Rahsheed & Ill Advised - Born To Use MPCs 1996-1998 EP

Rahsheed & Ill Advised
Born To Use MPCs 1996-1998 EP


12" / UK / 2014 / Chopped Herring
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"Rahsheed Gray was born in Philadelphia´s West Philly Section, well-respected for it´s rappers and world class DJ´s like Cash Money, Schoolly D, Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince, Steady B, Cool C, DJ Miz and many more of Hip Hop´s Elite. It was just a matter of time before he began to take interest in the Hip Hop culture surrounding him, starting out by sneaking into basement parties and recording sessions with Brain “ Basun Beats “ Foster, during the recording of the “Shawn G “ unreleased LP on RCA , which never came out due to his untimely passing in the early 1980`s. The atmosphere surrounding his death and the music that was produced was very impactful on Rahsheed's rhyme style and method of writing. After recording only 4 demo tapes , he was offered a deal by Cold Chillin Records supremo Marley Marl. As he was only 13 and not wanting his education to suffer, his father turned down the deal. Later in 1988 he formed a group named “ Foul Play" with his life-long friends “Mad Cune" and "Chief Da Sniper"and they began to record what would be the first of many demos tapes for “Stompp Down Records” , home to another well known Philly group "Double Image" who at the time had a major record deal on NIA, also home to MC Shan. With the guidance of the label owner and now manager of the group Bob Whiting, the boys were gaining momentum doing shows around the tri-state area and shopping the demos produced by DMC Champion “ DJ Miz" & Foster. After many attempts at getting a deal, the group was introduced to Newton Cohen & Zuri Edwards, who would later become the owners of “Quake City Records “. Shortly after signing with the two , the other members from Foul Play decided to separate, leaving Rahsheed to begin his work with the “ High & Mighty / Eastern Conference All Stars” in the early 1990´s. While attending MIT in Boston, Mr. Eon and Milo Berger began a slew of collaborations with Rahsheed , among those would be the “Life I Live” 12" released in 1995. Not long after, the All-Stars would drop several singles with Baby Blak and Mr. Lish , at the time known as Azz Backwadz. Being on the same record label, coming from West Philadelphia and with small budgets to record separately, it was the perfect idea to join the groups calling it “ Rahsheed & Ill Advised “. During the mid to late 90´s the group received a lot of exposure in major trade magazines like the Source receiving many column inches in the Independent´s Day section and getting plenty of spins from “Strectch & Bobbito” on the East Coast, “The Wake Up Show with Sway & Tek" and DJ Revolution on the West. This led to worldwide exposure through the show and production from Rev, for the single "1.9.8.6". After having some moderate success, the group began recoding at Larry Gold´s studio where they became close with the Legendary Roots Crew and DJ Jazz both from South Philadelphia. “Internal Affairs” , the second 12” produced by Dj Jazz and James Poyser ( Eryka Badu, The Roots, Lauryn Hill, Common) would also feature “Black Thought & Mailk B “ on the remix for "1.9.8.6". By this time the group had been offered several major deals and getting heavy rotation on mix radio shows around the country. Rahsheed was offered a deal by “Joe Nicolo” former Co-owner of RuffHouse Records (Cypress Hill, The Fugees, Kriss Kross ) on his new label Judgement Records in 1999. The group would go through trying times , which ultimately led to a split with their management. Before the recording of the his first major LP Rahsheed changed his name to “ Maylay Sparks" for the "Unusual Styles" release on ReadyRock Records which featured Chief Kamachi & Crush on the B side track “Imani". The record was named the best independent release of 1999 in an article in Time Magazine. The independent HipHop/vinyl scene was flourishing and they continued to drop several singles on Bronx Science. Judgement soon folded, leaving Rahsheed once again in search of a home for the music. That search took him to Europe on tour, then the signing with Rapster Records in Germany for his debut and first internationally marketed LP “ GrayMatter” in 2004. Since then he has release several well-received projects , “The Ill Collabo” , released in 2005 on HotShit/Sony , “Flaskworthy “ 2007 Soulspazm Recs, "Fortuneteller Truck Driver" in 2010 , following up with “Shotgun Wedding “ in 2012, “Spit On It Ep “ in 2013 , and now the release of “ Born to Use Mic´s", the long-awaited Rahsheed & Ill Advised unreleased studio album from 1996-1998 , a lost treasure from the early days of quality, innovative and simply banging Rap Music."

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