SNEAK TECHNIKS

WHO IS SNEAK TECHNIKS??SNEAK TECHNIKS (MANKATO SALOIO) IS A MULTI FACETED ARTIST OUT OF THE NEW ENGLAND AREA WHO'S CATALOG OF SKILLS INCLUDE SEVERAL.EMCEE,SONGWRITER/GHOSTWRITER, DJ, RECORDING/MIXING ENGINEER,PROMOTER,PRODUCER.SNEAK HAS BEEN DEEPLY ROOTED IN HIP HOP CULTURE FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW.BORN IN WESTERN,MA & RAISED IN THE WOODLAWN SECTION OF PAWTUCKET,RI.THE GIRLS ROCKED JELLY SHOES,THE BOYS ROCKED CANVAS CHUCK TAYLOR ALL-STARS,AND CARDBOARD WAS OFTEN PULLED OUT OF THE DUMPSTER AT RECESS FOR B BOY SESSIONS.ONE DAY IN 1984, HE WENT TO A MOVIE THEATER WITH HIS FRIENDS TO SEE BEAT STREET.IT WAS'NT LONG AFTER THAT IN 1988 WHILE PLAYING IN THE PARK NEAR HIS HOUSE THAT HE SAW A CASSET TAPE LYING IN THE DIRT.BEING BROKE THEN,HE RAN HOME EAGER TO POP IT IN TO HIS OLD BLACK BOOM BOX TO SEE WHAT HE JUST SCORED.HE PRESSED PLAY,AND OUT CAME THE CLASSIC BOOM BAP ANTHEMS OF B.D.P.'S "BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY."HE WAS TAKEN IN BY THE SOUND.SNEAK’S PALATE QUICKLY BECAME MORE SOPHISTICATED HEARING OTHER PIONEERS SUCH AS BRAND NUBIAN,EPMD,A TRIBE CALLED QUEST,BLACK MOON,PUBLIC ENEMY,RAKIM,AND SLICK RICK.NOT ONLY DOES HE HAIL FROM A FAMILY WITH A LONG HISTORY OF ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIANS, HE WAS EXPOSED TO HIP HOP CULTURE AND MUSIC IN IT’S PUREST STAGES.THEREFORE…IT WAS ONLY NATURAL THAT MANKATO SALOIO WOULD METAMORPHISIZE INTO THE EMCEE MANY KNOW AND LOVE TODAY AS “SNEAK TECHNIKS.”SNEAK WROTE,PRODUCED,AND PERFORMED HIS FIRST HIP HOP SONG WITH A CLOSE FRIEND (R.I.P. KEVIN POWELL) AT JUST 13 YEARS OLD.THEY TOOK 1ST PLACE FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE IN A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TALENT CONTEST.HE JUST KNEW PERFORMING ON STAGE WAS SOMETHING HE LOVED TO DO.IN THE EARLY 90'S, HE BOUGHT HIS 1ST SET OF TECHNICS 1200’S AND BEGAN SHARPENING HIS DJ SKILLS,EARNING HIMSELF THE ALIAS "SNEAK TECHNIKS."HE WAS SPINNING HIP HOP AND HOUSE MUSIC AT PARTIES & CLUBS IN AND OUT OF RHODE ISLAND.SNEAK WAS ALSO AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE "401 B-BOY ROCKERS" BASED OUT OF THE CARRIDGE HOUSE IN PROVIDENCE,RI (CIRCA 1994-1998.)SNEAK THREW DOWN WITH THE 401 B-BOY ROCKERS IN SEVERAL BATTLES AND PUBLIC SHOWS IN AND AROUND THE CITY.THE 401 B-BOY ROCKERS CREW WENT ON TO REPRESENT RHODE ISLAND AT EVENTS IN NEW YORK CITY HOSTED BY THE WORLD FAMOUS ROCK STEADY CREW.HAVING A NATURAL GIFT TO GAB,SNEAK BEGAN EARNING HIS STRIPES RHYMING AND BATTLEING WITH OTHER EMCEE’S.JUMPING INTO ANY CYPHER HE CAME ACROSS ON THE STREETS,IN PARKING LOTS AFTER SHOWS,HALLWAYS,HOUSE PARTIES,ECT.DESPITE THE POSITIVE COURSE HE WAS ON,HE WAS CONSTANTLY IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW.SNEAK'S ARTISTIC GROWTH WAS OFTEN OVER SHADOWED BY HIS TASTE FOR THE FAST LIFE & FINALLY LANDED HIMSELF IN PRISON.WHILE BEHIND BARS,SNEAK TECHNIKS DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO TAKE HIS TALENT AND PASSION FOR MUSIC TO THE NEXT LEVEL.AFTER SERVING 5 MONTHS WITHOUT FREEDOM,HE WASTED NO TIME REINVENTING HIS SELF AGAIN AS “SNEAK TECHNIKS.” IN 2004 SNEAK HIT THE SCENE WORKING WITH LOCAL PRODUCERS 8TH WUNDAH & J DEPINA.SNEAK QUICKLY BEGAN GAINING RECOGNITION AS ONE OF RI'S NICEST EMCEE'S.SNEAK HAS WORKED ALONGSIDE MANY UNDERGROUND HEAVY HITTERS SUCH AS; APATHY, (OF THE DEMIGODZ) SWANN NOTTY (FORMERLY OF ROULETTE),AND CHACHI (OF B.E.M.E.) JUST TO NAME A FEW.SNEAK TECHNIKS IS ALWAYS A LIVE WIRE ACT THAT COMMANDS ATTENTION AND DEMANDS RESPECT.HE HAS OPENED FOR ACTS SUCH AS: METHOD MAN,NON PHIXION,APATHY,AND JEDI MIND TRICKS.ASIDE FROM BEING A SOLO ARTIST,SNEAK TECHNIKS IS ALSO NOW A MEMBER OF A LIVE BAND “GROW." GROW IS QUICKLY GAINING NOTORIETY AS ONE OF THE HOTTEST UP & COMING BANDS ON THE EAST COAST TO DATE.SNEAK HAS ALSO RECENTLY OPENED A PROFESSIONAL RECORDING STUDIO IN PROVIDENCE,RI “AQUA AUDIO.”HERE IN 2007,SNEAK CONTINUES TO PAY HIS DUES & STAY HUMBLE.IT'S NOT HARD TO HEAR THE TRUTH IN HIS MUSIC.SNEAK REMAINS OPTIMISTIC THAT HIS HARD WORK IN THE GAME WILL EVENTUALLY PAY OFF,BUT IS ALSO WISE ENOUGH TO KNOW NOTHING IS EVER GUARANTEED IN THIS BUSINESS.FANS & FOES ALIKE STAND WAITING IN ANTICIPATION TO SEE WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT UNFOLD FOR THIS PROMISING NEW ARTIST AS HE TREKS FORWARD ON A MUSICAL QUEST.~~~~~~LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,I GIVE YOU ...~~~~~~~~~~~~SNEAK TECHNIKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BIG UP TO ALL SNEAK'S FANS,FRIENDS AND FAMILY~~~STAY TUNED,NEW MATERIAL FROM SNEAK TECHNIKS COMING SOON!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHECK OUT SNEAK TECHNIKS'S DIGITAL RECORDING STUDIO "AQUA AUDIO" BY CLICKING ON THE BLUE PILL~~~~~~~ You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !..CHECK OUT SNEAK TECHNIKS'S LIVE BAND GROW PAGE BY CLICKING ON THE GROW TREE...
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