It all began on a dark and stormy night in a dirty white house next to an adult video store (which later caught fire and burned to the ground.) Our hero: Shannon Swords (mild-mannered alcoholic) kicked his first freestyle out of the blue, to the great surprise and utter disgust of his friends and family, and became the emcee commonly know to the world as Text. Naturally anyone (especially a skinny white boy from Urbana IL) sucks when they start rapping. But our hero did not give a damn. After many years of coming to terms with the fact he couldn't carry a tune to save his own life, he embraced his new found love of hip hop and began studiously going about the business of becoming the greatest emcee that the town had ever seen.Needless to say he's got a long way to go still.Text's released efforts include the EP collection Unknown Scripts (2008) and the full length album Jameson Dreams (2008). He has opened for group such as djBozak, Treologic and Krukid. Up and coming for this spring, summer and fall, Text has a number of releases slated.Ace Deezi and djBelly - the Hipster Olympics EP
Text and djTwoLeg- TBD EP
Text - KnoGame LP
Suit yourself, son, I'm sick of suiting your needs.
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