Member Since: 8/26/2005
Band Website: soundclick.com/glassbottomboatproductions
Band Members: THE VESSEL:
THE GLASS BOTTOM BOAT
aka "The Pen Men's Ship"
THE CREW:
TONE DOGG RA - Ra(w) Rhyme Writer
CAL-S-thetics - Beat and Rhyme Scholar
RICO aka RIC THE RULER - Lyrical and Beatbox Assassin
Influences:
I know this looks like I’m just trying to flex, but I wrote this all out over a period of time, just when something would come to mind. The idea was to (hopefully) put you onto something new, in case you didn’t know
Soul Brother ..1 PETE ROCK (Soul Survivor, Petestrumentals....) &; CL "Ya know, the Mecca Don", Slum VILLAGE "IT’S FANTASTIC", Jay Dee aka Dilla , A Tribe Called Quest (Q-tip, Phife, Ali Shaheed, Jarobi?, sorry Q no Consequence), Lootpack crew: Madlib "Beat Konducta SENSAI" , Kankick aka kanzulu "From Arts Unknown" & "The Apocalypse", Declaime "Andsoitissaid" & "Illmindmusik", Oh No "Always Complete" & "Orchestrated Heat", Wildchild "New Year’s Resolution", DJ Romes, MED "Overdue"(and my new shit now "Never Gonna Give U Up"), Kazi, "Mad Men on arrival all hands on deck", Stonesthrow Records, Peanut Butter Wolf, Egon, Mr. Lif (I Phantom is the best concept album heard to date), Gangstarr "One of the Best Yet...", DJ Premier, Guru (and his Jazzmatazz efforts too), De La Soul "Breakadawn" &; "The Bizness", Common "Resurrection" thru "BE", Blackstar(Mos Def, Talib Kweli &; DJ Hi-tek), Reflection Eternal, Rawkus (Pre-Sell Out), Pharoahe Monch, Shawn J. Period, Freddie Foxx aka Bumpy Knuckles "Industry Shakedown", The Beat Generation Series, The UMMAH, Bush Babees, DJ QUIK (The West’s Most Slept On), Divine Forces Radio (Fidel, Breeze, ORATOR , Counterstrike, Icy Ice), BeatJunkies ( J-Rocc , Melo-D , Rhettmatic, Icy Ice, Choc, Babu, Shortkut, What?, etc.), DJ Qbert, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, DJ Revolution, DJ Craze, A-Track, Kid Koala, Tone Dogg (for starting it all up, oldies and hookin’ up the tables), Justincase (for putting me on to rock/punk/ska), Ric the New Ruler (for keeping me up with mainstream), Debarshi (for sharing R & B/ Rawkus, J5) , Clifford (always bumping the real hip hop, classic rock and reggae), Andrew (Sade) , Ainjoy (hooking me on that underground, jazz & encouraging me to keep at it) and of course Lee for supporting something that you don’t always understand. It takes patience and respect that is recognized and won’t be taken for granted; I gotta do this... Rebels to the Grain! , Dellue , Cloud 9 Articulate , Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, Edo. G "The Truth Hurts" & "My Own Worst Enemy", INI "Center of Attention", Grap Luva, Yesterday’s New Quintet "Angels without Edges", Ayatollah, El-P & Co Flow, Quasimoto, JayLib, MadVillian, Prince Paul, Dan Nakamura aka The Automator "Deltron 3030" & "Dr. Octagon", Kool Keith, Al Green & Willie Mitchell "Ohh, What A Wonderful Thiiiing Love is..", Smokey Robinson "The Quiet Storm", The Stylistics, The Temptations, Herbie Mann, Young Holt Unlimited, Alan Toussaint, The Soul Survivors, The Meters, The Mystic Woods, Graham Central Station, D’Angelo, Raphael Saadiq, John Klemmer, George Benson, G-Young (Geology), James Brown, Sam Cooke, ALL THE OLD SCHOOL CATS THAT BROUGHT HIP HOP OUTTA THE BASEMENTS AND DISCOS TO THE REST OF US: Cold Crush Crew (Grandmaster Caz, DJ Tony Tone, Charlie Chase, etc.), the Legendary Kool Herc, Africa Bambataa and the Mighty Zulu Nation, Grand Wizard Theodore, Chief Rocker Busy Bee, Luv Bug Starski, Kurtis Blow, Marley Marl, Mc Shan, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run DMC, Public Enemy, Planet Rock, Rock Steady Crew, Ultra Magnetic MCs, the Biz (Markie), Kool G. Rap, Fab Five Freddy, Jazzy Jay, EPMD, Big Daddy Kane, Percee P the Rhyme Inspector , Kool Mo Dee, LL Cool J, Rakim, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Brand Nubians, KRS-ONE "Criminal Minded", Even Sugarhill Gang (that’s biting) ’cause without who knows... "Self-destruction/ You’re headed for Self-destruction", etc....Black