Emerging from the gray skies and emerald pines of The Pacific Northwest comes oldominion. The next phase of groundbreaking music from the cities of Seattle, Washington and Portland, OR. These are the pioneers of what will inevitably be recognized in hip-hop circles as The Northwest Sound.
With musical influences running the gamut from Nirvana to Axelrod to The Doors to Pharoahe Monch to Company Flow. This sovereign artistic collective has been creating unique hip-hop songs that are both innovative and accessible, without ever having to go outside their crew for production, vocal talent or artwork. This is a plug & play quality hip-hop assembly line.
The Oldominion Family consists of over 20 emcees, artists and producers. Within their membership are the groups Boom Bap Project, NORMAN, Grayskul, and Sirens Echo. Solo projects are in continual release from it’s vast memebership, such as Onry, Anaxagorus, Pale Soul, Snafu, Mako, Barfly, Azrael, Sleep and NyQwil to name a few..
Oldominion\'s 13 song debut album, titled \"one\" was released in 2001 and has Lead to a lot of raised eyebrows since.
Sharing the stage with such notable acts as The Wu Tang Clan, the Beatnuts, Eminem, Mos Def, Dilated Peoples, Jurassic Five,Kool Keith, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Cali Agents, Hieroglyphics, The Roots, Mystik Journeymen and Tha Alkaholiks, this group has excited crowds throughout The Pacific Northwest and around The U.S. and Canada More albums and tours are always in the works.
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