Lafa Taylor
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Lafa Taylor is a fresh 19 year old up and coming producer / emcee from Eugene, Oregon. Drawing on his lifes experience growing up with a multicultural background, Lafas intelligent, complex lyrics address a broad range of topics, and carry a positive message of inspiration for todays youth as well as elders. His varied musical style could be described as hip hop beats mixed with reggae, electronica and funk, and his verbal style ranges from spoken word, to melodic vocals, to rapid rhyming. He is also known for his intricate beat boxing, and creates live on the spot beats using his voice and a guitar loop pedal. Lafas live show is energetic, dynamic and unique. Lafa has been making a name for himself on the west coast and has opened for the likes of The Lifesavas, Typical Cats, The Procussions and the Visionaries. In the summer of 2003 he released his debut album Life Music on which he made all the beats and produced himself. He has also started his own record label Make Music which he is fervently and continuously cultivating. Lafas second album Hot Winter is a step into a new realm of music making. Lafa created this multimedia album while spending the winter in Costa Rica, with a portable studio in his backpack.Band/artist history
I droped my first CD "Life Music" when I was 17 I am 19 now and working on my 3rd.Have you performed in front of an audience?Yes I play live, all over the globe, in Tokyo right now.
Your musical influences
Everyone: Spearhead, Andre 3000, Pigeonjohn, The Roots, Blackalicious, Aswad, Bob, Jimi, M, Portisehead, Razel, The Grouch, Barington Levy, Krs One, Mos Def, Cee-Lo, Fela Kuti, Moka Only, Dead Prez, Sublime, And Everyone else Fresh.What equipment do you use?
Reason, yamaha Ry30, protools, Oxygen 8 controler, MPC, lots of other random equipment.Anything else?
I do all of my porduction and beats hit me up at LafaTaylor@LafaTaylor.com if your intrested.
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