Me, Myself, and I plus those who still live vicariously through me...
Influences
GOD,MY FAMILY,TUPAC, RAKIM, HOUSE OF PAIN, EVERLAST, EPMD, LL COOL J,
EDOG and DA BULLDOGS, ICE CUBE, NWA, BIG DADDY KANE, COMMON SENSE,
TEDDY RILEY, 3RD BASS, THE ALMIGHTY RSO, NAUGHTY BY NATURE,
QUEEN LATIFAH, KRS-ONE and BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS, NEW EDITION,
NKOTB, THE BEATLES, THE DOORS, NIRVANA, MARVIN GAYE, THE STYLISTICS,
RUN DMC, ICE T, STEVIE WONDER, NOTORIOUS B.I.G.,
BIG L, GANG STARR, DJ PREMIER, DR. DRE, OUTKAST, D-NICE,
AL GREEN, SNOOP DOGG, ONYX, KURIOUS, MC BREED, DIGITAL UNDERGROUND,
LOST BOYZ, REDMAN,KEITH MURRAY,WU TANG CLAN and AFFILIATES,
KILLAH PRIEST, SUNZ OF MAN, BOBBY SANDS
AND ALL THE LONG KESH HUNGER STRIKERS WHO PERISHED...RIP,
MICHAEL COLLINS, MICHAEL PATRICK MCDONALD "ALL SOULS", KID-Dee!! REST IN PEACE...
Sounds Like
TURALURA BAWSTON STRANGLA FT. SHAYMIN FROM BAWTSON STRANGLA'S FORTHCOMING ALBUM SOCIOPATH
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Kevin Patrick O'Brien JR. !!
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Irish Hip Hop In America's Most Irish City...Ship Em Up To Boston
Let's start with the name Shaymin.
It stands for Stimulation Heals All Young Minds Influenced Negatively.
My chosen Emcee name also derives from Shamanism which was once a staple as far as religous practice was concerned in many Native American tribes and is still practiced in many different corners of the world. The Shaman is the elder wise prescence in the tribe who would work magic to heal the sick while simultaneously being committed to fulfilling his own fantasies before ever being worried about defining his role in society.
How does this pertain to my music you ask??
Well first and foremost I feel as far as the youth of today is concerned their is a lot of clouded and shrouded minds that need healing. Music and how it relates to and grips the youth has been relegated to the equivalence of assembly line entertainment these days. Especially in Hip Hop!!
The atmosphere that once was filled with balance, emotion, and substance in Hip Hop has been replaced by one sided slick marketed product in recent years. So due to these poisonous object circumstances it is going to take the restoration of magic and the practice of it within one's music to heal the sick mind, eyes, and ears that belong to today's youth due to faulty messages they are being fed.
Not only are mixed distorted signals being sent about what Hip Hop is but also these kids will never know what timeless music sounds like.
My only hope is to contribute to being part of the solution through the music I create. I am in no way saying I'm the answer. I treat what I do in Hip Hop and how I do it with an intense blue collar work ethic and blue collar approach. I will never sit here and bowl anyone over with how special or how cool I think I am. For I'm a man and a stand up guy in every sense of the word so therefore I'll never sit here and talk about what I am because I'm not afraid to show who I am and hopefully my music speaks for itself. For I prefer to speak loudest within the confines and through my music in the name of being the change I want to see in the world.
On the flipside through music I find myself unhinging many of times and feeding you all a piece of my personal zany. In other words I don't care at times how I'm perceived. At this point music almost becomes a tool for me to vent in the name of fending off madness that creeps inside my head. The best way to free your mind in my opinion is to speak your mind in an unfiltered fashion. I don't find myself ever being riddled with guilt in regards to what I create. I feel my music is the exercising of the emotional range we all have first as human beings and then as artists.
In closing my music is best described as having the spirit of a man and the soul of a clown....
Show Resume:
1992: The Tall Ships Boston, 4th of July celebration downtown Quincy, Ma., South Boston Against Drugs Talent Showcase [Southie]
1993:TYE Showcase at Hyde Park Municipal Building Hyde Park, Ma.
