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Cleverly disguised as a literacy teacher by day, A.P.O.S.T.L.E. transforms into a lyrical superhero for justice by night. His super powers include, a dynamic wordplay and vocabulary which he uses to masterfully conquer social issues, mass media, corrupt politicians, and sucka emcees all in a single bound. By joining forces with fellow superhero DJ Quest, this dynamic duo's live performance is easily the most powerful Hip Hop stage show in the universe.
The new Album, Lyrical Activism features DJ Quest (Bulletproof Space Travelers), Viveca Hawkins, and fellow Heavyweight Dub Champion member Stero Lion. Lyrical Activism was co produced by legendary producer Mark Pistel (Meat Beat Manifesto, Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Consolidated, MC 900 ft Jesus). The electro-dub-hop sound-scape is the perfect surface for A.P.O.S.T.L.E.'s intensity. He's created a lyrical force field where materialism, misogyny and nonsense rhymes cannot penetrate. By contrast to the norm, listeners become engaged, informed and inspired. This leaves A.P.O.S.T.L.E. as the last man standing above a sea of mediocrity in a dying genre.
With an extensive tour history around the US in festivals and clubs with his former band Heavyweight Dub Champion, this soldier has earned his stripes as a live show veteran. He has additionally cultivated undeniable name recognition in his hometown of Denver CO. for his work as a grassroots community activist, performance poet, ghostwriter, and performer. Recently A.P.O.S.T.L.E. relocated to the Bay Area to combine all of these efforts into one project. Lyrical Activism is his definitive work that will definitely be an underground classic.
A superhero's work is never done. There will always be crowds to rock, microphones to rip and injustice to address. Whether it be the clubs, parties, festivals, lecture halls, classrooms or street corners A.P.O.S.T.L.E. will be there. He has stepped up to answer the call of the masses of Hip Hop fans who are eager for change. We have waited long enough, the time has now come.
Subject: APOSTLE & DJ Quest in your area! With special guests, Goddess Alchemy Project
( events » nightlife ) Attention Soldiers,
Revolutionary sounds are headed in your direction. In times like these, we need voices that will stand up for truth in the face of the onslaught of political rhetoric. Come together with us and invoke the spirit of change fo...
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event starts Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 8:00 PM
Subject: APOSTLE & DJ Quest in your area! With special guests, Goddess Alchemy Project
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Attention Soldiers,
Revolutionary sounds are headed in your direction. In times like these, we need voices that will stand up for truth in the face of the onslaught of political rhetoric. Come together with us and invoke the spirit of change fo...
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August 23rd Kelly's Mission Rock Cafe in SF
( events » live music ) From: <a href=' profile.myspace.com/index.cfm P. O. S. T. L. E. Aug 28th@ www. SymbiosisEvents. </a>
Date: Aug 6, 2008 6:34 PM
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event starts Friday, August 8, 2008 - 2:00 PM
Cast your vote for APOSTLE
( events » arts ) Just simply click the link. That's all you gotta do!
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event starts Friday, April 11, 2008 - 2:00 PM
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Lyrical Activism, the new CD from APOSTLE had it's Debut on college radi...
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Thu, April 3, 2008 - 4:00 PM
! 2 GOD THROUGH MUSIC blackviolin.com,
! Sexiest Smile !,
!Colorado Music!,
☆ FREAKS IN COLORADO ☆,
"THE SECRET",
*** XY ***,
**Tribe Marrakech & Elevation BD Fest**,
*Activists*,
-[ REGGAE RISING ]-,
7th Mystery School,
7th Mystery School, Northern California,
Alex Grey,
AllHipHopHeads,
an-ten-nae Presents,
bassnectar,
bay area live music,
beat church,
Beatboxing,
Black Entrepreneur,
Black Men,
...
Attention Soldiers,
Revolutionary sounds are headed in your direction. In times like these, we need voices that will stand up for truth in the face of the onslaught of political rhetoric. Come together with us and invoke the spirit of change for the betterment of this world, it's the only one we've got. The future is counting on us.
