Lifesavas: HIPHOPCRACK.COM
I (JUMBO) started out carryin records for my dawg MIXMASTA KD, then he taught me how to mix and I started DeeJaying house parties and hole in the wall after hours spots in NE Portland. My man Vurs and I played (basket)ball together and was always talkin bout gettin down on some music, ya know. So, he was working on a song wit my best friend at the time who got shot and killed (Big Red RIP). After that gettin down wit Vurs was destiny, feel me? We been down eversince... I put out a compilation called Bomb Threat that helped give birth to a lotta cats where I'm from. I put that out on our label Misfit Records. We did guerilla marketing until we got heard. I also did some production to get my name out there. Then we was doin shows like we had a record out, like three or four a month seasoning our live show. Then Vurs went on the road doin backround vocals for Blackalicious and I got invited to do merch/roadie/sound assistant....payed dues, ya know. Then Lifesavas got our shot-double duty working and started opening the shows, rippin' every night. That established our fan base before our record dropped. Current project
The current album is GUTTERFLY. The reviews so far say classic hip-hop album. We'll see what's really good when it come out. People should expect to get they monies worth, that's good business. GUTTERFLY is a phrase that my camp been usin since 92', that's LIFESAVAS swag, ya dig! The record is influenced by blaxpoitation flicks like the Mack, Coonskin and others ya know. Funny side story- When we were workin on the record the city got hit wit black ice on top of snow and there was no internet in the lab. I needed to download some guitar parts from Vernon Reid of Living Colour fame. I walked ten blocks wit my laptop until I got wifi signal sat a busstop for a hour and down loaded them files. Yo, I had like three pair of sweats/pants, thermals, skully, two hoodies, gloves and Tims freezin'...but I got that song done and it made the record. This hip hop right!? Scream out loud AaaaaaaaaaaaH!!!!!! Purpose
Purpose or one of the purposes we do it is, to show cats it's cool, hot or OK to be yourself dawg. Somebody will relate, somebody will FEEL YOU. Hustle smart, hustle hard... As far as goin platinum, the game changes daily man...I think a hundred thousand is platinum for a independent now. I'll take that. This goes out to the majors who will bid on LS- we'll give you hits, but we gone do US. So come with the bread, we already workin the career. Is hip-hop really dead?
Where hip hop is...Mos once said "that hip hop ain't no giant in the hills, we hip hop -you and me." As long as my people decide what's classic, what's hot and we not just accepting corporate labels telling you and I what hip hop is we good. We gotta balance it ya'll. Three wishes
1. Get ten HI-TEK beats!!!!!!
2. Obama for President!!!!
3. GUTTERFLY on your ipod,mp3player, in your whip, in the crib, in the club, computer, mixtapes...etc.
I (JUMBO) started out carryin records for my dawg MIXMASTA KD, then he taught me how to mix and I started DeeJaying house parties and hole in the wall after hours spots in NE Portland. My man Vurs and I played (basket)ball together and was always talkin bout gettin down on some music, ya know. So, he was working on a song wit my best friend at the time who got shot and killed (Big Red RIP). After that gettin down wit Vurs was destiny, feel me? We been down eversince... I put out a compilation called Bomb Threat that helped give birth to a lotta cats where I'm from. I put that out on our label Misfit Records. We did guerilla marketing until we got heard. I also did some production to get my name out there. Then we was doin shows like we had a record out, like three or four a month seasoning our live show. Then Vurs went on the road doin backround vocals for Blackalicious and I got invited to do merch/roadie/sound assistant....payed dues, ya know. Then Lifesavas got our shot-double duty working and started opening the shows, rippin' every night. That established our fan base before our record dropped. Current project
The current album is GUTTERFLY. The reviews so far say classic hip-hop album. We'll see what's really good when it come out. People should expect to get they monies worth, that's good business. GUTTERFLY is a phrase that my camp been usin since 92', that's LIFESAVAS swag, ya dig! The record is influenced by blaxpoitation flicks like the Mack, Coonskin and others ya know. Funny side story- When we were workin on the record the city got hit wit black ice on top of snow and there was no internet in the lab. I needed to download some guitar parts from Vernon Reid of Living Colour fame. I walked ten blocks wit my laptop until I got wifi signal sat a busstop for a hour and down loaded them files. Yo, I had like three pair of sweats/pants, thermals, skully, two hoodies, gloves and Tims freezin'...but I got that song done and it made the record. This hip hop right!? Scream out loud AaaaaaaaaaaaH!!!!!! Purpose
Purpose or one of the purposes we do it is, to show cats it's cool, hot or OK to be yourself dawg. Somebody will relate, somebody will FEEL YOU. Hustle smart, hustle hard... As far as goin platinum, the game changes daily man...I think a hundred thousand is platinum for a independent now. I'll take that. This goes out to the majors who will bid on LS- we'll give you hits, but we gone do US. So come with the bread, we already workin the career. Is hip-hop really dead?
Where hip hop is...Mos once said "that hip hop ain't no giant in the hills, we hip hop -you and me." As long as my people decide what's classic, what's hot and we not just accepting corporate labels telling you and I what hip hop is we good. We gotta balance it ya'll. Three wishes
1. Get ten HI-TEK beats!!!!!!
2. Obama for President!!!!
3. GUTTERFLY on your ipod,mp3player, in your whip, in the crib, in the club, computer, mixtapes...etc.