losing my religion w/ Sarah White

listen to the song here!


Peace peace people.

I've been sporadically working on a project, S & M , with the mighty talented and sultry Sarah White. the synergy has been dope thus far. and with time and schedules permitting we'll have a full ep for you and yours this year. here's a pre-final-mix song "losing my religion" off the project. It's produced by the ultra-talented Gmo who is part of our 4shades collective. we recorded this late spring when Sarah came to minneapolis to visit fam and thangs. enjoy and let me know your thoughts. peace peace
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4Shades Ubiquity Beat Tape w/ Songs Included

i'm privileged to work with some very talented producers. enjoy this "Ubiquity" beat tape with exclusive songs and remixes added for good measure. and we do do business. so if some beats (imeem playlist below or download here) grab your attention, holleration! 4shadesmusic@gmail.com . peace peace
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4Shades - Ubiquity

Red Bull Music Academy - "Content Under Pressure" this Thurs June 25th!

This is a very fresh idea! The basic concept is to pair 7 producers randomly with 7 mc's on the day of the event and give them 3hrs to record a song to be performed later that night. The event is all ages and is FREE to the public! At I.P.R. in Minneapolis - I'm a part of it. Should be dope! There'a video below with Kevin Beachem (Rhymesayers) speaking in detail about the event. C u there!


THE MCS: Abstract Rude, M.anifest, St Paul Slim, Carnage, New MC, Sims, & Felipe Cuauhtli

THE PRODUCERS: Blueprint, Medium Zach, O-D, Katrah-Quey, Benzilla, X:144 & Big Cats!

Lauryn Hill - Lost ones (Katrah-Quey remix)

I love this right here. makes me want to hear a Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu Collaboration. big shouts to Katrah-Quey from my 4shades production crew. its featured on a beat tape/compilation we just released called ubiquity.

been a minute..."blueberry skies" (new song)

do you copy, do you read me? been m.i.a. just figuring out life's details. smoothing out kinks, trying to walk str8 and not bend over backwards. enough of the abstraction.

a producer friend of mine, DJ Unwind dropped an itunes single of a real smooth tune called "blueberry skies." He's on production and i'm on vocals with a singer, kaytee.

Hear it on myspace
Get it on itunes

check for it, enjoy and buy it when it tickles your fancy. more about life and music later. blessings, always
m.

Free M. Song + Sebmaestria's Legendary Remixes free album!

Download M.anifest - Who ft. Guiguipop



okay, i'm still on my international grizzly. Producer comrade of mine, Sebmaestria - produced two songs off "manifestations" and has done work with "arrested development's" speech - just dropped a mixtape of remixes to some classic songs. mos def, kweli, pharcyde, biggie, etc. Seb is nice with his and we have a statsh of songs in the archives. Download the Mixtape here. enjoy!

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Guiguipop dropping sixteens on "who" track

Chester French & M.anifest chop it up on tour bus

Attended the Lady Gaga & Chester French concert. Afterwards, D.A & Max (Chester French) benevolently played us a bunch of dope tracks off their mixtape that will precede their major label (interscope/ star trak) debut. A lot of surprise guests on that mixtape. Pharrell signed them and they certainly deserve the shine. i appreciate the honesty, creativity, and dopness they bring with their music. look out for them soon. good times.
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Chester French & M.anifest on tour bus from M.anifest on Vimeo.

PS: and oh, i added an intriguing convo we had to the video. funny stuff about costumes and endrogeny. Shout out to Prince!