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Artist........: White Mike
Album.........: Famous
Label.........: Sav'd Out Records
Quality.......: VBRkbps 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo
Encoder.......: lame 3.90.3 APS
Catalog.......: n/a
Genre.........: Hip-Hop
Tracks........: 16
Size..........: 71,2 MB
Source........: CDDA
Playtime......: 67:22 min
▄█▀ ■ ░░ Rip Date......: Nov-04-2006
▐█▌▄▓▓▄ ▄ Street Date...: 000-00-0000
▀█▄▀▀ ▀▓▀ ▀ URL...........: n/a
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01 The Time is Now 02:39
02 Take Your Badge Off 04:29
03 Getcha Hands High 04:14
04 Pleasanton (Ft. Big Cam) 05:41
05 Suburbian Terrorism 04:19
06 Lola (Ft. Sara Logan) 04:18
07 The Real World (Ft. Reason) 05:38
08 Sav'd Out 04:57
09 Stoned Ranger 02:01
10 Givin' Lessons (Ft. J.Myers) 03:30
11 Duct-Taped Heart 04:37
12 I'm Form Tha Bay 04:10
13 Losin' it (Ft. K-Dubb) 04:26
14 We're Gonna Make it (Ft. Reason) 04:21
15 Honestly (Ft. Bias) 04:00
16 Famous 04:02
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█ White Mike is taking the West Coast hip-hop scene █
█ by storm. He is described by Al Bowman, founder █
█ of the Los Angeles Music Awards, as "a rare █
█ talent in the world of hip-hop music. In 2004, he █
█ garnered the votes from not only our voting █
█ committee, but hundreds of fans whom prior to the █
█ voting party event that year had never heard his █
█ music, or of him personally. White Mike is a █
█ winner!" █
█ █
█ With his new album entitled ôFamous,ö White Mike █
█ is the stake in the heart of any critic who █
█ ignorantly jumps to the conclusion that ôwhite █
█ people have no place in hip-hop.ö Throughout 16 █
█ tracks, ôFamousö takes you on a journey through █
█ the quaint town of Pleasanton, California, where █
█ the rapper/producer was raised. The album is a █
█ descriptive narrative full of cynicism, █
█ bitch-slapping, and the obstacles overcome that █
█ formed the self-proclaimed ôrapper that your kids █
█ wanna be.ö When asked why he named his new album █
█ ôFamous,ö Mike replies, ôso many people in the █
█ underground hip-hop scene were talking shit about █
█ me, mostly because of my name being æWhite Mike.Æ █
█ Black folks gave me the name, so how could it be █
█ racially motivated in a negative way on my end? I █
█ just wanted a way to tell everyone to stop hating █
█ on me because IÆm making moves.ö █
█ █
█ Michael Brent Alexander was born to single █
█ mother, Leslie, in Washington, D.C. on October █
█ 22, 1980. After six years of living in nearby █
█ Alexandria, Virginia, a job opportunity for █
█ Leslie moved the two of them to Pleasanton, an █
█ upper-middle-class community in Northern █
█ CaliforniaÆs Bay Area. It was a drastic, positive █
█ change from being on welfare living in Section 8 █
█ housing, and it also gave Michael and Leslie a █
█ chance to be close to her sister, MichaelÆs aunt, █
█ Lynne Alexander. However, other Pleasanton █
█ families lived in luxurious houses and preached █
█ family values, Mike, who was born out of wedlock █
█ and had only seen his father a few times, and █
█ Leslie lived in a small apartment and struggled █
█ just to keep the lights on. "It's one thing to be █
█ broke surrounded by other broke people, but in █
█ Pleasanton it seemed like I was always having █
█ everyone else's success rubbed in my face," he █
█ explains. ôSometimes people think because IÆm █
█ white, and I rap, that IÆm trying to act like IÆm █
█ from the ghetto or something. In no way, shape, █
█ or form is Pleasanton ghetto. But I know pain. I █
█ just make music about my life and the things that █
█ I went through.ö █
█ █
█ Unfortunately for Mike, pain has always been a █
█ part of his life. When he was 12 years old his █
█ aunt, Lynne, caught a unique case of pneumonia █
█ and died at the age of 29. Six years later his █
█ close friend, Chrissy Granum, died in her sleep. █
█ A few years later, when Michael was 23, his █
█ uncle, Brent Alexander, committed suicide. ôWhen █
█ I was young, my uncle was the only man in my █
█ life. He called me a few years earlier and said █
█ he was going to kill himself, but I talked him █