Heat "You Should Have Listened", Bob Marley "One good thing about music...", Barrington Levy, Wailing Souls, Steel Pulse (Marley Fest ’03), J-live (The Emcees’ Emcee), Yusef Dinero aka Joe Money, DJ Spinna, Jigmastas, Beyond Real, Claus Ogerman (sick arrangements), Shuggie Otis, Johnnie Otis, Sly and the Family Stone, Gil Evans, The Three Sounds, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messangers, The Ramsey Lewis Trio, The Three, Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters, Return to Forever, Chick Corea, Freddie Hubbard "Liquid Love", Hubert & Ronnie Laws, Don Shirley, Cal Tjader, Horace Silver, Johnny Lytle, Red Norvo, Bobby Hutcherson, Blue Note Records, Grover Washington Jr., Grant Green, Kudu Records, Verve Records, Gabor Szabo, Antonio Carlos Jobim (genius), Joao & Astrud Gilberto, En Medio, Sergio Mendes and Brazil ’66/’77, Sade, HumDrums, Five Deez "B.E.A.T." & "Hey Young World" ( Fat Jon , Pase Rock, Kyle David & Sonic), 3582 (Fo Sho!), Lone Catalysts( Sands & Rawls ) "Due Process" "Ayanna Monet", J. Rawls "The Essence of", Swollen Members "Counterparts", Battleaxe, the Pharcyde (pre-"Plain [C]Rap") the Procussions & Deux Process "The Process", Jurassic 5, DJ Nu-mark, Cut Chemist, Breakastra (Kid Named Miles), Dr. Oop & Black Love R88ers, Project Blowed & Sunny’s Spot, Leimert Park, Aceyalone, DJ Krush, Les Nubians, Amel Larrieux, Donell Jones (on "The Hustle" & "It’s So Hard"), Dilated, Evidence, Joey Chavez, Alchemist, SCRATCH SOUNDS, BEATS and BREAKS YOU NEVER HEARD, eMAyDe12 (the Big Nat Nasty), Mood "Doom", BJ Digby aka Holmskillet, Arrash freestyleliving , Eddie Harris, Jeru the Damaja, Diamond D, Lord Finesse, D.I.T.C., The Fugees "The Score", Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, DJ Jazzy Jeff "The Magnificent", A Touch of Jazz, Kev Brown, Oddisee "Musik Lounge" that’s the joint, DJ Roddy Rod & Maspyke, Bobby Womack "A Woman’s Got To Have It", Bilal "Reminisce", Maxwell "Ascension", Moka Only "Lime Green", Code Name: Scorpion, Ab Rude, NATE DOGG, Dr. Dre, Mel-Man, Mike Elizondo, Scott Scorch, Battlecat, Soopafly, Fred Wreck, Blaqtoven, and all that WestCoast (NWA, The Chronic, Doggystyle, Dogg Food, This is the Shack, My name is Quik, Revenge Retaliation Getback, The Streets is a Mutha, "Boys in the Hood", G-Funk Classics Vol. 1&2, Predator, Regulate: G-Funk era, Julio G, Bay Area, E-40, Too $hort, Shorty B, Ant Banks, The Luniz, etc.), Shade Sheist "Where I wanna be" & "Wake Up", X-Clan (the mentor- Brother J), James Poyser (Eryka Badu"Back in the Day"), Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Santana, The Buena Vista Social Club, Donald Byrd and The Blackbyrds "When I’m Sleepin’ at night...", Lakeside, BTE Express, Brick, The O-Jays, The Dramatics, The Whispers, The Four Tops, Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, David Oliver, Stanley Turrentine, Ron Carter, David Bowie, Nirvana, Weezer, Alternative ’90s rock, The Doors, Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" & "The Wall", Carole King, classic rock, Rage Against the Machine, Radiohead, Sublime, NOFX, Rancid, punk and ska, Nas "The World is Yours", Large Professor, Bobby Caldwell, Boz Scaggs, The Beatles, The Isley Brothers, The Commodores, Average White Band, The Originals, Issac Hayes, Lou Rawls "Early Morning Love", Gamble & Huff, Don Sebesky, Creed Taylor, Percy Faith "Black Magic Woman" (sick!), Earth Wind And Fire, Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions, Marlene Shaw, Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Tom Browne, Hugh Masekela, Norman Connors, Sadao Watanabe, John Guerin, Dave Grusin (ill on the fender rhodes), Jeff Lorber, Peter Maldini "Midnight Bolero", Bill Evans, Stanley Clarke, the Crusaders (Welton Felder), Harvey Mason, Paul Humphries, James Gadsen, "Shades of Blue", Playa "Cheers 2 U", The Perceptionist (Ak, Lif and Fakts One), Akrobatik "Remind my Soul", Timbaland, RJD2, Insight "Evolve", Edan, "MCs Smoke Crack", 7Heads Entertainment, Wes Jackson, Asheru &; Blue Black The Unspoken Heard, El da Sensai, The Artifacts, Organized Konfusion, The Soulquarians, ?uestlove, Karrem Riggins "Tainted" & "Harmony", Wajeed "La La La", Platinum Pied Pipers, Jay-Z "I’m feeling it...", Bahamadia, The Roots, Musiq, SHOGUN, Hieroglyphics "Hiero Oldies" to "Full Circle" (Del, A-Plus, Tajai, Phesto D, Opio, Pep Love, Jay Biz & Domino), Souls of Mischief, The Prose, Encore, Visionaries (Rhet, Key, Dan, Zen, 2mex, LMNO), OMD, Up Above Records, Def Jux, D & D Records, Immortal Technique, Living Legends (psc, sunspot, grouch, eligh, asop, scarub, bicasso, murs), All Natural (Tone B. & Cap D), No ID, Mole Men, Cypress Hill, DJ Muggs, Smokeout 2002, King T, Alkaholiks (without, no lootpack...), Kam, Xzibit "Speed of Life", Self Scientific, DJ Khalil, Planet Asia, Cali Agents "How the West Was One", Gil Scott-Heron "Winter in America"&; "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Roy Hargrove, Eryka Badu "Sometimes", The Ohio Players, Wu-Tang, Bone, Redman, Busta Rhymes, Geto Boys "My Mind is Playin’ Tricks on Me", Scarface, Grave Diggas, Killa Army, Phil da Agony, S.O.L. Music Works (Jade Tiger, DVD, Kombo, Lao Fai), Burnt Batch, Digable Planets, Apani B. Fly, Poets of Rhythm, Boom Bip, Medusa & Feline Science, El-Fudge & Joe Buddha "Realize", ABB Records, Bennie B, Fat Beats, Groove Attack, Coupe De Tat Entertainment, BBE (Barely Breaking Even), Good Vibe Recordings, The Basement, Stacks Vinyl, Das Efx, Tommy Tee "Day by Day", Rubix "Millionaires", Little Brother "Whatever U Say", Lost Boyz "Love, Peace & Nappiness", Can-i-bus, Terror Squad, Akbar "Live Long", Arrested Development ("3 years..." was my first CD), all the engineers like Mums the Word, Jamey Staub, Dave Cooley, 427 "Holdin’ the Crown" & "What it is" , Elliot Thomas, Bob Powers, Chris Seifert, John Anonymous, Roger Swan, Kut Masta Kurt, etc., World Music from every corner of the globe, ALL CONDITIONED MAINSTREAM MEDIA (music/ movies/ television) from about the early sixties until now, Cliche’ but gotta mention B.I.G., 2Pac, BIG PUN, Aaliyah, Eazy E, Jam Master Jay, Mausberg, Freaky Tah, Big L, ODB, Charizma, Scott La Rock, Eric B., Bigga B, Brad Noele, Kurt Cobain, Professor X, J Dilla, Proof, DJ Dusk (R.I.P.), I can’t believe I all most forgot Outkast, Goodie Mob, Organized Noise & Earthtone III; ok I’ll stop... plus all of you that have advised us to keep doing this.
Sounds Like:
FOR THE HEADS (2007-2008) Special Offering from Tone Dogg Ra(w) "Strictly For the Heads" 13 new tracks featuring guest spots from Art Official, Gray Dei, Theoryetical & Katharsis plus production from Art Official, Cal-S-thetics, Dixie Burner, Skyhie & Subconscious
1. For the Heads
2. Raw Shit
3. Something Amazing
4. Diablo
5. Don't Get it Twisted
6. Earthquake
7. Round and Round
8. Ain't No Use
9. Break Bread
10. Stylistics
11. Somethings Don't Change
12. Dead or Alive
13. Don't Get it Twisted 1.5
THE TEMPLE: CHRONICLES & ARCHIVES (2003-2005) Featuring Tone Dogg Raw, Ric tha New Ruler, Exxo, Meno & Cal-S-thetics
Now playing: calsthetics's station
- The Temple
1. Golden Age
2. Cali Stop
3. Hateradio
4. Connected
5. The City Beat
6. The City Groove
7. Momentous
8. Yes Yes Yall/ Not2Day
9. Man in the Mirror
10. Khakis, Coolwater, Cortez
11. Watch Me
12. Return of the Titans
13. The Primetime
14. Bumpin' on Temple
RECOVERED COLLECTION... VOL. 1 (2001-2003) Featuring Tone Dogg Raw, Ric tha New Ruler, Cal-S-thetics & Justin Kasce
Now playing: calsthetics's station
- Recovered Collection Vol. 1
1. The Rules
2. The Movement
3. So The World Can Hear
4. Ambient Light
5. Tacit
6. Santa Ana Winds
7. At Ease in the Trees
8. Emancipation Proclamation
9. Rock
10. Re-Entry
11. Red-Eyed Flight
12. Braindance
13. Tone Dogg Raw
14. Real People
15. Nomadic Tribesman
16. Why Ask Why
17. Influences
18. Divine Rite *cd only
19. 5:45 *cd only
SCROLLS FROM THE TEMPLE ARCHIVES (online exclusive; various instrumentals)
Now playing: calsthetics's station
Record Label: Super Fresh
Type of Label: Indie