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Rasheed Chappell

Let the music speak for itself!

About Me

In this time where Hip-Hop as the culture which gives a voice to the voiceless and hope to the hopeless is being assimilated into the corporate mainstream, there is an artist who is at his core is willing to bare his soul to the listener.Rasheed Chappell is truly an exception to the current rule of click's and cliche's. Rasheed is an artist whose music is a sonic backdrop to life as he sees it, lives it and dreams it.Rasheed's words are able to capture and convey such emotion it's as if you are watching a movie more than listening to music. His ability to weave street tales into soulful melodies leaves the listener in awe.With a production team of such heavy hitters as Cassius Clay and D-Moet Rasheed Chappell is able to create the evolution of Hip-Hop, not in an artsy or abstract way but in a concrete and relevant to the times way.He is the child of an era when Hip-Hop Legends such as Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and Slick Rick were considered prophets among men by their command of the english language.Now that child has grown into a man with his own story to tell.....Rasheed Chappell

My Interests

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Member Since: 12/14/2005
Band Members: Rasheed Chappell
Influences: Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, Public Enemy, Kwame, N.W.A., Kid-n-Play, naughty by nature, Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, A tribe called quest, Black Sheep, Brand Nubian, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke, KRS One, X-Clan, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, Bob Marley, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Run-DMC, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Kool G. Rap, Queen Latifah, Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson, Stephanie Mills, Denise Washington, Stacey Latisaw, The O'Jays, The Isley Brothers, Smokey Robinson, Rick James, Stanley Clarke, Dr. Henry Clark, Dr. Amos Wilson, Dr. Leonard Jefferies, Richard Pryor, Red Foxx, Poor Righteous Teachers, MC Lyte, Salt-n-Pepa, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Sugar Hill Gang, Diamond D, Showbiz & A.G., Special Ed, ED O.G. and the Bulldawgs, Doug E. Fresh, New Edition, Heavy D & The Boyz, Prince, Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Schooly D, MC Shan, Masta Ace, Biz Markie, Rob Base, Marley Marl, Mister Magic, Kool DJ Red Alert, Ralph McDaniels, Dana Dane, Afrika Bambata & The Zulu Nation, Kool Herc & all the pioneers who came before me and spoke from the soul and all the current artist who follow that same traditon!
Sounds Like: Life....the soundtrack
Record Label: STANCE RECORDS
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Hip Hop

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised..... Those were the vividly grim words of Gil Scott Heron as he spoke of the decline of America as an oppressive force to brown and black people throughout the wor...
Posted by Rasheed Chappell on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:58:00 PST