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Rik O' Shay

I'm not afraid of dying. Pieces of me die all the time - Jared Paul

About Me

By now you either already know me, or you've stumbled across my page through someone else's. So at this point, if you want to know about me, contact me. I'm always around. And check my soon to be new/revamped music page for new tracks and show listings. Warning: I'm a lyricist first and foremost. Some people complain that I don't freestyle at shows or venues. Honestly because I'm not strong at it, I don't feel the need to draw attention/embarass myself. I play to my strengths, and making damn near whole paragraphs rhyme is it. Plus to quote J-Zone. "I'm too pretty for all that freestlying battling shit. My bills are due, you better cut a check and suck a fat one man. This ain't STAR SEARCH!" I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts! Myspace Graphics

My Interests

Art, music, world events, pop-culture, social commentary and porn. You tell me which sticks out more

I'd like to meet:

Business wise, any producers, vocalists, wordsmiths, engineers, or promoters with a solid work ethic and some standards for quality.P.S. I don't mind people sending FRIEND REQUESTS if you're trying to network for publicity, promotional reasons. That's cool. If you're talented, I'll extend a hand. But just regular people trying to improve their MYSPACE COOLNESS FACTOR by having 10,000 friends they don't even know sicken me. WRITE ME FIRST!

Music:

If you know even a third of these people, we're cool Sage Francis, Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, Del The Funkee Homosapien, EL-P, Necro, Non-Phixion, Mr. Hyde, Louis Logic, Mac Lethal, Vakill, T.I., Talib Kweli, MURS, Brother Ali, GraySkul, Mr. Dibbs, BluePrint, Dj Shadow, Rjd2, P.O.S, Cage, Copywrite, Camu Tao, Tame One, J-Zone, Jean Grae, Celph Titled, Fort Minor, Ludacris (okay he's well known but DOPE regardless)

Movies:

Memento, Fight Club, Bad Santa, Jarhead, Wallace & Gromit, Ray, Slam, Clockwork Orange, Talk To Me, Sin City, Kids, V for Vendetta, Pirates of the Carribean (all of them), Menace To Society, Running Scared, Clue, Good Morning Vietnam, People VS Larry Flynt, Aladdin, City of God, Kill Bill, etc......you get the picture. I ain't well.......

Television:

Scrubs, Family Guy, South Park, Will & Grace, American Dad, The Simpsons, House, Hell's Kitchen, Pimp My Ride, All the Law and Orders and Boondocks. Yup, that's pretty much me

Books:

Anything by Chuck Palahniuk, Octavia Butler, Dan Brown or Frank Miller. Oh yes, and Harry Potter kicks ass

Heroes:

Muhammad Ali, Larry Flynt, Lenny Bruce, Malcolm X, Captain Jack Sparrow and Ice-T

My Blog

I found God on my iPOD

Okay not technically since I don’t have an iPod (2 Zunes baby) but in an extension of my blog from 2 weeks ago, I was flipping through my album catalog and started to ponder something. Over the...
Posted by Rik O' Shay on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:59:00 PST

Where would I be without.........

I know it’s been a while since I’ve blogged at my usual capacity, but somethings this weekend and some convos I’ve had sparked a thought in my head that I’m kinda itching to th...
Posted by Rik O' Shay on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 07:06:00 PST

D.I.T.C (Diggin In The Crates)

Had to put the meaning of the acronym in there for you hip hop heads with no sense of history. SUCKAS Just was looking through my old archives of rhymes (been suffering with writer's block for 6 month...
Posted by Rik O' Shay on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:20:00 PST

Melancholy Dolly With the Polly Warner Syndrome

With this year coming to a close, I've been really reflective of what has transpired in my life in the last 12 months. Weighing the pros and cons, and the good karma versus the bad karma. And all in a...
Posted by Rik O' Shay on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:38:00 PST

Original Gangster

Many people would probably be surprised to hear this, especially after hearing me rhyme and perform songs, but the first album that ever blew my mind/exposed me to REAL Hip Hop/inspired me to want to ...
Posted by Rik O' Shay on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:58:00 PST

WHOO HOOO!

Ain't nothing more satisfying than getting a NEGATIVE on an HIV TEST!!! WHOO HOO!!!! TIMES A MILLION!!
Posted by Rik O' Shay on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:21:00 PST

Gun For The Whole Family

Many people don't know this about me but in recent years I've become vehemently anti-guns. It's true. Now granted as a rapper, no matter how "conscious" you may be, it's almost in our nature to resort...
Posted by Rik O' Shay on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:29:00 PST

The most valuable thing you can never buy is......

TIME............ The older I become, and the wiser I become, the more I realize the value of time. It sends shockwaves through my system to know that I'll be 27 in less than 3 months, especially when ...
Posted by Rik O' Shay on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:39:00 PST

Ain’t no turning back now

The single Ms. Urban America is finally recorded. It's in the mix down process, which shouldn't take more than another 2 days. It's only taking this damn long because my sound card is being a bitch an...
Posted by Rik O' Shay on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:01:00 PST

From the depths of the darkness, progress emerges

A number of updates. 1) My debut single WILL BE recorded this Saturday. FINALLY secured the studio time to do it (thank you GOD!). It's called Ms. Urban America. A little "how to" guide to getting wit...
Posted by Rik O' Shay on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:07:00 PST