Aceyalone
Aceyalone performing in 2005
Background information
Birth name	Eddie Hayes
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Emcee
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Project Blowed
Associated acts	Myka 9, P.E.A.C.E., Self Jupiter, Abstract Rude, RJD2, Mumbles, Fat Jack
Website	aceyalone.com

Aceyalone (born Eddie Hayes) is a rapper from Los Angeles, California. He is a member of Freestyle Fellowship, Haiku D'Etat and The A-Team. He is also a co-founder of Project Blowed.^[1][2]

History[link]

After releasing To Whom It May Concern... and Innercity Griots with Freestyle Fellowship, as well as Project Blowed compilation in 1994, Aceyalone signed to Capitol Records. He released his highly acclaimed solo debut album All Balls Don't Bounce in 1995. He returned three years later with his second album A Book of Human Language, a collaboration with producer Mumbles. In 1999, he released Haiku D'Etat with Haiku D'Etat. In 2000, The A-Team released their first album as a duo, titled Who Framed the A-Team?. Aceyalone returned solo again in 2001 with his third solo album, Accepted Eclectic. In 2002, Freestyle Fellowship returned for the release of Shockadoom. 2002 and 2003 saw two more solo albums Hip Hop and the World We Live In and Love & Hate and another The A-Team album Lab Down Under. In 2006, Aceyalone released two more solo projects, Magnificent City, a collaboration with producer RJD2, followed by Grand Imperial.

On an episode of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, Aceyalone's song "Changes" was featured. He has also gained national prominence by being featured on numerous 2K Sports games.

Discography[link]

Solo albums[link]

• All Balls Don't Bounce (1995)
• A Book of Human Language (1998)
• Accepted Eclectic (2001)
• Hip Hop and the World We Live In (2002)
• Love & Hate (2003)
• Grade A (2004)
• Magnificent City (2006)
• Grand Imperial (2006)
• Lightning Strikes (2007)
• Aceyalone & The Lonely Ones (2009)
• Aceyalone & The Lonely Ones Part 2 (2012)

Freestyle Fellowship[link]

• To Whom It May Concern... (1991)
• Innercity Griots (1993)
• Temptations (2001)
• Shockadoom (2002)
• The Promise (2011)

Haiku D'Etat[link]

• Haiku D'Etat (1999)
• Coup de Theatre (2004)

The A-Team[link]

• Who Framed The A-Team? (1999)
• Lab Down Under (2003)

Guest appearances[link]

• "Jurassick" "I Think" "Maskaraid" "Treble And Bass" on Project Blowed (1995)
• "Bus Stops" by The Nonce on World Ultimate (1995)
• "Gimme Five Feet" "Golden Mic" by Fat Jack on Cater To The DJ (1999)
• "Project Bliznaiznowed" on The Funky Precedent (1999)
• "The Shape Of Things To Come" by Dilated Peoples on The Platform (2000)
• "Heatrays" by Anti-Pop Consortium on Tragic Epilogue (2000)
• "4808-4911-A" by Self Jupiter on Hard Hat Area (2001)
• "Future Rockers" on Tags Of The Times 3 (2001)
• "Jazz Fingers" by Busdriver on Temporary Forever (2002)
• "Wth>You (with Chairman Hahn)" by Linkin Park on Reanimation (2002)
• "Last Show" by DJ Drez on The Capture Of Sound (2003)
• "Cheeba Cheeba" by Zion I on Deep Water Slang V2.0 (2003)
• "Live From Tokyo" by Omid on Monolith (2003)
• "This Is Yo Life" by The Grouch & Eligh on No More Greener Grasses (2003)
• "Do The Math" "Give It Here" "Superstars" on Project Blowed Presents The Good Brothers (2003)
• "Bounce" by Wildchild on Secondary Protocol (2003)
• "What Tyme Iz It?" by Abstract Rude on Showtyme (2003)
• "Keep Rock'n On" by Fat Jack on Cater To The DJ 2 (2004)
• "Doin' My Job" on 2K6: The Tracks (2005)
• "B-Girl Queendom" by Ellay Khule on Califormula (2005)
• "Enter The Kaos" "Do Unto Others" "Ruff Rhymes" on Project Blowed 10th Anniversary (2005)
• "Everything Changes" by DJ Z-Trip on Shifting Gears (2005)
• "Cray Crazy" by Subtitle on Young Dangerous Heart (2005)
• "Let´s Go Get It" "Borderline" "Krazy World" on Calicomm 2004 (2005)
• "Champions" on Dan the Automator Presents 2K7 (2006)
• "Fall Apart" by Thirsty Fish on Testing the Waters (2007)
• "Options" by Myka 9 on 1969 (2009)

