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A-Frame & Mike Clouds
12+ albums
maineunderground hip-hopMilled Pavementspotify
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What up I'm A-Frame, that's Mike Clouds. This is our story. I grew up in Washington, Maine, a little redneck town 1 1/2 hours northeast of here. At age 8 I went into a local Laverdires and bought a breakdancing magazine. Within months I was astounding crowds at local Clam festivals across the mid-coast. By 14 I was consumed by the unique urban lifestyle (hip hop). My favorites rappers as a youngster were: NWA, Public Enemy, Slick Rick, and Too Short. This music was movies for the blind for a young kid from the sticks. At the same time Mike Clouds roamed the back streets of Munjoy Hill Portland Maine scoping out old buildings salvaging copper pipe to hock to the local junk dealer. His older cousin Danski steered him towards Redman and Wu rather then let the 1989 Metal revolution swallow him up like a bad mullet. Skip some years to 1999 when Clouds and I officially met. It was Stonecoast open mic. A new scene had broken in Portland. I always knew I could rap, but never had the balls to do it. To be honest, seeing Eminem on MTV really is what inspired me to get up and try. Back then Clouds was an MC but had recently acquired his first beat machine. As soon as we met it clicked. He wanted to make simple 4 on 4 bass driven beats and I wanted to spit nasty punchlines. Everything we do is out of hunger to get put on. When I say get put on, I don't mean videos and big cars (although it would be nice!), I mean just an honest living from music. Our first album, Against The Grain, dropp
