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2Mex
Alejandro Ocana (born in 1973), better known by his stage name 2Mex, is a rapper from Los Angeles, California, United States. He is a member of The Visionaries and of Mexican Descent. He has collaborated with underground hip hop artists such as Jel, Omid, Thavius Beck, Factor Chandelier, Radioinactive, and Isaiah "Ikey" Owens. History 2Mex attended the Good Life Cafe open mic nights in 1992, which played a significant role in shaping his early career. In 1998, he released his first album with The Visionaries, as well as the debut album of Of Mexican Descent. He was also featured on the Omid compilation album ''Beneath the Surface''. In 1999, 2Mex was featured (along with Xololanxinxo as Of Mexican Descent) on the Fat Jack compilation album ''Cater to the DJ''. That same year, he released his first solo album, ''Fake It Till You Make It'', as part of The Mind Clouders, with producer Mums the Word. In 2000, 2Mex was featured as a member of the Afterlife Crew on the Afterl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweat Lodge Infinite
''Sweat Lodge Infinite'' is a solo studio album by American rapper 2Mex. It was released on Temporary Whatever in 2003. Entirely produced by Longevity, it features guest appearances from Aceyalone, Busdriver, Kemit, Existereo, Liferexall, St. Mark 9:23, and Awol One. Critical reception David Morris of ''PopMatters'' gave the album a mixed review, saying, "2Mex falls short of bringing truly next level shit, but he's really doing his damnedest, and there's definite pleasure to be had in hearing him reach." Thomas Quinlan of ''Exclaim!'' called it "a good album with a nice unified sound." He stated that "Longevity's production is primarily minimal drum-programming and unusual sound effects, while Mixmaster Wolf layers plenty of scratches that give the tracks more depth." Dave Segal of ''XLR8R'' wrote: "From the militant first track, 'Obey,' with its grandiose horn stabs, scratches from Breakestra's Mixmaster Wolf, and hypnotic organ riff, 2Mex thrusts you into the apocalyptic funki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omid Walizadeh
Omid Walizadeh, also known as Omid or OD, is a hip hop producer based in Long Beach, California. He has produced tracks for the likes of Freestyle Fellowship, Busdriver, 2Mex, Subtitle (rapper), Subtitle, and Awol One. History Omid Walizadeh graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a bachelor's degree in recording arts. He has produced tracks since 1992. Inspired by the underground hip hop movement at the Good Life Cafe in the early 1990s, he released a collaborative album, ''Beneath the Surface'', in 1998. It featured over 30 rappers, mainly from Los Angeles. His solo debut album, ''Distant Drummer (album), Distant Drummer'', was released on Beneath the Surface in 2002. It was inspired by Dan Simmons' novel ''Hyperion (Simmons novel), Hyperion'', the music of Sun Ra, among other things. In 2003, he released the album, ''Monolith (Omid album), Monolith'', on Mush Records. It featured contributions from the likes of Abstract Rude, 2Mex, Buck 65, Luckyiam, Aceyalone, Murs (r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busdriver
Regan Farquhar (born February 12, 1978), better known by his stage name Busdriver (sometimes stylized in all caps), is an American rapper and producer from Los Angeles. He has collaborated with rappers such as Myka 9, R.A.P. Ferreira, Nocando, Open Mike Eagle, 2Mex, Aesop Rock and Radioinactive. His primary producers have been Daedelus, Boom Bip, Daddy Kev, Loden, Paris Zax, Omid, Kenny Segal, and Nobody. He has also worked with D-Styles on two albums. Biography Regan Farquhar was born on February 12, 1978, in Los Angeles, California. He was introduced to hip hop at an early age; his father, Ralph Farquhar, wrote the 1985 film '' Krush Groove''. Farquhar began rapping at age nine. By age 13, he was part of the group 4/29, which was inspired by the 1992 Los Angeles riots. At 16, he joined the Project Blowed scene. In 2002, Busdriver released his solo album, '' Temporary Forever''. In 2004, he released '' Cosmic Cleavage'' on Big Dada. In 2007, Busdriver released ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visionaries (hip-hop Group)
Visionaries is an underground hip hop crew from Los Angeles, California. The crew formed in 1995, and have since released four full-length albums on Up Above Records, and their fifth album "V" on their newly re-formed label Visionaries Crew, Inc. The crew's six members have collectively released over fifty solo and side projects. They have collaborated and performed with many other artists, including Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Dilated Peoples, De La Soul, Blackalicious, Jean Grae, Psycho Realm, J Dilla, Jurassic 5 and Linkin Park. Members * 2Mex * LMNO * R.ēL.Z.M. a.k.a. "Lord Zen" * Dannu * KeyKool * DJ Rhettmatic Discography * ''Galleries'' (Up Above Records; 1998) * ''Sophomore Jinx'' (Up Above Records; 2000) * ''Pangaea'' (Up Above Records; 2004) * ''We Are the Ones (We've Been Waiting For)'' (Up Above Records; 2006) * ''Est 1995 (Mixtape)'' (2007) * ''V'' (Visionaries Crew, Inc.; 2021) * ''Sketches'' (Visionaries Crew, Inc.; 2024) Solo projects * 2M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Famous Records