References[link]

1. ^ "Aceyalone & Abstract Rude - Who Framed the A-Team?". RapReviews. Archived from the original on 21 May 2006. http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_framedateam.html. Retrieved 2006-06-17. 
2. ^ "The A-Team". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=612070&aid=783634. Retrieved 2006-06-17. ^{[dead link]}

External links[link]

• Official website
• Aceyalone's Career History Project Blowed Records

Abstract Rude (reborn Aaron Pointer) is an American rapper from Los Angeles, California. He is the MC of Abstract Tribe Unique, alongside dancers Zulu Butterfly and Irie Lion King, turntablist DJ Drez and producer Fat Jack. He is also a member of Haiku D'Etat (with Myka 9 and Aceyalone) and The A-Team (with Aceyalone).^[1][2]

History[link]

Abstract Rude's talent was first recognized by Fat Jack. He was soon a regular of hip hop workshop at The Good Life Cafe. However, it wasn't until he handed a tape to Mike D at Grand Royal that Abstract Rude started turning heads worldwide. This got him on the 1994 Grand Royal mixtape Mixed Drink with "Torn" and "Strength of A.T.U." In 1995, he was on Mixed Drink 2 with "Ab Dawlin" and again with "Torn" and "Strength of A.T.U."

Abstract Rude is a co-founder of the hip hop collective Project Blowed. He is prominently featured on many of its artists' releases, as well as Project Blowed and Project Blowed 10th Anniversary compilations, The Good Brothers compilation, and Fat Jack's Cater To The DJ series.

Abstract Rude is a member of Abstract Tribe Unique along with Tribe Unique, which is an interpretive dance duo consisting of Zulu Butterfly and Irie Lion King. They have released several albums such as Underground Fossils, Mood Pieces and P.A.I.N.T.

In 2009, Abstract Rude released the album Rejuvenation, which is produced by Rhymesayers Entertainment labelmate Vitamin D.^[3] The first two singles were "Nuff Fire" and "Thynk Eye Can (Haiku D'Etat Mix)."

Film[link]

Abstract Rude is featured prominently in the award-winning documentary This Is the Life, chronicling the music movement that was birthed at The Good Life Cafe in South Central Los Angeles. The Good Life Cafe is the open-mic workshop where he first performed in the early 1990s. It was also home to Freestyle Fellowship and Jurassic 5.

Discography[link]

Solo[link]

• Making Tracks (2002)
• Making More Tracks (2004)
• Still Making Tracks (2004)
• Rejuvenation (2009)
• Steel Making Trax (2010)

Abstract Tribe Unique[link]

• Underground Fossils (1996)
• Mood Pieces (1997)
• South Central Thynk Taynk (1998)
• P.A.I.N.T. (2001)
• Showtyme (2003)

Haiku D'Etat[link]

• Haiku D'Etat (1999)
• Coup de Theatre (2004)

The A-Team[link]

• Who Framed The A-Team? (2000)
• Lab Down Under (2003)
• Who Reframed The A-Team? (2006)

Collaborations[link]

• Code Name: Scorpion (2001) with Prevail and Moka Only
• These Walls EP (2005) with Taktloss

Guest appearances[link]

