From 1994 to 2001, Soul spent most of his school years honing his skill and craft through making pause/play mixtapes on his CD/Cassette deck to create loops of breaks, new instrumentals, and also basement recordings with his counterpart and best friend Unkle Sam. They later went on to form the duo Fresh Retaliation and trio Hi-Calibre with MK1. Soul released a solo experimental dub/hiphop LP in 1998, and two separate EPs with his crews EPs in 2000 and 2001 respectively. All LPs garnered underground fame and critical success.
In 2002; He gained an apprentice and production partner; Rochester native Q, aka Quentin Livingston. Together the created a project under the moniker OMGP (Oh My GAWD! Productions). It featured artists from around the US including Detroit's own D-Rick, diverse music from spoken word poetry, to reggae and R&B. With a mere 500 copies, the mixtape spread through the Orlando underground and was recieving college radio airplay with songs like "Closer" and "4 Desperados".
Currently residing in Toronto, Soul is working on his first solo release "S'Elemental" as well as assisting in the homebase of operations of his co-owned label, Ace Records. In 2005 Soul's crew Hi-Calibre was featured on the Universal Records release of "Homegrown 2: Coast 2 Coast" a 12" LP compilation of Canada's finest talent which included the Soul produced "Progression" featuring Arlo Maverick, Oozeela and Proveli Paragon.
2006 was a productive year with his mixing capability being showcased on the Mumbleshiphop.com compilation "Strictly Underground" on Fair One's song "Mother's Daughter" as well as another 12" from Fair One "Fame" featuring El Da Sensei. Edmonton's Politic Live also recently had Soul on the boards for a majority of the tracks featured on their sophomore release "Adaptation". On the production end, Soul is currently working with beatboxers Shamik and Unkle Sam on an LP constructed entirely out of vocal percussion and basic instruments.
RELEASES:
'98 - The Joys of Chemistry
'00 - Fresh Retalition - "Illizm" EP
'01 - Hi-Calibre - "Hi-Cal" EP
'03 - OMGP - "Outside The Box Vol. 1"
'05 - Hi-Cal f. Arlo Maverick, Oozeela & Proveli "Progression" 12"
'07 - Unkle Sam & Shamik - "Because The Biz Told Us To"
'07 - "Dopeness For Dummies" (Live DJ Mix)
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