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About Me


wuddup y'all...
I go by the name of COSTA... I'm part of the Out of Frame Productions that was brought to life in 1999. I'm a Rapper, Producer and DJ. In 1996 I started to rap and three years later in 1999 I produced my first beat. My type of music is very soulful, as you can see from my influences =)...
A Positive vibe is what I'm trying to transmit to the people. I listen to a lot of Funk, Soul, Neo-Soul and Rap music. The Out of Frame Productions represents the good trueschool rap music with a touch of that good old Classic Soul.
I had my debut on the "heilmettel ide wonde" 12" dropped by Teichoskopie August 1st, 2001. My debut album "anima sperduta (lost soul)" came out 4 years later September 18th, 2005 - you can check out the snippets on www.oofrec.com under products... or www.hiphopremainz.ch
On Nefew's side I've already been the support act for Iriscience and Babu, Deaz Prez, Timbo King, Digable Planets, The Pharcyde, Big Daddy Kane, Freestyle (Arsonists), Black Tiger, Sektion Kuchikäschtli, Kalmoo, Red Gee, Underclassmen... etc etc etc...
My next album "SOUL MUSIC: The Antidote" is planned to drop in 2008. Current releases of the Out of Frame Productions are the Nefew 12" "Admit it" feat. Masta Ace & Wordsworth dropped June 25th, 2007 and the audio book "Tales of The Dago" released July 13th, 2007. The newest release from the Out Of Frame Productions is their debut album "Off the cuff", dropped July 31st, 2007. Go and cop it!!!
Nefew - Because I Can (Prod. by Costa)
Nefew - What U Talk About
The remake of Common - The People...
DJ Age & Costa on the wheelz of steel @ Flösserplatz - 24.11.07
Costa live on stage @ Flösserplatz - 24.11.07
Costa & Polemikk @ Specta's Toxiclabot in Paris: (2007)
Nefew (former Emphacized Prophecy) - Delusions (2003)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/6/2005
Band Website: www.oofrec.com " www.oofrec.com
Band Members: Costa (Rapper, Producer, DJ)
Influences: I've been influenced by Black Moon (Enta Da Stage), Smif-n-Wessun (Dah Shinin'), Nas (Illmatic), Mobb Deep (The Infamous), Common, Gang Starr, Grand Agent, Masta Ace, The Artifacts, Jay Dee aka J Dilla, Alchemist, A Tribe Called Quest, Da Bush Babees, Big Daddy Kane, Big L, The B.U.M.S., Heltah Skektah, O.G.C., Brand Nubian, Special Ed, Diamond D, De La Soul, Dred Scott, Edo G, Eric B, & Rakim, EPMD, Erick Sermon, Group Home, I.N.I., Ice Cube, Ice-T, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Spinna, Jeru the Damaja, Jay-Z, J-Live, Kev Brown, KRS ONE, Kurious, Large Professor, Lootpack, Little Brother, LL Cool J, Lord Finesse, Lords of the Underground, Main Source, Mad Skillz, Miilkbone, M.O.P., Fat Joe, Nine, Notorious B.I.G., O.C., Onyx, Organized Konfusion, Paris, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, The Pharcyde, Planet Asia, Queen Latifah, Reflection Eternal, Real Live, Redman, Roots, Skyzoo, Special Ed, Showbiz & AG, Slum Village, Soul Supreme, Smoothe the Hustler, Tim Dog, Talib Kweli, Hi-Tek, Ultra Magnetic MC's, Da Youngsta's, Wu-Tang...

Alicia Keys, Adriana Evans, D'Angelo, Dwele, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, John Legend, Joy Denalane, Leela James, Lauryn Hill, Musiq Soulchild, Norman Brown, Raphael Saadiq, Hil St. Soul, Conya Doss, Floetry, Jaguar Wright, Lizz Fields, Maxwell, Angie Stone, Bilal, Lucy Pearl, Sunshine Anderson, Norman Brown...

Al Green, Barry White, Love Unlimited, Censations, Charmels, Chi-Lites, Curtis Mayfield, Dramatics, Earth Wind & Fire, Franky Beverly & Maze, George Benson, Manhattans, George Clinton, Gil Scott-Heron, Grover Washingtion, Gwen McCrae, Isley Brothers, James Brown, Jerry Butler, Jones Girls, Keni Burke, Kool & the Gang, Luther Vandross, Main Ingredient, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, O'Jays, O.V. Wright, Parliament, Philip Bailey, Patrice Rushen, Quincy Jones, Rick James, Rose Royce, Roberta Flack, Roy Ayers, The Spinners, The Stylistics, Teddy Pendergrass, Commodores, The JB's, Ray Charles, The Crusaders, Delegation, D-Train, George Duke, Earth Wind & Fire, Funkadelic, Gap Band, Ahmad Jamal, Donald Byrd...
Sounds Like: nobody else... but mostly compared with Little Brother, Pete Rock, J Dilla, A Tribe Called Quest...

DJ Age & Costa - Pickin’ Up The Pieces / Cop the New Mixtape HereNEFEW releases and collabosDOWNLOAD THE FREE MIXTAPE HERE"OFF THE CUFF" ALBUM OUT NOW!!!NEFEW 12" SINGLE, RATED TOP 4TH ON SPINE MAGAZINE INTERNATIONAL HIPHOP SINGLE CHARTS! OUT NOW!!!Costa - Anima SperdutaEmphacized Prophecy - Pieces of Foresaken TimesTeichoskopie - Heilmettel Ide WondeEmphacized Prophecy - Lyrical Quarrel

Record Label: Out of Frame Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

DJ AGE & COSTA - PICKIN’ UP THE PIECES

What Up World!!! The year has just begun and new releases are already in the pipeline! The way things are looking right now we expect 2008 to be another great year. In the past weeks we've worked on s...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:33:00 GMT

DJ Age & Costa -

Out Of Frame Productions (DJ Age & Costa) bescheren uns auch in diesem Jahr mit einer neuen Veröffentlichung, die garantiert die Herzen aller Hip Hop Fans schneller schlagen lässt. Mit Ihrem neuen...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:41:00 GMT

nefew - admit it / 12" out now...

Check your local record supplier or get it online here: www.boomboxdistribution.net Our official distribution partner  (UK / Worldwide) www.chemical-records.co.uk  (UK / Worldwide) www.juno...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:36:00 GMT

nefew - off the cuff / album out now...

Check your local record supplier or get it online here: www.boomboxdistribution.net Our official distribution partner  (UK / Worldwide) www.cede.ch  (Switzerland) www.hiphopstore.ch  (...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:44:00 GMT