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The Insomniaddicts
10+ albums
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Hailing from the streets of San Francisco, two life long friends unite to form a spiritually thought-provoking lyrical juggernaut known as The Insomniaddicts. Answering as many rhetorical questions as they are asking, The Insomniaddicts wax poetic over gritty, minimalist boom-bap infused tracks, (pleasing even the most elite underground enthusiast), forcing the listener to step outside any preconceived notions about God, hip-hop and life in general, questioning their own reason of being. Born and raised on the streets of San Francisco, microphone astronaut and The Wanderer were close friends years before either one picked up the mike. Founding members of the infamous EMB skateboard crew, the two roamed the red bricks of Justin Herman Plaza for years with the rest of the crew-absorbing daily what would now be referred to as the golden age of hip-hop. From east coast originators, A Tribe Called Quest, Main Source, Eric B and Rakim, EPMD, Special Ed, Big Daddy Kane and De La Soul to left coast mainstays Too Short, JT the Bigga Figga, 415, Hugh EMC, IMP, NWA, Pharcyde, Hieroglyphics and countless others began to shape and mold what would become the encompassing lyrical library the two would draw from in the future, to compose their daily observances into social commentary and diatribes. Microphone astronaut was the first to grab the pen and the pad. Sometime in 1990, along with fellow EMB heads G-Man and Bobcat, the three made a spur of the moment ‘ode to EMB’ song using Above
