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About Me

"I have been terrified of success, as well as the responsibility associated with it. I have sabotaged myself, both consciously and subconsciously. I have immersed myself in the struggle not as a means to an end, but as a buffer to never reach success. Only to fail, which justifies the struggle. This album was put together as therapy. To move on, knowing that I am deserving of success."- I Self Devine, Minneapolis, MN 2004
Self-Destruction (Rhymesayers)
Its not fashionable to talk about problems of poverty and violence in Americas forgotten cities, but I Self Devine put out a collection of songs filled with frustration and a ready-to-burst rage. The best artists are the ones who try and warn us of our approaching fate, and its impossible to hear a song like All We Need is Another Day without thinking of the giant wake-up call of Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans may be geographically distant from I Self Devines home in the northern Midwest, but the cultural and economic proximity is shoulder-to-shoulder. We were all sleeping on a lot of important things this year; dont sleep on this record. Matthew Holota of Buffalo's Artvoice
Merchandise:
Purchase Self Destruction @ Fifth Element Online
Press:
I Self Devine Voted Best Hip-Hop Artist, Citypages 2006
I Self Devine Featured in City Pages
I Self Devine Featured @ Dunation.com
I Self Devine Featured in Liberator Magazine
Self Destruction Review @ PopMatters.com
Self Destruction Review @ Allhiphop.com
Self Destruction Review in Splendid Magazine
Self Destruction Review @ KaffeineBuzz.com
Self Destruction Review in The Argonaut
Self Destruction Review @ Shotgunreviews.com
I Self Devine Featured in Impose Magazine

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/18/2005
Band Website: rhymesayers.com
Band Members: I Self Devine,Big Chak,Cee Diezel,That Dude,Asra Sifu, Mr Mkali,I Dolo,I Preme,and E Money Baggs.

Influences: Ultra Magnetic MC’s, Run DMC, N.W.A, X-Clan, Poor Righteous Teachers, James Brown, Jungle Brothers, Brand Nubians, Sly and the family stone, A Tribe called Quest, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, Nas, Ghostface, Compton’s Most Wanted, Snoop, MarlyMarl, Kool Akiem, Jay Dilla(R.I.P), Madlib and his many aliases, Sun Ra, Black Panthers, Us Movement. M.O.V.E, N.A.P.O, The Meters, Skull Snaps, Donny hathaway, Aretha Franklin, Rakim, Malcolm x, Noam Chomsky, Father ALLAH, Nation of Gods and Earths, Black Guerilla Family, Bloods and Crips, Los Angeles from 1972-1990, West Coast Graff, Doze, Skeme, Clever, Eros, Kept/Red, Ewok, The spook who sat by the door, The Savage Planet, De la soul, Wu Tang, Organized Konfusion, L.O.N.S, Large professer, Wax poetics, Police brutality, The struggle of all oppressed in the world, Roots, Muja messiah, Budah Tye, The U.V.S Family, My children, Dead Prez, Jay Z, Jadakiss, Hi Tek, Dr.Dre, Mary j Blige, Minnie Ripperton, Funkadelics/Parlament, Chaka Khan, Patti Labelle, Delphonics, The Dells, Heiruspecs, Ant, Jake One, BeanOne, Vitamin D, Slug, Beautiful Women, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, and anything with funk, soul, integrity, humility, and purpose.
Sounds Like: A bullet being discharged from a gun.

Record Label: Rhymesayers Entertainment, LLC
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I Self Devine Bio

Born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California, I Self Devine exists as a testament of survival. Raised in the brutal streets during the gang and government funded crack epidemic, he strived for understandin...
Posted by I SELF DEVINE on Thu, 23 Feb 2006 08:41:00 PST

Twin Cities Hip-Hop: 1981 to 1996

Peter Scholtes dug into the history of Twin Cities Hip-Hop to cover a story that has been long neglected. Scholtes conducted interviews with Minneapolis/St. Paul artists - read the print in their own ...
Posted by I SELF DEVINE on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 07:04:00 PST

I Self Devine featured in Clamor Magazine

Micranots Intelligence Samuel Pixely talks with Micranots' I Self Divine OK, drop some Micranots history on me. Basically in the very beginning, like mid-'91, ...
Posted by I SELF DEVINE on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 07:56:00 PST