• "Torn" "Strength of A.T.U." on Mixed Drink (1994)
• "Deep And Wide" "Knownots" "B-Boy Kingdom" "Keep It True" by Aceyalone on All Balls Don't Bounce (1995)
• "Torn" "Strength Of A.T.U." "Ab Dawlin" on Mixed Drink 2 (1995)
• "Strength Of A.T.U." "I Don't Know" "Yeh Man" "Maskaraid" "Treble And Bass" on Project Blowed (1995)
• "Get On The Bus" by Busdriver on Memoirs of the Elephant Man (1999)
• "Inner Eye" by Nobody on Soulmates (2000)
• "Cater To The DJ" "Rudeboy Represents" by Fat Jack on Cater To The DJ (2000)
• "Fragrance" by Freestyle Fellowship on Temptations (2001)
• "B-Boy Real McCoy" by Aceyalone on Accepted Eclectic (2001)
• "Girls" by Daedelus on The Quiet Party (2003)
• "Life Goes On" by Pigeon John on Is Dating Your Sister (2003)
• "The Sage Continues" by Aceyalone on Love & Hate (2003)
• "Myth Behind The Man" by Omid on Monolith (2003)
• "This Is Yo Life" by The Grouch & Eligh on No More Greener Grasses (2003)
• "GB In Your Life" "Superstars" on The Good Brothers (2003)
• "Unnecessary Thinking" by Busdriver on Cosmic Cleavage (2004)
• "Connected Functions" by P.E.A.C.E. on Megabite (2004)
• "I'm Just Livin'" "So Many Ways" by Fat Jack on Cater To The DJ 2 (2004)
• "Can't Be Touched" by Sleep on Christopher (2005)
• "Constant Evolution" by Mums The Word on Constant Evolution (2005)
• "Map Your Psyche" by Busdriver on Fear of a Black Tangent (2005)
• "Who The F*ck Is You?" "Sound Boy Murderers" "13th Month" on Project Blowed 10th Anniversary (2005)
• "The Turning Point" by Ellay Khule on Califormula (2005)
• "Night Shift" by Edit on Certified Air Raid Material (2007)
• "To The East" by X-Clan on Return from Mecca (2007)
• "God Bless The Elephant" by The Grouch on Show You The World (2008)
• "Fish Ain't Biting" by Thirsty Fish on Testing the Waters (2008)
• "One Live Tape" by Awol One & Factor on The Landmark (2011)
• "Drink Have Take" by Awol One and Nathaniel Motte on The Child Star (2011)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Abstract Rude on Rhymesayers Entertainment
• May 2009 Interview with L.A. Record

Myka 9 (born Michael Troy) is a rapper and producer from Los Angeles, California. He is a member of Freestyle Fellowship and Haiku D'Etat. Known for years as Mikah 9, he changed the spelling to Myka Nyne with the release of A Work in Progress in 2003. Since Magic Heart Genies' album Heartifact in 2008, he has been credited as Myka 9.

Style[link]

Myka 9 is known for rapid-fire, jazz-influenced, melodic rapping, often incorporating singing and occasionally scatting into his songs. Myka 9 has said of his style, "My rhymes take the direction of a jazz trumpet or sax solo, like Miles or Trane, if I was to rhyme in the same meter as those notes... that’s my concept."^[1]

Myka 9 also occasionally produces his own songs. He has produced songs such as "This Ain't the Song" from A Work in Progress, "Battle Prone" from Project Blowed 10th Anniversary album and Haiku D'Etat's "Purgatory" from Calicomm 2004 compilation.

History[link]

Originally known as Microphone Mike in the 1980s, Myka 9 was a member of the MC Aces with Aceyalone and Spoon Iodine. As a co-founder of Freestyle Fellowship, he was instrumental in the scene at the Good Life Cafe in the early 1990s.^[2] Timetable contains some of his live recordings from the Good Life Cafe open-mic.

Released in 1993, Freestyle Fellowship's second album Innercity Griots is one of the landmarks of Los Angeles hip hop. Their videos for "Inner City Boundaries" and "Hot Potato" brought them to the attention of a wider audience. Myka 9 was also featured on two tracks on Project Blowed compilation in 1994. In the late 1990s, Myka 9 came together with Aceyalone and Abstract Rude to form Haiku D'Etat. They have released two albums. In 1998, Freestyle Fellowship reunited to record Shockadoom. They released The Promise in 2011.

Myka 9 has collaborated with Prefuse 73, Daddy Kev, Busdriver, Blue Sky Black Death, K-the-I??? and many others. He has worked extensively with producer and trumpeter Josef Leimberg, who produced the majority of It's All Love: American Nightmare and A Work in Progress.

