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Tonedeff

Best Flow In The Game. Period.

About Me


TONEDEFF BIOGRAPHY
He's won a string of distinguished battles, though he's far from just a battle rapper. He's garnered a rep for his signature, rapid-fire delivery, yet he's considerably more than just a fast rapper. He sings and produces-though not quite a singer nor producer-and is the founder of QN5 Music , though you wouldn't just call him a label head. He's the artist you can't quite categorize.
Perhaps most impressive is that he does all of these things, and well. With a background as colorful as his talents, Tonedeff grew up in Chicago, IL, before moving to Miami, FL, for the remainder of his adolescence. While it was in Miami that he began recording and performing, it wasn't until relocating to Queens, NY at 21 that the well-traveled emcee really began making noise. He won a string of battles, including the Braggin' Rites MC Battle and NYC's notorious Da Cypha battles, to name a few. At the same time, he built a name for himself by opening for esteemed acts such as the Common, Royce Da 5'9, Blackalicious, Beatnuts, Brand Nubian and Rahzel.
Where most up-and-comers hit a stalemate, however, Tonedeff had only just begun. After forming the independent label QN5 Music in 2000, he released a series of work including the enhanced Hyphen EP, Happy F*ck You Songs with Extended F@mm (along with PackFM , Substantial , and Session ), the now-infamous "Clear 'Em Out" 12" single with KRS-One, and countless guest spots for artists such as Masta Ace, DJ JS-1, CunninLynguists and Immortal Technique. 2003 saw him grace the pages of The Source Magazine, MTV airwaves in a commercial for Hip Hop Week and the release of his Underscore EP. In 2005, Tonedeff released his critically acclaimed Archetype album which further cemented his place as one of Hip Hop's truly daring boundary pushers and visionaries. Fresh off the QN5 Spring Cleaning National Tour in In 2006, he took the grand prize in Lollapalooza's Last Band Standing competition, beating out over 2,000 bands of all genres from all over the world.
Combining beauty, talent and artistic innovation, Tonedeff is set to awaken hip-hop with a distinctively new sound. Following the QN5 mantra of "the New Hip-Hop," the multi-talented artist breathes new life into a dwindling art form, taking the reigns in the pursuit of new ideals as the originator, the new standard, the archetype.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/15/2004
Band Website: QN5.com
Band Members: tonedeff - emcee / producer / singer / songwriter / designer /

CONTACT INFORMATION
BOOKING: [email protected]
PRESS: [email protected]
GENERAL INQUIRIES: [email protected]
OFFICIAL SITE: tonedeff.com
LABEL SITE: QN5.com

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Influences: Common Sense, Tori Amos, A Tribe Called Quest, Radiohead, Bjork, Pharoahe Monch, Brian Wilson, De La Soul, Portishead, DJ Shadow, Ben Folds & Trent Reznor.

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Record Label: QN5 MUSIC
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

:: [WOW] QN5’s Substantial Jumps To MTV From MTV2 ::

A jump is a jump is a jump& I woke up this morning to the best alarm clock an indie Hip Hop label owner could wake up to  Substantial's "It's You" video being played at the top of the mo...
Posted by Tonedeff on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:20:00 PST

[NEWS] Substantial Makes MTV2 Debut This Week

Just when they thought they could write us off. QN5 Music is proud to announce its network television debut with the airing of Substantial's music video for "It's You (I Think)" on MTV2's Sucker Fr...
Posted by Tonedeff on Mon, 26 May 2008 11:04:00 PST

[MUSIC] Immortal Technique - "The 3rd World"

Immortal Techinique  "The 3rd World" [Produced By DJ Green Lantern]"  Available 06.24.08 When I first came to NYC, I was fresh out of school. I was living over in Bayside Queens, takin...
Posted by Tonedeff on Fri, 16 May 2008 02:11:00 PST

2 SHOWS IN COLORADO - Tonedeff, CunninLynguists, Substantial, PackFM & Mr. SOS

Don't miss it.
Posted by Tonedeff on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:35:00 PST

[RECAP] Stirring Perversions In A Berlin Inferno

Tonedeff Performs "Pervert" @ Cassiopeia  Berlin, Germany (2.24.08) I got so much footage from the recent Dirty Acres EuroTour that I don't even know where to start. I think I'm up to B...
Posted by Tonedeff on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:37:00 PST

[VIDEO] The Only Joke I Know...

I’m sorry, mom. While I was in Zurich, Switzlerland with CunninLynguists during the Dirty Acres EuroTour  I had a ridiculously high fever and was completely in a semi-catatonic ...
Posted by Tonedeff on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:10:00 PST

[VIDEO] A Lightspeed Tour of APOS Studios

written by Tonedeff on Apr 3, 2008 The baby blue glow is real. No FX added. Folks love the music CL pumps out, but have never actually seen a glimpse of where the magic is made. I was...
Posted by Tonedeff on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:14:00 PST

:: Hoarse Yet Hype In Heidelberg ::

Heidelberg! Thumbs The Fuck Up! After the traffic nightmare that was the 8.5 hour drive to Munich, Heidelberg was a welcome 4 hour sprint. We actually made it to the spot early enough to relax some...
Posted by Tonedeff on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:50:00 PST

[RANT] PuppenKlinikum!

What in the living fuck is going on here? Now, you see alot of random shit on the road, but sometimes, you just have to step back and take a picture of it. While we were in Weinfelden, Switzerlan...
Posted by Tonedeff on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:58:00 PST

[RANT] Getting Our Eric Bana On In Munich

Personally, I don’t see the resemblence. The difference a day can make. After going completely over a crowd’s head in Cologne, we kicked off the day with a 4.5 hour drive that turned...
Posted by Tonedeff on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:00:00 PST