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Time

Time, born Chris Steele, is an American independent hip hop artist, who was brought up in north Denver, Colorado. He is one of the original members of Dirty Laboratory Productions. He is also one half of the hip hop group Calm.

Rap career

As a youth Chris Steele was most known for playing basketball. He wrote a book when he was in second grade. At age 13, he started writing songs and poems. This eventually progressed to recording and writing whole albums. He caught attention from local MC battles and local shows.

Alf started playing Time and his group Calm. on KTCL station 93.3. Time released his first album Litterture[1] in 2004. He then went on to release his album Anti-Smiles [2] in 2006 under the moniker Calm. with producer AwareNess. In 2007, he released his third release under the name Time titled The Fantastic Reality. [3] Aside from local Dirty Laboratory Productions receiving acclaim in Denver it has also received praise from around the world. Time was called "Hip-hop's prodigy" and "The future of independent hip-hop" in a French review.[4] Other international praise comes from Benzine Mag from Time's album "The Fantastic Reality." [5] Time was also interviewed in Switzerland [6] and Australia.[7] Time's album Naked Dinner features appearances from Damon JeVon, Sole, C-Rayz Walz and Extra Kool [5]

Time has also worked closely with "at risk" students at Littleton High School's Freshman Academy program in Littleton, Colorado. His lyrics are studied in an extensive poetry unit in Language Arts classes. Time, along with producer Awareness, have performed on numerous occasions for the students of this program, and they have donated countless cds to these students.

Time recently appeared on the musical artist Sole's mixtape Nuclear Winter: Volume One on the song "Put On For Denver." [8]. Time announced on his blog that he would be releasing one EP a month for all of 2010 [9].

Selected discography

Albums

  • Litterture (Dirty Laboratory Productions - 2004)
  • Anti-Smiles (Dirty Laboratory Productions - 2006)
  • The Fantastic Reality (Dirty Laboratory Productions - 2007)
  • Naked Dinner (Dirty Laboratory Productions - 2009)

EP's

  • 2010: One Headed Hydra: Nutty Castle
  • 2010: Two Headed Hydra: Unusual Flying Ostriches
  • 2010: Three Headed Hydra: Scarlet Corpse
  • 2010: Four Headed Hydra: They Got Legs
  • 2010: Five Headed Hydra: The Good Disease

Mix CD's

  • 2007: The Beautiful Benchwarmers
  • 2008: The Roasted Like Eva Freestyle Mixtape
  • 2008: The Nevermind Mixtape

Notes and references

  1. ^ (((Litterture Overview)))
  2. ^ (((Calm. Review)))
  3. ^ (((Review Time: "The Fantastic Reality")))
  4. ^ [1] Time -Litterture Review
  5. ^ [2] The Fantastic Reality- Benzine Mag
  6. ^ [3] Time- Switzerland Interview
  7. ^ [4] Time- Australian Interview
  8. ^ (((Nuclear Winter Review)))
  9. ^ (((This is Time)))
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