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Savant of RARE BREED

Que sera sera... RARE BREED FOREVER

About Me

AND YA SAY CHI-CITY!!!Born in El Paso, Texas, but raised in Chicago, Illinois since the age of 4, Gregory "Savant" Daggett has always had a passion for music and literary arts. Involved in general music since age 7, and a trumpet player since age 10, he wasn't exposed to the hip hop culture until the age of 12. Although no particular emcee caught his ear at the time, he was intrigued with the entire concept of an individual or a group of people speaking over instrumentation in an intensely rhythmic lyrical form, oftentimes telling semi-autobiographic tales, relating to a fictionalized counterpart. He became inspired to write and partake in the art of emceeing after hearing the 1999 classic "Black on Both Sides" by Dante Smith and honed his emceeing at the lunch room ciphers of Whitney Young High School and Carver Military Academy. He has since dedicated every verse, every bar and every word to achieving the ever elusive sense of balance in this hallowed art form...
FOLLOW THE FLOW....

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/27/2006
Band Website: myxertones.com/artist/1622
Band Members:

Emceeing, singing and trumpet playing done by Gregory Daggett unless otherwise noted. Production done by the likes of V-Sharp , Eka the Madd Samplist, Kuahmel, Satchill Head, Crummy, heartMind and Oren J., among others--- Recordings, and mixings done by the Koz brothers, Korveil, and Marathon Jon.

Influences:
***THE DAGGETT FAMILY***
The Partner: Joey Downtown of RARE BREED

The Best Rapper Alive: Andre 3000
The Elite: Pharaohe Monch, Mos Def, J-Live, Jean Grae, Phonte of Little Brother, Chali 2Na, Royce 5'9"
Second Wave (The Legends): Rakim, Big Punisher (R.I.P.), Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One
Second Wave (The Veterans): Black Thought, Posdonous of De La Soul, Lauryn Hill, Nas, Jay-Z, GZA, Joell Ortiz, Joe Budden, AZ, Cee-Lo Green, Ghostface Killah
Second Wave (The Underclassmen): Supastition, Wordsworth, Kenn Starr, One Be Lo, Lupe Fiasco, Elzhi, Rhymefest
Best of the Rest: Redman, Ras Kass, Inspectah Deck, Canibus, Slug of Atmosphere, Talib Kweli, Eminem, Ludacris, T.I., Snoop Dogg, Raekwon the Chef, Method Man
Peers: Lyrikill, Mr. Dent, Dee “Shogun” Jackson, Asia of Allegra Dee, Kaiji E., Danni Bay, Joshua Koskela, Juan Reyes
Beatsmiths: DJ Premier, Pete Rock, DJ Quik, Black Milk, DJ Toomp, DJ Khalil, Grandpa J, Frances Cold, Montana Macks
Soulful Siblings: Amel Larrieux, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Marsha Ambrosious, Gladys Knight, Van Hunt, Rahsaan Patterson, Maxwell, D’Angelo, Donny Hathaway
Trumpet Players: Roy Hargrove, Wynton Marsalis, David Spencer, Bette Eilers, Prince Polk IV
Other Genre Innovators: Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Corgan
among many, many others...

Sounds Like:
AUTHENTIC SOUL MUSIC

Record Label: Soft Bottom Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

FREE Savant of RARE BREED Ringtones

Here they are... have at it:"Standard Issue" on the way... Spread the word and enjoy..."Standard Issue" on the way...!One, Gregory "Savant" Daggett...
Posted by Savant of RARE BREED on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:51:00 PST

First Updated Project List of 2008

1) Standard Issue: THE DEBUT ALBUM!!! * featuring production by Frances Cold, Oren J., Montana Macks, Grandpa-J ® and more2) Savant & Keeynote: Currently Untitled EP * will be laced entirely by Keeyno...
Posted by Savant of RARE BREED on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:34:00 PST

Lots of Stuff in This One

What's good, people? First and foremost, I'd like to offer a word of thanks to those of you that gave the DR.T laced "PERFECT PROFESSION" a listen and responded with feedback and/ or constructive crit...
Posted by Savant of RARE BREED on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:11:00 PST

Its a New Year and New List!!!

My apologies to R.J. and Technique for my failure to include them on this list the first time it was posted. Speaking of R.J. and Technique, check that new joint "Going With A Stranger" and let them k...
Posted by Savant of RARE BREED on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:48:00 PST

Facebook and Going.com

Add Savant of Rare Breed on Facebook. Search under the name Gregory 'Savant' Daggett and holla at me!Also check me out HERE at Going.com or copy and paste the following URL:http://chicago.going.com/sa...
Posted by Savant of RARE BREED on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:41:00 PST

Skin

Her smile, her eyes, the curvature of her lipsHer thighs, aligned with the curvature of her hipsHad widened my eyes and stirred me from my scriptedLines that I had purposed for to spit and worseOr bet...
Posted by Savant of RARE BREED on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:23:00 PST

Big Ups to Mr. Dent and Kaiji E.

This is the third verse of a collabo with two of DePaul University's quickly rising emcees Kaiji E. and Mr. Dent... Follow the flow...My words are rendered like a bullet from inside of a 9//Like a pas...
Posted by Savant of RARE BREED on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:10:00 PST

Man, I Got Played!

Damn&Talk about being blindsided//Her hindside required I peer a twice time//So I peered a twice time but appeared the twice time//Was a clear and bright smile that steered me to shine mine//The fine ...
Posted by Savant of RARE BREED on Mon, 14 May 2007 08:37:00 PST

Warning Shot

Soooo... lately certain people have been talking a little reckless. Names are not necessary, as currently I still have enough respect for these individuals and their work to not call them out. However...
Posted by Savant of RARE BREED on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:21:00 PST

Farewell to the game...

After much thought and deliberation, I've decided to step away from hip hop for a while. I'm going to continue to write, but I feel like emceeing has slowly become too high of a priority for me. It se...
Posted by Savant of RARE BREED on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:03:00 PST