In an interview, Myka 9 stated that he ghost-wrote two tracks on N.W.A.'s debut album N.W.A. and the Posse in 1987.^[3]

Influence[link]

As one of the most stylistically advanced rappers at the Good Life Cafe, Myka 9 has had a profound influence on Los Angeles underground hip hop and freestyle rap in general. Discussing the influence of Myka 9's song "7th Seal" on Freestyle Fellowship's first album To Whom It May Concern... (1991), Ellay Khule said, ""7th Seal" blew everybody's mind for at least 2 years straight. People studied that shit backwards and forwards -- even we don't know all those words. That made everybody say like 'I gotta get a tape out' or 'I can't rap like so-and-so no more. I can't be in 80s, now we movin' to the 90s.' That totally transferred our musical thought." Drummer and producer JMD said, "Mike was like the Charlie Parker of all these motherfuckers."^[4]

Myka 9's style has been an influence to musicians far beyond the West Coast. In an interview, Pigeon John said, "For me Mikah 9 was like Miles Davis. He was a tall good looking dude, the girls always liked him and this dude just went on stage and there was no effort in him. He was a genius in what he did. He effected and influenced so many people in hip-hop including Mos Def, Talib Kweli, that whole scene. Years before Leaders of the New School, there are stories where Freestyle Fellowship, when they first came out and they went to New York. That whole shouting stuff, they had this ingenious way to do it and they had a backing jazz band before Digable Planets. Busta Rhymes ran up to him (Mikah 9) afterwards and said “dude what kind of style is this,” and then low and behold Leaders of the New School came out. So there’s plenty of stories like that, but that’s just like a taste of how potent that scene was at the Good Life." ^[5]

In 2008, José James has been gaining a lot of attention and acclaim for performing Myka 9's song "Park Bench People" with a full orchestral backup.

Film[link]

Myka 9 is featured in the documentary Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme. He is also featured in the award-winning documentary This Is the Life, chronicling the music movement that was birthed at The Good Life Cafe in South Central, Los Angeles. The Good Life Cafe is the open-mic workshop where he first performed with Freestyle Fellowship in the early 1990s.

Discography[link]

Solo[link]

• It's All Love: American Nightmare (1999) as Mikah Nine
• Timetable (2001) as Mikah 9
• A Work in Progress (2003) as Myka Nyne
• Citrus Sessions Vol. 1 (2006) as Myka Nyne
• 1969 (2009) as Myka 9
• Mykology (2011) as Myka 9

Freestyle Fellowship[link]

• To Whom It May Concern... (1991)
• Innercity Griots (1993)
• Temptations (2001)
• Shockadoom (2002)
• The Promise (2011)

Haiku D'Etat[link]

• Haiku D'Etat (1999)
• Coup de Theatre (2004)

Magic Heart Genies[link]

• Heartifact (2008)
• Cardiac Arrest (2010)

Guest appearances[link]

• "B-Boy Kingdom" by Aceyalone on All Balls Don't Bounce (1995)
• "Life Death" by Prefuse 73 on Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives (2001)
• "First Things Last" by Daddy Kev on Lost Angels (2001)
• "Weather Locklear" by Busdriver & Radioinactive with Daedelus on The Weather (2003)
• "Originalz" by Pigeon John on Is Dating Your Sister (2003)
• "Sphinx's Coonery" by Busdriver on Fear of a Black Tangent (2005)
• "Grimey Styles" by Blue Sky Black Death on A Heap of Broken Images (2006)
• "Good Old Smokey" by Factor on Chandelier (2008)
• "Manchuria" by Busdriver on Jhelli Beam (2009)
• "Stand Up" by Awol One & Factor on Owl Hours (2009)
• "That's How I Feel About It" by Factor on Lawson Graham (2010)
• "Sea Of The Infinite Wave" by Noah23 on Fry Cook on Venus (2011)
• "Social Misfit" by K-the-I??? on Synesthesia (2011)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Magic Heart Genies

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The Walls are an Irish rock band. They were formed in 1998 by two ex-members of The Stunning.

Members[link]

• Steve Wall
• Joe Wall
• Carl Harms (Guitar/Keyboards) (left February 2004)
• Rory Doyle (Drums)
• Jon O'Connell (Bass) (joined February 2004)

Biography[link]

1998–2000[link]

Brothers Steve and Joe Wall (previously of The Stunning) returned to Ireland after a two-year failed label stint in London. Their Camden housemate Carl Harms joined the band on guitar and keyboard duties. Drummer Rory Doyle joined soon afterwards. They set up their own label, Earshot Records (later changing it to Dirtbird Records) and recorded and released a string of singles. A remix of one of the album tracks, "Bone Deep", clicked with radio and became a nationwide hit. Many of the songs have featured on a number of TV series and feature films such as Bachelors Walk, Dead Bodies, Goldfish Memory and On the Edge (starring Cillian Murphy).

