Rod Bailey, stage name mcenroe, is a Canadian

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Career

As mcenroe, Bailey was part of the hip hop band Farm Fresh. He founded Peanuts & Corn in Brandon, Manitoba in 1994, and through it produced the band's first recording. He then moved his studio and label to Winnipeg, where he continued to write, perform and produce in the hip hop scene. During the recording of Birdapres' album ''Nothing is Cool'' mcenroe took a musical as well as production part. The pair toured around Canada in support of the album. He also released several solo albums of his own raps, including ''Disenfranchised'' in 2006. He later moved to

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, where his label is a part of the Farm Fresh collective. In 2013, mcenroe was interviewed about the hip hop music industry in Canada for the documentary film Hip Hop Eh."Hip Hop Eh: A reverent Canadian doc, but not the last word"
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Selected discography

Solo work

*mcenroe - ''Billy's Vision '' *mcenroe - ''disenfranchised'' *mcenroe - ''5 Years in the Factory'' *mcenroe - ''The Convenience EP'' *mcenroe - ''The Ethics EP'' *mcenroe - ''Burnt Orange''

With others

*mcenroe and Birdapres - ''Nothing is Cool'' *Break Bread - ''Break Bread EP'' * Farm Fresh - ''Crazy Fiction'' *Farm Fresh - ''Played Out'' *Farm Fresh - ''The Space Ep'' *Farm Fresh ''Time is Running Out'' *

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Selected productions

References

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