quick, Freestyle Fellowship and all of Project Blowed, Tha Alkaholiks, Dilated Peoples, Outkast, Cee-lo, Saafir, Del, The Coup, Kool Kieth, John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Tracy Chapman, Peter Tosh, Don Carlos, The Ethiopians, The Melodians, Barrington Levy, Pinchers, Beenie Man, Buju Banton, and many, many more...
Record Label: braintrust records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Matre Freestyle Live @ Zabumba Top2Bottom Party LA, 5/08

Matre(Top2Bottom) ...
Posted by MATRE on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:46:00 PST

Breaks Magazine M3 Interview ’08

Breaks recently caught up with local rap prodigy Matre of The League. Matre blends a superhuman flow, with intelligent lyrics, and still makes songs that swing. We spoke about his upcoming album, trav...
Posted by MATRE on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:19:00 PST

Year of The Gift

What up Family and Friends!Happy New Year to everyone! A little late I know, but I wanted to reach out and let folks know what's coming together with music in the New Year...I'm hype to announce the r...
Posted by MATRE on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:12:00 PST

New Music!

What up Friends and Family...Just wanted to let folks know there's a lot of new music on the way! New solo album, "Easter Sonday" features production by Jericho J (The League), DJ Orator (Divine Force...
Posted by MATRE on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:45:00 PST