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About Me

" The time of getting fame for your name on its own is over. Artwork that is only about wanting to be famous will never make you famous. Any fame is a by-product of making something that means something. You don’t go to a restaurant and order a meal because you want to have a shit. "-BanksySpan style="text-align:center;position:absolute; background-repeat:no-repeat; height:32px; width:100%;left:0px;top:200px;

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/16/2005
Band Website: Not yet
Band Members:
Me, my ASR 88, and a cast of thousands upon thousands of records. Wanna join??
Influences: I have seen the culture I love become an ancient ruin of itself. Hip-Hop should not be a museum. It is a living breathing organism. I can't blame the ignorant, but for all who know better, lets DO BETTER!!!!!

MC's my top 10: Rakim, Monch, Del, Acey, Saafir, Ras, Kool Keith, Nas, KRS, Common (Sense) etc
Producers my tops: D.J. Premier, J Dilla (R.I.P.), Pete Rock, Madlib, The Beatminerz, J-Zone, Large Professor, The Beatnuts, The Rza, El-P, All the Hiero producers, Q-tip, The Bomb Squad, D.J. Spinna etc.

The 5 most essential
Hip-Hop albums:
My 5 FAVORITE
Hip-Hop albums:

Sounds Like: old shit today
Record Label: See website!!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

circa 2000-2003

For all those that have been asking to here old shit from me, here it goes. All these tracks were made between 2000-2003. Just ruff raw shit with no apologies. Hope you enjoyPress
Posted by MpressIV on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:32:00 PST

My EXTENSIVE review on Common's 'Finding Forever'

I can't remember the last time I planned to go to a record store. Nor have I purchased a major label release in quite some time. It has to be an earth shattering reason for me to do either and the hig...
Posted by MpressIV on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:31:00 PST

The Light Years E.P. instrumentals up NOW!!!! (needs an MC)

This is a series of instumentals that I cooked up over the last few months off and on. It happened to jel into an idea for an EP because the feel of each track complements one another there are 5 on t...
Posted by MpressIV on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:08:00 PST

James Brown

The most significant loss in the history of music took place in Atlanta, Ga on December 25, 2006. James Brown is so much more than the noted Godfater of Soul. He is the Godfather of ALL...
Posted by MpressIV on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:10:00 PST