1994: Biv 10 Talent Night at the Roxbury YMCA sponsored by Michael Bivins [ New Edition, Bell Biv Devoe]
1995-1996 Intervale Street Neighborhood Show[Dorchester,Ma.],a myriad of UMMF [ Us Making Moves Forever] sponsored talent nights that were ran by Cindy Diggs [The Godmother of Boston Hip Hop!!] One of the nights I opened for Sadat X of Brand Nubian.,Jamn 94.5[local commercial Hip Hop station] First Night amateur showcase at the Orpheum Theater Boston,Ma. 1995 and 1996.
1997:Woo Bear Promotions Music Conference at Umass Amherst Amherst, Ma.,Woo Bear Promotions Soul Cafe Holyoke,Ma., Berklee College of Music Apollo Theater Style Showcase Boston,Ma.,World Famous Apollo Theater Amateur Night Harlem, NY, Hip Hop 2010 [a production put together by Queen Vivian of the Zulu Nation] Roxbury Community College Roxbury, Ma.
1998:Club Lupos Talent Show Providence, Rhode Island, Golden Voice Talent Night Club Estelles Roxbury, Ma.
1999: Strand Theater Talent Night Dorchester, Ma., Fisher College Outdoor Homeless Benefit Boston, Ma.
1998-2000: Perks Coffee House Norwood, Ma. Open Mic. Night
2001: Talent Showcase at Roxbury Community College Roxbury, Massachusetts
2002: Cyberian Cafe Pittsfield, Ma., Roxbury Community College Panel Speaker at a conference pertaining to the then pending Iraq War
2003:The Red Herring Night Club Williamstown, Ma., Club Eleven Mass Moca Museum North Adams, Ma.,Drums Around the World Festival Amherst, Ma., Open Mic. Night Walpole Mall Walpole,Ma., All Asia Cafe Cambrige,Ma.[2-3 appearances], Malibu's Most Wanted Rap Off sponsored by Kiss 108 and Jamie Kennedy[who's one of the featured actors in the movie] I ended up performing at the Boston premier of the Movie., Midway Cafe Jamaica Plain,Ma. I was the first hip hop act to ever perform at this venue, Concrete Promotions Performane in Hyannis, Ma. Cape Cod, Middle East Night Club in Cambridge, Ma. as part of a night ran by Acuta Records,Western Front Night Club Cambridge, Ma. I was invited to be on the bill with Libra Project and K Banger[a talented emcee out of New Jersey], Taunton Indoor Skate Park Taunton,Ma. Critical Breakdown has an Open Mic format in which I performed twice at and still do to this day here in Boston, Ma. at the Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center. Simon Malls Sprite Remix tour Talent Showcase at Emerald Square Mall with Lil Mo as a judge I won the contest.
2004:Midway Cafe Boston[Jamaica Plain], Ma. A Night Of Positive and Progressive Hip Hop put on by my very own Doowron Music and Innovative Rhythms Alliance, Western Front Cambridge, Ma., Next Big Hit Showcase at Club Sugar New York[I made two appearances],World Famous Apollo Theater Amateur Night Showcase [my second time]
2005: Lots of recording but I did mange to do a talent Showcase in Hyannis for Johnny Wright[Backstreet Boys, Nsync, Diddy,Making the Band3, etc.]
2006: Western Front Invasion Entertainment Show 2/03/06
That's the Gist of the Resume and just know that the journey that started back in 1984 still continues today. The journey has included an abundance of praise and a healthy share of rejection. Including getting booed at the Apollo Theater not once but twice!! It's definitely been a memorable ride and Hip Hop and me have so much further to journey and so much higher to go...
Daily Video Blog...6/6/08
Live at the Urban Music Awards at Berklee College Of Music Tanya D, CmX, Hi-T, and me...
hey what's up, i'm loving the default pic, if u gotta minute, come listen to a song let me know what u think, there's this manager of a band called badfish who's giving me a chance to record with a live band and maybe even go on tour, but he wants to see feedback from my fans, I'd really appreciate the love and gladly exchange pic comments for ur time, thanks so much noah aka knowon
Aw, You are a sweetheart! I'am Vanilla. And May god bless you and you keep up the good work fell free to email as well casonsue9@yahoo.com anytime you have a good night. Oh about the nicknames.. Yea I know sometimes hard to help up..lol but I only have one,, Vanilla! And there is only one of me. muah, Sue
