Azeem & DJ Zeph - "Latin Revenge"
video by Ben Stokes
Air Cartoons [Oaklyn Records]
Azeem & DJ Spin - "Open 'Em Up"
video by Little Red Robot
Air Cartoons [Oaklyn Records]
AZEEM and DJ Zeph
"Play The Drum"
on HBO's Entourage
Season 4 - Episode 8
"There Is A Devil"
[feat AZEEM]
Sounds Like
Nominated for
SF Weekly Music Award 08
Best Hip Hop / Rap 2007
Independent Music Awards
Named Best Hip-Hop Artist!
Best of the Bay 2004
East Bay Express
REVIEWS
"This is one of the best albums of the year by one of the hottest MCs I've heard in quite a while.
This guy has the goods, and he's not afraid to show up just about every MC this side of MF Doom as the ciphers they are.
Azeem is just a wonderfully gifted MC, fully in command of his abilities and blessed with the type of consistently phat beats that most MTV rappers would kill for.
He seems to be that rare member of the hip-hop nation who understands the art and science of true lyricism - the poetry and the rhythm, the use of simple simile and metaphor to create complex effect, and the power of direct honesty to carry true sentiment.
This is as fine a rap album as you'll hear all year."
- Tim O'Neil
[PopMatters.com Associate Music Editor]
"What happens when a slam champ poet joins forces with an in-demand DJ?
You get one of the dopest hip-hop duos since Erik B. and Rakim.
Om Records stumbled upon an instant classic with Zeph & Azeem's Rise Up (Which drops 5/22). The only question is: Where the F**K has this group been?"
The obvious hit is "Play the Drum."
- The Owl Mag.com
"This cat's got one of the illest flows around, and one of the hottest live shows you'll see anywhere.
Check out his latest album with production from Paul Nice, DJ Design, Fanatik and more. Good sh*t throughout"
- Toph One, XLR8R - New York Now issue ..81
"Azeem is a very talented, diverse, creative artist that will achieve many profound feats during his musical endeavors"
- Hip Hop Hot Spot
"Azeem brings some heat and comes across as a breath of fresh air... Don't sleep on this kid, he represents the otherside of Bay Area Hip Hop."
- Davey D
“Craft Classic” is, unfortunately, a rarity in Hip-Hop. It’s an album that can be listened to straight through from beginning to end without ever losing its interest.
It’s records like this that keep Hip-Hop alive and thriving as an original art form."
- Manhunt.com
Zeph & Azeem Om: Miami 2007
That Type of Music (A.S.S. Clap Remix)
Zeph & Azeem - Om Hip Hop, Vol. 1
Rise Up (USA) ..
Zeph & Azeem - Om Hip Hop, Vol. 1
Play the Drum (USA) ..
Azeem started his first band Telefunken in 1991, which was a combination of live instrumentation and hiphop. Years of hard work culminated in their first release (1994) on the then newly-formed OM Records.
Ironically, Azeem's first break as a solo artist came at an open mic reading where he would test his lyricsunder the alias the Invisible Man. On this particular night, Azeem entered a competition against fifty of the George Clinton, A Tribe Called Quest, and The Beastie Boys---to name a few.
This lead to a chain of events which landed Azeem a PBS special with Washington Square Films, two published books, and a ranking spot as second best performance poet in the nation.
In 1997, Azeem was hired by Bay Area artist, Michael Franti to assist him in composing songs for the second Spearhead album. This lead to two years of world travel where he was a writer and performer with the band. After his third tour, Azeem resigned to further his career.
2000 saw the release of his first solo EP Garage Opera (Heratik) as well as a track on Afro-Mystik's Future Tropic album. Azeem followed up with the full-length album Craft Classic (Stray). The albums' single "Rubber Glue" earned the 1 spot on the CMJ radio rap chart.
In early 2004 Azeem was the front man for Mayhemystics (Wide Hive) a mixture of live music and spiritually charged lyrics, which has been nominated for a California Music Award. At the same time he released a second Album (for the year) with Bomb Hip Hop entitled Show Business.
