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1o.a.k. The Freshman

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About Me

i'm too damn lazy to write my own bio...All you gotta know is i'm the FRESHMAN of the HONOR ROLL. I got my collar popped officially in 04' and again in 06'. Producer ternt "Sanga". I figure by the time ya'll actually give a shit about how i got started and what i've worked on, I'll have somebody write some nice shit...real professional like you know.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/22/2006
Band Website: makinendzmeet.com/
Band Members: Trackademicks, Spank Pops, Josie Stingray, Mike Baker The Bike Maker, Moxmore, DJ Tap 10
Influences: Every other Saturday my mom and I would clean house and listen to nothing but stevie wonder albums. Moms had every album—most on CD some even on cassette tape. I would always listen for my mom’s raspy warm falsetto like a quilt thrown over Stevie’s vocals. She followed his phrasing to the letter and she sung his runs effortlessly like they belonged to her. I would sing along softly, unsure. Not so much of the notes but of the lyrics and what they meant. Over time my mom had acquired Stevie’s whole body of work. From the "little" Stevie Wonder of the 60's to the early 90's music. I knew all the lyrics to every album by heart, and was picking out harmonies even my mother didn't catch. We kept this routine for 6 years. It was some of the best times I spent with moms as a child and my first introduction to good, timeless music.

Stevie Wonder
Neptunes
Steely Dan
Bugz In The Attic
Fela Kuti
J Dilla (R.I.P.)
Kanye West
4 Hero
OutKast
DJ Premier
Tod Rundgren
Oakland California
Mama, Papa, and all my vinyl...
(you know theres more...but i'd be typing all night)
Sounds Like:
The following is a conversation between 1 O. a. K. and E-Fields at Legends Barbershop in the "East".
E-Fields: You got some heat B. Yeah i like one track....
Brandon: I don't know. i'm tryin' to find my sound. You know.
E-Fields: mmHmmBrandon: Neptunes got they own sound, Timbaland, Dr. Dre all them got a specific sound.
E-Fields: You know what yo sound should be young B.
Brandon: What?
E-Fields: WHAT EVER SLAPS!
Thanks E

Record Label: N/A
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Thoughts and Emotions of a Selfish Man

never wanted more time (in the day, in the month, in the a lifetime)never broke a heartnever cried this hardnever fell this farnever loved and lostonly to be be found againnever been in loveuntil now_...
Posted by 1o.a.k. The Freshman on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:26:00 PST

remembering that i am...

1of A kind.http://trackademia.blogspot.com/Read up! Trackademicks is adding linier notes to all the songs and remixes on the mixtape. We @ "hollywood". I like the way Tracks set me up.... i did some s...
Posted by 1o.a.k. The Freshman on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:49:00 PST

Gilles Petersons Winners 2007

I think he like her...so in retrospect he like me and that means i am one giant leap torwards being the freshest young producer around.and it's east oakland I KNOW YOU KNOWhttp://kumomusic.blogspot.co...
Posted by 1o.a.k. The Freshman on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:01:00 PST

December’s Prayer

many good things have happened in my life this year alone (my future wife haha, life on my own, my music). but even with all that, i'm more afraid than i've ever been. the type of afraid that shuts pe...
Posted by 1o.a.k. The Freshman on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:31:00 PST

The Tubes 'GO!'

i recently ran across the tubes album young and rich in the dollar rock vinyl section of amoeba on telegraph. funny...this time last year i wouldn't go near the rock section. that is, until i started ...
Posted by 1o.a.k. The Freshman on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:49:00 PST

Pull Out Your Gold Teeth!!!

Throw Out Your Gold Teeth II who are these childrenwho scheme and run wild who speak with their wings (turfs up!) and the way that they smile (Let Me See You Sow Your Grill) what are the secrets th...
Posted by 1o.a.k. The Freshman on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:45:00 PST

say my name

whusup young world! wow. this is my first time writing a blog. i figure i'd start out by clearing up how to say my name. over the past two years people have tried to make names stick on me but they ju...
Posted by 1o.a.k. The Freshman on Wed, 02 May 2007 03:22:00 PST