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Phillip Morris

U can take the children, but u leave me my monkey!

About Me


Phillip Morris. A man who has no idea what the word "cool" means, in any sense other than temperature. A revolutionary thinker trapped inside of an emcee’s frame. What began as writing as series of short stories in grammar school had turned into a full blown obsession with writing rhymes by 1997 when he was a freshman at the University of Illinois in Urbana/Champaign. Returning to his hometown of Chicago in 1998, Mister Morris began teaching himself how to produce beats using early versions of ACID and Fruityloops. Originally intent with creating simple backdrops to write to, he soon became obsessed with the intricacies of digital music production and recording. After years of honing his rhyme skills, in 2004 he hit the scene, going to any open mic he could find, and in 2005 he began writing and recording his first album while still frequenting various open mics across Chicago. This led to Phillip receiving a hosting spot at Innjoy's open mic alongside fellow Chicago emcees Awdazcate (pronounced audacity) and Readymade.
The mixture of Phillip's unique voice, complex rhyme schemes, anomalous subject matter, coherent freestyles, and comprehensibility forced the underground hip-hop community to abruptly take notice. Released in early 2006, his debut album (the self-produced "Instrumentality") featured a wide variety of styles and subject matter. It includes the sharp-tongued social commentary of "Divided States", the widely felt ballad for the emotionally battered woman entitled "World of Deceit", and the bewildering combination of lyrical acrobatics & borderline psychosis laced upon "The Nightmare Before Christmas". This timeless piece of art was eagerly received by fans, helping catapult Phillip into a steady cascade of live performances at various bars, venues, and political events. These include events organized by Bands Not Bombs, Peoples Weekly World, Solidarity not Charity, YCL, and performing in front of thousands at the Anti-War rally on October 27th 2007 in Union Park.
Along the way, he began collaborating with Tomorrow Music Orchestra members Matthew Golombisky (bass), Quin Kirchner (drums), Hanna Mathey (violin) and Lilianna Wosko (cello). At one point during the Ears and Eyes festival (December 8th 2007), he was called onstage to freestyle alongside the entire 23 piece orchestra. Always looking to the future, Phillip continues to make original music as far from the norm as possible, keeping crowds entertained with complex rhymes while speaking out about the injustices occurring worldwide. Both avid fans of hip-hop and skeptics alike have (or will soon) become addicted to the cancerous choice.
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Member Since: 7/14/2005
Band Website: eventful.com/phillipmorris
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Phillip Morris - Instrumentality ($8.00)
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Instrumentality - Track Listing
1. Message from the President
2. Mister Morris
3. 15 Minutes of Fame
4. Divided States
5. Sit Back and Listen
6. World of Deceit (featuring Leah)
7. Bittersweet Libations
8. Coup-Chi
9. Roscoe Pete's (Interlude) (featuring AWDAZCATE)
10. The Program (featuring Readymade and AWDAZCATE)
11. The Nightmare Before Christmas
12. No Mo Liquor
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NOW AVAILABLE - THE SWAP MEET!!

Awdazcate & Phillip Morris The Swap Meet ($10.00)
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1. Intro
2. Aspirin
3. You Know (Interlude)
4. The Way That I Rock
5. Jermaine Jones (Interlude)
6. 4,3,2,1 (featuring No Mercy & Greenthumb of Readymade)
7. Didn't Get the Memo (Interlude)
8. Okay!!
9. Innocent (feat Sherman and the Shompers)
10. Chi Love It (featuring Readymade)
11. Suckaz
12. Be Sure to Purchase This....
13. My Baby
14. Are we on the Air (interlude)
15. I'm On It
16. Kirk's Message
17. Being Noteworthy is next to Nothing
18. Save the Crowd
19. The Program Remix
20. Disclaimer
21. Introversion

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Sounds Like: your grandmother is my 1 fan....
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Daleys attempt to shit upon the Chicago Music scene

In case you haven't already heard, this Wednesday, May 14th, the city will be voting on the Promoters Ordinance. Here's the jist of it:Imagine a Chicago with no Metro or Double Door or Schuba's. Imag...
Posted by Phillip Morris on Tue, 13 May 2008 09:34:00 PST

Awwww snap! I’m CMJ’s Ourstage Pick of the Week!

Check it out here. My music is recommended if you like: Eminem (wow, that's a surprise!)Ludacris (not too shabby)and MF Doom (shit yeah!!) Thanks for the heads up Emily, cuz I definitely wou...
Posted by Phillip Morris on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:14:00 PST

Roof Top Hip-Hop Documentary

So......this afternoon we began filming the documentary Roof Top Hip-Hop. The following emcees all in the same place at the same time, for a marathon cypher that lasted a good.....5 hours? Sam I Am&nb...
Posted by Phillip Morris on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:59:00 PST

Saline Solution

The saline solution has run dry for the confused woman who masks her confusion with her supposed quest for happiness.  A happiness she may never find, for her words and her actions are in direct ...
Posted by Phillip Morris on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:29:00 PST

Phillip Morris featured in the Chicago Sun-Times!!

Click on the link below to check out the article about me in today's (Friday, September 14th's) edition of the Chicago Sun-Times, written by David Jakubiak.  If you actually wanna ...
Posted by Phillip Morris on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:11:00 PST

Phillip Morris reportedly seen on iTunes

So......iTunes finally got their shiznit together, and got my album up on their site folks.  So feel free to go to the iTunes store, type "Phillip Morris" in the search, and click on that lovely ...
Posted by Phillip Morris on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:02:00 PST

Phillip Morris now available on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, MusicNet, Connect, and Emusic!!

Okay, so the uploading of the album to iTunes somehow got a little bit delayed, BUT......my album IS available already through Rhapsody, Napster, MusicNet, Sony Connect, and Emusic!! Pretty freakin sw...
Posted by Phillip Morris on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:23:00 PST

"Death by Cubicle" artwork needed!!

So, I'm working on this new album see....And I'm going to call it Death By Cubicle So if anyone has already has any original artwork that would fit with this idea, or if you'd like to create some orig...
Posted by Phillip Morris on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:42:00 PST

The results are in!!

And you, the people, have elected Phillip Morris as DaTongue.com's Artist of the Month. (By popular vote, I dropped out of the electoral college.)  I'll be featured in April. Thank you ...
Posted by Phillip Morris on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:02:00 PST

Feast your eyes upon my harem....

Just so ya'll know what I'm working with.Nothing but big pimping over here.    ...
Posted by Phillip Morris on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:19:00 PST