this bio (below) is so old, it's embarassing. i will write something new when it's appropriate (like before my next album comes out, whenever that is). i guess not that much has changed since i wrote it, 'cept for three grammies and a brit award. peace out.....
I'm a bit sick of looking at that stock-form bio (no offense, gabe), so i thought i'd just write something else.....
I was born in london, and then my mum (she's great, you would love her) moved us to new york when i was eight. before she moved though, her and my dad would throw tea-parties at their house in st. john's wood and i (3 or 4 yrs old at the time) would sit, eating crumpets & playing air-drums next to the stereo speakers. drums was my first instrument, i have since laid them to rest......
skip to nyc, I started a band in high-school (playing guitar) and i listened to alot of good music (not to be confused with g.o.o.d music--g'day 'Ye). then the brand new heavies came along and i found the funk aswell.....
i started dj'ing in '93 in downtown NY clubs, for whomever had five dollars. at some point, i got good and started to build a nice rep. around the same time, "urban music" (i borrowed that term from one of my college textbooks) got very fabulous, so alluvasuddden, it's like well-blinging. then, the fashion world decided hip-hop was zuper-cooo-el, so i milked that for a bit, dj'ing gucci parties in milan (where i got in a shouting match with charlize theron--i'm usually a very peaceful person, like jehovah's witness-peaceful) and a pair of puffy parties in paris (try and say those last seven words 10 times fast).....
then i hooked up with nikka costa (thanks dom), and me and her husband justin produced her criminally slept on debut album ("like a feather", respect game). that led to my debut album on elektra (rip), "here comes the fuzz"--which kind of bombed in the US, but gave me a nice top 10 around the world with "ooh wee" (top of the pops, thanks for the memories).......
hooked up with rich kleiman and started Allido Records, which will release chicago superstar Rhymefest's record this summer and australian wunderkind Daniel Merriweather next year. we're also putting out the soundtrack to "Half Nelson" (a really good movie with Ryan Gosling) and a series of rocking compilations for the Hard Rock.....
i still love dj'ing (and you can hear me most fridays on my east village radio show (hello Echo) but i'm mostly producing records right now. i have some of my best stuff yet coming later this year--robbie williams, lily allen, amy winehouse, christina aguilera, rhymefest, domino etc....
and, of course, my upcoming album "VERSION" featuring the radiohead cover (hello, alex greenwald--may i have a call back, please?) and many many more joints......Stay Tuned
Just like so many of My Space’s abundant artists and struggling musicians I’m trying to get my music heard by a few new people. If you have spare moment (and my approach has not put you off) please do drop by for a quick listen - You might be glad that you did…
New friends and listeners would be welcomed and any feedback would be really appreciated and taken in - Best wishes – Richie
2 new Tracks on my page...please check em out...Sicko feat Sir Lick & M Ridge...and...Whistle Hum feat Xenomorph. These Tracks will not be on the Swindlers List L.P.
Z okazji zbliżających się Świąt Samokhin Band w małym składzie (Pavel Samokhin - voc. trąbka, Wojtek Stępnik - klawisze, Dominik Jabłkowski - kontrabas) nagrał dwa kawałki: kolędę: "Jezus malusieńki" oraz pastorałkę "Pastorałka dla syna". Oba kawałki można usłyszeć w Radio Łódź oraz na myspace.
what it do homeboy? i see you still making it do what it do..! you still aint breeze by my page and leave ah comment on them joints i put up. i splashed ya'll wit 3 more so stop by and let me kno something ya!!!!!
1.couf (((((((((((((semi emmi music is ah movement you need to get in tune wit))))))) 2.work on em 3.? <<<<<<.. spread the word the birds loose & flying!
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Just letting you know I've uploaded a new song called 'stereotypical Poet' And I would really appreciate it if you could have a listen and let me know what you think?
Whats up hope everything is good, just want to thank you for all your love and support thus far. And wanted to update you.
Just recently 1 of the songs from the I Am Second Mixtape has been entered into a Rap Contest, it is actually the Mike Tyson Mass Mix, #26 on the Mixtape. So I would appreciate it so much if you would continue in your love and support and go to this link http://www.nsination.com and vote for it. It is in the 3rd bracket
It will take no time at all but would be greatly appreciate it. Thank you, you are amazing. Once again thanks for the love and support.
Heh. How are you? Enjoying your holiday season? Spending too much money??? ;-P
Anyway, I had a question for you. Do you think I should do, like, a more dancey remix of the Winter track I just put out? I don't know if you've heard it or not, but I was thinking of doing a remix for you all. :-)
If you feel like checking it out, you can demo it on my page.
Only wondering! I wouldn't have asked to be your friend if I didn't want to hear from you (more often). I'm not one of those "race to the top friends" junkies. Hehe. I love the comments I get.
So I hope to hear from you! Hope you're doing well! Let's make this Christmas a good one! ~Cory from Lucid Truth
CAN YOU PLEASE COMMENT ABOUT THIS SONG AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK...
THE WORLD IS LYING TO YOU
Everything that I was told was a lie, I don’t want to live or die, I just don’t want to survive, Don’t you ever wonder what’s on the other side? I keep falling its like someone from above is calling,
Tonight I can’t sleep, I’m seeing the dead digging our graves, The governments been hiding the truth with there dirty news, I’m playing my position, Like I was told, The system is lying, How many times do we have to die? To see paradise, If this aint war, Why are we paying the price? Oil is still on the rise, Farmer’s aint getting the right money for BLACK GOLD, Starbucks is selling it for three pound fifty, Some ones getting rich and its not you and me,
If I’m not dead, Why do I feel out of breath? I feel the demons getting closer to my bed, The world is lying to you, So live for to day, Forget about tomorrow, We all gonna get buried in a empty grave, Sometimes I wish I was blind, The things I see is making me lose my mind, God gives us everything but then he takes them back, Like losing your love one, Where’s the justice in that.
Everyday I read an empty book, With empty pages, I believe what I wanna believe, I won’t let the T.V and the radio control me, I’ve got my ears to the streets, I get my news from the wind and the trees, That brings me peace.
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You got two choices in life live for yourself and be happy or live for yourself and others and be less happy. At the moment the end of the world or at least global suidide loom but we're all; happy doing our christmas shopping because we've been told to since birth, they hook you when you're young. We ain't celebrating the birth of a saviour few of us believe in any more, we're just lining the pockets of vast corporations, killing our selfs with alcohol and paying our goverments for the privilage of doing so, and cutting down forests to tell our friends we love them with hastily written biro messages when we could juts say the same thing with our mouths and a hug but hey that's not what we've been programmed to do at Xmas so we don't! We sing we dance, we download the latest manufactored christmas number one sung by some vacumm wrapped, gameshow winner and string up the lights and increase global warming. NO ONE wants to hear this becuase they want to have fun, well you CAN but you're children are gonna die for this hedonistic culture. The true change and Peace on Earth comes from EVERYONE beginning to live a little more sensibly. The governments won't change because they depend on your votes and you don't want to change how you live. You want to do the jobs most of you hate to get your life tokens and numb your minds with drink, two weeks away from the living hell they created. These words will fall as ashes to the carpet beneath you're stone feet, unheard and...
die Rede des Bundespräsidenten, Konsumterror, Vater's Ansprache, Mutter's Weinen, Fressorgie, Scheinheiligkeit...The Power Of Love im Supermarkt, Jingle Bells im Radio, Wham mit Last Christmas aus allen dunklen Löchern bis einem sämtliche Körperöffnungen bluten! Nicht mit Uns! Und Euch...hrhrhr & hohoho!
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