If you miss A Tribe Called Quest, Gangstarr and 90’s Wu-Tang, you are going to love our artists’ thoughtful rhymes and moving beats. Too often in the underground phenomenal MC’s are matched with less talented beat makers in an effort to hold down costs. There is no compromise with Fresh Chopped Beats.
Our position is that of an underground hip hop label that can merge beautiful, melodic and hard music with deeper than average rap lyrics.
Our approach is total quality. We will consistently put out only classic level material. Great beats and great MC’s together for fans of authentic street mode boom bap hip hop who are missing that flavor.
Crew members include Abu Darr, Abu Wudu, Dume41, M.O.D., Severe Influence, Skiez and Vision 20/20.
Projects
God Save The King
Dume41 is working hard to continue the legacy of Several Active Minds through his solo debut. The album features Severe Influence and Specs One . All turntable wizardry is performed by Seattle’s own “The Elefaders .†Production is handled by Dume himself, with three tracks produced by long time collaborator Rok Soulo .
Available now The track listing is as follows:
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Luminous
Half-Life (The Orange Box)
Aesthetics f/Specs One
Lotus Throne
The Restaurant
Pulamic
Puladeck
Built Eternal
Overpros f/Severe Influence
Drinks In Medina
Geminon (Clever Pair) f/Specs One
Sith Science (Sub-Zero Transmogrification)
Universal Savior
Shogun Craftsman
True School Lives! Several Active Minds' national debut, Shogun Craftsman manages to encompass authentic hip hop while being an undeniably universal album. Not since Wu-Tang Clan have backpackers, graffiti Headz, thugs and R&B chicks all agreed on a crew's beats and rhymes. Combining the sonic cacophony of RZA, eclectic melody riffs reminiscent of A Tribe Called Quest and loop chops á lá DJ Premier, Shogun Craftsman is what you've been waiting for.
Giant Squid Beats
URL: http://www.myspace.com/giantsquidbeats
Giant Squid is a production crew and label consisiting of DJ Showbot (of the Elefaders) and MacrOS. Their debut album will have at least 5 songs with rhymes by Several Active Minds. They have finished preproduction and are currently recording the album.
The Elefaders
URL: http://www.theelefaders.com
The Squad met with The Elefaders at a show and both teams have been down ever since. The Elefaders performed all the scratches on the Dume album and Dume and Rok Soulo have produced for The Elefaders album. The Elefaders are currently in preproduction.
King Khazm
URL: http://www.myspace.com/khazma
Khazm is the 206 Zulu King anda phenomenal writer and emcee. Dume has the great pleasure of collaborating with Khazm on his debut full-length national release. The Album is in preproduction.