2Mex

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2Mex
Birth nameAlejandro Ocana
OriginLos Angeles, California
GenresAlternative hip hop
Underground hip hop
Occupation(s)Rapper
Years active1993–present
LabelsMemo Records
Afterlife Records
Mean Street
Temporary Whatever
Paladin Creative Super Co.
Strange Famous Records

Alejandro Ocana, better known by his stage name 2Mex, is a rapper from Los Angeles, California.[1] He is a member of The Visionaries and Of Mexican Descent. He has collaborated with underground hip hop artists such as Jel, Omid, Thavius Beck, Factor, Radioinactive and Isaiah "Ikey" Owens. He is a member of the Project Blowed crew, and he is affiliated with Shape Shifters.

History

2Mex attended the Good Life Cafe open mic nights in 1993. Around that time, he founded Of Mexican Descent with Xololanxinxo.[citation needed]

In 1998, he released his first album with The Visionaries as well as the first Of Mexican Descent album, and he was featured on the OD (Omid) compilation album Beneath the Surface. In 1999, he was featured (with Xololanxinxo as Of Mexican Descent) on the Fat Jack compilation album Cater to the DJ, and he released his first solo album Fake It Till You Make It as The Mind Clouders with producer Mums the Word. In 2000, he was featured (as a member of the Afterlife Crew) on the Afterlife Records compilation Declaration of an Independent.[citation needed] He then released B-Boys in Occupied Mexico on Mean Street in 2001.[2] Sweat Lodge Infinite was released on Temporary Whatever in 2003.[3][4][5] The self-titled album, 2Mex, was released in 2004.[6][7] He released My Fanbase Will Destroy You on Strange Famous Records in 2010. It features guest appearances from Murs, Prince Po, Busdriver and Nobody.[8]

Film

2Mex is featured in Ava Duvernay's award-winning documentary This Is the Life, chronicling the music movement that was birthed at The Good Life Cafe in South Central, Los Angeles. The Good Life Cafe is the open-mic workshop where he first performed with Of Mexican Descent in 1993.[citation needed]

Discography

Solo

  • Words Knot Music (Memo Records/Afterlife Records, 2000)
  • B-Boys in Occupied Mexico (Mean Street, 2001)
  • Sweat Lodge Infinite (Temporary Whatever, 2003)
  • 2Mex (Paladin Creative Super Co., 2004)
  • My Fanbase Will Destroy You (Strange Famous Records, 2010)
  • Lospital (WatertheplantsRecords, 2017)

2Mex & Maiselph

  • Like Farther... Like Sun... (2013)

The Visionaries

Of Mexican Descent

  • Exitos Y Mas Exitos (1998, reissue 2002)
  • Live Concert Series (2002) with Busdriver and Brother J
  • Money Is Meaningless (2006) with Deeskee

The Mind Clouders

  • Fake It Until You Make It (1999)

SonGodSuns

  • Over the Counter Culture (2005)

$martyr

  • Money Symbol Martyrs (2006)

Look Daggers

  • Suffer in Style (2008)

The Returners

  • Break Up Your Make Up (2009)

2Mex, KeyKool, & LMNO

  • Blessing in Disguise (2010)

Guest appearances

References

  1. ^ Calahan, Joel (March 9, 2004). "2Mex - Sweat Lodge Infinite". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Quinlan, Thomas (December 2001). "2Mex - B Boys in Occupied Mexico". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 13, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ Krolak, Mike (October 21, 2003). "Album Review: 2Mex - Sweat Lodge Infinite". Prefix. Retrieved August 13, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Segal, Dave (January 27, 2004). "Sweat Lodge Infinite". XLR8R. Archived from the original on October 27, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Quinlan, Thomas (February 2004). "2Mex - Sweat Lodge Infinite". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 13, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ Swan, Rachel (March 23, 2004). "2Mex". XLR8R. Archived from the original on October 27, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Quinlan, Thomas (April 2004). "2Mex - 2Mex". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  8. ^ Glave, Trav (September 28, 2010). "2Mex – Dead Hand Control and Track Listing (MP3)". URB. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

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