Myself and DJ Quest, along with our sisters, Goddess Alchemy Project will be in your area to give you just what you need to get through these hard times, music to move your mind body and soul. Here are the venues we will be at:
Thursday 10-02: Santa Cruz: Moe's Alley
Friday 10-03: San Francisco: Get Connected Summit
Saturday 10-04 Eureka: Red Fox Tavern
Sunday 10-05 Ashland: Stillwater
PEACE
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APOSTLE
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Showing Hip Hop Chart For Issue #1051
All charts are subject to change prior to print
TW LW 2W PK WKS Artist Recording Label
1 1 2 1 4 DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN 11th Hour Definitive Jux
2 2 1 1 7 AKROBATIK Absolute Value Fat Beats
3 5 7 3 5 SUBSTANTIAL Sacrifice Hbd Label Group
4 3 3 3 7 CADENCE WEAPON Afterparty Babies Anti
5 9 13 5 4 BISC1 When Electric Night Falls Embedded
6 6 6 6 6 MOE POPE AND HEADNODIC Megaphone NatAural High
7 8 16 7 3 JUNC OPS 2013 Circuitree Records
8 7 5 1 19 LUPE FIASCO The Cool Atlantic-1st & 15th
9 12 17 9 3 GURU Jazzmatazz: The Timebomb - Back To The Future 7 Grand
10 4 4 2 9 ONE BE LO The R.E.B.I.R.T.H. Subterraneous
11 13 11 10 7 SONIC SUM Films Definitive Jux
12 10 10 1 11 MIKE LADD Nostalgialator Definitive Jux
13 14 - 13 2 TEARGAS AND PLATEGLASS Black Triage Waxploitation
14 18 20 14 5 DOMER Vaguest Vacation Mind Spray
15 21 23 15 3 BLACK SPADE To Serve With Love Om
16 11 8 8 10 TOUCH AND NATO The Representatives In Intelligent Design Up In Arms
17 17 - 17 2 EDUCATED CONSUMERS Write Hear VerIZum
18 15 15 5 11 GHISLAIN POIRIER No Ground Under Ninja Tune
19 25 30 19 3 CONNIE PRICE AND THE KEYSTONES Tell Me Something Ubiquity
20 27 18 9 16 WYCLEF JEAN Carnival II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant Columbia
21 19 9 2 10 BREEZ EVAHFLOWIN AND DIRT E. DUTCH Troublemakers Little Ax LLC.
22 - - 22 1 JEAN GRAE AND 9TH WONDER Jeanius Blacksmith
23 16 12 7 8 THE YMD Excuse Me, This Is The Yah Mos Def My Pal God
24 20 14 3 18 Y SOCIETY Travel At Your Own Pace Tres
25 28 24 2 12 FOOD FOR ANIMALS Belly Hoss
26 22 21 1 19 BUCK 65 Situation Strange Famous
27 30 29 23 8 NICOLAY AND KAY Time:Line Groove Attack
28 - 36 28 2 GNARLS BARKLEY The Odd Couple Downtown
29 - - 29 1 APOSTLE Lyrical Activism Seven Soldier
30 26 31 18 10 RUCKUS ROBOTICUS Playing With Scratches Grease
31 - - 31 1 KIDZ IN THE HALL "Drivin Down The Block" [Single] Duck Down
32 23 19 1 30 TALIB KWELI Eardrum Warner Bros.
33 32 - 32 2 SANTOGOLD Creator Downtown
34 - - 34 1 Y-LOVE This Is Babylon Modular Moods
35 36 - 35 2 ATMOSPHERE "Shoulda Known" [Single] Rhymesayers
36 24 22 5 10 YAK BALLZ Scifentology II Flospot
37 37 - 37 2 BRAILLE The IV Edition Syntax
38 - - 7 24 M.I.A. Kala Interscope
39 29 34 4 11 VARIOUS ARTISTS Night Owls 4: A Shot In The Dark Syntax
40 - - 40 1 POEMS Special Delivery HipHop Is Music
Wed, April 2, 2008 - 4:33 PM
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In your skin I see the begining of time and space and misconceptions evaporate in the magnetic field of your fermones created from the skin tone pulsating through pores parcipitated in the air the fragrance you wear I devour in less than an hour we fill the room with our laughter and a connection is made in the context of mutual appreciation from our dating frustrations to our life aspirations to our financial complications, we engage in meaningful conversations about what we could do if we ruled the world and for a second, I thoght that together we probably could. Then I realized if I could cause you to revolve I would be the man I am but again your skin is like something I want to be consumed in redeemed in cleansed in for all my sins, I find salvation in your embrace replacing confusion perversion instead uninhibited expressions of love eroticsm mathematical tantric medicine confessions of my obsessions I can't seem to stop thinking about the flawless texture of your exterior organ a blessing to behold you, to hold you, I told you what I would do to have my light absorbed in your darkness like the sunshine when it stimulates the reaction of melanin in your skin your beautiful skin your perfect skin when can I see you again?
APOSTLE
Thu, February 28, 2008 - 9:35 PM
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1) To demonstrate the Power of Music through: The cognitive connection to rhythm, rhyme and melody, vital signs in the body known as "biorhythms", and slang as the evolution of language.
2) To utilize the Power of Music for its original purposes of: Celebration, communication, education and healing. While providing an alternative media's mass marketing of violence, materialism, and misogyny.
3) To provide a framework for dialogue, strategy and implementation for social change that is enlightening and inspirational for those who find bliss on the dance floor.
4) To galvanize a strong collective of people with diverse talents that recognize the trans formative power of participating in the live performances as ritual
5) To develop a network of independent artists, grassroots community organizations, and independent media outlets to provide an alternative to mass medias' blackout on non conforming voices.
6) To mobilize a collective of artists, educators, activists, and healers to travel nationally and internationally to expand the impact of the Power of Music.
7) To unite people separated by cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and socio-economic boundaries through the Power of Music.
