Album Notes

Class is a man on a mission!

Class is a performance artist with a style uniquely his own. He considers his music a mixture of acid jazz, hip-hop, R&B and Rap. A self-contained artist, producer, writer, engineer and promoter - this brother does it all!

Born Robert D. Bassett, Jr., and raised in the Baychester Projects of the Bronx, New York, Class always watched people free-style and have rap battles at block parties. This motivated him to work day in and day out on his rapping style, technique and writing. Class always had a rhyme in mind and was ready to perform at a moment's notice. He never failed to excite the crowd with his electrifying power on the Mic.

Class later joined the Navy where he began to DJ and free-style at the American Legion. He was based in Seattle, Washington, and during this time he hooked up with Mr. Swift and B-Max with whom he created the group Brothers of the Same Mind. They began performing around the northwestern United States and in British Columbia, opening for such acts as RUN D.M.C., ICE CUBE, DJ QUICK and SCARFACE. Class and Brothers of the Same Mind were mentioned in the an issue of the Source magazine in the Unsigned Hype department as one of the best unsigned acts out.

Ever confident, Class went solo, which gave him total creative control over his musical style and direction. Even more opportunities opened up for him and he worked with other groups like S.W.V., HAMMER, PUBLIC ENEMY and Jeff Globlum(From the movie "The Fly") . Class was selected to perform at Seattle's Annual Bumbershoot Festival of the Arts. He has also performed in Los Angles clubs like the Mint, Los Palma's and

The "Cocoanut Teaser" . At the same time, he ventured into modeling and acting, and appeared as an extra in the blockbuster movies Sleepless in Seattle and Disclosure. In addition to promoting his singing and acting careers, he is busy helping other artists by engineering, writing, and producing for them. He has since relocated to Los Angeles and he is currently In LACC Film School getting things in order to take Los Angeles to "Class" with his distinctive expression.

Class has degrees in both Audio Engineering and Midi Production has allowed enabling him to produce, engineer, mix and create a style that is literally representative of his name, Class. This quality is also apparent in work he has done for other upcoming artists. Class also runs his own publishing company, which he uses to publish his music and that of others.

With all of this you can see that Class truly is a man on a mission - a mission that can't be ignored! So, the next time you're in the mood for a unique mixture of rhythm and rhyme, check out the sophisticated original lyrics with a "touch of class" from the brother Class.

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