Phesto

Damani Thompson, known by the stage names, Phesto and Phesto Dee (born: April 29, 1974), is an American rapper and producer. He is one of the founding four members of the Oakland, California-based underground hip hop group Souls of Mischief, and, with the Souls of Mischief, a part of the eight-person, alternative hip hop collective, the Hieroglyphics.

Born and raised in Oakland, California, Phesto met fellow Souls of Mischief member Tajai, as well as Hieroglyphics' founder, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, in junior high school. Tajai introduced Phesto to future Souls of Mischief members A-Plus and Opio, and the group formed in high school before releasing their debut album, 93 'til Infinity on Jive Records in 1993.

After Phesto and the Souls of Mischief were dropped by Jive, the group was incorporated into the Hieroglyphics in 1995, at the urging of Del tha Funkee Homosapien.

As a rapper, Phesto is "renown[ed] for his crazy, and up-tempo flows. Rhyming about anything from 'quantum cryptography' to secret Jedi mind tricks, Phesto's skills are undoubtedly a vital piece of the Hieroglyphics foundation.".

Monarch

The Queen had a feint had a fall
Don't give me ether or open my vein I'm sane
I know I'm sane
I don't give a care for the crown or the shield
I will not protect you or happily yield
To the one who makes me come undone
Who was born and in what way
All the fields and poppies ay
Who was born and in what way
All the fields
The Queen is walking away with only her stockings on
Waving having forbidden pears and song
Valiant and the colours are too gold
Colours of the morning old
Who was born and in what way
All the fields and poppies ay
Who was born and in what way
All the fields
Monarch now lay (your) jeweled head
Monarch now lay (your) jeweled head
Monarch now lay your jeweled
Monarch now lay your jeweled head
Monarch now lay your jeweled head
Monarch now lay your jeweled head
The Queen saw the beast in the ribs of the garden
Husband dear you are nearer to the eye
You're thrown places you wouldn't hold a pardon stroked
By the hand of God
By the hand of God
Through you is so cruel
Who was born and in what way

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Report: U.S. Nuclear Program Running On Floppy Disks, Windows 3.1

Edit WorldNews.com 26 May 2016

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First Case Of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Reported In U.S.

Edit WorldNews.com 27 May 2016

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Edit NZ Herald 27 May 2016

TOKYO (AP) " The way some Americans used to pronounce Hiroshima, the city where an atomic bomb was dropped in the closing days of World War II, "HEE-roh-SHEE-mah," sounds a bit foreign to the Japanese ear.The Japanese language generally... ....

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[VIDEO]: Sanders Agrees To Debate Donald Trump Before California's June 7 Primary

Edit WorldNews.com 26 May 2016

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Search Teams Say They Have Detected an Emergency Signal from EgyptAir Flight 804

Edit Time Magazine 27 May 2016

Officials searching for EgyptAir Flight 804, which crashed en route from Paris to Cairo last week with 66 people on board, said Thursday that they had detected an emergency signal that could enable them to locate the wreckage ... Read next ... Read next ... ....

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Summer Music Festival Turns Up Downtown Los Angeles

Edit Huffington Post 12 Aug 2015

Anderson .Paak at Figat7th Downtown Festival. (Photo Credit. Andreas Branch). FIGat7th Downtown Festival has turned up downtown Los Angeles for its third year every Friday night this summer ... - 10.00 p.m., at FIGat7th's Plaza in downtown LA ... King. (Photo Credit ... Tropics ... Special guests include A Tribe Called Quest alumni Ali Shaheed Muhammad, as well as Opio and Phesto of Souls of Mischief, and other surprise celebrity guests are expected ... ....

J. Cole, Ice Cube top 2015 Soundset Festival

Edit The Examiner 29 Mar 2015

The annual Soundset music festival lineup was announced for 2015 by Rhymesayers Entertainment ... Dolan, Supreme La Rock, DJ Eclipse, deM atlaS, Father, Sean Anonymous, Manny Phesto, Freez with DJ Willie Shu, Set the Smith, DJ Lean Rock, DJ Stage One, DJ Adatrak, and DJ Str8Reppin. ....

Souls Of Mischief: 'It's Like Catching Lightning In A Bottle'

Edit National Public Radio 03 Sep 2014

Souls of Mischief are, from left to right, A-Plus, Tajai, Opio and Phesto ... Souls of Mischief are, from left to right, A-Plus, Tajai, Opio and Phesto ... He, Phesto and Opio say they were invigorated by working with Younge in his Los Angeles studio ... PHESTO ... PHESTO ... PHESTO ... PHESTO ... PHESTO ... But then when the sax comes in, which is Phesto, you know, he's continuing the story, but he's playing from your last notes ... PHESTO....

Hieroglyphics festival to celebrate hip-hop, Oakland

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 29 Aug 2014

For the third year in a row, the Hieroglyphics hip-hop collective is throwing a free, all ages music and food festival in Oakland on Monday, to serve as both a way to bring the community together and give back to a city that could use a little love ... "We come from the pre-video era," Massey says of Souls of Mischief, which he founded in Oakland in 1991 with fellow members A-Plus, Opio and Phesto ... "It's analog, and it's live instruments....

Souls Of Mischief & Adrian Younge create a movie on wax with 'There Is Only Now'

Edit The Examiner 27 Aug 2014

Oakland, California's Souls Of Mischief, comprised of emcees A-Plus, Phesto, Opio, and Tajai, have teamed up with music producer Adrian Younge for their sixth studio album, There Is Only Now ... There Is Only Now is truly outstanding. ....

Top 10 Rap Albums for August 2014

Edit About.com 19 Aug 2014

How much does Statik Selektah pay all those quality MCs on his albums? How is Wiz Khalifa's Blacc Hollywood different from his last album? Why does Twista call himself the "dark horse"? Dig in for the answers. 10.  Wiz Khalifa - Blacc Hollywood ... (USA Today). Watch. "Promises". Release Date ... Stream ... Even though we knew the destination, we still had to know how to map it out to get there." - Phesto (Hypetrak) ... ....

Rásaí mire na Gaillimhe

Edit The Irish Times 28 Jul 2014

Tá tús á chur inniu le ceann de na féilte rásaíochta capall is mó in Éirinn nó sa Bhreatain agus is í an fhéile is faide díobh ar fad – Rásaí na Gaillimhhe, i mBaile an Bhriotaigh. Tosaíonn an fhéile ar an Luan deireanach de mhí Iúil agus leanann sé ar aghaidh go dtí Dé Domhnaigh ... Yeats ... Bhí costas €400 isteach agus sólaistí ar an mbiachlar ar nós uaineoil phesto, gliomach, Libertatas Cabernet Sauvignon agus seaimpéin Moët et Chandon ... ....