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Mickey Free

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Member Since: 12/12/2004
Band Website: bownarrow.net
Band Members: Mickey Free AKA Bow N' Arrow AKA Mickey Freeland
Influences: J-DILLA/ JAY DEE THE GREATEST RIP!!! Jay-Z, Redman, Timbaland, Madlib, Cappadona, Ghostface, Killah Priest, GZA, RZA, Wu in general, Beanie Siegel, Fabolous, Beastie Boys, State Property, Three Six Mafia, Nas, Kurupt, Eminem, Just Blaze, Weezy F. Baby, Salaam Remi, Dr. Dre, Kanye West, Grand Buffet, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, The Strokes, Bruce Springsteen, Talking Heads, Zeppelin, Dead Meadow, Niel Young, Beatles, all black and white styles
Sounds Like: Sample-based beats, sort of like some early-mid 90's shit or some Roc-A-Fella kinda shit. On the rhymes, just peep my influences for details. I tend to use a lot of rock samples, mostly that 70's style with the BANGIN' drums. I love these vintage synthisizers, I love fuzz guitar, I love wah-wah, I love REALLY compressed drums that pump n' breathe. I love snappy snares and claps (big time). I love shaker and tamborine loops when I can find them. I love these horn blasts. I love drum machine swing. I love to chop up cool samples but I'm NOT a crate digger shit head who cares more about whether or not a a record is an origional pressing/SUPER rare than what he can do with it. Music is about fun, leave the nerd shit at school.
Record Label: Yeah Right, Man!

My Blog

Recent Showz

Man, I just gotta say how siked I am about these last two shows that me and (DJ Secret Weapon) Dave have done. First, the show a few weeks back at the Zodiac was off the GD chain. Thanks so much to ev...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:24:00 GMT

Feb 21, 2009 show @ Zodiac w/ AK Slaughter, Mickey Free and Food For Ani...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHVC_TLuw24
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Update/ I’m playing tonight at the Golden West Cafe Halloween Jam

Sup X Peeps. Just an update. I've posted the first new track with me rapping on it in a while. It's called "Night Vision", and it's sort of a story rhyme. Its about how it might go down, in the extrem...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:06:00 GMT

It’s about to be officially popping off probably before to long!!!

OK, so for anyone thats REALLY checking for Mick Free (thats basically my parents and Height), I got my very first beat placed with a national artist. Rapper Big Pooh of the group Little Brother picke...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:47:00 GMT

Nazis in the B?! At The Zoo?!!?

Yup. I went to the Maryland Zoo today w/ my GF for the first time in about 15 years, and I was really looking forward to it. When we got in line at the ticket booth I sort of had a mental chuckle at t...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 13:23:00 GMT

How Big Is It Going Down, Mick?

I'm not gonna lie ya'll. It's going down pretty big. I got my man Rico shopping these beats to people worth more than my life; people far better than you or I, ya'll. Plus theres some cats allready fe...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:46:00 GMT

K-Swift Party hosted by Jason Urick and Sean Flynn!!!!

Holy Fuck, Ya'll!!!! Maybe you've noticed I don't really be posting these blogs, but if you were there last night (June 25, 2005 ...a night that will go down in b-more history as legend), you know ...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Jun 2005 12:19:00 GMT

Grand Buffet Show at Ottobar/ New Friends!

Well, I finally am posting a blog entry. Real short and sweet. Last nite (March, 26, Easter Sunday) went down SOOO big at the Ottobar. It was me, Big In Japan and my boys/mentors, Grand Buffet. All I ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Mar 2005 23:53:00 GMT