In 2005 Azeem Joined up with the band Colossus (OM records) for the album entitled "West Oaktown" He was featured on the single From the Lab.
In 2007 DJ Zeph and Azeem released the full-length album "RISE UP" – (OM HipHop records).
In 2008 Azeem returns, with a third full-length that's equal parts grit and fun. Air Cartoons Over the course of 14 tracks, the Oakland-based MC covers drops references to the Oklahoma City bombings, the Bush Administration, and his issues with the hyphy movement, but still manages to have fun by throwing in some humor and several shout outs to the Bay Area. Meat Beat Manifesto, DNAE Beats, and Bassnectar make appearances for production duties, and the horn-drenched "Latin Revenge" is a refreshing spin on contemporary hip-hop.-
Azeem was also Nominated for a SF WEEKLY Music Award.
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AZEEM - Credits:
* Lollapalooza--Winner of SF Slam 1994 First Publishing First Tour
* United States of Poetry--PBS Special and Book Produced by Marc Pellington
* Afro Mystic--1999 Om Records Compilation Featured as Azeem titles-"Shoplift The Future" and "Trivia Terrorist"
* Cups Magazine--4th Annual National Poetry slam Competition-3rd Place National Winner
* Spearhead--1997 Capitol Records Writer and Performer. Featured as Azeem Titles--"Keep Me Lifted", "Food for the Masses" and "Madness in the Hood"
* Groove Active CD--1997 Om Records Compilation. Featured as Telefunken Title--"The Message"
* Grand Slam CD--Featured Artist - Azeem the Invisible Man
* Featured in Interview Magazine 1998
* Garage Opera- Heratik Records EP 2000
* Craft Classic - Stray Records 2001
* Funky Precedent vol.2 - NoMayo Records 2001
* Handbook For the Apocalypse - Wide Hive 2003
* Mayhem Mystics Wide Hive -2004
* Sunset Scavenger Dj Zeph -Wide Hive Records 2005
* The Dollar Hip Hop Show - Pensive Monkey Records 2005
* Show Business - Bomb Hip Hop Records 2005
* RUDE BOY 2005- 2007
* RISE UP (Dj Zeph and Azeem) - Om Records May 2007
* Independent Music Awards "Best Hip Hop / Rap Album Of The Year" 2007
[DJ Zeph and Azeem's "Rise Up" on OM Records]
* HBO TV Series "Entourage" episode 50 -- Featured "Play The Drum"
[from DJ Zeph and Azeem's "Rise Up" on OM Records]
* Adidas ad campaign fetaured two Azeem songs "Ay Mami" and "Come One Come All"
("RISE UP" on OM Records)
yo let me know if your available to do a show. If you got openings let me know and we can book a show around that. I want you as a headliner shit would be dope. also let me know if you got time to come into the studio. I got some ill live tracks for ya. stay up - max
Hey Azeem, If I could have just one wish, it would be to wake up to your songs in the morning. You have not yet reached the height of your creativity. Your reflections bring happiness that rends naked glass. Your sweet voice is like the application of aloe vera upon a sunburnt back. Your essence is equal to the beauty of a galaxy. Your eyes show as many deep and full shades of fire as a thousand supernovas. All my thoughts are lost to your graceful gaze? Blinking reveals the true visage of beauty hidden within your eyes. Your beauty is equal to the smoothness of a polished gem. The sand runes crossing your divided consciousness do speak of contemptuous monsters being slayed by flying phoenixes. The stickers hugging the fruit smell better than the perfume of ambergris. Please let me hear more of that wonderful sound. Panoramic aromavision is the future. You turn the atmosphere ablaze with currents of sweet ethylene when you smile. I find your eyes to be a wondrous amusement park filled with neo-plastic pleasures and turkish delights.
Yo wusup just comin through ya page to show some luv, hope your week went good! when you get a chance come to my page and check out my new song called "My life"...one!
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