Member Since: 2/15/2005
Band Website: onelovehiphop.com
Band Members:
FELONIOUS: ONELOVEHIPHOP is dedicated to playing Hip Hop with a live band. The live instrumentation allows for an intricate musical texture featuring the pounding beats of Soulati (Tommy Shepherd), the reggae, latin, funk, and jazz bass lines of Illin Ills (Dylan Mills), KP's (Keith Pinto) melodic vocals and keys, MC's D.Wolf (Dan Wolf) and Infinite's (Carlos Aguirre) poetic and rapid-fire lyrics, and Jon Monahan's virtuoso guitar playing. KP steps out from behind his keys to rock the mic, while Soulati is able to play the drums and rap at the same time. Spontaneous freestyles and two of the freshest beat boxers on the West Coast (Soulati and Infinite) make Felonious: onelovehiphop's live show untouchable.
DAN WOLF AKA "D.WOLF": Emcee, Actor, Playwright, Producer."Beastie Boys brought hip hop to my neighborhood, NWA taught me the message, and the Pharcyde showed me the creative possibilities. The rest is exploration and growth."
CARLOS AGUIRRE AKA "INFINITE": Emcee, Beatboxer, Actor.Infinite has been performing live music with Felonious since '96. He plays "Tet" in Beatbox: a Raparetta, and looks forward to taking over the world with the truth.
TOMMY JAMES SHEPHERD AKA "SOULATI" (so-la-tee): Drummer, Emcee, Beatboxer, Dancer, Actor, Playwright. One of the original three "Felonious Punks".First influences were Sugarhill, Nucleus, Kraftwerk, Run D.M.C., Curtis Blow and other hitters that introduced rap to my hood. I've been doing this for as long as I can remember and it ain't gonna quit. Bless.
KEITH PINTO AKA "A KID NAMED KEITH": Emcee, Keyboards, Actor, Dancer/Choreo-
grapher.One of the original three "Felonious Punks", K.P. went on to tour the world as a dancer in the Broadway show "Fame". He returned to the Bay to rock the mic and keys with Felonious and perform in Beatbox: a Raparetta.
DYLAN MILLS AKA "ILLIN ILLS": Bass Guitar, Audio-production, Graffix.From The Stone to The Fillmore, he's been shaking the ground up and down the California coast for years and rockin' with the Felonious crew since '97.
"Big ups to: Robert Nesta Marley, Aston "Family Man" Barret, Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, Silent Flight, anything on vinyl from the 1970's, all MC's, DJ's, Graffiti artists, and B-Boys, great and small around the world, family, and friends."
JON MONAHAN AKA "JON DONSON": GuitarComing from San Diego's award winning "Clyde's Ride", Dope Jon has returned to the Bay to bring his brilliant guitar playing and songwriting to the Felonious sound.