Grimace Love

Bio:

Header Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!.. Back with another heat scorching single is Scarborough legend and mighty Monolith veteran: Grimace Love. Having been honing his mic skills for many years, Grimace Love is undoubtedly one of the world's most seasoned, knowledgeable and articulate rappers. Originality and versatility are his most dominant lyrical traits. Grimace is one of few rappers today who remains true to what he considers to be the 'roots' of hip-hop culture. Among these roots are, dedication to lyricism and bringing about social change, in ones music. With more than a decade of performance experience under his belt, Grimace knows how to rock a crowd. Having shared the stage with numerous artists such as; KRS-One, Mos Def, Jill Scott, O.C., Bilal, Special Ed, Kardinal Offishall, Choclair, Saukrates, Rich London, and Brass Munk to name a few. Grimace was a founding member of Toronto's Monolith clique in 1994. In 1997 Grimace made his first appearance on vinyl. Spitting a lyrical work of art on the track, "Combine with Frankenstein" from, Frankenstein's "UV" EP on released on K.O.S./EMI. A short year later, Monolith released the first project on their own label One Rock Records, "The Long Awaited..." EP. Sold strictly on the streets, to create funding for their follow-up 12" single "Bye D' Plenty". He was a featured MC on both of the group's video accompanied singles, "At the T.O.P." and "Plan Eh". Grimace's potent lyrics are on the group's only solo joint, "Bloody Murder (96)", attacking both artists and fans that sleep on his hometown. The EP received continent-wide accolades. Grimace Love has been keeping very busy making guest appearances. His spiritually inspired flows have ripped mics on "C'mon!" and "I.P.B" from Dan-e-o's "The Book of Daniel" album and on Dan-e-o's "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" album on the video accompanied song "Kama Sutra", which to date has over 6 MILLION views on Youtube. Making Grimace the 45th most viewed Canadian musician (of all time on Youtube). G.L. appeared on Mastermind's, "Volume 49-The Set Up", and "Volume 50-Street Legal released on Virgin Music. Grimace was also featured on Irs' debut album "Welcome to Planet Irs," on the song "Controlled Anger", released on What Chu Want/Universal. Another Monolith member, Charisma also showcased Grimace's writing skills and lyrical perfection on the song "In These Waits" from his "Breaking Barriers" EP. Winning them first place in the International Song Writing competition, (Lyrics only category). Finally after much anticipation, in 2002 Grimace Love dropped his first solo debut single, video & EP "At First Sight", released on What Chu Want Enterprises. The video appeared on MuchMusic and MuchVibe in the daily rotation. Produced by Monolith's own Lancecape. "At First Sight" tackles an issue few hip-hop artist deal with: love. The double a-side 12" also included hot tracks "Obedience School" and "Summer Games". In 2004, Grimace Love released his first official mix CD titled; "Fire In The Streets Vol 1", mixed by his DJ Royal Touch. Giving listeners a raw, uncensored look into the mind of this extremely talented artist. In summer 2005 Grimace released "Fire In The Streets Vol 2 which included brand new, and old never before never before heard material from Grimace Love, Monolith, plus collaborations with other T dot artists. In the last few years GL has released “IT’S ALL OVER” produced by Korry Deez featuring Wio-K, the ground breaking single/double a-side, also included the hot concept track “Skip the Needle”, produced by Lancecape. “REALLY REAL” his sophomore single also produced by "T dot's Beat Bully", Lancecape. He dropped the street single/video, “THE ZIG ZAG MAN” and the “Pre Album Smoke Session” mixtape which received worldwide acclaim on the internet. And finally... After MUCH anticipation Grimace Love released his "long awaited" debut album, entitled "PERCEPTION" on indie label Whole Wheat Brothers Music. Followed by the release of his last single/video, “PIMP'N THE RIDDIM”. PERCEPTION is available everywhere online (view list below) via Indie Pool distribution and will be re-released in stores in November. The album features production by Lancecape, Stunn Gunn (from Demark), as well as Black Cat and Korry Deez of Irs. (Don't hesitate to cop it!) Next on the agenda for Grimace Love is the release of his upcoming single/video “GRIMSTONE” this winter. And the release of he's new EP entitled 7 SONGS spring 2010. With such an impressive track record, as well as the current moves being made, Grimace Love is definitely some one to watch for. ..You should create your own MySpace Layouts like me by using nUCLEArcENTURy.COM's MySpace Profile Editor!..

Member Since:

March 06, 2006

Members:

GRIMACE LOVE...also known as GRIMSTONE, aka THE ZIG ZAG MAN, aka THE BLOODY MURDERER, aka SPRIGHT, aka THE MESSENJAH, aka THE LAST ASSASSIN!!! WHOLE WHEAT BROTHER$ MUSIC IS THE MOVEMENT!!! MONOLITH WIO-K DARKER PETER PARKER...SPI DAH MAN NISH RAAWKS LANCECAPE RISHAARD CHARISMA DAN-E-O IRS

Influences:

My day to day life, my surroundings and the Almighty Most High GOD influence my music the most. But other than that I'd say... My parents, family and my fam... MONOLITH! HHMMMMM... Bob Marley, Nas, Jay Dilla, Quincy Jones, LL Cool J, A Tribe Called Quest, Michael Jackson, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, OutKast, Krs-One (BDP), Sam Cooke, Maestro Fresh Wes, RunDMC, Dennis Brown, D'angelo, James Brown, EPMD, Curtis Mayfield, Redman, Al Green, Queen Latifah, De La Soul, Luciano, Lauryn Hill, Mos Def (Blackstarr), Tupac, Peter Tosh, Wu Tang, Jill Scott, Sizzla, Busta Rhymes, Shuggie Otis, Big Daddy Kane, Jay-Z, N.W.A. Russel Simmons...(to name a few).

Sounds Like:

The sickest emcee you ever heard in your life. (Remarkable lyrics, raw beats, real hip hop.)
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Record Label:

Whole Wheat Brother$ Music