Kaliban
There's never been a doper emcee. Kaliban is a true product of hip-hop. South-Central LA raised, cypher-battling, emcee-flame-extinguisher, Kal give us a taste
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Bend Over Bend Over
Club track for all the ladies! Lets get down to biziness, I know what you want and you know what I want.
Roulette Roulette
This rap game is like a game of Russian Roulette... you never know the outcome and more times than not, it's not pleasant.
We Don't Care - STREET ANTHEM We Don't Care - STREET ANTHEM
I'm gonna stay on my grind no matter what you doing. Forget you haters, forget you non-believers... We don't care what y'all doin... THIS IS MY TOWN.
World of Fantasy World of Fantasy
Sometimes get my head so far stuck in this game of hip-hop, that i forget everything else around me...like i'm livin in a World of Fantasy. This is my story, my grind.
There's never been a doper emcee. Kaliban is a true product of hip-hop. South-Central LA raised, cypher-battling, emcee-flame-extinguisher, Kal give us a taste of what we all have been waiting for.Band/artist history
No pimp cup. No gold teeth. No running suit dipped in Gucci. Kaliban is strictly business. L.A.'s resident battle rap title-holder is no stranger to the commercialized front lines of today's rap sceneand he's ready to change it. The question is, is today's rap scene ready to take on Kaliban? With all the cookie-cutter, recycled, studio rappers in the industry there needs to be a samurai that paints a clear portrait between a true and original Hip-Hop Great and a label-made clone. That samurai has arrived.
Kaliban grew up in a part of South Central Los Angeles he refers to as "the Danger Zone", dubbed that due to alarming murder rates and brutal turf wars. In the midst of that urban battleground he honed his take-no-prisoner spit fire style at local underground spots like Project Blowed, Elements, Fais Do-Do, and Galaxy. Places like these have a strict hold-your-own policy and chances were Kaliban showed and proved on a solo mission. Never the type to roll 10 deep, he was notorious for silently sliding into a cipher and murdering ten emcees at a time all without ever taking off his hoodie. Like a true samurai, he would do his killing, humbly collect his props, and disappear into the night as swiftly as he came. Some may say this sounds like a movie but to those struggling emcees in L.A.'s fight for supremacy, this is their living, breathing, walking nightmare. Not only does Kaliban have undoubted street credibility, his rhymes are packed with the smarts of Einstein and the street hustle of a young Willie D. He has a strong understanding of the current rap game and is able to disguise himself as a wolf in sheep's clothing; appealing to audiences, murderous to label-made clones.
As a true samurai would, Kaliban is always working to improve his art and has teamed up with several other artists and producers in his quest for Hip-Hop supremacy. In the early 2000's, Kaliban, going by his alias 50 Cal, teamed with producer DJ Obi to release his first solo album, Trigga-Nometry in 2003. It's heavy, sampled sounds combined with Kal's lethal lyrical prowess made it a widespread underground success. Always hungry for more, while still working on solo projects, Kaliban became member of rap groups, Cobra LA (CLA) and later the Filthy Rich Criminals (FRC)working with industry names such as Father MC, B-Real, and DJ Warrior.
With his rhyme game locked down, Kaliban ventured off into more mainstream gambles where the purses were bigger. He took home a trophy from Nike's Battleground competition where he destroyed emcees from all over the country. With fangs dripping with industry blood, he became hungry for more high profile marks. It was time to hit the movies. Kaliban landed his song, "Sewaside", on the Lions Gate motion picture release titled "Drive Thru" released in 2007. Kaliban was not done yet. He then starred in "Battle For New York", an independent movie that showed the difference between a "rapper" and an emcee. In true form, Kaliban was cast as the ultimate emcee to square off against sixteen opponents. Not a far stretch from his day to day routine. Kaliban did gain a strong business sense from the making of this movie and he applied that knowledge to his future undertakings.
Currently, Kaliban is back to focusing on his solo career with his latest release “Point Blank Range”, under his own indie label, Lock and Stock Recordsthis time aiming at the majors with fresh new sounds and production, while keeping true to his art of being a bona-fide, battle-bred emcee. A direct product of Hip-Hop, Kaliban has songs that appeal to every type of Hip-Hop listener because of his undeniable gift to rhyme, and flawless delivery. Kaliban is truly the type of emcee we rarely see nowadaysthe real deal.
CLONES BEWARE: Brace your pimp cups and guard your grills, the terror alert is rising and Kaliban is awake.Anything else?
Myspace: www.myspace.com/KalibanMC
Website: www.K-ILLA.com
Los Angeles, CA
USA
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