Bionik Brown aka Freddie Fishgrease aka Scootsie Doubleday aka Nathan McKnight, The City of New Orleans, DJ EF Cuttin, DJ Kinetik, DJ Quickie Mart, DJ Illnaughty, DJ Remode, DJ Ings, Xperiment, Sean C., Ta-ku, Skip the Intern and FANBASS Recordings.
Influences
The Holy Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Ghost, James Woods, Carolyn Carr, Extended Fam, K-Lo and Evie, Devin the Dude, Saul Williams, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wallace Roney, Tribe, Outkast, All the Native Tongues, Special Ed, Radiohead, Big L, Big Pun, Biggie, Louis Armstrong, The Meters, Tim Smooth, Cee-Lo, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Feist, Main Source, Money, Loud Screams, Fast whips, Candy paint, New Tattoos, Clean sneakers, Big speakers and Life...
Sounds Like
an auditory gumbo of Big L, Q-Tip and Jesus Christ with a quarter cup of Mississippi River water thrown in for good measure.
Record Label
Silver Tongue Enterprises
Type of Label
Indie
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I guess I could go the traditional artist bio route and write about all the cool things I’ve done and the cool people I’ve worked with. I suppose I could also write about myself in the 3rd Person (so as to sound more official). The reality though is that I’m a simple dude…a man of the people if you will. I’m an M.C., Poet, Vocalist and a Deep Thinker. By the way, I failed to mention my geography. If you can't tell by all the fleur de lis symbols, I hail from "the Greatest City on Earth" aka New Orleans. I love my hood and its neverending musical inspiration. I have toured the world 2 times as an independent artist and sold about 35,000 albums total. That’s way more than I ever anticipated selling but obviously my music has resonated with a few people. I sell most of my music in Japan and Europe which is cool cause I like to travel. I’m hoping the U.S. will catch on but I’m not holding my breath. If that "Laffy Taffy" song blew up, I don’t stand a chance (HaHa)!
Anyway, I’ve played shows with the Roots, Common, Talib Kweli, The Clipse, Snoop, The Beastie Boys, Cannibal Ox, RJD2, SOULIVE, GALACTIC and a gang of others. My European tour with the Beasties and my tour of Africa are the highlights of my career. I doubt if I can ever top those experiences but I’m certainly going to try. There’s not a lot of money in selling records domestically but I’ve parlayed my skills into ghostwriting for artists across genres. Some of the stuff you’ve heard in the mainstream is stuff that I contributed to. I can’t tell you which ones but there are certain signatures that you can hear if you’ve heard my music. I don’t just write rap lyrics, I also write for other genres as well. Whatever an artist needs, my pen can fulfill! I also have a licensing deal for music for films, tv and video games. That deal periodically brings in the checks to ( diversifying!).
I fell in love with hip hop when I heard a De La Soul record called "3 Feet High and Rising." That wasn’t the first rap record I heard but it was the first one where I heard cats spitting really abstract, intelligent music. I connected with that being that I was a school boy with a thing for life and book knowledge. From there I developed a voracious appetite for music…rushing to the store every Tuesday to get the latest albums with lunch and allowance money. A couple of the joints that turned my world on its’ ear were Nas’ "Illmatic," "Breaking Atoms" by Main Source, "De La Soul is Dead" and everything A Tribe Called Quest put out. I wasn’t just on East Coast Hip Hop I was also rockin’ with the best cats from my hometown and beyond. I was heavy into Mystikal, 3-9 Posse, Tim Smooth, Pimp Daddy and a lot of other cats who were putting it down. I was into hip hop but also a fanatic for soul music like Sam Cooke and Donny Hathaway and of course jazz and rock.
I have a few albums out but my seminal work to this point is my latest record entitled "Platinum Thoughts, Aluminum Budget." This project was birthed out of the agony of Hurricane Katrina. It was a labor of love that wasn’t meant to be anything major. Somehow though it caught fire and took on a life of its’ own.
I’m so blessed and fortunate to have the opportunity to have people listen to me and pay money to hear me do what I do. I always aspired to eat off rap and I’m finally doing it. If you’re reading this then that’s a show of support. And if you’re supporting then you’re helping me and mine eat. So, with that said, I say, "thank you, thank you, thank you." Keep riding with me. Expect beaucoup new music to be cracking your head open in the near future. New joints coming with producers Sean C., Andino and Ta-ku!!!
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lol! i don't know if i'll make it to NOLA before jazzfest next year. but it's less than a year away ;) i totally want to catch you though. how's everything going though? i love the pictures - so so so hot.
Friday August 22nd it's Dizzy AKA Raw D.I.'s album release party goin down at The Cricket Club, 2040 St. Charles Avenue. Doors open @ 10p.m. Special Guests include Baby Boy The Prince, Skip of UTP, Partners-N-Crime, Mugsy, and Cupid.
Sunday Aug 24th, it's Raj Smoove's 5th Annual Celebrity Birthday Bash popping off at the Metropolitan. Come join Raj Smoove as he celebrates his born day with Mannie Fresh, Juvenile, B.G., Dizzy and more at a special Ultra Sunday's, 310 Andrew Higgins DR in the warehouse district. Mon Aug 25th, It's goin down at www. rawdizzy. com. It's the biggest party online as Dizzy releases his sophomore album ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT. It's a first come first serve party. Get in early and you can get Dizzy's album for only $1!!!!!!!! Log on at www. rawdizzy. com and register now for early admission. Don't get left out cause this one is a banger!!!
Thanx for the accept. I always tell my podnas about terry cloth bro! Keep makin that fya,I listen to it all. Ill have som music for you soon. Keep in touch man, thnx again.
Me and money aint been geeting along lately I been seeing her around with other people... I ont really get mad or nother I figure she'll be back after she figures out who treats her right and loves her the most....
Greetings. I thought I saw you last night at Herbs, maybe not. But I just wanted to stop by and show some love. Hopefully I can catch a performance some time soon. Thanks for doing your thing and keeping hip hop alive. Peace.
thank you for the respect... i appreciate you comin through and leaving love in boulder, and respecting a woman dancer. hope you're having a wonderful time in japan... ! peace n blessings~
Sorry, couldn't make the Boulder show-sounds like it went well! With the time diff (it's 9:00 a.m. MT) you must be gearin' up for your show in Japan right 'bout now. Best of luck to you, I'm sure you'll do great :-)
What up Bionik!! Yo good lookin out yesterday for the Canibus show. Unfortunately i had to work and I didn't get out til mad late so by the time we got to the fox we barely got to see Canibus. To tell you the truth I was kind of disappointed big C only played for like a half hour and was done. I was like, shit, I wish I would have been here for Bionik cause it would have made it a much better show. Was cool though because at the end Canibus said what up to everybody and signed all of my CD's, he was mad chill. Was funny though because while in line to meet him people were like, "That Bionik cat was dope too! For real." And then Canibus' A&R was like I remember those days when you are underground and you have 8 good songs and play them to the death and keep people interested. I was bout to go off on that guy and be like,"the fuck you talkin bout, Bionik's got much more than 8 songs!" but figured it would be not too good of an idea since I was bout to meet Canibus. So instead I was like,"trust me that dudes up and coming, he's just as slept on as Canibus. I have seen him like 9 times and the show keeps on gettin better." Everybody ignored me though so I guess it was what is was. Anyways.....I'm rambling just thought I would share the story and say it was weak that we missed your set. Yo, definently hit me up when your playin the D-Town again. I don't really write people that much on here but I check my messages everyday. Either way, holla at ya boy! One love.
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