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"IT'S REIGNING WOMEN"

AUTHOR: Moria McCormick
"My feminist reaction was, `This is bs,' but realistically, it's probably true." Still, Absyte's pushing her debut mix CD ... Copyright © 2004, Chicago Tribune. ...

Searching for some female rappers? The Chicago Tribune reports on female artists making it on their own terms in a male-dominated and sexist industry. The story doesn't break any new ground in its discussion of hip-hop (and one music exec's point about Ja Rule promoting his sexuality is kind of weak), but it covers a number of Chicago artists you probably haven't heard of, like Steph Staa, Lyrisis, Psalm One, Ang 13 and Absyte. Here's Absyte recalling a conversation with a local hip-hop producer:

"He very eloquently told me it's a risk [for a record label] to try breaking a female hip-hop artist without having her trail behind a group of guys -- like Lil' Kim behind Biggie [Smalls] and Eve behind DMX," Absyte says. "My feminist reaction was, `This is b.s.,' but realistically, it's probably true."

Moira McCormick writes that Absyte, who has a biology-psychology degree, is "pushing her debut mix CD, 'Absolute Swagga,' on her own, performing around town and aiming to encounter a record exec with a more enlightened outlook."

- CHICAGO TRIBUNE


"That's MC, Not Femcee"

Searching for some female rappers? The Chicago Tribune reports on female artists making it on their own terms in a male-dominated and sexist industry. The story doesn't break any new ground in its discussion of hip-hop (and one music exec's point about Ja Rule promoting his sexuality is kind of weak), but it covers a number of Chicago artists you probably haven't heard of, like Steph Staa, Lyrisis, Psalm One, Ang 13 and Absyte. Here's Absyte recalling a conversation with a local hip-hop producer:

"He very eloquently told me it's a risk [for a record label] to try breaking a female hip-hop artist without having her trail behind a group of guys -- like Lil' Kim behind Biggie [Smalls] and Eve behind DMX," Absyte says. "My feminist reaction was, `This is b.s.,' but realistically, it's probably true."

Moira McCormick writes that Absyte, who has a biology-psychology degree, is "pushing her debut mix CD, 'Absolute Swagga,' on her own, performing around town and aiming to encounter a record exec with a more enlightened outlook."

- MS MAGAZINE


Discography

VISION FORWARD 2007
ABSOLUTE SWAGGA MIXTAPE 2004
ABSOLUTE GIFT 2005
ADHD CHRONICLES MIXTAPE 2005
WAGE WAR 2004
RESPECT 2004
MIC CHECK REMIX 2005
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THA GHETTO 2004
THAT'S LIFE 2004
BLOCK IZ HOT 2005

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Feeling a bit camera shy

Bio

Absyte born as Camille Maria Jones is a southside of Chicago Native, who has loved entertainment and been involved in different elements of entertainment since she was about 4 years old. Absyte grew up in Chicago with her mother and grandmother who often would make her the highlight at family gatherings and church functions. From singing Michael Jackson's "Off-the-Wall" to break dancing the latest hip hop break beats, Ab has always seen the light and path to entertainment. Hip Hop was a love that was born for Absyte as a fan of the game. Hip Hop was the right mix of the music she loved and the poetry she would often write. At an early age she remembers writing stories of a drug and bug infested basement which she slept in with her infant sister as her mother drained her life away in a crack pipe. It is sometime a mystery to many including Ab how her life did not turn down the same dark path as her mothers. As the artist tells it that dark path is right around the corner every day she lives on this earth. "Everyday I wake up I thank God for all I have and what I didn't do wrong today...At the end of my day I thank God for all that could have happen that did happen for the good and for all those things that didn't happen for the bad that spared my life another day. Absolute Swagga is a mix of the daily struggle she speaks of. Worrying is not good but according to the artist there's sometimes no way to avoid it. And if you thought there was going to be a positive "happy ever after ending" to that statement ..think again....according to the artist in her life that is the game of life we are pitched everyday....we take the good with the bad and hope we don't strike out.

Absolute Swagga is a mixtape produced as many mixtapes are with a mix of original hip hop tracks and a mix of well-known industry tracks. This fusion is accompanied by a deep threads mix of battle rymes wrapped with a mix of socially-conscience lyrics that again show that delicate balance of life as Absyte knows it. Original tracks were produced by some of the best producers in Chicago, Meesak (Kaseem Harris), Tray From Block 1, E-Jilla, Bobcat and many more. Industry tracks were from classic artists from Biggie to De-La-Soul...Maceo if your out there Ab says "get at your gurl" your tracks are blazin and of course Absyte works with nothing but the best...Her future aspirations would be to be able to make a true living from what she loves to 1st afford her daughter an un-marred or as close as she can provide childhood...all the best in life for her daughter Jolie to succeed no matter what she chooses in life. Her daughter is number 1 and nothing (including the music) will deter her from the goal of making her daughters life the very best it can be. Industry-wise Absyte has aspirations of working only with the best Pharrell, Neptunes, Kanye West, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis....yes we said Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis....Ab's take on it is they are the pentical of what the best in this music industry is "They make huge stars into colossal stars...and that is what the best gives ....the best....PERIOD".