Afroman

大多數(shù)音樂家會(huì)在他們的演藝生涯中經(jīng)歷不計(jì)其數(shù)的跌宕起伏，這通�？雌饋砭拖袼麄兗兇鈶{著他們的地位而活著。Afroman這幾年的動(dòng)作并不是那么受感情驅(qū)使，他在業(yè)內(nèi)的起步更象是一個(gè)發(fā)生在校園的不幸事件，不管你相不相信，這個(gè)事件是因?yàn)樗�下垂的褲子�?br>　　“我的第一張專輯是關(guān)于我八年級(jí)的老師，”這位30歲，真名叫Joseph Foreman的說唱歌手回憶道�！八�把我踢出了學(xué)校，因?yàn)槲覀飨麓沟难澴�，后來這變成了一個(gè)大事件。然后我寫了一首關(guān)于她的歌并賣出去400張，我賣給教師，學(xué)生，每一個(gè)人。我還意識(shí)到，即使我已經(jīng)不念書了，我的音樂還停留在學(xué)校，這樣來說我仍然在學(xué)校。買我歌的所有人都會(huì)到我家來，只是為了告訴我他們覺得那首歌有多酷�！�
　　這段插曲明顯變成了著名的“踹褲子事件”， Afroman需要滿足他那急速成長(zhǎng)的音樂渴望。用著他父母買給他用來使他“遠(yuǎn)離麻煩”的賤價(jià)麥克風(fēng)，卡帶和混音器，這個(gè)說唱初學(xué)者借著嘲笑他的老師制作了一些巧妙活潑的卡帶，其中充斥著他獨(dú)一無二的有深度的笑話以及街頭情緒。
　　“我會(huì)忙于所有在LA的交易直到保安把我踢出去，”他又回憶起在他少年時(shí)期，在LA的一個(gè)不起眼的南部中心地區(qū)生活，直到他搬去加州的Palmdale�！拔彝瑫r(shí)也會(huì)去所有廉價(jià)的演出和維納斯海灘�；�本上來說，我會(huì)去任何我認(rèn)為可以賺到一個(gè)美元的地方 ...
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大多數(shù)音樂家會(huì)在他們的演藝生涯中經(jīng)歷不計(jì)其數(shù)的跌宕起伏，這通�？雌饋砭拖袼麄兗兇鈶{著他們的地位而活著。Afroman這幾年的動(dòng)作并不是那么受感情驅(qū)使，他在業(yè)內(nèi)的起步更象是一個(gè)發(fā)生在校園的不幸事件，不管你相不相信，這個(gè)事件是因?yàn)樗�下垂的褲子�?br>原名Joseph Foreman1974年7月28日生于Los Angeles，受Too Short, Big Daddy Kane和2 Live Crew影響，8年級(jí)開始創(chuàng)作hip hop歌曲，并在家中錄制磁帶發(fā)散給同學(xué)，他最先在教堂里大鼓彈奏吉他，然后去飛機(jī)場(chǎng)給別人搬運(yùn)行李，99年發(fā)行首張專輯Sell Your Dope
by Ed Nimmervoll
Born Joseph Foreman, Afroman may be the first artist to achieve a worldwide hit with the assistance of the Internet. Citing his influences as Too Short, Big Daddy Kane, and 2 Live Crew, he began his rap career in the eighth grade when he started making homemade tapes of his own songs and passing them out to his classmates. He got his start as a performer at church where he played drums and eventually moved on to playing guitar. For a while, he used to work as a baggage handler at an airport while trying to make an impression with his songs.
He was still living in East Palmdale, Los Angeles, when in November 1999 Afroman released his first album, Sell Your Dope, and played parties, sidewalks, and contests. Not finding L.A. to his liking, he moved to Hattiesburg, MS, where he teamed up with drummer Jody Stallone and keyboardist/bassist Daryl Havard. In the spring of 2000 he concocted his second LP, Because I Got High, with producer Tim Ramenofsky. He distributed it at shows and with the help of T-Bone Records in Hattiesburg. The more people he performed for, the more word of mouth spread, with not just a little help from the Internet's controversial music-file swapping service, Napster. Someone who got his hands on his music at a show posted the track "Because I Got High" to Napster and suddenly everything changed for Afroman. Then Howard Stern's radio show boosted "Because I Got High"'s popularity by playing the song on his show. The song "Because I Got High" was based on Afroman's inability to clean up his room. The song lists a number of activities -- cleaning his room, going to court, attending class -- that get derailed because of "reefer madness."
Afroman eventually also gained the attention of Universal Records, which signed him to a six-album deal. His first Universal album, The Good Times, was a compilation of his first two LPs and a few new ones. "Because I Got High" was also included on the soundtrack to Kevin Smith's film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. "Because I Got High" became a huge hit around the world in the last quarter of 2001. When he returned in 2004, he did so in a big way, with the double-disc Afroholic...The Even Better Times, although he did so independently. Free of Universal, he wrote, produced, and recorded Afroholic on his own, marketed it largely via the Internet (afromanmusic), and toured with a live band. The holiday album Jobe Bells followed in 2004 and then came Drunk'n'High in 2006. After his second 2006 album, A Colt .45 Christmas, Afroman released Waiting to Inhale in 2008.