“Do you love Hip Hop? Hip Hop mixed with a little Rock?”
It's a line from one of the songs on the new self-titled Race Card album and it's a line that sums up the band perfectly. Think Jay-Z meets Led Zeppelin. Think Chuck D meets Weezer. Think Eminem meets Living Colour. Think you can handle it?
Rapper Tahir Jahi and guitarist-singer Damian Hagger conceived Race Card early in 2004. Both did solo projects prior to working together, one Pop-Rock, one Rap. The merger of the two came naturally and the self-titled debut album was recorded in only 6 days of studio time. Race Card blends riff-oriented rock and pop hooks with intense hip hop rap lyrics and subjects; and the combination is unlike anything out there.
Rapper/vocalist, Tahir Jahi, has enjoyed abundant shares of shine and various successes ever since he began rhyming at the age of 15. While other kids were squabbling over tennis shoes and cutting class, a young Tahir was mastering a craft all his own, competing in local battles, performing on occasion, and honing an artistic, standout, and standalone mic style. He met guitarist and singer, Damian Hagger, in 2000 when they both worked at MP3.com.
Guitarist and vocalist, Damian Hagger, is also an African-American…. Ok, not literally, but spent part of his childhood in South Africa and the rumor is that his first words were spoken in Zulu. After high school in Singapore and South Africa, he was accepted to study at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. Damian graduated cum laude from Berklee in 1998 with a Bachelor of Music in Contemporary Writing/Production and Music Business.
Hey, I met Damian at the 2005 Taxi Road Rally in LA where he gave me a copy of Race Card. It's an excellent album and I still listen to it. Hope the album's doing well for you guys.
Happy Holidays to you and your family....may the new year bring you one step closer to your dreams and aspirations...much love from myself and the rest of the FLOW family...let's make 2007 a big year!
Hey there! I know this is kinda weird but i'm over at my friends house and was playing on their myspace account and saw YOU on their friends list. I don't have myspace so i figured i'd just post on here to say hi to you (cuz i think you're cuuuute!). Hope ya don't mind. Anywayyyss I kinda wanted to know if you wanted to have some fun on my cam haha! I know that sounds kinda slutty I don't care though. I dont have myspace but you can check me out just click here. Hmmm maybe we can chat? Ohh if you see the little "on-line now" icon under my pic that means i'm on-line! Talk to you soon?
