geoffreywatsonMC BIO/TIMELINE:
Born: Fairview Southdale Hospital,
Edina, MN November 12, 1977 @ 4:30 am
Raised: Bloomington, MN 1977-1996
Relocated to: San Francisco in
August 1996 for College
Lived 1996-2001: In San Francisco
for Five Years while Pursuing a BFA in Film @ The Academy of
Art College
Wrote: The Independent Graphic
Novel: A lot of Love
Published in Feb. 2002 by Slave Labor Graphics. This was a
project started in Geoff's Senior Year of College in San Francisco,
and finished via correspondence between the Illustrator, John
Gebbia and Geoff after he had returned to MN.
Graduated: May 2001
Returned Home: August 2001
Lived 2001-Present: Bouncing between SE Minneapolis and Bloomington,
finally ending up in Downtown Minneapolis in June of 2002
Founded: Dialogue Elevaters Crew
with Ernie Rhodes at Interlock/The Red Sea's Fifteen Minutes
of Fame Oct. 2001
Added: DEC Member Dirk Diggs as our DJ, Nov. 2001
Recorded: The Hip Hop EP Lyrical
Spit April 2002-Sept. 2002
Released: The Song All Day
Everyday as a featured guest Artist on the Ernie Rhodes'Full
Length CD, This Journey My Mission, Oct. 2002
Released: The Hip Hop EP Lyrical
Spit, Dec. 2002
Added: DEC Member DisputeOne
(formerly Extreme) as the third and final MC, Jan. 2003
Helped Establish: Midwest B-Boy
Coalition with its Founder: DisputeOne. Midwest B-Boy Coalition
is a Collective and Support System we have to help our music
and progression. It Consists of: Dialogue Elevaters Crew, Synoptic,
Weird is Born, Manifesters, Rusty P's, Break Bread, and Split
Endz
Began Recording: Current geoffreywatsonMC
Project, Full Length CD, March 2003, Slated for Release: ???
Began Recording: Current DEC Group Collective Project, Full
Length CD, June 2003, Slated for Release: Summer 2004
Added: DEC Member Last Word as
the New Resident DJ and Producer, Sept. 2003
Hustled: With DEC through late
2003 into 2004
Released: The Full Length CD Elevater
Music, August 2004
Hustled: With DEC through 2004
into 2005
Re-Focused: On New Full-Length
CD: Detrimental Dialogue Late Winter/Spring 2005
Finished: Detrimental Dialogue in
Early Summer 2005
Released: The Full Length CD Detrimental
Dialogue, July 2005
Favorite Books: Fear and Loathing
in Las Vegas, Lord of the Flies, 1984, To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite Movies: Fight Club,
Seven, True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, Clockwork Orange, Taxi
Driver, Momento, The Usual Suspects
Favorite Albums (Hip Hop): Slick
Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick; Public Enemy: Yo!
Bum Rush the Show; Gangstarr: Hard to Earn; Heltah Skeltah:
Nocturnal; Gravediggaz: Six feet Deep; Wu-Tang Clan: Enter
the 36 Chambers; Mobb Deep: The Infamous; Del the Funky Homosapien:
No Need for Alarm; Souls of Mischief '93 til Infinity; Cypress
Hill: Cypress Hill; Dr. Dre: The Chronic; Snoop Dogg: Doggy
Style; The Roots: Do You Want More!!?!, Things Fall Apart;
Dilated Peoples: The Platform; Headshots: Se7en (Cassette);
Company Flow: Funcrusher Plus; Aesop Rock: Float; Cannibal
Ox: The Cold Vein; MHZ: Table Scraps; Cage: Movies for the
Blind; Copywrite: The High Exalted; C-Rayz Walz: Ravipops;
Soul Position: Unlimited EP, 8 Million Stories LP; Semi Official:
The Anti-Album; Demigodz: Ear Plug, Demigodz; Sound Bombing
Vol. 1 Mixtape; Sound Bombing Vol. 2 Mixtape; Weathermen: The
Conspiracy Mixtape; Apathy: It's the Bootlegs Muthafuckas Vol.
