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The Northern Associates

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AN INDEPENDENT LABEL BASED OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS..THE ROSTER TALLIES 13; DJ'S, MC'S, PRODUCERS, BEATBOXERS, GRAFF WRITERS, FILM MAKERS, PAINTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, PROMOTERS, AND RENAISSANCE MEN FROM ALL OVER THE STATES Members Hailing from Mostly the Midwest(MPLS/STP, DULUTH, CHICAGO, ST CLOUD, but also JAXSONVILLE Salt Lake (UT), DENALI PARK (AK) N NEW MEXICO'S DESERT) ..OUR NUCLEUS HAS COME UP IN A CITY THAT HAS HARBORED SOME OF THE ILLEST HIP-HOP OUR WORLD HAS YET TO SEE. ANYONE THAT UNDERESTIMATES UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS GOT ALOT TO LEARN..JUST EXAMINE HOW OUR COMMUNITY HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST 2,3,4 years:: THE EARLY AND MID NINETIES BROUGHT SOME OF THE BEST INDEPENDENT/UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP OF ALL TIME; PARTICULARLY IN MN.. MUCH LOVE TO ALL THE HEADS HOLDING IT DOWN SINCE 1990 AND JUST STARTING TO GET SHINE OR HAVEN'T YET.. .. SOME OF OUR MAIN INFLUENCES COME FROM NORTH SIDE & SOUTH SIDE PARTIES 96-TODAY, Bringing The WHEELS OUT Into The Park::Shit 1998-1999-2000 P & A HALL PARTIES,, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER CREW, LORING PASTA BATTLES, OPEN MICS AT THE FIFTH, CHICAGO RAVES, HIPHOP FEST, OVERALL LOVE FOR EVERY CAT STRUGGLING IN THIS GAME ESPECIALLY IN MPLS/STP... NORTHERN ASSOCIATES IS A COLLECTIVE THAT HAS EVOLVED OVER THE LAST 8 YEARS...CONTINUOUSLY EXPANDING... Shouts 2 The ASSOCIATES EXTENDED FAM; KALE (FA) Explicit//LIL POOH (S.MPLS) TYtSOFLY (CHI) AUSTIN MCKAY (STP & NorthGates, AK INTERIOR & S Coast), ESP (ST Paul), A.BomB (N Side), DANNY A.T.L.A.S. (NE), B.Cap (St Cloud), HamrE (Duluth), A.J. Turn Burner (Santa Monica, CA), J-DUBS; ALASKA'S WOODSMAN () AND ALL OTHERS THAT WE'VE ROCKED WITH AND HAVE SHOWN LOVE; ONE
EXPONENTIAL AVAILABLE NOW!
TYtSO FLY & J ROLLA

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/18/2006
Band Members:

K.BENNETT (production, mc, engineer, beatmaster), THE PHYDELIQS (funk, soul, slammin' chaos), WHITE DEVILS (Orchestrating Entropy), TYtSoFly (revolutionary poet/MC and Chicago Native), Lil PooH (diamond in tha Rough, MC), A.BomB (our =version of Ras Kas, MC extraordinair), B.Cap (B.CaPaRaPa MC, St. Cloud living Legend & body StasheR.SnatcheR), J.Lars Mars (Red Planet TransPlant.. LOST Ancient CiviliZation CarryOver? Mars in 3000 B.C.?), A McKay (Stevie Ray Vaughn Who?, Peter Frampton Eat Your Heart Out), HamrE (OuR DulutH North Star & UppEr MN BEAcoN, MC, DJ, & MPC explorer), KALE (classic RAW Rap Hot Shit, MC & Production), JRollA (Bang YouR HeaD, BreaK yOur Neck TO That Beat, ProduceR, &MC), CEDER (Production & MC apparition & PolTeirGeisT, Whit (MC & Visual artisT, Writer & Naturalist), + many Other Friends of ours, that are not part of the Assoc crew..... Such as BLAZEONE (ill production, Wheels Of Mechanized Steel SlaughterHousE), and DANNY-A.T.L.A.S. ((HardWorking Writer/Performer))