█ out of it. The second time he didnÆt listen to me █
█ and I wasnÆt so lucky.ö █
█ █
█ Though popular with his classmates, Mike always █
█ felt like an outcast with something to prove █
█ while growing up. Sports were an outlet for █
█ MichaelÆs anger and aggression growing up. In █
█ high school he excelled in both football and █
█ track-and-field. While a senior at Amador Valley █
█ High School, ôWhite Mike,ö as his black friends █
█ had dubbed him, grew tired of putting so much █
█ effort into sports. Injuries and lack of support █
█ from coaches to get him to the next level █
█ diverted MichaelÆs attention to other things. █
█ From this point on, hip-hop was the answer to his █
█ prayers. █
█ █
█ White Mike began rapping at the age of 17. █
█ Michael had always enjoyed creative writing in █
█ school, so writing raps came very naturally to █
█ him. His sharp wit and hilarious punch lines █
█ quickly earned him a powerful reputation as an █
█ emcee amongst his circle of friends. When no █
█ universities recruited Michael for football out █
█ of high school, he found himself playing for the █
█ team at Chabot Junior College in nearby Hayward, █
█ California. During lunch hours, a DJ in the █
█ Chabot cafeteria would hold rap competitions, or █
█ battles, between emcees for everyone to hear from █
█ the loud speakers. White Mike shattered his █
█ battle competition and, soon after, anticipation █
█ ran wild for the ôWhite Mikeö album. █
█ █
█ While trying to balance music and football, an █
█ injury late in his sophomore season at Chabot █
█ Junior College discouraged Division 1 █
█ Universities from recruiting Mike to play strong █
█ safety. However, the silver lining was that he █
█ had finished his self-titled debut and was ready █
█ to distribute it to the masses. Rappers brag █
█ about selling music out of the trunk of their █
█ car, but Mike was riding a bicycle with half of █
█ the seat ripped off around Pleasanton, selling █
█ CDs out of his backpack. No you know where he got █
█ his ôballs of steel!ö █
█ █
█ Mike soon acquired a piece of shit car from a █
█ friend of the family, a 1987 Toyota Corolla that █
█ he named ôLola.ö Soon after, he packed up his █
█ things and moved to Southern California to █
█ promote his music and fulfill his dream of being █
█ ôfamous.ö He thought success would come quick, █
█ but MikeÆs patience was tried once again. There █
█ were mixed responses from his CD and it was very █
█ difficult for him to book gigs. So White Mike █
█ decided to put making music to the side and leave █
█ his mark on the underground battle scene. Once █
█ again, people ranted and raved about his █
█ embarrassing humor and sharp tongue. He did more █
█ and more battles, and got more and more █
█ recognition. █
█ █
█ One battle in Riverside, California got the █
█ attention of the Los Angeles Music Awards, an █
█ event that focuses on honoring independent █
█ musicians. They obtained a copy of White MikeÆs █
█ self-titled CD and in 2004 White Mike was named █
█ ôIndependent Hip-Hop Artist of the Year.ö Soon █
█ after he went back to the studio and began █
█ recording his new album ôFamous,ö which focuses █
█ on everything from his upbringing in Pleasanton █
█ to an incident in 2004 when he was beaten and █
█ tasered by police for no reason. Past nominees at █
█ the award show include The Black Eyed Peas, █
█ System of a Down, Sugar Ray, No Doubt and many █
█ other multi-platinum selling national artists. █
█ █
█ White Mike has unmatched heart and determination, █
█ refusing to settle for less than he feels he █
█ deserves. D. Mitchell, CEO of the Rap Olympics █
█ says, ôWhite Mike proved to be very impressive █
█ lyrically, competing as one of the final four █
█ final freestyle emcees at the 2005 Rap Olympics. █
█ We expect 2006 to be a great year for the up-and █
█ coming emcee from the Bay Area.ö He just started █
█ his own label, SavÆd Out Records (pronounced like █
█ SAVAGE), and his new album ôFamousö is already █
█ making its way into the mainstream media. Whether █
█ you love him or hate him, White Mike is here to █
█ stay. Deal with it. █
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