TO ALL TOPR FANS! Go to a store near you and buy my 2 disc CD/DVD now! If they don't have it make them order it for you from Sony Red distribution. I need your support now more then ever.And heres a trailer for the bonus DVD. Hella interviews, music videos, live graf footage and performances by TOPR, Conceit, Delinquent Monastery, Thunderhut Project and 10 + min turntablism set by DJ Quest.A freestyle master who first started rhyming in 1988, TOPR burst onto the San Francisco scene in 1993 as Top Ramen. Quickly gaining notoriety in battle circles, he consistently embarrassed the competition with his quick-witted lyrics and scathing delivery.TOPR joined the the Hip Hop collective Earthlings in 1996 alongside local favorites Safahri, Boac and D.J. Bootleg, he helped build the crew's reputation as dynamic live performers opening up for such hip hop legends as KRS ONE, LL Cool J, De La Soul, Kool Keith, Goodie Mob, Mix Master Mike, Z-Trip and many others.The Earthlings also toured as an opening act on national tours with Living Legends, Hieroglyphics and Xecutioners as well as participating in many large hip hop festivals such as the Broke Ass Summer Jam, I.T.F., Lyricist Lounge and headlining their own F*ck Pop Convention.TOPR proved his freestyle abilities time and time again, opening up unassisted for Latryx, Rakim, Organized Konfusion, Eminem, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Pharaoh Monch, Xzibit, The Liks, GFE, Awol One, Glue etc. He also co-founded San Francisco's world renowned Freestyle Olympics, which has given birth to some of the most respected freestyle battle rappers in the country today.Other credits include: performing on the 2004 Vans Warped tour with Atmosphere and Non Phixion, appearing on the soundtrack (and on screen) in the local film Quality Of Life as well as the Bay Area graffiti documentary Piece By Piece. (PXP Director Nic Hill created the video for Top R's 'Security Security'.)Past releases include Donut Hustlers w/ DJ NonPhenom, Burning the Candle at Both Ends, Legalize Murder; and Cheap Laughs for Dead Comedians. He is currently dropping his 5th solo release The Marathon of Shame."Each (TOPR) track is a anthem of hedonistic individualism, a contradictory self-affirmation of pride and despair, intense motivation and ultimate fatalism, all driven by a serious bent to rap, write (graffiti and get on gurp). TOPR is a reminder of what bay area indie rap can and should be."- Mesh MagazineAnd check out this vid of me performing a snippet of "Toppers in Town" at Mighty SF with my homie BOAC...
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