Before he went solo, Grand Agent aka Jared Talyor was in a hiphop group called NAME out of Philly with DJ Mr Cisum and Ozzie Jones. Every record these guys would drop, I would pick up. Around 2000 or so I managed to acquire the holy grail: NAME’s full length album, Lost Page Of The B-Boy Document from HipHopSite.com as…
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A Decade of Releases
It’s pretty bugged to think back ten years ago and reminiscence on how these albums were conceived, worked on and eventually brought to life. Here’s some of my favorite full-length releases from my output over the last ten years. Projecto:2501 (November 2nd, 2000) We started the decade not with a whimper, but with a bang: 2000’s Projecto: 2501 featuring me…
Shing02 “Contact” Lyrics
In 1999 we got up with Japanese MC, Shing02 to record the song, “Contact” for the Projecto: 2501 album. Shing0’s verse is entirely in Japanese, but I just came across the lyrics translation he provided. Here it is, peep: If existence itself is a part of fate, Then is our music merely a faithful reproduction Of a completed work from…
Projecto 2501: Yameen & Tajai Interview, XLR8R Magazine
XLR8R Magazine Cover Story “Fusing Music with New Visual Media” Issue 46, December 2000 Interview conducted by Peter Babb In August of 2000, Tajai and I met with journalist, Peter Babb in Oakland, California to publicly debut our first collaboration together, Projecto: 2501 for a special feature in XLR8R magazine. We sent Pete an advance copy of the album and…