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Aygee Cannibal

About Me

The Name Aygee Cannibal has a meaning that is as deep and multi faceted as the man himself. Aygee is an acronym that stands for, All your gifted energy expressed. Meaning Aygee is Himself a reflection of the very gifted energy of the working class. Cannibal is a name earned in his teen years for winning battles in the SAn Diego underground scene of the time. But the name has sinse grown to express the humaness of the message this emcee brings. San Diego is not a Mecca for Hip Hop....far from it, Still Aygee became somewhat of a Hip Hop historian thus gaining the respect and inspiration from the roots of this culture geared originally towards the uplifting of community. This profound respect for culture and not just the music led to an interestin all forms of Hip Hop culture. He dabbles in and supports artists in all aspects of the culture from B-boying to graph writing, Djing and of course emceeing. Aygee got started early forming his first rap gruop at the age of 9. More serious endeavors came later when he was part of the group "The Shaman Tribe". The local group experianced substantial local sucess and even generated enough buzz to get the gruop signed. Unfortunately, this was the first of many deals to go sour. Since then however, Aygee has managed to further his own musical sucess while always thinking of the needs of others. It is the sincere desire to revive conscious Hip Hop that has motivated this emcee to form the "Ya Basta Crew" and keep the message in his music honest. Ya Basta is a phrase that in spanish simply means enough. It was chosen for this diverse group in an effort to describe the feelings the crew shares towards theoppession faced by working class people of the world everyday. Inspired by the revolutionary fighters that have historically struggled against imperialism and following in the footsteps of the Chicano artists collectives of the late 60s, Ya Basta ias a collective made up of artists of every genre that celebrate all aspects of Hip Hop culture and recognize it as a tool for positively encouraging members of our local communities to rise up and take the power back!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/07/2007
Band Members:
Influences: Parliamentfunkadelic, War, KRS-ONE, Slick Rick THE Ruler, Pharohe Monch, Cold Crush Bros., Ultramagnetic M.Cs, King Tim 111, Cypress Hill, Kid Frost, Mr. Brady, Tony da Skitzo, Chino XL, Public Enemy, A tribe Called Quest, KMD, The Beatnuts, X-Clan, The Coup, Dialated Peoples, Gangstarr, Curtis Mayfield, Che Guevara, Oscar Zeta Ocosta, Malcom X, Freestlye Fellowship, Ras Kass, Fidel Castro, Sly Stone, James Brown, Del, Kool DJ Herc, Bran Nubian, Masta Ace, Rage Against THe Machine, Rock Steady Crew, Peter Tosh, Das Efx, Lootpack, Mumia Abu Jamal, Dead Prez, Subcomandante Marcos, Hugo Chavez, TMT crew!!!, Wild Style, Beat Street, Common, Jurrasic 5, Talib kweli, Mos DEf, 2mex, Emiliano Zapata, Funkdoobiest, Julio G, Tony G, Prince whipper whip, Earth wind and fire, Al Green , Eazy E, Roger and Zapp, Stevie wonder, the Psycho Realm, De La Soul, Digital Underground, Prince Paul, Kool G Rap, Immortal Tecnique,The Doors, The Last Poets, Roy Ayers, John Coltrane, Count Bass D, Wu Tang, Ice T , Pharcyde, THe D.O.C,Black Uhuru, Original Wailers, Frukwan, Gravediggaz, Ray Charles, The Roots, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana
Sounds Like: No ONE Son!!!!!
Record Label: YA BASTA EDUTAINMENT
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A battle was won, but we must fight on

As I'm writing this, a federal judge has blocked most of the controversial and racist parts of SB1070 from going into effect today. Although this is a great victory fot the peole of Arizona and the re...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:45:00 GMT

FREE SHOW TONIGHT!!!!!!!

YO, YO, WHAT UP MY PEOPLES. i JUST WANTED TO LET YHALL KNOW WE DOIN A LOCAL HIP HOP SHOWCASE AT THE ONYX ROOM TONIGHT FOR FREE SON!!!!!! COME SUPPORT LOCAL HIP HOP. AYGEE CANNIBAL, BMARTINI AND MORE P...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:27:00 GMT

Show on July 25th w/ Kurupt

Ayo, wassup my peoples. I just wanted ta let ya know I'll be opening up for non other than KURUPT young gotti at the can club in garden grove on July 25th. Mellow Man Ace will also be preforming along...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:22:00 GMT

"The world according to Aygee" OUT NOW!!!!!!!!!!

The wait is over yo. Unfortunately, because of copyright issues, I can't really put it up on Itunes or any other online retailer. But yo get at me for a copy, 16 tracks of heat son. Email me if you wa...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:25:00 GMT

PSA

yo I just wanted to clear up the "Fuck Arizona" thing that I wrote on my last blog. Unless you've been living under a rock, you know they just passed senate bill 1070, a racist, draconian, aparthied, ...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:04:00 GMT

Good news and Better news

Ayo, whut up my peoples. I got sum big news. I'm recording all new tracks for "the world according to Aygee" as we speak, pretty much revamping the whole album. Some of the tracks I previously had rec...
Posted by on Thu, 27 May 2010 11:48:00 GMT

Album Info.

What up my peoples. I know it seems I've been blowin smoke up everybodies asses about my new album. Its been put on temporary hold cause point blank, I lost my job. I'm broker than a joke and beacuse ...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:51:00 GMT

R.I.P GURU

Yo I just wanna say one of the biggest influences of my Emcee career has passed on.....Mad Tragic......... Blessings go to his fam and his peoples. You will be missed duke!!GANGSTARR FOREVER YO!!!!
Posted by on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:42:00 GMT

ALBUM UPDATE

AYO WHAT UP MY PEOPLES!!! Happy new year yo. I've had some minor setbacks, family tragedies, almost lost my job, and mad holiday bullshit and had to push the album back a few months, Never fear, Its g...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:18:00 GMT

NEW ALBUM COMING SOON!!!!!!!

Ayo, I just wanted everybody to know The album is done, mixed, mastered, ready to go! Keep your eyes and ears open yo............. it'll be on I tunes and in stores witin the next month or so. Be prep...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:08:00 GMT