4 shades - the movement. one emcee and 3 producers. The emcee thinks he can co-produce too. the nerve. The really dark shade guy (M.anifest) is the rapper cat. the other shades are the dopest producer cats u've never met. it all begun when the real light skin "mixed" american cat (O-D) and the real dark skin ghanaian cat met up in saint paul. they exchanged unpleasantries including "yo mama" jokes and became friend's ever after. come to discover they both had been doing they thing music-wise. fast-forward to a one god-forsaken day in a neigborhood record store. two of these guys crate diggin like there was no tomorrow. the guy in dreads (Katrah-Quey) got into a fight with O-D about which of them was first to some "osibisa" and "ahmad jamal" record. they exchanged punches and later on realized they both produced. they've been secretly battlin each other ever since. O-D then told M.anifest that he met this natty dread who he thought was peculiar. i mean peculiar he is cause he literally still makes beat-tapes... tapes! which century is this guy in? anyway since he was dope as heroine in the blood stream, O-D and M.anifest coaxed him into forming a coalition based on what the three of them recognized was their most distinguishable difference: their skin tone/shade/melanin-measure. jus when they thought the jump off was about to begin, Katrah-Quey said WAIT!!!!!! my nephew got game too... plus he's this old soul trapped in a young body. O-D and M.anifest were skeptikal because those two are jus skeptics and need a strong dose of trust injected into they system. Come to find out that this young cat (G mo Beatz) was sicker than the flu on the beats. they all stopped makin music for a week after hearing G Mo beatz do his thang cause they were ashamed of themselves. i mean what were u doing when u were 14... definitely not makin beats that shames anybody not-named Dilla... they got over their shame and the rest is history. bodyrockin, headnoddin, soulful, positve, african, & diasporic musical vibest for the world to feel. the rest of the story is yet to be told.... stay tuned
Ok... so there u have it. 4 shades. Managed by Roli aka Revo who always believed in all these guys as they dissed each other in fun and jest. but when all is said and done they love music so decided to start a movement. it's here. join and enjoy. rrrrraaaa! rrrraaaa! Bless
Come check out songs from TWO Soarse Spoken releases including Third World Prophecies (Arepaz/BDJ) and Leadership Midnight (BDJ) on my profile. These songs are available for purchase & digital download courtesy of isound. com Peace From the Majic City!! - Soarse Spoken
SISI!
Je passe te faire un pt coucou et voir c'qui se passe sur ton space! Kiss G.
SISI!
I'm just passin' thru your space to show you some luv! Kiss G.
Already a month into 2007 - can you believe it? I hope the year is treating you good so far...
Lots of exciting things going down this year...the work of NVision is stepping up (have you seen the promo?! DOPE!), doing some communications work and PR for two amazing organizations, the Native American Rights Fund (WAIT until you see what we got going down with NARF) and the International Indian Treaty Council and as always...snapping pics of the world around me. It's going to be a good year so STAY TUNED. One of the easiest ways is to stay informed is to subscribe to my blog on Myspace. Check it out…
Just Drop'n pass
The Message for today
The Only Person you have to "Keep it Rea"l with is yourself
New Track
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4 SHADES HAS GOT IT GOING ON. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FULL FORCE SYNERGY OF SOUND COMITH FROM YOU-ITH. PEACE TO ALL OF YOU AND MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PROCRASTINATE WHEN IT COMES TO FOLLOWING YOUR ARTISTIC DREAMS.
HELLO FRIEND. WANT TO DANCE, RUN, SCREAM, SHOUT, THROW YO HANDS UP. WELL STOP BY OUR WEBSITE AND CHECK OUT OUR VIDEOS "HOUSE SHAKA" AND "THE REPRISE". DON'T FORGET TO DOWNLOAD THE NEW CUTS THAT WE HAVE UPLOADED. IT'S ALL FREE.
Man I got this Silence is Golden joint on rotation... If you can call it rotation haha. lyrics on point as always. That production is somethin nasty. Who dropped the beat for that? its iLL. Katra, dont tell me your lil cuzzo did that jawn...
O-D, Katrah-Quey, G MoBeatz, M.anifest. 4 Shades the Movement!
Manager: Roli a.k.a Revo
Photos by Tina Harchysen http://www.myspace.com/cameragirl222
