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About Me

Tony B. Conscious has an earthshaking ability, through his gift with
words, to touch the heart, spirit and soul of all that read and hear his
work. His blatant, no nonsense style of poetry will make you laugh,
cry, make you wanna holla, riot, revolt, change yourself and the
world, while all the time thinking..."DAMN, NOW AIN'T THAT THE
TRUTH!!!. He has been featured in several poetry magazines, Afro-
centric periodicals, and newsletters. He has self-published numerous
works including:
- "Diary of a Black Man: Revolutionary Poems For Revolutionary
Times"
-"Black Love: A Collection of Poems To And For The Black Woman
And Man"
-"Black History 101: A Collection of Poems Based on OUR STORY
in Amerikka"
-"Hue-Manity: A Collection of Poems Praising and Uplifting Those
With Richly Pigmented Skin (Often referred to as BLACK)"
-"100% Natural: A Collection of Poems Written To reconnect
HUEmanity With Nature"
Tony also has a collection of Poetry CD's:
-"Diary Of A Black Man"(1996)
-"Escape From L.A."(1998)
-"Unplugged"(2001)
-"Live & Uncensured"(2003)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/5/2005
Band Members: TONY B. CONSCIOUS
Influences: PAUL ROBESON, NINA SIMONE, PAUL MOONEY, GIL SCOTT-HERON, JIMI HENDRIX,TAKE 6, KRS-ONE, DOUG E FRESH, MELLE MEL, KOOL MO DEE, GRANDMASTER CAZ, 24-7 SPIEZ, FISHBONE, PUBLIC ENEMY, PROFESSOR GRIFF, BRAND NUBIAN, X-CLAN, 2 KINGS IN A CIPHER, DEF JEF, PARIS, KAM, DR. KHALLID ABDUL MUHAMMAD, STEVE COKELY, DR. BEN, DR.LEONARD JEFFERIES, DR.JOHN HENRY CLARKE, QUEEN AFUA..... NEED I SAY MORE ?
Sounds Like: A slice of Soul, A pound of Poetry, A fistful of Funk and a scoop of Social Consciousness...The New Shit! (Vegan of course).THIS IS FOR 'PAC, TELL THESE CATS TO GET OFF HIS DI....!!!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

CONSCIOUS HOUSE WARMING/ NEST BLESSING PARTY

GREETINGS, HOTEP, AS-SALAAM-ALAKUM, ISLAM, P.E.A.C.E.. i AM HAVING A CONSCIOUS HOUSE WARMING /NEST BLESSING PARTY ON THE 2ND AND 3RD OF JUNE... IT WILL ALSO BE A C.D PRE-SCREENING/LISTENING EVENT FOR ...
Posted by Tony B Conscious on Mon, 21 May 2007 08:53:00 PST

HAS THE PAN-AFRICAN SPOKEN WORD FEST BECOME THE

PAN AFRICAN, OR "SLAM AFRICAN" ? THIS IS THE QUESTION... The PAN-AFRICAN Film Festival, LA's premier black film festival and cultural faire held at THE BALDWIN HILLS MALL and Magic Johnson...
Posted by Tony B Conscious on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:18:00 PST

A LETTER FROM HIP HOP TO BRIDGETT GRAY

A LETTER FROM HIP HOP TO BRIDGET GRAY Now This is a letter to the sistah BRIDGET GRAY In response to your allegations about me the other day First off, before you use my name to attack Realize ...
Posted by Tony B Conscious on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:57:00 PST

HURRICANE KATRINA VS. WILLIE LYNCH....POEM

KATRINA VS. WILLIE LYNCH Now I know what I'm about to say may be controversialBut hell, I'm TONY B.CONSCIOUS and the truth aint never been commercialI've thoght about it, raked my mind and I'm thoroug...
Posted by Tony B Conscious on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:45:00 PST

WOULD LANGSTON HUGHES SLAM ?

IF LANGSTON HUGHES WERE ALIVE, WOULD HE SLAM? ANSWER : HELL NO !!! So why do all of these so-called "poets" (not really GRIOTS) continue to do it ? Why has "spoken word became the new "black-faced com...
Posted by Tony B Conscious on Thu, 08 Dec 2005 02:19:00 PST