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Skilled Affiliates

About Me

Although Skilled Affiliates is new to the Omaha hip-hop scene, (R)Con has been active in the local hip-hop scene and recording local artists for the past 5 years. After graduating college, (R)Con recruited the skills of Hoo-Block to create the group. Although the Skilled Affiliates are only a two-man force, they work with several other Omaha artists already and they don't even have a CD out yet. The goal of the Skilled Affiliates is to offer a refreshing new style to their fans that is lyrically powerful, while still maintaining the mainstream industry's level of recording & musical quality. This is only the beginning...

UPCOMING SHOWS:

LATEST ALBUM

Available July 16, 2007!!! featuring Max Fischer, Stylo, & Breathless

All of our photography was done by: Topher Man
All cd artwork done by: (R)Con

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 19/06/2007
Band Members: (R)Con & Hoo-Block Photo By: Tara Nordbrock Banner by: Rob Ruiz
Influences: Mobb Deep, Black Star, Slum Village, Black Thought Although there are many other artists we consider to be great, these are the only ones we can really consider as our influences.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

I CANT STRESS THIS ENOUGH!!!!!

Yo, nothin pisses me off more than getting messages from artists that claim to be god's gift to hip-hop and how they run Omaha, and this that and the other. Then you listent to their shit, and they ar...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:54:00 GMT

50 Cent vs. Kanye West New Album Reviews

First and foremost, both of these albums are great, legendary, and worth getting. I think both of these albums are better than a lot of other albums I have heard drop recently. Now, having said that, ...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:40:00 GMT

Why Hip-hop is Dying

This is something that I think about every day. I think, "Why is it that all of these horrible-ass rappers can come out of nowhere every day, while emcees who are nice are strugglin to make ends meet?...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:22:00 GMT

(R)Con's Top 15 Hottest Producers-No Specific Order

1. Timbaland2. Kanye West3. J Dilla4. Havoc5. Hi-tek6. Alchemist7. Eminem8. 9th Wonder9. Jazzy Pha 10. Just Blaze11. Andre 300012. Dr. Dre13. Black Milk14. Questlove15. Neptunes
Posted by on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:36:00 GMT

(R)Con's Top 10 Emcees

1. Black Thought2. Talib Kweli3. Elzhi4. Jay-Z5. Big Pun6. Andre 30007. Ludacris8. Pharoah Monch9. Jadakiss10. Canibus***Damn, that was hard!***
Posted by on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:30:00 GMT

Hoo-Block's Top 15 Hottest MC's-No Specific Order

1. Notorious B.I.G. 2. Tupac 3. Jay-Z 4. Nas 5. Big Pun 6. Big L 7. Black Thought 8. Talib Kweli 9. Method Man 10. Ludacris 11. Eminem 12. Common 13. Mos Def 14. Pharoah Monch 15. Elzhi (From Slu...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:27:00 GMT

Intro to Skill Affil

Dear.....EVERYONE, This is (R)Con from the Skilled Affiliates. We are super new to the Omaha hip-hop scene. We just got done with our first project, S.O.L.D. - Soldiers of Lyrical Discpline Mixtape Vo...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:56:00 GMT