J ROLLA :: B CAP :: STEADY P :: HAMRE :: WHIT
Influences:
NIGHTLIFE:
KWELI, Peter Tosh, Dap Kings, YNQ and or Sound Directions, Jimmy Page, Hendrix, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, I Self Devine, Esthero, ELAB & MC Machine, Beck, Gorillaz, Visionaries, MED, WordsWorth, DJ Revolution, Public Enemy, Das EFX, Erik & Parish Makin Dollar$, INSpecta, RZA, GZA, Killa Preist, J5, KRS, Mos, Beasties, Non Phixion, Necro, Dj Eclipse, Phife Diggidy, MC Ren, Eazy-E, Ice T, Mobb Deep, Tribe, COMMON, De La, Raekwon, Aesop, Sage, Del/Heiroglyphics, Souls Of Mischief, Dj Shadow, Fugazi, Pete Rock, Madlib, The Roots, Ayatollah, JustBlaze, The Pharcyde, Dj Abilities, Massive Attack, Portishead, Bright Eyes, Coltrane, Miles Davis, TheloniousMonk, Billie Holliday, Louis Armstrong, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Rollins, Count Basie, Radiohead, Mad Season, Isaac Hayes, P Funk, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, B B King, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, Jim Morrison, Janis, Dylan, Willie DIxon, Sunz of Man, GraveDiggaz, Cypress Hill, WC, E-40, EightBall & MJG, Daz & Korupt,, DRE, Snizoop, X Rated, Lynch Hung, Naughty By Nature, Jackson 5, Prince, George Clinton, RJD2, BluePrint, Keith Murray, K Solo, Dead Prez, Immortal Technique, Black Keys, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Key Kool, KANKICK, LMNO, DJ Krush, Dj Cam, Spoon, Interpol, Bloc Party, White Stripes, Neil Young, Bjork, Oh No, Dilated Peoples, Aceyalone, Dj Romes, PerceeP, Kutmaster Kurt, Dudley The Funky One, RASCO, Dj Muggs, Brand Nubian, PUN, Organized Konfusion, PHAROAH MONCH, J-Rocc, J-Live, Jaylib, Jam Master Jay, Arsonists, Perceptionists, Afu Ra, Triple Six Mafia, Edo G, Dj Screw, Shabaam Saadiq, Bahamadia, Danger Mouse, DOOM, Grimm, Scratch, EPMD, Ugly DUckling, Danny motha fuckin A.T.L.A.S., Defari, Main Flow, 2 Mex, Abstract Rude, Blackalicious, Jedi Mind Tricks, BBD, Shy, Shabba Ranxx, Heiroglyphics, Heiruspecs, MURS, 9th Wonder, D.V. Alias Krist, Self Scientific, Boot Camp Clicc, Def Squad, Def Jux, Tash, E Swift, Sway, Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf, Kool Moe Dee, MixMaster Mike, DJ PREMEIRE, GURU.GURU.GURU, TuPac Shakur, Christopher Wallce (B.I.G.), Alcheimist, NAS, Twista, Kanye, Do Or Die, BIzzy & Krazy, CRUCIAL CONFLICT, Proof, Ad Rock, Cannibal Ox, Vordul/VAST, El-P, Mr. LIF, Big Jus, Juggaknots, MC Shan, FunkMaster Flex, Grandwizzard Theadore, BizMarkie, Breakestra, DynoSpectrum, Semi Official, Micranots, Eyedea, Carnage, Capaciti, Desdamona, MUSAB, AntiBalas, Little Brother, Streetz, Roots Manuva, SWAY, DizzieRascal, Brother Ali, DJ Premier, Royce Da 5' 9"..Anthrax, White Zombie, Sabath, Blue Bar, Bob Marley, Damian Marley, Ziggy, Rage Against The Machine, Chief XL & Gif (Blackalicious), Fellowship, Mikah 9, Aceyalone, Lyrics Born, Abstract Rude, BusDriver, The Unbeievable Jay-Dee Dilla for inspiration & meditation,Frank & Dank, Slum Villa (Elzi, T3, Baatin), Steel Pulse, Mad Lion & Much More....

Sounds Like:
SUM OF MINNEAP'S HUNGRIESt & OVERACHEIVING DJ's & MC's...Low BudGet PRodUCtion With All The MAKiNGs OF The DOPesT Shit You've EVer HEarD.. Whitness a Callouse View Of MArs. Ceder trees and Location E Beats Freeze GLow__ and BLAZE 1** With The CRAZIest C St CLoudian Ever to Ty** IN A.BomBs** with a ToucH Of The World On Our ShoulderS**

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Northern Associates Crew 2007

  The Northern Associates Entertainment Umbrella brings new and ecclectic sights and sounds to the subterranean counter culture world at large.  Begining in 2007, The Northern Associat...
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