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homeGrown

About Me

What do you get when a Canadian expatriate and well traveled man from Trinidad & Tobago link up? Thaaaats right, an MC from Chicago. I go by HG, HomeGrown, Happenstance Guru, etc. You get the idea. Welcome though, enjoy the creative outlet that my friends and I continue to make, and hopefully get you to MOVE, whether physically or mentally, the idea is to inspire. It goes Amphibious Underground and The Innervisionists, my two groups with whom I dedicate my creative output, are represented to the fullest! Let me know what you think, the feedback, good or bad, is critical to what we do! Oh and before I forget, check this video of the InnerVisionists rocking the spot Q4 in Chicago...the joint is called 'Strike Back'. PEACE!I got my layout at Cleanupmyspace.com

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Member Since: 04/07/2008
Band Website: flickr.com/photos/home_grown/
Band Members: Amphibious Underground consists of MC Dimension, DJ Phonetics, Homegrown, and Sammy Faze. Within the AU crew, Phonetics and I paired up to create a duo called "TON"...an acronym for "Tips Or Numbers", something we came up with after spinnin' parties together at ISU. The concept is based on parties, one way or another, so enjoy! The video below is Phono on his MPC, choppin up something fresh, me, beatboxing and enjoying the Alaskan IPA that DIME brought from his adventures up North, its shot by DIME as well... Other members and collaborations have at one time or another included John Wilks Booth, Youngs, Jim "Bear Traps" Coleman, Monkey Bananas, Dawason Brooks, Mischief, Basiq the Lyrical Painter, and Compoze. My current project, The Innervisionists include the MC Amano Jahku, Ben on bass, Anthony on lead guitar, and Adam on drums. check the show dates, at a venue near you real soooon! PCE.
Influences: you. mother earth. robert marley. aesop rock. lee 'scratch' perry. santogold. diplo. aaron joseph. the roots. led zeppelin. nero. xavier rudd. blu & exile. k-os. mars volta. marijuana. trinidad and tobago. fader. common. canada. rose joseph. blockhead. peanut butter wolf. erykah badu. wu-tang. dwele. jack johnson. city of god. black thought. ?uest love. anthony bourdain. compoze. graffiti. mama cass. g love. bad brains. the wright brothers. thai food. maya joseph. j dilla. mos def. sharon jones. dap kings. hieroglyphics. j*davey. sharris. vinyl. composition notebooks. yerba mate. amores perros. bertram joseph. nouveau riche. gnarles barkley. nate craig. dice raw. trampolines. abstract giants. ceelo. nikki jean. lupe fiasco. wax poetics. german fat caps. montana spray paint. peter kahn. chicago. cup o coffee. hilo bay. avacado. farmers markets. tycho. rhythm defense. atmosphere. traveling. polaroid cameras. lush vegetation. life. dirty projectors. serengeti. doomtree. dessa. prose. haruki murakami.
Sounds Like: hip hop, spread thin on harvest wheat.
Record Label: Lettuce Raps
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A.U. Went to Japan! (45 trio live@Shibuya PLUG / RIGHT NOW)

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.... the video is self explanatory. some real talented cats from Japan got Amphibious Underground on one of their tracks, we called it "...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 16:10:00 GMT

Alternatively Known As...

I came to this revelation; emcees, the good ones anyways, always have at least one alter ego/aka, cementing their status as a wordsmith and keeping doors open for concept albums and such, you get the ...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 07:56:00 GMT

Eyesights & Earshots

this took me about 3 to 4 weeks to put together, with help from Dimension (used his mac book AND Mbox), Dj Phonetics, Basiq, Jae 2.0, and Dtoks for the beats provided...i called it eyesights & earshot...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:41:00 GMT