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CARLOS ROBSON IS THE NEW PRINCE IN CROWN TOWN

2007 National Poetry Slam Champions!!

About Me

Carlos Robson of Charlotte, North Carolina's Concrete Generation never thought he would be a writer, much less a poet. But as long as he can remember, he's always wanted to be a storyteller. And since touching his first spoken word stage in late 2005, he has done exactly that. Competing in everything from local, regional and international poetry slams. He represented Charlotte in the 2006 Individual World Poetry Slam, and again in 2007. Currently one-half of the Southern Comfort Tour along with HBO Def Poet BasiKnowledge, he is taking his experiences to the nation with his dynamic ability to blend soul shaking stories of love, loss, and redemption with his stylistic re-interpretations of spiritual hymns and children's songs. His real life stories of both family and fate have been sending shockwaves through audiences from New York City, to Miami, and from Vancouver, Canada to Austin, Texas. Recently featured on Urbana's Urbanabots Annual Compilation alongside other of the world's best, Robson is quickly making a name for himself as he works on his first full-length album, entitled "the Queen and I"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/30/2006
Band Website: concretegeneration.com
Band Members: Me, and whoever lives in me.
Influences: My Grandmothers, Al Green, Bluz, Ray Charles, my Father, Frank Sinatra, Maze Forever, Nas, Sting, India Arie, BB King, Citizen Cope, Men Women and Children, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, Travis Elliot, Jay-Z, John Mayer, Jamie Cullum, Otis Redding, Q! (whoyouwit?!), Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Queen Sheba, Waylon "yacan’tfuckwichaboy" Jennings, Notorious, my sister Swann, Common, Anthony "straightoutdaQueenCity" Hamilton, Elvis Crespo, the Temptations, the Gypsy Kings, Buddy Wakefield, Willie Mojica, Andrea Bocelli, Beres Hammond, Big Pun, Arturo Sandoval, Bone Thugs, Buena Vista Social Club, Matt Moore, D’angelo, Miesha "Tabathaluluwanene" Rice, Donnie Mcklurkin, Donnie Hathaway, Lauryn Hill, Jahiem, James Taylor, Wyclef, Carlos Andres Gomez, Kanye, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Croce, Michael Hall, Taylor Mali, Rahsaan Patterson, Joaquin Zohatinahu, Raphael Saadiq, Van Hunt, Mekkah, Sade, Sam Cooke, DJ DR, Stevie Wonder, Dean Martin, and lastly but not least my mother and my pastor Tavis "Da Minista" Brunson

ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPEECHES I’VE EVER HEARD

BOBBY KENNEDY’S "THE MINDLESS MENACE OF VIOLENCE"

Sounds Like: the Truth... with a lil' bit of Southern soul sprinkled on top
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Come see me in a play about Miles Davis & John Coltrane!! And I play Heroin!!

This Saturday the 13th!!  8 o'clock!!  Spirit Square!! Miles & Coltrane:  the Blue (.) Directed by national slam poet and theater experience extrodinaire  Quentin "Q" Tall...
Posted by CARLOS ROBSON IS THE NEW PRINCE IN CROWN TOWN on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:05:00 PST

Ladies & Gentlemen... SlamCharlotte is well on it’s way... again

This past Friday, SlamCharlotte had it's Grand Slam and after a competition where everybody deserved to make the team, this is SlamCharlotte's new line-up: Slammaster/Coach/Poet - Bluz - myspace.com/...
Posted by CARLOS ROBSON IS THE NEW PRINCE IN CROWN TOWN on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:41:00 PST

Top 5 artists/bands you need to hear...

One more top 5 again, this time the top 5 artists or bands that are either new to the scene, or just haven't recieved their due.  Here there are: 1 - Malachi - Atlanta, GA - Most Atlantans know ...
Posted by CARLOS ROBSON IS THE NEW PRINCE IN CROWN TOWN on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:07:00 PST

10 things most people don’t know about me

So my favorite new poet Moe just challenged me to write a list of 10 things most people dont know about me... here it is. 1. When I was very young I could swim like a fish until I had a traumatic exp...
Posted by CARLOS ROBSON IS THE NEW PRINCE IN CROWN TOWN on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:46:00 PST

My top 5 most memorable/honorable/unforgettable moments in slam

So I was thinking early this morning, in the wee hours as I was trying to go to sleep(which I still haven’t  by the way), about the most amazing things I’ve ever experienced in slams....
Posted by CARLOS ROBSON IS THE NEW PRINCE IN CROWN TOWN on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:49:00 PST

5 Poets That You Should Know...

So I've decided that since I have friends in Charlotte who don't know of any poets outside of the Carolinas, and since I have acquaintances in New Jersey who don't know of any poets West of... well......
Posted by CARLOS ROBSON IS THE NEW PRINCE IN CROWN TOWN on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:15:00 PST

So I'm starting a blog and I only wanna talk about... Music & Poetry

Well..... I've never done one of these before, but Imma give it a shot right now.  Just as a warning, this will in no way be well written or thought out, this WILL be a rant of whatever the hell ...
Posted by CARLOS ROBSON IS THE NEW PRINCE IN CROWN TOWN on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 03:53:00 PST