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Ryan Peters (born July 1985), better known by his stage name Spose, is an American rapper from Wells, Maine.[2]
Music career
Spose began rhyming while he was in eighth grade, and started to pursue his rapping career in 2004.[3] In 2007, he self-released his first album, Preposterously Dank.[3]
In January 2010, Spose's single, "I'm Awesome," (from the We Smoked It All mixtape, a collaboration between Spose and Cam Groves)[4] received airplay on Maine radio stations.[1] In February 2010, after the song caught on in other parts of the United States, Spose signed a record deal with Universal Republic Records and announced that he would begin working on a music video.[1] In March 2010, the video was filmed in Wells at the town-owned activity center where Spose had his first concert at the age of 14.[5] The video was released on April 14, 2010.[6] "I'm Awesome" peaked at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100.[7]
In September 2010, he was featured on the song Red Cup (I Fly Solo) by Cash Cash and Lacey Schwimmer.[citation needed]
Spose's major-label debut album, The Audacity!, is to be released in 2011.[citation needed]
On October 25, 2010, Spose announced through a series of Facebook posts (which were linked to Twitter) that he felt that We Smoked It All Vol. 2 had too many original songs to be considered a mix tape. Partially because of this, he decided to create a "project," titled Happy Medium, with many original songs that were originally supposed to be on We Smoked It All Vol. 2, in addition to other material. He also said that new songs from Happy Medium will be released at 4:20 PM Eastern Time every Wednesday. So far, a new song from Happy Medium has been released through Facebook and/or his official website at that time ever since (aside from a few exceptions that were posted the following day).[8] Although various songs from Happy Medium and We Smoked It All Vol.2 have been released, neither project has yet been released in its entirety.
Discography
Albums
- Preposterously Dank (2007)
- The Audacity! (2011)
Mixtapes
- We Smoked It All (2009) (With Cam Groves)
- Happy Medium (2010)
- We Smoked It All Vol. 2 (TBA)[9]
- Kevin's Dark Age Movie of Gym http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKCek6_dB0M&feature=artistob&playnext=1&list=TLO85Iy2laTaY
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Pop Songs | US R&B | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | "I'm Awesome" | 37 | 36 | — | US: Gold[10] | We Smoked It All | |||||||||
| 2010 | "We Hate Money" | — | — | — | The Audacity! | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or have yet to chart. | |||||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b c d Pfeifle, Sam (3 March 2010). "The most famous rapper from Wells signs with Universal". Portland Phoenix.
- ^ Bodnar, Steve (18 March 2010). "Wells rapper lands record deal". York County Coast Star.
- ^ a b Bouchard, Stephanie (3 March 2010). "Local rapper gets major label record deal". Portland Press Herald.
- ^ http://mainecampus.com/2009/10/26/cd-review-spose-and-cam-groves-%E2%80%94-%E2%80%9Cwe-smoked-it-all-mixtape%E2%80%9D/
- ^ Bodnar, Steve (25 March 2010). "Rapper Spose comes home to make 'Awesome' video in Wells". York County Coast Star.
- ^ YouTube - Spose - I'm Awesome (official video)
- ^ "Rapper Spose Talks Unemployment". 92.3 NOW. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Spose/414508830356
- ^ http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Spose/414508830356
- ^ "Gold & Platinum - Search Results: Spose". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
External links
- Sposemusic - official website
- Spose - official MySpace page
- Live performance and interview on WCSH-6 (Maine NBC affiliate)
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