1 Mixtape
Favorite Albums: Stevie Wonder:
Talking Book, Inner Visions; Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass:
Whipped Cream and Other Delights; The Doors, The Doors, LA
Woman; The Beatles: Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper's, The White Album;
Violent Femmes: Violent Femmes; Red Hot Chili Peppers: Freaky
Stylee, Uplift Mofo Party Plan, Mother's Milk, Californication;
Morphine: Yes, Like Swimming; Rage Against the Machine: Self
Titled, Evil Empire, Battle of Los Angeles; Faith No More:
The Real Thing; Judgment Night: Soundtrack; Dead Presidents:
Soundtrack, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2; D'angelo: Brown Sugar
PRESS
KIT
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MUSIC:
geoffreywatsonMC - LYRICAL SPIT ep
- INTRO
- LYRICAL SPIT
- ZERO GRAVITY
- NOT THE SAME
- DIALOGUE ELEVATION
feat. ERNIE RHODES
- BACKPACK
- HER
- EMPTY RHETTORIC
- IRREVERNECE MY SEVERENCE (MAD MICS 2)
- MIC STABWOUNDS feat. CARNAGE
- BEFORE & AFTER
- FOURTY BARS OUTRO
Myspace: www.myspace.com/gwmc
geoffreywatsonMC's Heavy Rotation for Summer 2005:
10. R.A. The Rugged Man: Die, Rugged Man, Die
Best Track: #4, "Chains" featuring: Killah Priest & Masta
Killa
Produced By: Ayatollah
9. Apathy: Where's Your Album?!! (Mixtape)
Best Track: #22, "Checkmate"
Produced By: Sirus
8. Copywrite: Cruise Control Mixtape Vol. 1
Best Track: #11, "Happy Hour (PYP)"
Produced By J-Zone
7. Handsome Boy Modeling School : White People
Best Track: #7, "It's Like That" featuring: Casual
Produced By: Handsome Boy Modeling School
6. Aesop Rock: Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives
Best Track: #5, "Winners Take All"
Produced By: Rob Sonic
5. Vast Aire & Mighty MI Present: The Best Damn Rap Show
Best Track: #7, "Buck 50 Express"
Produced By: DJ Mighty MI
4. Printmatic (Blueprint): Vitamins and Minerals EP
Best Track: #7, "Hold Mine" featuring: The Orphanage
(Slug, Aesop Rock, Eyedea, & Illogic)
Produced By: Blueprint
3. Blueprint: 1988
Best Track: #5, "Tramp"
Produced By: Blueprint
2. Diverse: One A.M.
Best Track: #2, "Uprock"
Produced By: RJD2
1. Definitive Jux Teaser 2005: Various Artists (Def Jux)
Best Track: #7, "Hell's Winter" By: Cage
Produced By: El Producto
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A Lot of Love: A Graphic Novel by Geoff Watson
and John Gebbia
Published in Feb. 2002 by Slave Labor Graphics. This was
a project started during Geoff's Senior Year of College
in San Francisco. It was then finished via correspondence
between the Illustrator, John Gebbia and Geoff after he
had returned to MN. It's The Story of a man in power who
has everything he needs, but still wants a lot more.
Available exclusively for order on www.dialogueelevaters.com
for only $10.00
Please contact Geoff directly for ordering instructions:
geoffreywatsonMC@excite.com |
IN THE WORKS:
Geoff is currently putting the finishing touches on his new
Full- Length CD "Detrimental Dialogue". It will be released
on Tuesday 07/26/2005 . The CD release party is scheduled for
the same day being featured at the Fifth Element's monthly
event: Essential Elements, held at the Dinkytowner. The project
will feature: DIALOGUE ELEVATERS CREW, SYNOPTIC PRESSURE, CARNAGE & ILLUSION.
With cuts by: LAST WORD, WILLY LOSE, & TURBONEMISIS. Production
by: LAZERBEAK, PRZM, ANACRON, EMILY BLOODMOBILE, RICANSTRUKTA,
CHANCELLOR, & P.O.S.
Lyrical
Spit review in City Pages.
Lyrical
Spit review in Lost Cause. |
