artist : The Beat Bums
title : Bummen for beats: Volume One: The Legand of the Great
date : 2007
label : Ophotn/Life For The Better
genre : Hip-Hop
release date: 2007-04-12
street date : 2007-04-12
tracks : 16
bitrate : VBRkbps
size : 66.70
source : CD
type : Normal release
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BenYomen & Morb One are... The Beat Bums - Two of L.A...s most prominent
solo up-and-coming M.C.s come together to form the new super group The
Beat Bums. The Beat Bums recently formed in the summer of 2006, when old
friends BenYomen and Morb One finished their first musical collaboration.
The rhyme-chemistry felt between the two was undeniable, so it was only a
matter of days before the two approached each other to work on this
project. The Beat Bums have been hard at work spreading the word up and
down the California coast and throughout Arizona since the group formed
just three months ago. BenYomen has been standing strong in the
underground hip hop community since 2001. He has been featured in articles
in various publications and websites (both national and international)
including Billboard magazine, Laist.com, Jive magazine, The Valley Scene,
Erasoul.com and many more. He has been performing live shows since 1999
and rapping since 1995. His performing ventures range across California,
through Arizona, Texas, and Colorado, and soon around the world. This year
alone, BenYomen has rapped on over 50 stages and has reached the ears of
college radio listeners on over 75 stations in both the U.S. and Canada.
He has opened for artists such as The Living Legends, Glue, Young Blood
Brass Band, and P.O.S., just to name a few. His old group D.V.ayshun was
featured on The Vans Warped Tour. His discography consists of two
self-released solo full-length albums, one 12.. record/E.P., and two CD
demos that were made during his high school years, and he is featured on
over 10 compilations/mix-tapes. Morb One has been rapping as long as
anyone can remember (predates 1994). He was the resident host for 1 2
Productions and Chinkey Eyed Fridays at the pinnacle points of both
promotion companies. He performed on the Continental Drift Tour with The
Visionaries, Typical Cats, and The Beat Junkies. He was on the L.A.
Underground Veterans Tour as well as many other quality line-ups and
tours, which have earned him the reputation of one of L.A...s greatest
freestyle M.C.s. He has played shows and won battles across the West
Coast. Morb One..s discography consists of one self-released full-length
CD and one 12.. record/E.P. The Beat Bums.. live set consists of both
BenYomen and Morb One on the vocals with DJ Stereotype and Elephant Gerald
on two turntables, two mixers, two beat machines, and various guitar
pedals, playing all beats in real time. DJ Stereotype has played at the
Coachella Music Festival and The Vans Warped Tour, and he DJ..s for other
hip hop artists from the LifeForTheBetter Collective. Elephant Gerald has
self-released four full-length instrumental hip hop CDs and scores all
films made by Zenoscope Productions.
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1- INTRO 2:19
2- WHY WOULD YOU DO 1:57
3- TAKE 2 HITS 4:29
4- INTERLUDE 2:01
5- YARD FAKE OUT 4:59
6- GET ON UP 3:21
7- INTERLUDE 2:33
8- GUESS WORK 2:55
9- ADHESIVE RAIN 5:46
10-WYLING 3:37
11-PEACE OF MIND 6:45
12-INTERLUDE 1:08
13-TRYING TO GET FREE 5:51
14-AT FIRST SIGHT 3:38
15-WHERE'S THAT HEAT FROM 4:29
16-OUTTRO 4:48
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