Sage Francis
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| Sage Francis | |
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| Birth name | Paul Francis |
| Genre(s) | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, Spoken Word Artist |
| Years active | 1999 – Present |
| Label(s) | Strange Famous Records Epitaph |
| Website | Official Website |
Paul "Sage" Francis (born November 18, 1976) is from Providence, Rhode Island [1] and is a hip-hop artist. Sage Francis' style blends a varying tone and delivery with subject matter that focuses on intricate sequences of widely varying imagery, metaphors, the occasional pun, absurdism, word play often in the form of phonetic mix-ups and rhetorical excursions, and pop culture references, while including touchstones of traditional hip hop such as storytelling and self-promotion.
Francis is the owner/CEO of the independent hip-hop record label Strange Famous Records. This label first began as a way for Francis to bootleg his unreleased songs in the late 90's and has since evolved into an official enterprise with an expanding roster of like-minded artists.
Francis is also part of the contemporary spoken word movement, performing often at poetry events, and blurring the lines between poetry and hip-hop. Francis relationship with the Providence Poetry Slam community (he was on their 1998, 1999 and 2002 national poetry slam teams[2]) led to it being called "The House that Sage Francis Built"[3]" From 2000 - 2002, he also DJ-ed for the NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam, a weekly slam series held at the legendary punk rock venue CBGB.[4] In May 2008, Francis represented "stage poetry" in a "Page Meets Stage" event at the Bowery Poetry Club, with Jeffrey McDaniel representing the "page poet."[5]
[edit] Discography
- Personal Journals (anticon, 2002/Strange Famous Records, 2007)
- A Healthy Distrust (Epitaph Records, 2005)
- Human the Death Dance (Epitaph Records, 2007)
[edit] External links and further reading
- Official Sage Francis website
- Strange Famous Records
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- Strange Famous Forum
- KnowMore: The People's Corporation Watch Project
- Interview for Slap Magazine
- Interview for Scene Missing Magazine
- Sage Francis Interview with Chuck D.
[edit] References
- ^ SF Biography: http://www.songmeanings.net/artist/view/biography/13852/
- ^ http://www.gotpoetry.com/Sections/op=viewarticle/artid=16.html Providence Poetry Slam info on GotPoetry.com
- ^ Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. (2008). Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam. New York City: Soft Skull Press. Page 100. ISBN 1-933-36882-9.
- ^ Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. (2008). Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam. New York City: Soft Skull Press. Page 198. ISBN 1-933-36882-9.
- ^ Taylor Mali website: Page Meets Stage page
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