NILSTATE ... the original crew ... Rockwood, Fuck Fever, TBP, Mr Nil, Sean-e-mac, G-Dogg ... and the extended family from S-Dub thru to Dark Tower ... Nilstate-of-mind-4-life ...........................................
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Hip Hop ... Kurtis Blow, Grand Master Flash, Rakim, RunDMC, LL Cool J, KRS ONE, Kool Kieth, Public Enemy, Nas, De La, Ice T, Tribe Called Quest , NWA, Treach, Tupac, Eazy E, Cube, DMX, Digital Underground, B-Real, Souls of Mischief, Outkast, Snoooooop, RBX, Dazz, Rage, Nate, DPG, Busta Rhymes, Method Man, ODB, GZA, Wu ... Biggie, Jay Z, Cam'Ron, DLT, Scribble, Che Fu, Big Pun, Boo Yaa Tribe, The Streets, Daddy Yankee, Dead Prez, EPMD, Game, Immortal Technique, Tone Def, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Juelz, Mos Def, Rage A.T.M, Shyne, Talib Kweli, Common ...........................................................
Roots n Soul ... Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Sade, Jimi Hendrix, Gil Scott Heron, Emma Paki, Alpha Blondy, Bic Runga, Cyndi Lauper, Temptations, Dave Dobbyn, Salmonella Dub, Trinity Roots, Fat Freddy's Drop, Spearhead, Tama Waipara
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Be sure to visit the 'Lotaluv' site at lotaluv.co.nz.
Burst on the scene in the summer of 1999-2000 with the singles “Baggy Trousers” and “The New Outlook” ft. Dave Dobbyn as part of Christchurch crew Dark Tower. In 2001 he began recording under the guidance of DLT who then gave him the moniker Maitreya meaning a ‘Future Teacher’. 2001-2003 were spent working at Auckland radio station Mai FM and recording his demo “Comin 2 Amerika” in anticipation of an August 2003 move to New York City.
For the next two years Maitreya immersed himself in New York’s Open Mic scene and in 2005 he released and sold over 500 copies of ‘ILLEGAL ALIEN’, a mixtape style album hosted by The Game’s DJ, Kris-Stylez. He also secured an internship at Roc-a-Fella Records (Jay-Z) as a member of the ‘Street Team’ and in 2006 began his own live show, ‘ILLEGAL’, which he continues to perform in and around the Lower East Side and Brooklyn,
In November of 2006 Maitreya signed up to the online music site SellaBand.com and became an immediate sensation. The challenge was to raise $50,000 from fans on the site to be used to record an album with top of the line producers and production facilities. Maitreya became the first Hip Hop artist ever to raise the 50K on June 2nd 2007 and began recording his debut solo album "Close To Home" in New York and London with The Silence (UK).
The stunning lead single WAITAHA, combining the power of Maori vocals with NZ Drum n Bass masters Kilotone's driving and damaging beats was nominated at the 2008 Silver Scrolls for the APRA Maioha Award for Contemporary Maori Song Writing. Having just returned from his WAITAHA WINTER TOUR throughout New Zealand, Europe and Hong Kong, maitreya has just released his second single LOTALUV accompanied by a video shot in Mon Kok, Hong Kong… the most densely populated square mile in the world! CHur CHur!
Our second 'Corrosive Noise' NZ Tour is coming up in July 2009. This time we are joined by dunedin dj crew 'Urban Terror Unit', who ripped up Phat 09's pre party last new years. We will be playing lots of new material from our forthcoming album 'Awakening' on NZ's own Bassweight Recordings. Come check it out!
Check out our newest mixtape officially hosted by a Major Artist! Just click the cover to download all the Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes for free at www.coast2coastmixtapes.com!
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So come on by and check it out, hear something you like and want to know more about the artist just click the link on the page. Leave a comment or make a recommendation for the next "IN THE MIX" - it's fun and it's free !!!!!
Heya bro, very cool sounds and thanks for the message. Unfortunately, we pretty much stick to the tracking side of things. We would be more than happy to have a listen to some tracks tho!
yo maitreya wsup? best wishes for the 2009.. how you doing? get at me about that joint aight? let me know if that is still going tru ;) be good -1- Jfx
Just wanted to let you know that you will be a featured artist IN THE MIX on the Hog Farm Show on XXXL Internet Radio for the week of 12/14/08.
The show airs Sunday at 9:00 PM EST (0200 GMT) and repeats each day at 4:00 & 9:00 PM EST (2100 & 0200 GMT). To listen go to the XXXL myspace page at myspace. com/xxxlinternetradio.
Have you fans tune in so they can request your song – the top 10 most requested songs will be featured on DJ Slim’s Thursday night show at 11:00 PM EST.
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