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ARTIST NAME: ASTONISH
Astonish joins the veteran hip-hop collective,
the Molemen, as their youngest burgeoning emcee.
Originally from Humboldt Park but now residing in
Old Irving/Jefferson Park, Astonish embodies Chicago’s
capacity to produce a street-smart lyricist with
enough intelligent swagger to hold his own in the
midst of both the thugs and the backpackers.
Having been reared in a diverse musical environment,
Astonish gained a unique eclectic auditory experience
that has helped him develop his balanced approach
to music. Between the old-school soul records
of his grandparents’ era, his father’s
penchant for NWA, and his own musical delving with
everything from Usher to Nas to Red Hot Chilli Peppers:
Astonish’s rhymes convey a multitude of topics
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After gaining a street buzz as a younger teen, Astonish
felt that he needed to restrain himself from putting out
tracks without a proper network behind him to ensure that
his first album wasn’t lost in a flood of underground
releases and never heard. By biding his time, he was able
to cultivate his craft and eventually gain the ear of
the Moles, quickly earning their acceptance with his sincerity
and the quality of his delivery.
With nearly six years of devoted rhyming under his belt,
Astonish is in a solid position to quickly establish himself
as one of Chicago hip-hop’s newly tiered breakthrough
artists. One of his songs, “Broken Dreams”,
focuses on his strong impulse to take advantage of the
opportunities presented to him while they are still available,
and not to let time pass him by. Having joined up with
the legendary Molemen collective at the young age of 21,
it is clear that he is wasting no time in taking advantage
of a very strong opportunity to allow his dream of becoming
an internationally respected emcee to be realized.
Astonish’s first release (available now) is “The
Biz” mixtape, with fellow emerging Molemen recruits:
Scheme and Decay. Utilizing beats by the Molemen camp
and his own producer, Cucs, Astonish plans on getting
Chicago acquainted with his style with an EP by the end
of 2007, as of yet untitled. He is also planning on putting
out a compilation album with his RnA cohort, Risque, after
his first full-length Molemen release. The title for the
debut Molemen LP has yet to be determined, but it is slated
to be unleashed first quarter 2008. Written by Will Line |
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