My solo album has been released! The Amalgam Project is now available on ITUNES!!
Click the album cover below to get more information and to purchase it!
People ask me what the album is about, and I must say that it is about fusion. It is about going against the grain no matter what. It is about living life in a MAJA way, congruent to my values at all times.
Like I say in my song Go 'Head:
ANIME, games, life, pain
All passengers on the same train
And hip-hop's behind it;
Locomotive science,
This album is all of my past times collided
I hope you take the risk and purchase the Project. I hope you listen to the words I speak on these tracks and appreciate it so much that you tell others about it. Spread the word, from the States to Japan! I risked a lot for this album and I hope you do that same.
First of all, thank you for coming to my newest MysSpace page. I bet you’re looking at it, listening to the music playing, thinking, “What in the hell is this and where did it come from?!” So, I figured that I would answer your questions and take it from there.
I’m Maja (pronounced "Mey-juh") a 24 year-old student living in Phoenix, AZ. I decided to take off a semester or two in order to make what it is that you’re listening to right now. What’s one or two semesters, right? *wink* Moving on, I’d like to say that I think I grew up at the perfect time. I was here when Nintendo hit the States with raging fury, and the console wars began with Sega and all the others. I fell in love with Super Mario Bros. on NES, StarFox 64 on N64, Sonic the Hedgehog on Genesis, and couldn’t manage to stop playing new games on new systems.
If I wasn’t playing videogames I was watching Japanese anime. It all started when I caught a glimpse of Vampire Hunter D on TBS one night as a kid. I mean, at that moment, the episodes of He-Man, Ninja Turtles, and Thundercats that I’d watched growing up seemed so irrelevant. The new animation before my eyes was so foreign and uncanny. I had visually stumbled into the world of anime without knowing what it was called. It took one trip to Blockbuster to learn that it did indeed have a name and it was "anime."
Music. I love everything about it. I still can’t believe that there is so much of it out there that I haven’t heard yet. I grew up listening to whatever my family listened to. Anita Baker, Luther Vandross, Gerald Lavert, New Edition, LL Cool J, to name a few. When I got to be around 12, I dove headfirst into music by artists like B.I.G., Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Jay-Z, and Tupac. I couldn’t get enough of hip-hop. These days I have songs in my iPod playlists that usually wouldn't be grouped together - like, I have Bjork's Earth Intruders playing after Young Dro's Shoulder Lean.
I started creating music at 14 and realized I couldn’t find music that talked about some of the coolest things from my childhood. I would ask myself, “Where are the rappers from my generation?” “Am I the only person who played these games or watched these cartoons or discovered anime?” So, I slowly started trying to bring that across through my rhymes. In fact, if you listen closely enough, you’ll find pieces of my childhood through various tracks of mine. Hopefully, you’ll have fun with that aspect of the songs I create.
Next stop, Japan.
So, I’m sure you’re listening to my songs and then hear something that sounds like jibberish coming out of my mouth. That’s the Japanese, lol. Well, it’s either Japanese or Spanish. I took the Spanish I learned in high school and used it. I figured, “Hey, why not?” If the stuff’s in this brain of mine, why not use it? I started learning Japanese after Spanish, thanks to my Spanish teacher, Sra. Throgmorton. I don’t know where she is now, but you can blame her for the jibberish, because she inspired it in a way. I found a book on Kanji on her classroom bookshelf and the rest just fell into place. I’ve been absorbing as much Japanese as possible since that time and I hope the Japanese like and understand it.
I’ve rambled on far enough, so I’ll make some long stories short.
I grew up in Northern California’s Bay Area. Right after I graduated from high school in 2001 I moved to Phoenix, AZ. If you like what you hear, I am doing my job as an artist. You may not understand it all, but it rhymes nonetheless. You’re listening to my rhymes rapped over some of the illest beats made by Les and Anglo-Saxon. I can understand some Spanish. I understand more Japanese. I can read and write Kanji, but I’m still learning. I’m a good guy. I rap what I love. I love that which loves back.
Check out my first MySpace page. www.mistamaja.com Make sure you add yourselves and comment! Check out the vid too! I had a blast making it. Big ups to Fugee for holding the camera for me!
LOOKING FOR MAJOR MAGAZINE EXPOSURE? MESSAGE, LETS TALK, WE HAVE A FEW SPOTS LEFT ON THE NEW ALLSTARS VOL 2 MIXTAPE, GET AT ME ABOUT THAT, LETS PUT MAJOR EXPOSURE BEHIND YOUR MUSIC.
MORE NEW BEATS 50 BEATS BELOW IN THE BLACK AND PURPLE BOX. JUST DOUBLE CLICK TO LISTEN. There has been some new beats updated and added to my profile and in the black and purple box below and this link www. rocbattle. com/fb click the link to go check them out. I have package deals available if your looking for more than a couple beats. Just send me the names of the beats you want and I will hook you up PACKAGE DEALS 5 Beats for $100 10 Beats for $175 15 Beats for $250 50 BEATS BELOW IN THIS BOX ..............
NEW BEATS UP. To check them out go to the about me section in the black and purple box and just click on whatever beat you want to hear. 50 beats to chose from. You can also check my beats out at www. rocbattle. com/fb & www. rocbattle. com/fb2 ALL BEATS $25. If you looking for promotions get at me too. They are the blue and yellow banners on the left side of my profile headlined promotions. If you looking for package deals just get at me with whatever beats you like and just know I will hook you up for real. Please stop by and check me out and get at me and I will make sure to show you some real love. FB
Thats sick.. That beat is baangin my ninja. were did you get it? Man i got for the low low . all kind of bangers hip hop jazz and r&b .... Nuttnice production got all your beats to make your album a classic.. if you aint messin with us you aint doin nothin. .
Whats up. Just stopping by to show love. I updated my profile with information about how to get the best myspace, mixtape, and free beat promotions, getting you on hella mixtapes, and new industry ready beats. Everything is official. I put new beats up also and all the banners I did myself so check them out there all informational to you. Please go check it out and keep in touch. If you trying to really get your name out there or if its already out there just get double and even triple the attention your getting now get at me. I can make that happen just check out the profile all the banners I made myself. If you need something get at me. FB
What kind of person would I be if I didn't come show your page some love. I know not a good one that is lol. Well hope you like the little pics :) Hopefully they will enlighten your day. Take Care.
Hey bro what's up??? How've you been? Yo sorry you ain't heard from me in a while, I've been sortin some home things out. How are you? Do you still have that instrumental i sent you ages ago????
