Sha Stimuli
@Sha Stimuli
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Brooklyn, NY USA
Joined Aug 8, 2007
ARTIST BIO: SHASTIMULI
In the beginning, it was written...
We are all born with innate gifts. It is our duty to embody those gifts and share them with the world. For Brooklyn born lyricist Sherod “ShaStimuli” Khaalis, this means provoking an emotional response through his music. Growing up, Stimuli’s inquisitive mind could not be held by your typical childhood sports and video games. He preferred to follow behind his older brother Lord Digga, one of hip hop’s notable producers. This landed him on Brooklyn basketball courts and in the mix with hip hop legends like Master Ace, members of the Juice Crew, and Big Daddy Kane. Barely a teen, Stimuli found himself engulfed in an era that exemplified the essence of real New York hip hop. Eager to become a student of the game, he digested everything in his surroundings from beats and lyrics, to talks about the business behind the music. At age 11, Stimuli picked up a pen, and brought his first rhyme to life.
Stimuli officially stepped on the hip hop scene at 14, appearing on Master Ace’s Slaughter House LP. For the next few years he continued to fine tune his writing skills, with not much focus on becoming an emcee. When Lord Digga began producing tracks for the Notorious BIG, Stimuli gained much respect for Biggie and his signature flow. Having the privilege of being in the studio while Biggie recorded Ready to Die he quickly became Stimuli’s lyrical icon. When the hip hop world was rocked
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Im Back!!!
Nov 18, 2008
Sorry... I know i been missing for awhile but im back check out some songs i uploaded on my page
Vote SHA STIMULI #1 for Drahma Magazine's Top 20 N.Y. MC's!!!
Dec 8, 2007
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Vote SHA STIMULI #1 for Drahma Magazine's Top 20 N.Y. MC's!!! When the music world was shocked by the untimely death of the King of N.Y., the Notorious BIG, Brooklyn born MC Sha Stimuli knew it was time for him to take the torch and go full throttle with his gift of lyricism. Proclaimed to be the best out of NY since Biggie and Jay, Stimuli has been on a serious grind displaying why he has exactly what's necessary to carry New York on his back. If you have ever been privy to witness Stimuli perform live, you know that it is an experience that leaves spectators in awe. He was the Underground Music Awards 2007 Lyricist of the Year, had record breaking rotation on MTV2's Sucker Freestyle, which continues to air to date, and has one of the most highly anticipated independent albums, "Cinderella Man" set to be released in 2008. It is no surprise that Stimuli has been added to Drahma Magazine's Top 20 N.Y. MC list. That was the easy part. Now let's get him to the #1 spot, by going to http://www.myspace.com/drahmatop20nyrappers and clicking on the star next to Stimuli's name. You are only allowed 1 vote per day. So make sure you vote for STIMULI today, tomorrow, & everyday until voting ends. The list will be featured in the next issue of Drahma Magazine, which hits newsstands January 2008. Stimuli & The Hometown Heroes are also featured in the "Tale of the Tapes" in The Jan 08' issue of The Source (Cover:Nas), and Real Talk DVD (Cover: 50 Cent), both available NOW.. True hip hop fans understand what it takes to be a real MC, to be the #1 MC. Not ring tones, war stories, or gun charges. REAL SKILLS!!!!!!!!!! VOTE FOR SHA STIMULI: DRAHMA MAGAZINE'S TOP 2O N.Y. MC's!!!! **For future bookings and music features please contact Musaic Management @ info@musaicmngt.com. Mr.Fame Non Stop Entertainment www.MySpace.com/MisterFame MisterFame@Tmail.com (917)379-3894
The N Word Pt.2
Oct 27, 2007
Well not really but I didn't hear anyone defend our stupidity with intelligence enough to say that if we made the word cool then why can't they. We all know it’s the fact that that white person could be a racist just waiting for the chance to show it in the sneakiest of ways. It’s the same reason we can get away with calling them crackers or why comedians can base their careers off of Black/White stereotypes and have either be the butt of the joke. It’s why George Jefferson can call Willis a honkey and why Chris Rock can say he hates niggas. We somehow feel like "the white man" owes us for slavery and segregation and racism. And now it’s ok to berate them publicly on their speech pattern, lack of rhythm, good credit, whatever. The N Word song just talks about all this shit in a clever way and is an attempt to get myself to stop using the word. Hoping that as I repeated the word in the hook that artistically it would irk me so much that I wouldn't want to do another take in the booth. I hoped that hearing the truth in the verses would spark me to make a change somehow. It didn't really work and it’s a shame I called out Jay-Z to help me out (see 3rd verse). But its real, Jay is a major trendsetter that waves his hand and makes throwbacks go away, has all of us checking the back of Range rovers and now Cristal isn't even in the clubs anymore. I don't know what Nas album is about but I got a verse for it. By the way the song he's on on Jay's album is crazy. Where was I? Oh yea nigga. I hear there are more nooses popping up and more racial inspired beatings on tape. We think we've come along way and then one day you realize people will always hate. This country was built on it. It just surprises us at times I guess. Like my boy TI, when I met him he was Tip. He had just got signed to Arista and we rhymed for each other in the VIP area at 112 because I was out in Atlanta rapping on the street for everyone and my name was getting around. My demo sucked so I had to rap for folks and when we shared bars that one time we kicked it for a month straight. I don't think success happened too fast for him but I do think someone may have been out to get him. Tip wasn't paranoid to be around his people and now the government is showing once again that we as entertainers are still just Black males. They infiltrated his camp and are trying to take him down for gun possession. I don't have an opinion about him being right or wrong I just wish he himself wasn't connected to the firearms. I'm sure there's a reason and I'm sure this is a wake up call to all entertainers. I pray I never have to have a gun fetish on purpose or by force but right now my prayers go out to him and his family. Its