Project Blowed

The roots of Project Blowed can be traced back to the former Good Life Cafe, a health food center in then called South Central Los Angeles, California.{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/music/down-for-the-good-life/11397/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103190236/http://www.laweekly.com/music/music/down-for-the-good-life/11397/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 3, 2013|title=Down for the Good Life|work=LA Weekly|first=Brendan|last=Mullen|date=June 21, 2000}} It was described by UGSMAG as "a platform for rappers to perform their material" and "a testing ground for Los Angeles' independent rap scene".{{cite web|url=http://ugsmag.com/interviews/ava-duvernay|title=Ava DuVernay: This is the Life|work=UGSMAG|first=Jon|last=B|date=May 13, 2008}} Lenny Kravitz, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, and cast members of the show "Beverly Hills 90210" reportedly attended the open-mic.

In 1994, Aceyalone and Abstract Rude produced the original Project Blowed compilation album.{{cite web|url=http://larecord.com/interviews/2009/05/22/abstract-rude-interview-its-only-at-the-precipice-that-we-change/|title=Abstract Rude: It's Only at the Precipice That We Change|work=L.A. Record|first=Chris|last=Ziegler|date=March 22, 2009}} It was released in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/project-blowed-mw0000054054|title=Project Blowed - Various Artists|work=AllMusic|first=Nathan|last=Rabin|access-date=August 8, 2014}} In 2005, Project Blowed released a follow-up album, Project Blowed: 10th Anniversary, on Decon.{{cite web|url=http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/various-artists/project-blowed-10th-anniversary|title=Project Blowed: 10th Anniversary|work=XLR8R|first=Max|last=Herman|date=September 27, 2005}}

Project Blowed is the essential outlet for much of the LA underground hip hop culture. It is a place that many people of all genders can go to freestyle, rhyme, or just speak what is on their mind.Tewksbury, Drew (June 22. 2012). “MURS, Dumbfoundead, & Medusa Discuss Freestyling Mecca Project Blowed and Why Hip Hop Lacks Female MC’s”. KCETLink. Project Blowed was a turning point for the underground culture; it "did not fan the flames of urban decay and societal attacks. Project Blowed was putting out the fire." Rappers were required to pay a small fee to enter a battle and formally introduce themselves, and "MCs generally did not resort to homophobic slurs or excessive name calling during rap battles, as such behavior denoted lack of skill." This group discouraged violent activity among the youth and encouraged strict norms and respect.

Blowed events provided a "creative outlet and alternative career outside of gang life" for young black men. One of these men, Trenseta, after time in jail, spent time mentoring young rappers at Project Blowed. They successfully built a community and a network for these young, aspiring rappers.Hunt, Darnell and Ramon, Ana-Christina (December 9, 2015). “Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities”. 4, 117-139.

While male MCs were more prominent at Project Blowed, five female members consistently appeared in the beginning of Project Blowed. Medusa, a female MC, MCed Project Blowed for over twenty years. She was the first MC at Thursday Night and won many battles with men and women.Lee, Jooyoung (2009). “Open Mic”. Ethnography, 10(4), 475-495.

With the expansion of the Blowdian roster to include newer groups such as Customer Service and Swim Team, Project Blowed has since opened new additional workshops in California's Inland Empire to accompany its former primary location in Leimert Park, Los Angeles.{{cite news|url=http://larecord.com/interviews/2009/07/31/busdriver-the-gumdrop-eats-the-puppy/|title=Busdriver: Worse Things than the World Blowing Up|work=L.A. Record|first=Daiana|last=Feuer|date=July 31, 2009}}{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/06/748636653/spacebase-was-the-place-the-life-of-ras-g-blunted-saint-of-the-l-a-beat-scene|title=Spacebase Was The Place: The Life Of Ras G, Blunted Saint Of The L.A. Beat Scene|work=NPR|first=Max|last=Bell|date=August 6, 2019|access-date=August 5, 2020}}

• Original location: Los Angeles, California (hosted by NGA FSH, Rhymin' Riddlore?, Chu Chu and J-Smoov)
• Expansion location: Inland Empire, California (hosted by Ganjah K)
• Additional locations: Las Vegas, Nevada (hosted by Phoenix Orion) and Austin, Texas (hosted by Tray Loc)

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• Abstract Rude
• Aceyalone
• BADRU
• Busdriver
• C.V.E.
• Dibia$e
• Dj Drez
• Dumbfoundead
• Ellay Khule
• Freestyle Fellowship
• Local Astronauts
• Medusa
• Mister CR
• Myka 9
• Ngafsh
• Nobody
• Nocando
• Omid
• Open Mike Eagle
• Orko Eloheim
• Otherwize
• P.E.A.C.E.
• Pigeon John
• Psychosiz
• Ras G
• Sach
• Self Jupiter
• Subtitle
• Thavius Beck
• 2Mex
• Volume 10

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{{Track listing

| headline = Project Blowed (1995)

| title1 = Jurassick

| music1 = Home Grown Beatz

| lyrics1 = Aceyalone, Spoon Iodine, C.V.E.

| length1 = 3:44

| title2 = Who's There?

| lyrics2 = Self Jupiter

| length2 = 0:06

| title3 = Strength of A.T.U.

