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Chris Riser

About Me

I just love to rock the mic and make positive impact.

The Best video outta Portland...
EVER!

Myspace Layouts
Myspace Contact Tables

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/10/2005
Band Website: chrisriser.com
Band Members: CR ep My first CD, CR ep, contains seven true stories, thought-provoking head bangers and chilled-out anthems crafted for your listening pleasure. Each CD contains an insert with shout outs, track list and contact info. The lyrics are available on the disc in PDF format, along with some certified CR wallpaper for your desktop background. I conceived and executed all of the graphic design as well as the beats and rhymes. It is something that I can truly call my own. 100 made, 50 sold.
Tracks: 1. Ancient Future
2. O Skoo
3. Wreckless
4. Success
5. Isaiah 58
6. Men a Zion
7. The Good Life [feat. Eric Johnston]

$7.00 for the CD, $3.00 shipping to anywhere in the Continental US, while they last...
Influences: Personal:
My Love
El-Dog and Is-Busy
My Momma
Erik Hanamura
Vocab
Malik
8:35
Zroe
Kaer
Eric Johnston
Thom Wortman
Relentless
Dj Void
Paul Riser
Mike Shattuck
Yamio 263

Hip Hopal:
Lyrics Born
Lateef
Gift of Gab
(Pretty much everything Quannum)
Mos Def
Talib Kweli
Digable Planets
The Roots
De La Soul
Common
The Fugees
Goodie Mob
Mad Skillz
KRS-1
Jedi Mind Tricks
MF DOOM
Das EFX
Boogie Monsters

Other Musical:
Portishead
Don McLean
John Mayer
Jack Johnson
Stevie Wonder
Marvin Gaye
3rd World
Bobby McFerrin
Al Jarreau
Gap Band
Spearhead
Rage Against the Machine
Motown!

Because of My Brother:
Weezer
Mr. Bungle
King Crimson
Metallica
Fishbone
Nirvana
[early] Korn
Tool

Sounds Like: Let's leave that for others to decide.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Sold Out! [but still underground]

Well, ladies and gentlemen, thats it! I have sent off the last copies of CR ep and am looking forward to what we can accomplish this summer. Thank you to each and every one of you wh...
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 07:40:00 GMT

A Meditation on Vandals and Vandalism

As I was listening to some streaming radio, I heard a sample of Case from Style Wars saying, "People say I'm vandalism [sic]. Yeah, I vandalism [sic] but, at least I--I know a little bit of what I'm ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:45:00 GMT

It's Funny

I think it's fascinating that there are so many different kinds of music out there. People say so many different kinds of things about the music on MySpace, but then when it comes to people expressing...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:46:00 GMT

Re: Editorial in Waxpoetics .17

To: Andre Torres, Editor-in-Chief, Waxpoetics I have always appreicated your insightful words, and regularly look forward to seeing what you'll say next in the editorial section of waxpoetics. Your co...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:08:00 GMT

I Can't Get Your Private Messages

If you have sent me a private message in the last two weeks: I apologize for not being able to respond to your messages. I get email notifications on my home email when someone sends me a private...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:46:00 GMT

TOOKIE MUST NOT DIE

The other day I was informed by a coworker that Stanley "Tookie" Williams, co-founder of the infamous Crips in L.A. is sentenced to be executed on December 13, 2005. Stanley Williams has been in priso...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:14:00 GMT

Battles: What Are They Good For?

Before the beef between 8:35 and Yamio emerged online--it is, as Yamio states on his own blog, close to a decade stale--I sent Yamio a message in response to something he wrote in a song called, "It's...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:14:00 GMT

New Track(s) On Deck

For anyone bored or consumed enough to read a MySpace blog like mine:   Within the next two days, there should be a new track up on MySpace for you music-loving-ryachies out there.  Checka, ...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Oct 2005 21:14:00 GMT

Why Tom is Not My Friend

Tom is no longer my friend. I deleted him. Why? Because Tom sold his soul (and MySpace along with it) out to Rupert Murdoch and his money grubbing News Corp (the parent company of Fox, for those ...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:52:00 GMT