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Vasco

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About Me

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Hi, thanks for checking out the page. I’m Vasco (Chris) age 24, and I make hip-hop tracks and do shows as often as possible in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. I’ve been doing this since 1998, but never full-time. Lately my drive to show you all what I’m about and get some more people on my team has been foremost in my mind. Basically, I focus on creative lyrics, memorable hooks, nod-worthy rhythms, and a fusion of the sounds that inspire me: rap, soul, jazz, punk, classic rock, world, and whatever else gives symbol to the soul. I try to avoid formulaic approaches to hip-hop, and am always on a quest to keep it fresh and new. My live shows are my main mission these days, and I am always writing new material. If you book shows, get at me, you will not be disappointed. If you’re an artist, a friend, a curious person, or whatever, come out to a show or get down on a collaboration. I am affiliated with a hard-working, eager collective of fellow artists in Minneapolis who are all doing ambitious things. We go by the name of Brainstem Records and/or the Junction Fam, and the team includes homies Cadaver, Ed Text, Optix16, Asei MT, Scheff, Silent Sabs, Enemy Entropist, and MNeapolis Junction.If you’re interested, a long history of how I came to be an emcee and what I’m all about can be found in my below under the title “Who the hell wants to read 7 pages about Vasco???”See you at a show!

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Member Since: 6/10/2004
Band Website: this
Band Members: Vasco: lyrics, some beat production, occaisional guitar Down Pat: beats James "Jimmy Deluxe" Delong: beatsFellow Artists: Be sure to check out these collaborators, fellow artists, and friends of Vasco--Brainstem! Mpls Jct, Enemy Entropist, and the three-to-nine stellar side projects and solo projects currently in some form of mutation from Cadaver, Optix, Hoopla for Scheff, James "Jimmy D" Delong, Ed Text, Silent Sabs and whatever y'all Montana cats are up to these days, Asei MT, Megatron aka Sol, Fill in the Breaks crew, Savage Christ, TQD, Temper1 and Freak the Lick, Taiyamo Denku, other cats from Milwaukee (Feerick, Witthuhn, Burch, Lacey) And everyone else I have ever impressed or been impressed by.
Influences: LivingLegends Pharcyde Del and Heiro Souls of Mischief Quannum Crew Miles Davis Grant Green Herbie Hancock Louis Jordan Louis Armstrong Charlie Parker Chic Corea Fela and Femi Kuti Down Pat and Ova! Pavement Minor Threat Bad Religion Nirvana Dead Kennedys Dead Boys Bone Thugs Too Short NWA Snoop Dre outkast King Crimson Fifteen E40 The Roots Slick Rick J5 Stevie Wonder Marvin Gaye Bill Withers Donny Hathaway Otis Redding Al Green Gangstaar Goodie Mob Rhymesayers crew P.U.T.S. Blackstar Ben Harper Rolling Stones Sex Pistols Jerry Reed Greatful Dead No Doctors John Coltrane Johnny Cash Sonic Youth Bob Marley TRIBE CALLED QUEST DE LA SOUL JUNGLE BROTHERS PRINCE PAUL BIG L EPMD KRS 1 RAKIM NAS and old school rappers in general.
Sounds Like: A beat boxing dragon whose flames light the torch of knowledge
Record Label: i affiliate with brainstemrecords.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Who the hell wants to read 7 pages about Vasco???

It's a long story, how I got to where I am to where I want to get to.   Hip-hop first called to me as a listener in two ways.  Growing up in Davis, CA in the early-mid 90s, I had big b...
Posted by Vasco on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:30:00 PST

Brainstem back at the Dinkytowner 09/28/07

Does anyone see this?  Who knows.  If you're reading this, may many blessing your way come.  The crew that I run with, Brainstem, has a show coming up with our homies from Fill in the B...
Posted by Vasco on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:03:00 PST

10 reasons to come see my show

People, friends, patriots all-  I have a show coming up at Big V's on Snelling and University, this Wednesday, September 5th 2007 at 10PM.  You should come.  Why? 1) I will unleash 1, m...
Posted by Vasco on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:11:00 PST

more lyrics

Not sure what this is about...I was reading Revelations the other day I guess I remember the future, snuff out lights that still shine I prefer words of courtesy that preserve nerves in brine My eye...
Posted by Vasco on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Some New Lyrics

I'm gettin hungry so I chomp with pomp 'n circumstance / Stomp thru ya swamp wit a twamp to reverse the trance /  Immerse the glance of anyone whose watchin me spit / Wit bitter tears c...
Posted by Vasco on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

its been a long time

i am an enquiring mind and is my wiring fine? cuz i'm scramblin ur brains as ur admiring mine fuck it dude, line line after each tiring line i find doin hip-hop can be such a tiring time now i'm p...
Posted by Vasco on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

lyricz in the vein of the streets and my own damn self

sittin inside my ramshackle shack feelin bored, like canned battle rapsits breakfast, damn, must I cram applejacks or spam n snapple snacks?my roomates are playin Madden, i get saddened as rams tackle...
Posted by Vasco on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I gotta get breakfast before I get dinner

Just like Little Red Hood I'm incourigible with poridge in bowls, horrid in roles with three in the hand and four in the hole, and i'm more in the mold of that on old slices of wonder bread, with thun...
Posted by Vasco on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Just a lil existentialist riff

This here is slapstick, makin synaptic connections to gallactic affections, better take a nap quick then question the drastic inflection. The universe hums in a tone that's not quite my own, not quite...
Posted by Vasco on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST