Straight from the depths of Orikal Uno's emotions, fears, thoughts and triumphs stands Rhymes, Crimes & Good Times, a short collection of songs 100% produced and written by Orikal Uno.
Dead in the center of a world filled with struggle, hustle, short-comings and lost hopes, Orikal Uno let his pen capture his current location in his life.
The mood is of a frozen Minnesota-late-October midnight, dark, cold and gritty. The lyrics are raw and the subjects are honest. Considered some of Orikal Uno's most personal lyrics to date.
DOWNLOAD ORIKAL UNO'S NEW MIX-TAPE "ORGANIZED GRIND VOLUME ONE" HERE: www.orikal.com Featuring: The Watchmen, Maria Isa, Try-D, Adrian Gorder, Don Royal and Anonimust.
Hustle. Grind. Passion.
Orikal Uno is a Puerto Rican rapper hailing from the West Side of St. Paul, Minnesota. With 4 albums under his belt, with 2 on the way while releasing a 31 track mixtape, Orikal is the definition of each word above.
Since the age of 13, Orikal has been performing around the Midwest region, first making his rounds in the various bars and clubs of the Twin Cities, jumping in at any open mic he could. 7 years later, Orikal has performed at venues such as the Fitzgerald Theatre, Fine Line Music Cafe, 7th St. Entry and Karma.
Orikal has shared the stage with the likes of Styles P, Brother Ali, I Self Devine, Golden, Toki Wright, Trama, St. Paul Slim, Maria Isa, Burning City Skyline, Viceburgh, The Watchmen, Bill Mike Band, Big Quarters, Carnage, Ill Chemistry, Illuminous 3, The Usual Suspects, and Out of Bounds just to name a few.
Orikal is also the founder of his company, Graff Roots Media, acting as marketing director, publicist, producer, song writer, engineer, publisher, graphic designer, photographer and everything else that goes into doing it yourself. "Nation of Immigrants," a spoken word album Orikal recorded and engineered, went on to win an award for "Spoken Word Album of the Year."
Orikal's discography includes four official releases (Unquestionable, 2004 / Visions of Elevation, 2005 / The Harsh Reality, 2007 / Now What?!, 2008) 4 mix-tapes (Playground Crew presents: Press Play Volume One & Two - 2005&2006, Hello! My Name Is...Vol 1, 2008, Organized Grind: Volume One, 2009) a release overseas in New Zealand (LewsTherin - Cursive Thoughts - 2005),a compilation CD entitled "The Mixed Up Tape Vol. 1," (2007) and a peace compilation entitled "ZeroElement: The Reclamation Project" (2008)
Beginning Tuesday November 3rd From 1:00pm to 3:00pm I will be hosting an Open Jam at Tillie's Bean 1931 Nicollet Ave. S. Minneapolis Mn 55404 Everybody is welcome !! Tell all yer Musically Inclined Friends to bring an Instrument !!! Peace, Robert Lee
