“Sin Papeles” by Molina Soleil & Aju w/ DJ Icewater, Shine Flow EP (2009)

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People love “Sin Papeles”.  Bangin’ beat, pure fire, bilingual, timely.  This is the story of la vida sin papeles.

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“La Historia del Mexicano” by Adrian H. Molina w/ Mannequin Rituals, CHiTT Productions 2008

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I wrote the first version of La Historia del Mexicano back in 2002 during my days as an undergraduate student activist.  I began performing it as a spoken word piece, then a lyrical acapella piece, then rapping it over other artists’ beats.  Mannequin Rituals put a sound to it in 2008.

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“Young Brown Poet” by Adrian H. Molina w/ Mannequin Rituals, CHiTT Productions (2008)

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The Journey

Circle back to one of many beginnings.  It was November 4th, 2006.  I had the opportunity to open for Saul Williams at the University of Wyoming.  Will Ross was running sound for ASTEC—the University of Wyoming’s student government sponsored production team.

I knew of Will, having run into him continuously at UW events, but we had never really had a meaningful conversation. 

While running sound, Will recorded my performance on his mini-disc recorder.  Young Brown Poet lit him up, and the next day he emailed the vocal track to Dustin Neal, his fellow band-mate and co-founder of CHiTT Productions.

Out of nowhere, I got an email from Will, telling me to check out a rough mix of Dustin’s vision of Young Brown Poet.  Will explained how he had sent the track to Dustin in the morning, who ran home over his lunch hour and recorded music to the words.  Will mixed it down.

I was floored by what I heard.  Completely unexpected.

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