Mr. Metaphor

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Mr. Met, a native New York City born musician raised in Park Slope Brooklyn, was introduced to the culture of hip hop in the mid 80’s. Being half French and half Jewish Met came up battling on street corner ciphers and local Mc competitions with a mission to prove himself as an mc. Met attended LaGuardia “Fame” high school of the performing arts as a vocal major in the late 80’s and began searching for a path to follow in music. As a concert pianist in the 50’s, Met’s grandmother was a big inspiration and attribution to his natural ability to play keys and produce music. Big Daddy Kane was Met’s first influence to writing rhymes. Kane said “you could put wings on your tongue and still couldn’t say nothing fly” and met thought it was the most genius thing he had ever heard. After he heard that line, met sacrificed every minute of his day thinking of clever punch lines, metaphors, and wordplay to show off to the neighborhood hip hop heads. This is where the name “Mr. Metaphor” was born. He started calling radio stations like Martin Moore and DJ Meham, Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito, and any other radio station he could get his voice heard on. He began making a local buzz for himself. After internal conflict with his first group “SUB 4”, met decided to accept the invite from the other local Park Slope group making noise “Zooty Zoo”, and joined forces with Building Block (Block McCloud) and Will Tell. The 3 artists formed the group Word A Mouth and went on to be featured on the

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CD1 defiant's - HipHop & Underground Rap Collection (2009) (VA)

The Evolution of Marc Bars

Rawkus 50 Presents The Evolution of Marc Bars

Metropolis

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defiant's Underground Rap Collection (2009)

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defiant's Underground Rap Collection Vol. 2 (2009)

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CD2 defiant's HipHop & Underground Rap Collection Vol. 3

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Lyricist Lounge Vol. 1

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defiant's Underground Rap Collection Vol. 2 (2008)

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Ritual Of The... (Revisited and Remastered)

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VOL. 1 Nick B's Hip-Hop & Underground Rap Collection - Bringing It Back (2009) [VA]

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Rawkus 50 Presents: The Evolution of Marc Bars

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