| music3 = Digiak

| lyrics3 = Abstract Rude

| length3 = 3:43

| title4 = What a Pity

| music4 = DJ Wolf

| lyrics4 = C.V.E.

| length4 = 1:05

| title5 = Don't Get It Twisted

| music5 = Digiak

| lyrics5 = Figures of Speech

| length5 = 3:14

| title6 = Hot

| music6 = JMD, The Underground Railroad

| lyrics6 = Freestyle Fellowship

| length6 = 4:39

| title7 = Once Upon a Freak

| music7 = CV Shack Productionz

| lyrics7 = Tray Loc

| length7 = 3:55

| title8 = Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

| music8 = J-Sumbi

| lyrics8 = Dolla Holla

| length8 = 3:08

| title9 = Solo Is So Low

| music9 = Fat Jack

| lyrics9 = DK Toon, B Cartoon

| length9 = 3:44

| title10 = This Evening

| length10 = 0:42

| title11 = Heavyweights Round 2

| music11 = Mathmattiks

| lyrics11 = P.E.A.C.E., T Love, Aceyalone, Nefertiti, Self Jupiter, BJ, Ganjah K, Medusa, Ko Ko, Myka 9, Volume 10

| length11 = 7:00

| title12 = Funky Commercial Break

| music12 = Digiak

| lyrics12 = Funky Trend

| length12 = 1:33

| title13 = Second Chance

| length13 = 0:09

| title14 = I Don't Know

| music14 = Fat Jack

| lyrics14 = Abstract Rude, Aceyalone, Rhymin Riddlore

| length14 = 7:59

| title15 = Yeh Man

| music15 = Digiak

| lyrics15 = Abstract Rude

| length15 = 0:27

| title16 = Narcolepsy

| music16 = Cee Vee Beat Down, Hip Hop Kclan

| lyrics16 = C.V.E., Rifleman Ellay Khule

| length16 = 4:04

| title17 = I Think?

| music17 = Aceyalone

| lyrics17 = Aceyalone

| length17 = 1:20

| title18 = Maskaraid Part 1 & 2

| music18 = Fat Jack

| lyrics18 = Abstract Rude, Aceyalone

| length18 = 8:49

| title19 = Treble and Bass

| music19 = Vic Hop

| lyrics19 = Abstract Rude, Aceyalone

| length19 = 4:25

| total_length = 63:46

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{{Track listing

|headline=Project Blowed: 10th Anniversary (2005)

|title1=4343 Leimert Blvd. L.A., CA 90008

|length1=2:11

|title2=Enter the Kaos

|music2=Riddlore

|lyrics2=Aceyalone, Busdriver, Longevity, NgaFsh

|length2=1:52

|title3=Who the F*ck Is You?

|music3=PMG

|lyrics3=Aceyalone, Riddlore, Abstract Rude, Busdriver, Rifleman

|length3=4:31

|title4=Live @ the Blowed

|music4=Longevity

|lyrics4=Customer Service

|length4=4:00

|title5=Villains

|music5=C.V.E.

|lyrics5=C.V.E.

|length5=3:56

|title6=The People

|music6=Omid

|lyrics6=Sach, Pigeon John, Rifleman

|length6=3:19

|title7=Sound Boy Murderers

|music7=Fat Jack

|lyrics7=Abstract Tribe Unique

|length7=4:11

|title8=Too Underground

|music8=Kenny Segal

|lyrics8=Busdriver

|length8=4:40

|title9=Sounds Like

|music9=Nobody

|lyrics9=Hip Hop Clan

|length9=2:53

|title10=What's Your Aim?

|music10=Re.4m

|lyrics10=Acid Reign

|length10=3:44

|title11=Cray Crazy

|music11=Thavius Beck

|lyrics11=Aceyalone, Busdriver, Nocando, Subtitle

|length11=4:45

|title12=Jazzy Girl

|music12=Toca

|lyrics12=Myka 9, Busdriver, Xololanxinxo, Toca

|length12=1:50

|title13=Astro Pimp

|music13=JB

|lyrics13=Cypher 7

|length13=3:36

|title14=How You Been? (Homegirl)

|music14=Jizzm High Definition

|lyrics14=Otherwize

|length14=2:52

|title15=What It Do?

|music15=PMG

|lyrics15=Medusa, Mr. Perkins, Black Silver, Volume 10

|length15=2:29

|title16=Do Unto Others

|music16=Beat Science

|lyrics16=Aceyalone

|length16=4:21

|title17=13th Month

|music17=Kenny Segal

|lyrics17=Abstract Rude, Busdriver, Phoenix Orion

|length17=4:25

|title18=Mama & Pappa Raised Right

|music18=DJ Drez

|lyrics18=Pterradacto, Aceyalone, Jah Orah, Nonstop

|length18=2:52

|title19=Battle Prone

|music19=Myka 9

|lyrics19=Myka 9, Power Tung, Wreek One

|length19=3:27

|title20=Ruff Rhymes

|music20=Longevity

|lyrics20=Aceyalone, Longevity

|length20=2:42

|title21=Doing What We Love

|music21=Beat Science

|lyrics21=Jah Orah

|length21=5:54

|total_length=74:40

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