MoJoe Family

How do you describe real music in a word? MOJOE

Their brand of music called Dirty Genes infuses blues, R&B, jazz and classic soul into a unique style of hip hop. This team creates music reminiscent of the Motown Era and they pride themselves on only performing with the MoJoe Family band.

Easy Lee (Charles Peters) and T.R.R.E. (Treson Scipio) are MOJOE, a duo with a band that has often described itself as The Roots meet Outkast over dinner with Marvin Gaye at D'Angelo's house. That is a party that anyone in their right mind would want to attend, a free-form jam with only the tastiest beats, rhymes, and harmonies, not to mention words and rhymes that really echo the barometer of urban life. This unique Hip-Hip team creates "real" music reminiscent of the Stax/Polygram era and they pride themselves on performing with a band. This trait clearly separates MOJOE from the Hip-Hop norm where artists simply use traditional track music. MOJOE channels that spirit with a unique blend of world-wise poetry, sweet soul melodies and harmonies, reverent blues and jazz, and Southern Hip-Hop.

Years before they made music together, Easy Lee and T.R.R.E. shared a foundation of loving music, riding around San Antonio listening to soul and blues classics as well as the raw Hip-Hop that was moving the block. It was a space where the likes of Curtis Mayfield and Roy Ayers could get down and get funky with the meaningful street rap of poets like Juvenile and UGK or the uplifting beats of A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul. Not yet full-fledged performers at the time, the friends nonetheless developed the open-minded musical outlook that they branded DIRTY GENES.

With classic.ghetto.soul, MOJOE introduced their musical vision. With DIRTY GENES, they assume their roles as the most soulful rap group of their time. There's been rap groups that were funkier, more gangster, or more lyrically complex, but with the release of DIRTY GENES, the argument can realistically be made that there's never been a rap group more soulfully diverse. DIRTY GENES was a song and album concept that MOJOE initially created in 2004, but when their debut underground album got picked up by Music World Music/Fontana for national distribution, they had to put their second album on hold to tour. After completing their obligations to Music World Music in 2007, MOJOE entered the studio to finally begin crafting their latest masterpiece. Their new album's theme revolves around the fight that we all have with our past and with our flesh. MOJOE successfully paints a stunning portrait of imperfection, reflection, confession, and resolve. The title also refers to the influence that Texas blues, New Orleans jazz, and dirty south hip-hop has had on their musical genetics.

Throughout DIRTY GENES, they showcase the stellar songwriting they've come to be known for, while delivering a masterful soundtrack that includes blues, R&B, hip-hop, jazz, and classic soul. The album boasts production by T.R.R.E. and Easy Lee of MOJOE, Roger Blevins (Mingo Fishtrap), BRISS (Nappy Roots, Tupac, Trina), S1 (Strange Fruit Project, Erykah Badu, Blu, Inspektah Deck), Felony Muzik (Young Buck), Donnie Singleton, and Rob Bass. The album also features guest appearances by Bavu Blakes, Money Waters, Mingo Fishtrap, and Chamillionaire signee Famous aka Lil' Ken.

Noteable Performances:

5 city tour w/ Dwele Texas

8 city tour w/ Brian McKnight and Joe

NBA All Star Jam Session

Essence Music Festival Super Lounge

BET Awards Official Afterparty

Toured with Sunshine Anderson

Live Performance @ Music Choice NYC Studio

ABC/KSAT - Good Morning San Antonio

Opened For:

Music Soulchild

Doug E. Fresh

Kindred

India Arie

Goepele

Raheem Devaughn

Rueben Studdard

Talib Kweli

MoJoe is a hip-hop soul duo that only performs with the MoJoe Family Band.

We call our brand of music Dirty Genes because it infuses Jazz, Soul, Blues into Hip Hop. Our influences are Curtis Mayfield, Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye, D'Angelo, Frankie Beverly & Maze, The Roots, UGK, Outkast, Anita Baker and many others....

Lead Vocals: Tre (Treson Scipio)

Lead Vocals: Easy Lee (Charles Peters)

Music Dir. & Drums: Funky Genius (De Rick Hendry)

Keys: Cooley (Robert Cockfield)

Bass: Bishop (Jason Stiggers)

Guitar: Red (Henry Lumbreraz)

Saxophone: Nookie Coletrain (Andrae Van Buren)