Busy Bee, Cold Crush Brothers, LL Cool J, Heavy D, Sal N Peppa, Audio Two, Mc Lyte, ICE T, BDP, Eric B & Rakim, A Tribe Called Quest, RUN DMC, Public Enemy, Gangstarr, EPMD, Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane, Just Ice, Ultra Magenetic Mcs, Ice Cube, King Tee, Pete Rock and Cl Smooth, 3rd Bass, Cool C, Steady B, Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince, The Clash, Gang of Four, Rolling Stones, Beatles, James Brown, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Yo La Tengo, Ramones, Janes Additiction &....... * too long to mention anymore....
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The rapper you were too young to listen to.
Record Label
Rugged Soul Records
Type of Label
Indie
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DJ ROB A-THE NEW MORTAL SIN WITH GUESTS BUT NOT MF DOOM YET!
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Rugged Soul Records president, Rob A is a visionary that seems to have been in training for this position his entire life. Born to a rock critic he was exposed to music daily. Listening to the likes of The Rolling Stones, The Clash, Burning Spear, James Brown, Miles Davis, Al Green, and The Stooges, music was always around. Records came in the mail via UPS in stacks daily. Some of the first rap records Rob heard early on like "The Breaks" "Flash to the Beat" and "Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" immediately caught his ear. As years passed Rob A studied the art form and participated in all aspects of the construction of Hip-Hop's movement in the early to mid 1980's. "Run-DMC", "BDP", "Cold Crush Brothers", "Biz Markie" and "Eric B and Rakim" were early favorites. In the summer of 1988 Rob A went to a local radio station in Charlottesville VA, WTJU, the radio station for the University of Virginia, and started a rap show Friday nights from 2-6 am. Being the first of only a few rap radio shows at the time at age 14 was a great start. This is where He started to learn the art of beat blending and mixing from other radio DJ's in New York City like DJ Red Alert and Chuck Chillout's weekend shows on 98.7 Kiss FM. Rob A did mix tapes in 1989 locally and continued doing them until 1997. As Rap grew and peaked in the years of '88-'90, he continued to be a fan and do shows. Rob A learned beat making in 1990 and would continue this art form, along with his love of Freestyling. In 1994 Rob A founded "Missing Link Beat Productions aka M.L.B.P" and made a few demos. One of which was critiqued in "Rap Sheet" In the October 1996 issue. M.L.B.P continues to do beats for other groups like for MF GRIMM songs "Time and Space" Rob A recently did a Hip-Hop Collection for Time Life Music called "SLAMMIN" go to www.ruggedsoul.com
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Rob what's up Bro how have you been? I'm real busy with my artist Cel-lito. He's a RnB singer from Charlottesville. We just released his single "Coming Home" it's all over 92.7 and the boom box we got it bubbling in Richmond too. The video will be aired on 106 and Park soon as well as MTV it's the first video on my page. The song was produced by me.
CHECK OUT MY NEW TRACK"SPLIT YO WIGG"FREESTYLE". DOWNLOAD MY NEW TRACK!!!MUCH LOVE FOR ALL THE ADDS AND SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY!!!CHECK OUT MY FREESTYLE VIDEO ON MY PAGE!!DROP ME A COMMENT ON MY PAGE!!HOLLA AT YA BOY TUBBZZ CINCINNATI IN THE BUILDING!!!
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