The Dime
Richmond, California, United States | SELF
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The follow up track, "Okie Doke" is the perfect track to cruise to. This track brings me back to the first Outkast album. The vibe is Southernplayalistic like. Hook is fun and both emcees destroy their verses. "Rollin' Up 2 Remix" marches in with another catchy hook that leaves you singing along with the Dime. This time, the DIme flexes in Pharcyde like delivery. - Romelo Delossantos
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Meanwhile, over in Richmond, a duo called The Dime has been keeping it quietly, gently, uncompromisingly real. Chioke Jelani and Knightshift are a two-man bundle of pretty much all the affiliations you usually need to make a rap record: they produce their tracks, write their rhymes, sing their hooks, harmonize with themselves. - Daniel Levin Becker
“We speak on the blue collar mentality, the everyday struggle. And sometimes it comes to play with the typical stuff, the guns and the drugs, but our thing is about showing the emotion of the different hustles,” - Mark Oltmanns
Discography
The Plunge, The Point, Brickyard Cove, Free Leonard Peltier: Hip Hop's Contribution to the Freedom Campaign, Under The Bay Mixtape
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From the ashes, the Phoenix has arisen. With a new name and a new calling, The Dime has arrived. Chioke and Nightshift are the millenniums’ answer to the age old question, “What happened to the real music”? Their intellectual, New School throwback sound blesses our ears with nothing but the real straight from the SOUL. Coming out of Richmond, California a city of hope and pain, promise and despair, The Dime lives the struggle for the ones who struggle to live. Richmond, Ca can be the most beautiful, most tumultuous Eden on the planet. This in all helps build the foundation for The Dime’s music and vision. To sum it up their sound is, “Beautifully-Grimy”. Brought up on old soul classics and true Hip Hop, Chioke and Night Shift engrain music into their projects, and soul into their lyrics. Besides being lyrically gifted The Dime will sing and harmonize melodies and hooks that they have created themselves. Night Shift adds to the flair with vocal rawness as he belts out Blue Room notes to the ladies all in the same set. The Dimes live shows have become known as one of the most theatrical performances to hit the stage in a long time. They have had actual chess matches unfold onstage as they rhyme and serenade the audience to the perfect melody. The Dime is an experience to behold. From rough lyrics about home and the world to melodic tones which entice, The Dime stands alone as they continue to rise. The Dime……….The Desire Is Multiplied Everyday.
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