I tried to post this on that day and it didn't work out so well. . . my apologies. . .
What up y'all!
So last evening I attended the incredible Last Of The Record Buyers, a once a month producers open mic session, at its new location The Fifth Element. This was special for them in that the event used to take place at a bar called The Dinkytowner and now heads under the age of 21 could rock their beats.
I made sure I was the first on the list and went about my business of building with…
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Added by Sketch Tha Cataclysm on June 29, 2009 at 2:10pm —
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By Prolifik, who's nationally syndicated show "
In Tha Cypher" can be heard on Sundays 10 p.m.-12 a.m. on Kiss 95.7.
The Rising Sun Quest
Friday, June 19,
as part of the Enter the Cypher hip-hop showcase
at Cousin Larry's Cafe, 1 Elm St., Danbury, (203)...
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When I first met The Rising Sun Quest, it was at one of…
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Added by Dirt E. Dutch on June 18, 2009 at 10:00am —
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What up folks. . . here we are with another funky ass update. . .

I have been bogged down in the last week or two by my move to Minneapolis but I have been able to get a few things accomplished. . .
Last week on Sunday we had another marvelous editing session on what will be the…
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Added by Sketch Tha Cataclysm on June 4, 2009 at 11:54am —
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Below is an interview with me by this cat for a newspaper in Norwalk back in 2004. A large portion of the interview focuses on my first album Tao Te Ching, but a lot of other things were covered as well. I never actually was able to view the publication but this was the transcription of the interview that I just recently discovered. I think it is funny as hell! lol All references to a producer by the name of Define are referring to the cat who is now known as Defnyshn, who has gone on to prod…
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Added by Sketch Tha Cataclysm on May 20, 2009 at 3:41pm —
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As I write this, I sit naked in my tension
in a 4X4 room made of walls of pressure
fingers jittered, tapping their rhythms on the air
with tears battering the fretboard until the Twelfth of Never
that song played its sorrows on my day on repeat
directly on my chest for what felt like forever
I want out. . . I want air. . .
I want. . . whatever
that last coffee probably didn't help
now i'm shaking uncontrollably and drowning in my self
Through this dank cage of harnesses and belts its
hard to see…
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Added by Sketch Tha Cataclysm on May 19, 2009 at 10:43am —
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parliament "funkentelechy vs. the placebo syndrome"
first, thank you sketch for getting me shock-g's "fear of a mixed planet"
so, back when i first became a digital underground junkie, i was listening to the "sex packets" album when our family friend karl walked by m…
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Added by deto-22 of phenetiks on May 17, 2009 at 10:00am —
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Whats up folks! I was just having a conversation where I mentioned one of my upcoming projects and realized that it has been sometime since I did an update so here we go. . .
The last few months have been pretty heavy for me. . . life and music. . .

A few months back I decided to move…
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Added by Sketch Tha Cataclysm on May 15, 2009 at 3:25pm —
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Verse 1:
A cursed man is he who really knows what he wants
with 20/20 on his goal and fully knowing the cost
and a wallet lacking vacancy and aimed at the loft
but he keeps stepping back, feeling comfort in loss
like the man who met a woman when his loving was naught
in his spanish class in college and was hitting it off
when they were first paired up, her demeanor was soft
with a edgy sense of humor, she stayed in his thoughts
They started out as friends but then their feelings were wrou…
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Added by Sketch Tha Cataclysm on April 30, 2009 at 11:42pm —
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Hide your coats!
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Added by wos on April 28, 2009 at 2:59pm —
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crazy. . .
We have had a few rehearsals so far for this show coming up on saturday and I have to say that it just blows my mind. This shit sounds so fuckin' dope lol.
Yesterday, we rehearsed with the brass section for three hours and its just a crazy thing to listen to. Most often when I work on these tracks, I think of how they would be played with live instrumentation. I make conscious choic…
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Added by Sketch Tha Cataclysm on April 19, 2009 at 12:37pm —
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Not exactly hip hop but whatever its what I felt like doing here's a track listing let me know what you think of it.
