FIRST HEARD OF THIS PRODUCER / EMCEE / GRAFF WRITER WHEN LOOTPACK BARELY CAME OUT OF OXNARD AND BABU HAD PUT THE PACK ON THE B-SIDE OF HIS FIRST CASSETTE MIXTAPE IN 1995. THIS WAS WHEN MADLIB WAS STILL TAKING TIPS FROM DJ ROMES ON PRODUCTION. OH… THE GOOD OL’ DAYZ.
..BUT, OUT OF THE O.C. WERE THESE DUDES - ALOE BLACC AND EXILE AS A TEAM CALLED EMANON WHO HAD RELEASED A 14 TRACK TAPE CALLED ‘IMAGINARY FRIENDS’ WHICH FEATURED CHATSWORTH HEADS CHEAPSHOT AND TAKBIR FROM STYLES OF BEYOND. THIS COLLECTIVE GROUP AND A FEW OTHERS ALL TOGETHER IN THEIR OWN CIRCLE WERE CALLED THE DREAM SEQUENCE CREW. THE B-SIDE OF THIS CASSETTE TAPE CONTAINED A MIX EXILE DID WHICH PUT ME ONTO PORTISHEAD, FIRST GUY TO EVER PLAY THAT SHIT !!! WOW.
NOW. THINK BACK… ..THIS WAS 14 YEARS AGO MY FRIENDS. 14 FUCKING YEARS! WE COULDN’T EVEN DOWNLOAD YET, LET ALONE FIND OUT WHAT THE FUCK WAS COOL BY TYPING IN A WEB ADDRESS. - BEFORE CD’S WERE EVEN BURNING .. .WE WERE PLAYING CASSETTES AND DUBBING THEM ON DUAL CASSETTE PLAYERS AND BARELY STARTING TO COLLECT VYNIL. .. OH, CAN’T BELIEVE HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
WE HAVE GONE SUCH A LONG WAY TOGETHER AND THIS GUY IS FINALLY GOING TO GET THE RECOGNITION AND RESPECT HE DESERVES (ON A HUGE SCALE I HOPE). SINCE ‘IMAGINARY FRIENDS’ HE HAS RELEASED A BUNCH OF SINGLES AND INDEPENDENT PROJECTS INCLUDING ‘DIRTY SCIENCE’ IN 2006 WHICH PUSHED HIM INTO A WIDER AUDIENCE AND GAINED HIM MORE RECOGNITION. HE’S CURRENTLY BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY AND IS NOW SET TO RELEASE 3 ALBUMS FOR 2009. BE PREPARED TO GET IT GOING WITH HIS NEXT RELEASE CALLED RADIO WHICH IS SET TO RELEASE MID FEB ‘09. MORE INFO ON OKAYPLAYER ABOUT THIS RELEASE CAN BE FOUND HERE WHICH IS ALREADY GIVING IT HIGH RATINGS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TALENTED HE IS WITH THE MPC PRODUCTION, HERE ARE SOME BONUS UNRELEASED BEATS™ WHERE HE FLIPS THE HELL OUT THESE WELL KNOWN TRACKS.
