The Ryo 1 Regionals
Yooo! What up all DTer’s! This is a small segment of how I came around to listening to and taking part in what has become a culture named Hip-Hop. Growing up with two older brothers that were living the culture, it felt like I was living a Hip-Hop dream, yet unknowingly I was in on the brink of Hip-Hop blowin up. While I matured into this lifestyle by finding and understanding the freshest music, clothing, dance and spray paints, it has made me who I am now. Here is something fresh and who was ahead of their time. I’m introducing The Nonce. Look up more on The Nonce here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nonce. To listen to some of their rare tracks, click on this link - profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=123755145 Also, to watch a video of their single, “Mixtapes”, on youtube, click on this link - www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfsxCxwzR0k I was introduced to them in the early to mid 90’s through friends, mixtapes and other Hip-Hop groups The Nonce would hang out with back then, such as Freestyle Fellowship. Also local L.A. Hip-Hop spots like The Good Life, which pretty much turned into Project Blow now. What makes them dope to me is their style which makes them who they are. Their style was West Coast; chill, head bobbin, smooth shit. All their beats were on point, a very classic sound that could be heard as a modern beat in this generation. All their tracks have a bounce that keeps your head nodding. What made them even better was that they weren’t as known, which made their tracks feel exclusive. So, for people to know of them, they had to have their mixtapes or been hanging around the The Blow. But the time is now, and their legacy is left for us to enjoy and spread. R.I.P Yusef Afloat Hit me, TheRyo1, with a message on what Hip-Hop groups that you think are slept on from your region. Also comment on The Nonce. Tell me what UUU think. PEACE, The Ryo 1
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YEA….U FEEL u Ryo. Many ppl sleepin ON MY CITY CLEVELAND…IF THEY ONLY KNEW…
word mah nigga
Yo I knew about the nonce I still got that tape…I used to sell mix tapes ..now I’m an emcee! I think I got it at goodlife…I got the 1st single from jurassic @ goodlife on vinal ..I never would rhyme there I was kinda scared ..I was the only cracka And some fools talked shit just for me being there ..but wtf I loved hip hop and needed to see that shit …I met myka 9,peace,ab rude,radioinactive,busdriver,jizzm,kinkyred,awol, shit I know there’s more…..BUT YO THE FRESHEST OPEN MIC IN LA EVER WAS THE FOUNDATION!!!
Anyone ever go there?? That was the best shit emcees all rippin and no bad vibes ….cerebral,rheteric,black eyed peas,faze one,random,kiwi,and a lot more …miss that shit like crazy
wow ryo, that youtube click is slick.. love that. sounds like my original fav, CASUAL from hierogliphics. never heard Nonce before… they prolly wouldn’t have gone down that well in the UK becuase of the name: a Nonce is prison slang (and now mainstream slang) for peadophile or sex offender LOL.
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from a US perspective, pretty much ALL my town is slept on, but US cats gotta hear Dizzee Rascal, Lady Stush, demolition Man (all from my neck of the woods), but the best from London overall is still Roots Manuva - kinda thanks to chali, he’s got some noize in US.
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great post!
I NEVER HEARD OF THEM MC’S. BUT THEY ARE TALENTED, SOUNDS COOL. I’M FROM THE CHI, SO I LIKE COMMON, MC JUICE, ALL NATURAL, MOLEMEN, ALSO MY GUY SEEL FRESH, BUT I STARTED MC’EEING WHEN I WAS IN THE 4TH GRADE. ALWAYS HAD THAT BATTLING TYPE SOUND, BUT MY SKILL NOW IS IN MAKING GOOD MUSIC. ALSO I’M A GRAF ARTIST FROM SOUTHSIDE 35TH STREET MC (MAS CREW)DOIN IT BIG IN 08. SO I COULD FEEL WHAT YOU SAYIN RYO. LET’S KEEP ALL 4 ELEMENTS OF HIP-HOP ALIVE. PEACE
“NO STOPPING ME!!!!” http://www.dopetracks.com/track/97619
I hear ya man. So much good music gets slept on my the masses. I grew up in Canada and Classified has been doin it big there for ever. He’s about my age 28 and has dropped about 13 albums (starting back when he was in high school). This dude has won Canadian underground artist of the year 7 times. In addition to this he makes his own beats, which are doper than half the kats in the hip hop game now. And in an industry that is suffering a serious ‘image problem’(bling, guns, bitches,etc) this kat is as real as they come! IF YA HAVENT HEARD EM PEEP THIS KATS MUSIC: http://www.myspace.com/hiphopclassified
I know a few DTers who probably are probably fans of classified (Leo B Dope, Black 92 Ice). Where the rest of ya at?
great post RYO!!!slept on down in my neck of the woods…WWW.MYSPACE.COM/CIFASKRPX….’TIL DA DEATH/EMPIRE 7—FAMILYTIEZ!!! REPRESENTER,trust me-you wanna hear versatile muzik—get@’em……
yes kdubz! i am a huge fan of classified…in fact i have met him in person..we chilled after he did a show here at barrymore’s. THE NODRESS CODE TOUR
wit jordan croucher,jbizzy and jbrew,and D.O AKA DEFY THE ODDS..
and i still talk to d.o all the time through e-mail. D.O HOLDS THE WORLD REC0RD FOR THE WORLDS LONGEST FREESTYLE 8 HOURS AND 45 MIN..FUCKIN CRAZY!
and do is now signed under halflife records’(classifieds label)
haha i got connections!
Ryo - you are awesome. Love the haircut! Power to the people Chamon!
Heheheh you are so mather fucker man