APOSTLE
Mon, February 11, 2008 - 9:33 PM
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As I began to piece the dream back together, still recovering from my exhaustion cold, I reflected back on my life with newfound appreciation. I've had an amazing run of it so far, I'm so thankful I'm still here to experience more. Amazingly I've been able to hang out and rub elbows with many who would be considered Hip Hop royalty at the beginning, peak and ending of their careers. My new purpose gave these experiences a much deeper context. When I was barely a teenager, I met Crazy Legs of the "Rock Steady Crew" during a promotional tour for the movie Beat Street. In my early twenties, I met Tupac Shakur and promoted a show for him on New Year's Eve 1991, just a few months after he dropped his first solo record "2Pacalypse Now". Then in my early thirties, I met KRS-ONE, who has had the most influence on me as an artist. Although I didn't think of these experiences as a spiritual experience at the time. I realize that who these people were spiritually had as much impact on me as who they were as innovators of the culture of Hip Hop. Equally influential to me were the social justice leaders of my community in Denver who I had the privilege to have in my life as mentors. Dr. Paul Hamilton, author of "Shattering the Myths: African People's Contributions to World Civilizations". Another mentor of mine is Dr. Vincent Harding, author, and colleague, classmate and friend of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Finally the person who had the greatest effect on me as person was Brother Jeff Fard. He taught me that the first rule of empowering self and others was to "know thy self". This influenced my spirituality, politics and professional life. I have truly been blessed with an incredible amount of guidance, it would've been a shame to have it all go to waste because of something that could've been prevented. Even still, my work as a youth service provider to over 8,000 youth in over 70 schools with over 50 fellow Colorado artists is quite a satisfying and fulfilling accomplishment. As well as being able to rock crowds of thousands of people with my former band. I am grateful for this incredible life I've had, and the chance to experience more. What I have yet to experience will be even more incredible still. What I've been through and what I'e achieved was only boot camp. Now I am ready for spiritual combat with the enemy.
I spent about 3 days just remembering the dream alone. I wasn't sure if I had remembered everything or if I had added anything in from trying to hard to recall. Had my imagination filled in the gaps? Did the cold medicine have an effect my dream? Once I had it all written down, I began a 4 day research escapade on google like a cyber-space Indiana Jones searching for everything I could remember. The number 7. Tariq, What is Alumbra? Is it even a word? Turns out there is no meaning in english but in spanish it means "to illuminate" or "enlighten". I found that to be strange since I don't speak spanish. The name Tariq means "messenger" or "one who leads the way". Ironically enough so does "Apostle". I always knew the number 7 held special significance to me. Since my birthday, date and time of birth all equal 7 when adding the sum of the numbers together until you reach a single digit. It was always my lucky number. I always saw it randomly in my employee numbers, telephone numbers, addresses, mailboxes, serial numbers. I've always had sevens around me. In a number of spiritual texts and cultural traditions around the world, it's symbolic meaning is very interesting, as well as in all of the world divinations. I always thought of myself as a teacher, or a "messenger" of some kind. I always wanted to say something thought provoking at the very least in my poetry. Could it be that it's in my nature to do so by some divine course written in the stars and planets? I have begun to believe in just that even more. I was always told when I was a kid, I would be a "preacher". That used to always make me cringe because I saw preachers and politicians as one of the same. I didn't really trust them. The funny thing about that is, many people often tell me coming to my performance is like going to church. How could I possibly thought I would avoid that comparison with a stage name like Apostle? I don't know. At this point, I felt there was no turning back. I was given yet another chance to live and there is no better explanation than it is because of some divine purpose. I must use the talents I have been given faithfully for the invocation of the spirit of my ancestors.
So now what I am about to say may stun you. I will probably lose friends over this. Others will say I have gone crazy. I don't care. The reason is what I have told you about my life thus far is completely true and the undeniable incredibleness of these events, whether they be traumatizing or inspiring, they were not by chance. For over these past 7 days, I have finally discovered my self. I am a vessel for a spirit whose time has come to ascend to mastership. The work I do from this point on must affect this world in a dynamic way. My lyrics are not zoned out THC enhanced rants of randomness, but divine words of inspiration from my soul in ascension. I have so much more work inside of me. I am a servant to humanity through the will of my ancestors. I will create experiences of enlightenment for those who find bliss on the dance-floor. The intention is to create powerful music. Music as powerful as the drum circles of West Africa, that crossed the ocean in slave ships, resurfacing on plantations and igniting the passion that led to the revolts that overthrew the "Master" long before the civil war. Music as powerful as the music Ray Charles created which gave him enough influence to desegregate the chitlin' circuit of the deep south in the 60's with the threat of a boycott. As powerful as the music of Bob Marley, who brought two heads of state together of opposing nations on stage to embrace. As powerful as the music of the mid 70's that brought two gangs in the Bronx together, and fostered a world-wide youth culture that crosses racial, political, cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic boundaries. I know this kind of talk turns some people off. I don't care. My work is far more important than a popularity contest. No matter how precarious the path is for me, I will traverse forward. I will stay on course. The truth about my dream is it was not a dream. I was visited by my ancestor. Some people will say it was the fatigue or the cold medicine or whatever, but I know what happened. I have accepted their gift. For a very long time I've been a proponent of the idea that we choose our own reality. I still believe that, but I did not choose this path. I was chosen. Now is the time for me to step up, go forward and do the impossible. Experience the ritual, and move your body to this.
Tue, January 29, 2008 - 10:51 PM
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