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From about the age of 14-23,
I was obsessed with what is now referred to as "Old School" rap. Growing up
in Queens, New York City, hip-hop culture was very prevalent. I was always
more of a "lyrical" person than a "musical" person and the
competitiveness of lyrical rap "battles" drew me right in..
In our human forms, we are
all ever-changing.
As a child, I enjoyed collecting baseball cards and watching
such classic films as Superman and Star Wars. Hip-hop was the only form of
music I enjoyed. As an adult, I simply collect
memories, watch sunsets, enjoy virtually all film genres, and listen to
everything from rap to country to
toddler tunes!
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The Hip-Hop Career of
Young Andrew Greenstein aka "Mr. Greenie" - PAGE 2
Below are links to a few more rap recordings with which I was involved
as a teenager. Audio quality varies depending on
equipment utilized and skill-level varies depending on what phase
in my rap "career" any particular recording was made.
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"Kick Up A Beat" -
This was Triple Trouble before recording studios, before Tod Cagan was
a member [Marino Mancuso was in his place]---before most of us had
even turned 15 years old. Recorded in a basement with little more than
a cheap microphone and an amplifier, it really just represents a
couple of young friends playing around!
Click here to hear it!
"Listen To The Bass
Go..." - Recorded in 1989 or 1990, this was our first adventure in
a "real" recording studio (EM-ONE). In retrospect, the hook from this
recording sounds so embarrassingly annoying to me..but hey, we barely
knew what we were doing when it came to recording/producing. I think
it's interesting to compare THIS recording (1989ish) with the "ONE
STYLE" recording (1996ish)-- The improvement is ENORMOUS.
Click here to hear it!
"Boom, Boom, Bap!"
- Chances are good that I just put this link up to REALLY
embarrass myself. This was done around the age of 14 in a basement
with a microphone, amplifier, and tape recorder. Basically, it was
recorded using the same "technology" as "Kick Up A Beat"--but with
some lousy synthesizer programming and rhymes that border on
ridiculous. Like "Kick Up a Beat," it just a few teenage friends
playing around--being silly..but, most importantly, having fun...Click
here to hear it!
"A Girl You Don't
Know" (Part 1) - Written at around the age of 14, this was one of
the better at-home recordings, but still quite...well, uhm,
embarrassing when compared with the stuff I/we recorded some 6-9 years
later.
Click
here to hear it!
"A Girl You Don't
Know" (Part 2) - The second part...Click
here to hear it!
"White Waxin" -
Just a quick, amateur recording thrown together in "the basement" [or
"the bedroom"] at around the age of 16 or 17.
Click
here to hear it!
"From A White Boy" -
Inferior to the cut above, its description is otherwise identical.
Click
here to hear it!
"Shout Outs" -
Just havin' some fun in the at-home "recording studio"--roughly age
15-16.
Click here to hear it!
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ME! - at age 16...
...posing for
a [rap]
group photo shoot...
I retired successfully at
the age of 28 after working more than 125 hours per week
for 6 1/2 years. I've visited more than 30 countries, overcome
handicaps, and delivered award-winning speeches.
I am available
on a case-by-case basis for professional consulting and
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Never judge a book by its cover! As many of these recordings will
evidence, I was a very authentic and very skilled rapper! My passion
for the music remains genuine although I definitely prefer hip-hop
from the 80s over the present-day genre. Now in my 30s,
rhyming is still a favorite pasttime--even if not always done in the
form of rap music (i.e. original nursery rhymes for toddlers,
creative storytelling, etc;)... |
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