Strange Famous Records is an indie hip hop record label based in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded by Sage Francis. Artists on its roster include B. Dolan, Cecil Otter, Prolyphic, and Sleep (rapper), Sleep, among others. History Strange Famous Records started out in 1996 as a way for Sage Francis to release music. Originally this involved tape dubbing and photocopying covers. In 1999, while working at the radio station WRIU (90.3 FM), he was allowed access to the station's computers and CD-Rs replaced the tapes. The albums were sold locally, raising money to press CDs at a manufacturing plant. In late 2005, Strange Famous Records enlisted the help of outside parties to create an online webstore www.strangefamousrecords.com. The online store was soon developed and a mail order business was set into effect. This was a "cash only" postal mail service. The catalogue expanded into shirts, sweatshirts, vinyl, stickers, buttons and eventually other artists' projects. In 2006, Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Famous
Strange Famous Records is an indie hip hop record label based in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded by Sage Francis. Artists on its roster include B. Dolan, Cecil Otter, Prolyphic, and Sleep, among others. History Strange Famous Records started out in 1996 as a way for Sage Francis to release music. Originally this involved tape dubbing and photocopying covers. In 1999, while working at the radio station WRIU (90.3 FM), he was allowed access to the station's computers and CD-Rs replaced the tapes. The albums were sold locally, raising money to press CDs at a manufacturing plant. In late 2005, Strange Famous Records enlisted the help of outside parties to create an online webstore www.strangefamousrecords.com. The online store was soon developed and a mail order business was set into effect. This was a "cash only" postal mail service. The catalogue expanded into shirts, sweatshirts, vinyl, stickers, buttons and eventually other artists' projects. In 2006, Strange Famous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Visionaries
Visionaries is an underground hip hop crew from Los Angeles, California. The crew formed in 1995, and have since released four full-length albums on Up Above Records, and their fifth album "V" on their newly re-formed label Visionaries Crew, Inc. The crew's six members have collectively released over fifty solo and side projects. They have collaborated and performed with many other artists, including Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Dilated Peoples, De La Soul, Blackalicious, Jean Grae, Psycho Realm, J Dilla, Jurassic 5 and Linkin Park. Members * 2Mex * LMNO * R.ēL.Z.M. a.k.a. "Lord Zen" * Dannu * KeyKool * DJ Rhettmatic Discography * ''Galleries'' (Up Above Records; 1998) * ''Sophomore Jinx'' (Up Above Records; 2000) * ''Pangaea'' (Up Above Records; 2004) * ''We Are the Ones (We've Been Waiting For)'' (Up Above Records; 2006) * ''Est 1995 (Mixtape)'' (2007) * ''V'' (Visionaries Crew, Inc.; 2021) * ''Sketches'' (Visionaries Crew, Inc.; 2024) Solo projects * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobody (producer)
Elvin Estela (born March 14, 1977), better known by his stage name Nobody, is an American hip hop producer based in Los Angeles, California. He is a resident DJ at Low End Theory. He has collaborated with 2Mex, Abstract Rude, Freestyle Fellowship, Busdriver, and Mystic Chords of Memory. He has also been a member of Blank Blue and Bomb Zombies. ''Better Propaganda'' placed him at number 73 on the "Top 100 Artists of the Decade" list. Life and career Nobody's solo debut album, ''Soulmates'', was released on Ubiquity Records in 2000. The second solo album, ''Pacific Drift: Western Water Music Vol. 1'', was released in 2003. He released the third solo album, '' And Everything Else...'', on Plug Research in 2005. It features guest appearances from Mia Doi Todd, Prefuse 73 and Xololanxinxo, among others. Nobody wrote the article about 1960s psychedelic rock for ''XLR8R'' in 2006. In 2008, Estela released the album, ''Western Water Music Vol. II'', on Ubiquity Records under the Bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radioinactive
Kamal Humphrey de Iruretagoyena, better known by his stage name Radioinactive, is an American hip hop artist from Los Angeles, California. He is a member of The Shape Shifters. He was a member of Log Cabin along with Eligh, Murs (rapper), Murs and Scarub. He has released a number of solo albums, as well as collaborating with artists such as Busdriver, Daedelus (musician), Daedelus, and Antimc. Life and career Radioinactive released the first solo album, ''Pyramidi'', on Mush Records in 2001. ''The Weather (Busdriver & Radioinactive album), The Weather'', his collaborative album with rapper Busdriver and producer Daedelus (musician), Daedelus, was released on the label in 2003. In 2004, he released a collaborative album with producer Antimc, titled ''Free Kamal'', on Mush Records. Josh Drimmer of ''Dusted Magazine'' said: "Intelligent and fun, it’s a good record to listen to with a cool glass of lemonade. And a dictionary." His second solo album, ''Soundtrack to a Book'', was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Life Cafe
The Good Life Cafe was a health food market and cafe run by Janie Mae Scott-Goodkin aka IfaSade in Los Angeles, California, known for its open mic nights that helped the 1990s Los Angeles alternative hip hop movement flourish. In 2008, director Ava DuVernay, who had performed at the cafe with the Figures of Speech hip hop group, released a documentary about the cafe, '' This Is The Life''. The film featured a number of hip hop artists discussing the importance of the Good Life Cafe to themselves and the hip hop scene. The Cafe was open from 1989 to 1999. It was described as "a platform for rappers to perform their material" and "a testing ground for Los Angeles' independent rap scene". Artists like Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Lenny Kravitz, Mister CR, and others reportedly attended the open mic, while many other musicians honed their skills at the events. History The Good Life Health Food Centre's weekly open-mic night began in December 1989. Started by B. Hall and her son R/KainBlaze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |