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JOE BLOW (welsh rapper)aka ROB PICTON

Joe Blow (born june 1977)is a british/welsh rapper/dj.His first ever release was on the Optimas prime ep "Try B4 U Die" in 2005 and brought Joe to the attention of the British hip hop scene.

Early life.

Born in cardiff and raised in Barry town with his parents and older brother.It was through his elder brother that he came into contact with Hip Hop in the early 80s whilst going through his vast collection of records ,immediately falling in love with the music made him determined to become part of the movement.By the early part of the 90s he had already started buying equipment and recording raps onto tape cassette.The term 'old school' gets bandied about a lot in Hip Hop circles, but Joe Blows approach to the game is the genuine article. A focussed motivated attitude and a need to always be progressing has allowed this seasoned veteran to effortlessly spray and hone his talents across many genres of underground music

Underground career

Despite his youthful appearance and energetic live show, Joe is old enough to have picked up some of those classic 1980s Hip Hop LPs the first time around. These critical purchases etched themselves inJoe's psyche and by the early 90s Joe was picking up the mic himself. Starting off in the jungle scene and bagging a residency at Cardiff's legendary Hippo club by the age of 16, he went on to share the bill withlegends such Mickey Finn, Ratpack and Jumping Jack Frost as appearences at Dreamscape and One Nation. By the late 90s Joe had featured on various underground mixtapes, and was introduced to Metabeats, Cesto, Cervantis and Skamma. This crew 'Hurts So Good' (HSG) went on to feature Optimus Prime track 'Summer Time Vibes' on their 'Try B4 U Die' EP, before getting their own HSG release on Optimus Prime's label Dial Up Records. Elsewhere Joe hooked up with legendary Cardiff rapper 4Dee under the titleUndecorated Veteranz and in 2006 the pair released a stunning 12" of true school Hip Hop in the form of the 'Music To Make You Stagger' EP on Dial Up, with production handled by Stagga of Optimus Prime.Within a year the Metabeats 'Metaphysical' album was released, featuring Joe Blow, most of the Squid Ninjaz entourage, and putting South Wales well and truly on the Hip hop map. Hot on the heels ofMetaphysical came Joe Blow's debut release as a solo rap artist, the 'Smoking Skills' EP, which receivedrave reviews from all over the world. Then it was the turn of the Squid Ninjaz to drop their debut album 'Revenge Of The Blowfish' with Joe Blow both appearing on several tracks and overseeing the whole project. In 2010 Joe lent his talents to the now infamous DJ Stagga track 'Genik Riddim' on DJ Starkey's Slit Jockey Records, which knocked Dizzee Rascal and P Money off their top spots on the Juno download chart and saw a spate of high profile remixes once again reaffirming that Joe Blow can explore new terrainand still create fire. Soon after this came some collaborations with Las Vegas based DJs HavocNdeed,namely 'Ain't Got A Pill', the 'Mo Illa' EP, and a formidable remix of Tynchy Stryder's 'Game Over' track all of which featured Joe alongside fellow Squid Ninja and long time wingman Skamma. The pairing of Joe Blow and Skamma also featured heavily on DJ Stagga's 'Warm Air Room' album on Rag N Bone. This earned them a Welsh Music Award nomination from Huw Stephens which gave them chance to hit every major city in the UK and perform. In june 2012 was the release of Joe Blows criticaly acclaimed debut album 'Dead Man Smoking' a gritty commentary on Hip Hop,relationships, life observations and home truths from the eyes of a seasoned and skilful Hip Hop powerhouse with production from Mista Digital, Metabeats, Qred, Jnr. Disprol, Hekla Kosh, Dogruffbeats& Darkhouse Fam and features from the likes of Dead Residents, Mudworth, Ral Duke, Beezilbub, Staggamuffin MC, Skamma & Midaz The Beast. Get up on one of the best Hip Hop albums out at the moment, this is Joe Blow, this is Hip Hop!

Discography

Optimas Prime, Try B4 U Die ep(Dial up)2005 Hsg, Hsg ep (Dial up)2005 Undecorated Veteranz,Music to Make You Stagger(Dial up)2006 Metabeats,Metaphysical(Associated minds)2007 Joe Blow,Smoking Skills ep(Squid Ninja Records)2008 Squid Ninjaz,Revenge Of The Blowfish(Squid Ninja Records)2009 Stagga Skamma Joe Blow,Genik riddim ep(Slit jockey records)2010 HavocnDeed,Aint got a pill,(119 sound)2011 HavocnDeed,Mo illa,(119 sound)2011 Stagga,Warm Air Room(RagnBone)2011 Skamma Joe Blow,Buddmonsta mixtape(Squid Ninja Records)2012 Joe Blow,Dead Man Smoking lp(Squid Ninja Records)2012

External links

"A well rounded album with some golden gems on there" www.RagoMagazine.com "When Hip-Hop is this good it really does restore your faith" www.TheHipHopMafia.com "Dead Man Smoking is hard-hitting long-player that deserves your attention"www.TalkingAllThatRap.com www.squidninjarecords.com Bertrocpoint (talk) 13:32, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

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