2001–2004[link]

The Walls heard rumour of a second Slane Castle date for U2 (as the first concert had sold out in hours). They sent four copies of their album to the band. Bono loved it and offered The Walls a support slot. That day the band played to their biggest crowd to date – around 80,000 people. "To the Bright and Shining Sun" was their next single. That June they supported Red Hot Chili Peppers. They spent the next year gigging while building their own studio in Dublin.

In February 2004, original member Carl Harms decided to leave the band to make his own record. They recruited bassist Jon O’Connell, who had just 2 weeks to learn all the songs before a two week tour of the new EU accession states: Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. "To the Bright and Shining Sun" also featured on the EA Sports soundtrack for the UEFA Euro 2004 official licenced game.

2004 - 2006[link]

For the next album, the band went to Studio Black Box in France to record with producer and ex-The Frames guitarist David Odlum. Originally scheduled for a release date in September 2004, The Walls decided to hold their album until the new year. U2 were releasing How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb that autumn and according to Steve "we thought that it would be a fair and gentlemanly gesture to stand back and give them a fair crack of the whip, so to speak".^{[citation needed]}

In October 2004, they released a taster - "Drowning Pool" - a blistering, spleen-venting, blues explosion, 2min 52sec long. It took people by surprise and divided opinion - exactly what the band wanted. They supported Bob Dylan to a capacity crowd in Galway that summer and played a storming set that showed there were changes afoot in The Walls sound. They christened the album New Dawn Breaking after the final track on the record. It went straight into the Irish charts at No. 5 in its first week of release in June 2005 and has produced four hit singles: "To the Bright and Shining Sun", "Passing Through", "Drowning Pool" and "Black and Blue".

2007[link]

The band kicked off 2007 with a gig in Dubai and are presently negotiating gig offers in France, Italy, the Czech Republic and China. They also supported Crowded House on their Australian comeback tour before retreating into their studio to work on album number three.

2010 - 2012[link]

In 2010, the double A-side "Carrying The Fire"/"Phantom Power" was released. Following this, in March 2011, the "Bird In A Cage" EP was released, of which the title track was revealed to also be on the bands forthcoming album "Stop The Lights", which is to be released in 2012. Following this announcement, the band's new single "Stop The Lights" was released in January 2012. The band are currently using the innovative "Fund It" in order to finish their third album. The welcome newcomer Kevin Crowley from Newcastle West playing the spoons.

Discography[link]

	"To the Bright and Shining Sun" (2002) noicon From the 2005 album " New Dawn Breaking".
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Studio albums[link]

• Hi-Lo (released May 2000).
• New Dawn Breaking (released June 2005) (reached No. 5 in Irish charts)
• Stop The Lights (released 2012)

Singles and albums[link]

• "The Night I Called It A Day" (Single, released Feb 1999)
• "Broken Boy" (Single, released Sept 1999)
• "Something's Wrong" (Single, released Apr 2000)
• Hi-Lo (Album, released May 2000). A remix of one of the album tracks, Bone Deep, was popular in Ireland. Some songs featured on TV series and feature films: Bachelors Walk, Dead Bodies, Goldfish Memory and On the Edge (starring Cillian Murphy).

• "To the Bright and Shining Sun" (Single, released 2002) reached No. 11 in the Irish charts.
• "Drowning Pool" (single, released 2004)
• New Dawn Breaking (Album, released June 2005) reached No. 5 in Irish charts and has produced four hit singles: "To the Bright and Shining Sun", "Passing Through", "Drowning Pool" and "Black and Blue".

• "Carrying the Fire" / "Phantom Power" (double-A sided single, released Jun 2010)
• "Bird In A Cage EP" (4 Track EP, released Mar 2011)

Cover versions[link]

• Cover version of Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody" on Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 1
• Cover version of Natasha Bedingfield's "These Words" on Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 2
• Cover version of U2's "With or without you" on Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 3

Career highlights[link]

• Supported U2 at Slane Castle, 2001
• Supported Red Hot Chili Peppers, 2002
• Supported Bob Dylan, Galway, 2005
• Supported Crowded House, Australia, 2007

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official band website, contains free MP3s; gig info, photos, Walls shop, press releases etc.
• The Walls at MySpace, contains some sample MP3s.