1 Intro Les dimes, Frank Reynolds
2 April 29th 1992- Sublime
3 Princes of the Univers- Queen
4 Bulls on Parade- Rage
5 Forgive but not Forget- Outside
6 Koko- Dj Spooky
7 Walkie Talkie- Dj Shadow
8 Tu Moi Aussie- The Urbs
9 Run for the Hills- Iron Maiden
10 Grand ol Party crash- cage
11 Duke of Hazzard- Blockhead
12 corporate spyhunter- No Luck club
13 Voodoo child- Jimmy Hendryx…
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Added by Mo Niklz on April 16, 2009 at 11:25am —
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first off...
thanks to everyone who's copped it thus far!
we're proud of pro's work, the ep is superdope.
thanks to dutch for his support, and clean mastering ear!
and thanks to sketch tha cataclysm for providing such a beautiful backdrop!
and if you don't know...…
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Added by phenetiks on April 16, 2009 at 9:47am —
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Thats all :) im 18 @.@ im old
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Added by S.Breezy on April 14, 2009 at 2:53pm —
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. . . damn man. . .
. . . shit is so different right now. . . or it just feels that way. . .
packed everything up last saturday and moved it out. . . unloaded everything into my old bedroom at my parents' house. . . took a look around my old room and sigh the sadness of the feeling of being back at square one. . . even though I know I am not really. . . everything is different. . .
i'm broke. . . hopping back and forth from town to town. . . trying to keep my shit together. . . smashing open…
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Added by Sketch Tha Cataclysm on April 1, 2009 at 11:28pm —
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Whats good everybody,
Its been a minute since I did an actual blog. I figure I would give anybody who cares an update on all
things Quest. basically I'm trying to stay a float you know, keep the family fed and all that. I haven't really Performed much or recorded anything in 09 really. just kinda still taking my "Journey Towards The Sun". All that Is about to Change However. Starting April I will begin Recording Music for my next Project. I'm looking to do an EP with 10 Tracks. I've collected b…
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Added by Risingsunquest.com on March 25, 2009 at 11:12pm —
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CLICK THE PIC ABOVE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD!!!
AND ALSO I decided to drop the Price of the Journey Towards The Sun Album. The album Is full of joints that will get your mind off your struggles or Help you deal with them aswell.
I hav…
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Added by Risingsunquest.com on March 24, 2009 at 6:24pm —
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so, although it may seem like we're dead...
we've been busy.
right now we are preparing for the release of the protege's sole ep "untitled is hard enough" on 4/7/09
it's fucking dope. i know, i recorded it.
pro on the lead vocs, sketch tha cataclysm on the compositions, deto and dutch on lighting and special effects.
special guests: phenetiks (duh), and silentuch
at the top of this past month, we had spent a fantastic (but old morning in brooklyn, ny with good friend
arjen noordeman shoo…
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Added by phenetiks on March 21, 2009 at 3:26pm —
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YO! ANYBODY IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA SHOULD COME TO THE ORPHEUM THEATER IN YBOR CITY ON MAR. 20TH WHERE ROB SWIFT WILL BE HEADLINING A SHOW WITH MYSELF AND ANONYMOUS [AND.ON.I.MUST]. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CHECK OUT MY UPCOMING SHOWS AT MYSPACE.COM/MIKEMASS. REAL HIP-HOP SHIT!!!!! PEACE..
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Added by Mike Mass on March 16, 2009 at 5:00pm —
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This is track is most definitely in my comfort zone when it c…
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Added by TheProtege on March 15, 2009 at 1:32pm —
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Note: I write blogs like this (about the creation of art, etc.) as if there is loads of people out there that give a shit. As if I am writing it for a group of invisible most likely non-existent masses who are extremely curious about my projects. If that sounds self-deprec…
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Added by Sketch Tha Cataclysm on March 10, 2009 at 11:00am —
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