obvious this man is not about to go to war or is he in a position where the guns would be used by him for anything other than protection. In a court of law all they will see his skin color and all they will hear are his abrasive lyrics that may even get played as evidence. Chris rock would probably call Tip a nigga who got money and got guns. Rappers will use his name in punch lines and at the end of the day he'll be made an example of whether he serves time or not. My song made me remember why I love rap music. I can have a conversation about some shit, put it in a rhyme and it becomes entertainment. No other genre allows you to do reach so many topics, Country music may be the closest but there are just some things you can't croon about. DJ Victorious and I are finished The Rehab so if you've been hating on me this is a chance to get it out of your system. I'm about to give away a slew of shit to get y’all prepared. The Rehab is just a treatment and a basic sketch for what I’m about to do. The Séance is my next CD and it’s a trailer with a piece of the plot and some scenes to pull you in to my independent film Cinderella Man. All of thes
The N Word Pt.1
Oct 27, 2007
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I started to think maybe I don't like writing journals or I'm too busy to gather my thoughts to sit and write em down for the public. The truth is I was trying to time this entry with mixtape releases but I heard from a few people that I offer quite a bit of shameless plugs and not enough insight. And here I was trying to water down entries so I wouldn't sound like a geek or a journalist instead of an emcee. I guess I'll just see where this one takes me and y'all can judge the content as you see fit. I've been a little busy rehearsing for this independent film I'm in with Pain in Da Ass, Rock from Heltah Skeltah and my man Tah Born called “Gotta Get Mine.” We haven't started shooting yet but it’s going to be a good joint to check out and it’s already turning out to be fun as hell. I was supposed to have a bigger part in Terrence Howard's film Fighting but I got reduced because of some SAG issues. Being on the set for 3 days was crazy though. I connected with some real cool people (shout to Kaleber and my boy Floyd) and laughed at everybody else. So I got this mixtape with my boy DJ Legend from Cali called “The Present and the Future” which is real hot. He put it together himself and I don't even know how he got some of the records he has. It feels good to know a DJ thinks you're worthy of his time to not just let you host his CD but do a whole mixtape of your joints. He did sneak on a song that I originally did for The Official Boondocks mixtape for the cartoon with DJ Wally Sparks. I didn't mean to leak that one until I got word from the show if they're going to use it somehow and of course I wanted Wally to have the exclusive. But due to powers beyond my control "The N Word Song" done over The Roots "It Don't Feel Right" is on the net. It’s sparked a lot of convo and I've gotten mad feedback from it. I hear the name of Nas' album is "Nigga" so I guess my joint was right on time. The idea of this song came when my homie Angie had me speak at a panel for racism at St. Vincent Youth services for young black males in foster care. I didn't have much to offer other than a story about my experience playing ball in junior college in Iowa for a year and growing up being a black male harassed by the police. Although the young dudes listened I felt like with a little more popularity I could’ve really touched a life or two. Anyway the N-word came up and I heard different ideas about the word. One kid said we took the offense and negative connotation out of the word. Sort of like "queen bitch" or "superho," we turned “nigger” into “nigga.” I get that one. And we really did. We made "nigga" a cool word that replaces "friend," "guy," "dude" etc. Another person said he uses it and when he's around other people of different ethnic backgrounds they use it and it’s ok. My Spanish nigga, my Chinese nigga. We're all minorities. I get that. Then another man said he didn't use the word at all because he grew up during the civil rights movement and the word still stings so there's no way to take the negativity out of it. He was there during segregation and Jim Crow. His parents cleaned houses for white folks. "Nigga" was always poisoning to his ears. I couldn't argue with that. Then there was a question that made me think of myself. I play ball with Caucasian dudes every week and when me and my boys toss around the N word I cringe a little because I know one day one of my Caucasoid boys may slip and use the word and of course we would all want to fight. Is that justifiable? Maybe but who's to say? I actually have some Blanco friends that admit to dropping the N-bomb as they like to call it, of course in jest which is where my line about Brad and Steve come in (listen to the song...shameless plug). So like I was saying the question arose would you be upset if a Caucasian used the word. Everyone said yes and it kind of amazed me.
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nephateri4life
Sep 03, 2009
Thanks for the friend request ~Nefa~
semaj2009
Aug 26, 2009
chek out my new joint tell me what u think
duecey productions
Jun 03, 2009
That song "exercise you"is tight as hell. Good flow, one of the best i've heard on soundclick. Keep it up. Check my beats out if you get a chance...keep on the grind.
stampede2009
Oct 26, 2008
What's Good Playa
JestaDaLyricist
Oct 07, 2008
What's good man, just wanted to invite you to come and check out my new beat "Dc Is Me" on my page, lemme know what you think....
C MayjaH
Oct 02, 2008
Yo, man you sick with the rhyme. I wanna see you do big things....Keep doin you.
d jbari productions
Sep 07, 2008
Yo good lookin out on the add. Check out some of the beats, if you hear somethin you like let me know, and i can get you some tracks
strezs of da skorchaz
Feb 25, 2008
WHAT UP DOE PIMPIN! CHECK IT OUT!!! THE MATRIX HAS BEEN RELOADED! NEW TRACKS!!!
unique stylezz
Jan 05, 2008
Wuz good...i just redid my soundclick page...aint been on in a minute..so check out da music n leave some feedback...
Also if u have myspace den add me www.myspace.com/mzuniquemusic
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Please come by and check out my tracks, I know there's a lot of wack sh*** on here but I promise im different lol...hope u stop thru. One