We'll keep you posted on where we'll be next and whats comin' soon! just send us your name & e-mail!
or just send it to Rafaelcasal@gmail.com
Influences
Bay Area Hip Hop, 4th Avenue Jones, Lil Wayne, Amy Winehouse, Sean Carter, Timbaland, The Gorillaz, Mos Def, Eminem, Mac Dre, K-Swift, ill-literacy, The Neptunes, E-40, Amel Larrioux(spelled very wrong), Snoop dogg, Jennah Bell, Avila Brothers, DJ Quick, John Mayer, Lilly Allen, Robin Thicke, Dr. Dre, Zion-I, "Though you may drive, a great big cadillac", "Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before", "Dont kill this thing we got called love", "Low-ri-der, yeah the low rider...", "until you use me up", "backstaaaabers", "smiling faces tell lies", old Lauryn Hill, Relfection Eternal, Hi-Tek, Dion, and zapp and roger. YES, zap and roger. & p-funk son. and...I could do this for hours.I'm all over the place. Get back.
Sounds Like
The Getback Band -
Rafael "A.D." Casal & Daveed Diggs
Rehearsal of "Bang Your Head"
Def Poetry Season 4 - "Abortion"
"DONCHAWANNABEASTAR" The Getback Band
Live @ Blakes, Berkeley CA
Def Poetry Season 5 - "Barbie & Ken 101"
"EASIN' IN" - The Getback Band LIVE @ Blakes, Berkeley CA
Def Poetry Season 6 - "First week of a break-up"
BNV College Tour shoot - "Monster" 2007
"The Break up" Produced by Erica Eng
Martin Luther King Concert 2004 - "Billing them for my Rights"
The Getback LIVE @ Pier 23 in SF August 7th! | $10(Free Debut LP with entry) 21+ | Featuring a performance from DAHLAK | Dj Dion Decibels | Dj Phatrick | 9pm
About Rafael Casal
From the stage to your stereo, not many artists can accomplish what
RAFAEL “A.D.” CASAL out of the Bay Area, California can. He has definitely proved
Himself a force to be reckoned with throughout his young life, winning Spoken Word
Competitions all over the country, repeatedly featured on HBO, and having his written
work printed in numerous different national publications. At fifteen he had already
became one of the Bay area's top young competitors in a rising underground culture of
competitive spoken word called SLAM. By sixteen he had represented the bay area at
the National Youth Poetry Slam, and by 19 had two national Finalist titles under his belt,
been featured on season 4 and 5 of Russell Simmons' Def Poetry on HBO, and inked his
first deal with def jam mobile.
Over the years Rafael has shared the stage with the likes of Common, Talib Kweli,
Mos Def, KRS-ONE, Floetry, Kanye West, Saul Williams, Alanis Morissette, De La Sol,
Dead Prez, & numerous others, performing in front of crowds of up to 30,000.
He is currently finishing up his debut record EP to be launched under his crew THE GETBACK,
Working with Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s THE LIVING WORD THEATRE COMPANY, Creating
music with legendary Bay Area Producer ONE DROP SCOTT (3xcrazy, Too Short, E-40,
Mac Mall, Mac Dre, Scarface, etc. etc.), producing music for upcoming bay area artists,
and airing on the SIXTH season of Russell Simmons Def poetry on March 2nd of 2007.
Stay tuned!
Meshell Ndgeochello, KRS-ONE, Common, Mos Def, Dead Prez, Goapele,
Saul Williams, John Legend, Kanye West, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Floetry,
Beau Sia, Suheir Hammad, Michael Franti & Spearhead, De La Sol,
Alanis Moursette, Blackalicious, Lyfe Jennings, George Clinton, Zion-i
& many more.
one day.... we will b chillin poolside in the hills w our hydrogen powered choppers on the roof drinkin gypnotic saying... "daym, that was a crazy ryde"
hey raf so whats up did you get signed yet? you gonna be on the east coast anytime soon? alright well just wanted to stop by see how you were, best wishes!
What's good man? I sent you a message on Facebook, but I don't know if you got it. I'm still interested in talking to you about possibly bringing you to my campus and building an event around you. Let me know if you're interested.
Yo, it was nice meeting you too. I like the artwork. Erica wasn't kiddin when she said you were dope. Bout to leave for the weekend, but I definitely want to get at you about some music and art stuff.
