Live Manikins & DJ Rated R: 2008 Sammies Nomin

About Me

The voting for the Sacramento Music Awardshas begun!Please support by clicking on the picturebelow and voting for Live Manikins (hiphop/rap category) and DJ Rated R(DJ/Turntablist category)
The Live Manikins are a collection of five individuals who came together for the common cause of making honest music. Assembling from across Northern California, the five met in Sacramento and formed a group with the aim to create sounds that would bring people together and open their minds. As a group, influences range from every genre of music. With a goal to give people something new and fresh to listen to, the Live Manikins have taken years of solo work to create one voice.
"Live Manikins album "Still Life" is out on Itunes!!. $0.99 cents per song to support!!."
"A virgin listen to Still Life is akin to hearing A Tribe Called Quest's The Low End Theory for the first time."
~Sacramento News & Review
""Anywhere" isn't about that thuggish stuff that tends to get people uptight. The song is all about an uplifting vibe, with soulful backing vocals and a choice flute sample to keep the good feelings flowing."
~Sacramento Bee
"Hip-hop needs new superheroes. Sacramento-based Live Manikins prove that underneath their seemingly normal facade is a group whose combined abilities can only be described as extraordinary."
~Sacramento State's Local Slice
"Sounds like indie hip-hop mixed with cognizant cartoons and old school b-boy reverberations with such songs as â€œRock the Mic.""
~UBO Magazine
"Live Manikins, a group from Sacramento, emphasized uplifting themes in its [...] performance."
~The Record Newspaper
"With beats that take you straight back to '93, and rhymes that are friendly to the ears, it's hard not to stop and take a listen."
~The Legend Magazine
Live Manikins came in 1st place for Hip Hop in Northern California & were Semi-Finalists in Bodog's Nationwide Battle of the Bands.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/31/2004
Band Website: LiveManikins.blogspot.com
Band Members: Flavius. Runt Rock. Self. Rated R. Linguistics.

Influences: Who We've Performed With: Del the funkee Homasapien, Souls of Mischief, Knobody(Heiro), Zion I, Grouch, J Boogie, Mistah FAB, Bukue One, Moka Only, J-Rocc of the Beat Junkies, Lyrics Born, Pigeon John, The Procussions, DJ Cutso (Fingerbangerz Crew), Deux Process, TOPR, Lenny Diko, The Earthtones, Mahtie Bush, Verbal Venom, Righteous Movement, Soul Remnants, Beautiful Music Baby, Afterflow, Another Rap Group, Random Abiladeze, Agustus thElephant, MLB, JustLuv, DJ Riff Raff, Neighborhood Watch, Icarus Jones, Quoted Motives, Cawzlos, Tribe of Levi, POS, Neglected, Each, Alumni, Les Gimix, Kozee, Raulie Barron, Culture Shock Crew, DJ Fooders, Twice Wise, Homynym, 916 Junglist, DJ Epik, ChoiceCut, MD3, Track Addict, Rebels of Rhythm, Chuck T, Blee, and plenty more!
Sounds Like:
Pangea Project
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Double Dosage of Sammie Nominees Live Manikins & DJ Rated R this 2nd Saturday, June 14th

You have 2 chances to catch Sammie Nominees Live Manikins & DJ Rated R this 2nd Saturday, June 14th!!! 1. Monthly Mosaic with SN&R on J St & 20th in downtown Sacramento Come see some ...
Posted by Live Manikins & DJ Rated R: 2008 Sammies Nominees! on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:44:00 PST

Sammies Voting has begun!!!

Live Manikins featured in the Sacramento News and Review!!!

If you like long-ass CD reviews & throw your hands up high! By Josh Fernandez The patio at Peet's on 20th and J is a perfect place to talk hip-hop. Well, except when Downtown James Brown is th...
Posted by Live Manikins & DJ Rated R: 2008 Sammies Nominees! on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:43:00 PST

Live Manikins and DJ Rated R in this week’s SN&R Sammies Special

Live ManikinsWhen the kid's father put headphones on him, the kid fell in love with music. Then the kid grew up and started calling himself Flavius. Then he and his brother Self and his brothers from ...
Posted by Live Manikins & DJ Rated R: 2008 Sammies Nominees! on Fri, 30 May 2008 01:05:00 PST

Some new LM youtube clips!

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Posted by Live Manikins & DJ Rated R: 2008 Sammies Nominees! on Mon, 12 May 2008 03:00:00 PST

Album Release Party

Peace,We would like to thank all who came through to our album release party. We appreciate the support and the love shown. We had a blast and hopefully you did to. Shouts to agustus and mindspea...
Posted by Live Manikins & DJ Rated R: 2008 Sammies Nominees! on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:12:00 PST

Check out this event: Live Manikins STILL LIFE official release party

Hosted By: Pangea ProjectWhen: Apr 5, 2008 8:00 PMWhere: Capital Garage1500 K StSacramento, CA 95816United StatesDescription:Pangea Project Click Here To View EventPeace and blessingsLive Manikins...
Posted by Live Manikins & DJ Rated R: 2008 Sammies Nominees! on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:15:00 PST

What the L?

Whassup ya'll, it's Linguistics here. I know it seems like I haven't been around much, but I've just been mad busy with a lot of music business. So here's a run down: Live Manikins: planning hella sho...
Posted by Live Manikins & DJ Rated R: 2008 Sammies Nominees! on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:52:00 PST

Velvet Wax

Good Music. Good People. Dope DJS Every 2nd Wed starting March 12, the Velvet Wax DJ's take over the Golden Bear, 2326 K Street, Sacramento. Cover- FREE! ...
Posted by Live Manikins & DJ Rated R: 2008 Sammies Nominees! on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:27:00 PST

Catch Self in "Pathways to Success"

waddup yall, "reaching goals" as they say, its the beauty in life. Get educated! www.whodouwant2b.com check it out...
Posted by Live Manikins & DJ Rated R: 2008 Sammies Nominees! on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:27:00 PST