Member Since: 2/24/2008
Band Website: http://hoodleaguerecords.com/GM.html
Band Members: Grey Matter is a solo artist who has been involved in hip-hop through MC'ing and Graffiti for over 17 years and has blessed the stage with the likes of Evolve Music's Hip Hop Addicts (including Maja Skill, OkeraSun, Macaw Peacock to name a few) and Ghetto DJ, Blacksmith (a.k.a. Lil' Joe) from MOB Productions, D. Villegas, Bobby-Lo & More! He has opened for Circus (ShapeShifters), Acid Reign and the Hip-Hop Addicts and is a regular at most Ordnance, Ruffneck and Broken Silence(IE) hosted events. Grey Matter is also the Art Director for Hood League Records and will be releasing a mixtape on their label VERY SOON as well as his 2nd solo album under RYME and Evolve Music!
Influences: Cypress Hill, Chino XL, Mobb Deep, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Heiroglyphics, Del The Funky Homosapien, The Shape Shifters (especially AWOL, 2Mex, Circus and Akuma), OMD, Dynospectrum, Snoop Doggy Dogg & Tha Dogg Pound, 2Pac, Bone Thugz N Harmony, Aceyalone, 50 Cent, Andre Nickatina (Dre Dog) & Equipto, Dr. Octagon, Anticon (especially Dose, Why?, Sol and Buck 65), Atmosphere, Boo Yaa Tribe, Eminem, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Sun Ra, Xzibit, Fat Joe, Lords Of Brooklyn, Everlast and House of Pain, MC Eiht, DJ Quik, The Dangerous Crew and The Click (All the Bay Area - Too Short, Richie Rich, Spice-1, Ant Banks, MC Pooh, E-40), Wu-Tang Clan (especially GZA, Method Man, ODB-R.I.P., Ghostface Killa and the RZA), The Almighty Jizzm, Erick Sermon, Rakim, D-Nice, Special Ed, Public Enemy, Rage Against The Machine, System Of A Down, SoleSides/Quannum (Gift Of Gab, Blackalicious, Latyrx, DJ Shadow), DJ Q-Bert, Ice-T, Sublime, The Pharcyde, US 3, Digable Planets, LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, Run DMC, The Visionaries, Nas, Masta Ace, MC Breed, Naughty By Nature, Queen, Radioinactive, Portishead, Radiohead, Pycho Realm, Weird Al Yankovic, Michael Jackson and many, many, more!!! I JUST FUCKING LOVE MUSIC, AS MANY GENRES AS YOU CAN THROW AT ME! Where's BB King? Ella Fitzgerald? Classics, man, classics.
Sounds Like: Some REAL shit! I sound like Hip-Hop, I sound like Music, I sound Human and Alien and Rhythmic and Chaotic. I am for everyone.
Record Label: Hood League Records
Type of Label: Indie