Honest influences ..
UTFO.. especially that roxanne song. It taught me a few cadence tricks
KRS.. his ability to read a book and then repackage it as a rhyme
Just Ice.. Latoya.. lu lu lu lu lu latoya.. need i say more.. yeah.. this girl is a slut.. she got crabbies up her butt.. lol
Gucci man.. the original one
Slick Rick.. got damn .. the great adventures..
chuck D.. just on some character issues
Wonder Mic.. cause he short like me.
JAMES BROWN.. he is a monster
This will be my first real attempt at writing a real bio JUST about me..
Started rhyming at about 12 (freestyle)
entered the BIG BREAK DANCE COMP.. that harry Belefonte threw for the BeatStreet movie. Tore up a few cats from Rock Steady that night.. my big brother..lol.. got stage fright in the middle of the performance and just walked off the stage.. lol.. that was crazy!
Met Kwame' while going to Art N Design High School .. he inspired me to write down my first rhyme.
Came to school the next day and tore them cats up... encouraged me to go on with it.. (One LOVE KWAME')
Got a summer job at The Statue Of liberty.. where i worked along side Ugod, Meth, and this quite dude.. named Hasan!
Got down with his crew Universal Steppin' Strong with Craig, Hasan, Yakime, Jamal, and I
Met Crispin McCrea who owned a small indie record label and also ran his fathers club "1" West located uptown manhattan RIGHT ON 125th Street..
Began to develop my style of rhyme based on nature.. and performances became second nature to me.
Haas and I broke off from Universal Stepping strong and became "The UNIVERSAL MC's"
We did our first single titled "Invaders of my Fruit Basket"
and another joint called "Party Stylin' " the album was a flop but it helped get us attention from some dude named Premire
choreographed Queen Latifahs dancers for the "Come into My house " video.. (give me body)
Danced for Mrs Melody (bdp) for the jump off Live on Stage.. lol..
Premier introduces us to Wildpitch Records..
Stu Fine comes to see us do a show at a church.. performing on lunch tables.. that were taped together.. ...
We signed to WildPitch Records.
relased the first album "Fruits of Nature" which was actually supposed to be "Fruits Uv Nature" as in F.U.N
First single Blue Cheese Hits billboard ..1
Second Single One To Grow On hits ..2
We perform at Soul Train.. and I become the first person to dive off the stage ... we also are the first to lay a live flatbed on soul train.. which became an industry standard after our performance..
toured worldwide..
Came home and got jerked by wildpitch and Emi which had now merged to some extent.
Forced to do the second album under great duress..
Reached a new lyrical plataeu .. but sacrificed my soul to do it.
Unleashed is released and is panned critically..
The UMC's camp assults Stu Fine for holding out on paying the group
We are dropped from the label.. and subsequently .. Blackballed..
Begin working on various indie projects.. just to stay sharp
go to various shows and slaughter mainstream rappers with little fanfare.
Release the single Ya Gotta Know f. Essence
Moved to MD... tried to be a regular dude.. but didn't fit well
Helped start off CCB (DC based GO GO band.. helped them get started.. that's about all .. and rehearsals and stuff)
Built a studio
Release the personal project album "Tha Haz Been"
chilled.. then decided i couldn't stay away any more..
Returned to NY ..
Started a custom graphic apparel company called QP Apparel.. custom Graphic apparel... and QP Doll go check out my other page for more on that.
and here we are..
Heeeeey! The full video from my appearance on the Wake Up Show w/ Sway & Tech is now on YouTube! Check it out at my page when you have a moment! Happy Holidays! :-)
Just passing thru to show some love! I just uploaded a new tune called HEARTBREAKER to my page. Check it out when you have a chance! Peace & Blessings! :-)
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Greetings from Ayana Soyini! I just uploaded a remix I did for Erykah Badu to my page! When you have a moment, please check it out and leave a comment to let me know what you think! Thanks for the link and continued success to you and yours!
Much Respect to a Classic Hip Hop Icon. Hit me up when you get a chance. We at Classic Hip Hop Radio appreciate all you continue to do for Hip Hop Culture.
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