ERIK GESKE, CHINA LUCY, MYSELF, VARIOUS PRODUCERS.
Influences
public enemy, bad brains, tricky, misfits, suicidal tendecies, madball, agnostic front, shomarri, april, gwen dillon, ma, mark, john crenshaw, cori, vern, kenny, dodi, teddy, femi, don, chicago, mpls, st,paul, portland, angela davis, assata shakur, ded prez, blitz, one belo, bell hooks, maya angelou, rwanda, anyango reggy, p phan, afsc,warzone, probot, micranots, xil records, kool akeim, killa k, mobonix, dead kennedys, fishbone, gil scott heron, jill scott, mary j blidge grace, jones, j live, ac/dc, aceyalone, psycho realm, no matter what, killah priest, rza, freestlye fellowship, LINTON KWESI JOHNSON, capleton, bob marley, mutabaruka, peter tosh, jimmy cliff, ray frazier, auditory sculpture, byron brown, kase cobain, einstein, chasu lo, david jeffries, mpls baldies, gator, rey, rick, darran eubanks, the malloys, conrad, nate and greenie, black flag, dark carnival, the oppressed, the cro mags, battalion of saints, 4 skins, red skins, george jackson, huey p, kwami toure, malcolm x, morgan delaney, eric, and splitting the sky
Sounds Like
rage against the machine, rakim and poor righteous teachers.
"Crenshaw is everything a truly 'conscious' rapper should be."
–Seattle Weekly
"Mic Crenshaw is a pretty mythic character,
and this month he releases a
pretty mythic album,
Thinking Out Loud."
–Portland Mercury
"This hip hop artist's lyrics and backgrounds will satisfy anyone
familiar with artists like Nas, Jay-Z, Mase, and Talib Kweli.
Now, his
music actually sends out messages that
every listener should listen to .
. ."
–WVCW Richmond, Va
"Mic does maneuvers through a treacherous terrain, and does
a successful
job. There is no doubt that Mic can
contend with the likes of; Chuck D,
Immortal Tech and M-1."
–WLUW Chicago, IL
Originally born on the South Side of Chicago, and raised between there and Minneapolis, Mic Crenshaw is a world-class MC and Poet. This year Mic released his debut solo album, Thinking Out Loud. The album spent 10 weeks on CMJ's National Radio Hip Hop Charts, in the top 10, peaking at number 4. Recently Crenshaw has been a featured artist on NikeSportswear.com, iTunes, myspace, and sonicbids.com.
Crenshaw moved to Portland via Minneapolis, where he
quickly became one of the most respected artists in the Northwest. The
Portland Mercury called Crenshaw and the Lifesavas two of the very best
hiphop acts in PDX. Crenshaw has shared stages with the legendary Fugees,
Ice Cube, Outkast, Wu-Tang Clan and many others.
In 2001, Crenshaw won the Portland Poetry Slam Championship and went on to
finish as a national finalist. He has been featured in XLR8R Magazine, on Myx.tv, hiphopdx.com, okayplayer.com, and a number of other music websites.
Crenshaw's activist career includes facing off with racist skinheads in
the streets as a teen in Minneapolis, being a founding member of Anti-Racist
Action, and the famed Minneapolis anti-racist skinhead crew, The Baldies. Mic continues to be a community leader and is co-founder of Global Fam, a
non-profit, which has helped setup a computer center for disadvantaged youth
in Burundi, Central Africa. Crenshaw is always guest speaking and
performing in schools and continues to fight for justice and equality in
these crucial times.
Crenshaw's music is a testament to his experiences as an individual in
this world attempting to help others. Thinking Out Loud puts Mic at the
forefront as an artists who uses their craft to confront International
social and political issues, making his album, one of the most intriguing
and important new releases of 2009.
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