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About Me

Labtekwon is a phoenix rising in the underground Hip Hop scene, performing at the Lyricist Lounge in New York and Project Blowed in Los Angeles. As well as winning Zulu Nation Freestyle Competitions or Poetry Slams in Atlanta, Georgia., already having shared the stage with A Tribe Called Quest, Brand Nubian, KRS-One, and Digital Underground. He has left his mark on 20 releases including 15 full lengths on his own Ankh Ba Records. Noting Labtekwon's varied discography Urb called him 'the most eclectic MF to ever emerge from Baltimore.' From his 12' 'I Am Here' to his work on the compilation 'Connected', Labtekwon has put a brand on the underground scene for posterity and die hard collectors alike. His 1998 full length 'Nile Child' is widely held as an underground classic and has landed him a seed in the 1999 Urb Next 100. Labtekwon is an enigma of galactic proportion. Considered the "Thelonius Monk of Hip Hop" by Chuck D of Public Enemy. Do the knowledge and google the name: LABTEKWON. All albums available on ITUNES.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/6/2005
Band Website: labtekwon.imeem.com/
Band Members: I Self Lord And Master
Influences: God, Christ, Knowledge of Self, Doc Soul Stirrer, Lenore, Cushanah Zeharah, Ra Khem Aten Born, the Last Poets, George Clinton, Sun Ra, Marcus Garvey, Cheikh Anta Diop, Doc Ben,Marvin Gaye, Piankhi, Narmer, The Father Allah (Clarence 13 x), Muhammad Ali,Burning Spear, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Spike Lee, Stevie Wonder, Rakim, Kool G Rap, KRS One,Phat ass women, Imhotep, The Sun (the actual star the lights our solar system), sativa (no shwag), depression, loneliness, desolation, Prince, Ancient history, Vegan Food, basketball, football, Baltimore, New York, and positive energy, The joy of the Black woman, hood life, college life, corporate life, children, and divine destiny.

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Sounds Like: Hip Hop with Soul and Intuition
Record Label: Ankh Ba Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Preppy Clothes and Skateboards: dont make you "Conscious".

i recently noticed how guys like: Common, Kanye, Lupe, and even 50 Cent say they consider themselves and all other artists: "Conscious".BULLSHIT.none of those cats are "Conscious"they just aint Gangst...
Posted by Labtekwon on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:12:00 PST

Dear Diary.....

so.....I am sitting here with my son thinking; "why the hell is my daughter being allowed to get a learners permit when she is fucking up in school?"this year has been really hard. thus far, 2008 is t...
Posted by Labtekwon on Tue, 27 May 2008 02:27:00 PST

Anthony Browder speaks on the "Nubian Pharaoh" article in National Geographic...

Dr. Carter G. Woodson established Negro History Week in 1926 in an effort to tell the history of a people who had consistently been written out of the "respectable commentary of human history" by some...
Posted by Labtekwon on Wed, 14 May 2008 10:00:00 PST

Labteknology- My philosophy of Hip Hop Culture - part 1

this is a project i did in college. Lab The purpose of this project is to provide an authentic academic paradigm for one of, if not the newest and most influential global cultural...
Posted by Labtekwon on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:44:00 PST

Labteknology- My Philosophy of Hip Hop Culture- part 2

The Origin of Hip Hop Hip Hop was officially born on November 12th 1974 in The Bronx Borough of New York City. The term Hip Hop was intially used to describe youth parties in the Bronx during t...
Posted by Labtekwon on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:47:00 PST

Baltimore Documentary: sponsored by XLR8TR and Converse

check out your boy taking the world around my way ...
Posted by Labtekwon on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:15:00 PST

Silence is the key to running your mouth..... (we are all not the same)

I went to 126th and 7th in Harlem, New York in the Summer of 1997. I walked into the Allah School and asked C Allah to enlighten me to Knowledge of Self. he asked me for the days mathematics and...
Posted by Labtekwon on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:15:00 PST

Special (fuck the dumb shit, if you get me you better hold on tight)

at this age of maturity I have found desire flows no slower than in the age of youth and optimism yet, the thirst is no longer quenched by the things that worked when i was 17 I see that on my best da...
Posted by Labtekwon on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:56:00 PST

fuck butterflies and toy turntables

my Father left the physical form.but he left me something in his will:BALTIMOREeventually, all the hating, backbiting, gossip and malice will be rewarded with a harsh reality, the harsh reality that T...
Posted by Labtekwon on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:50:00 PST

Vision (a poem)

back in the day Marvel comics had a character in the Avengers by the name of Vision. he could make him self etheral and walk thru walls or he could turn hard as diamond. ironically, he was an android...
Posted by Labtekwon on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:36:00 PST