User:Cigar City Sound/Celph Titled

Celph Titled is a hip hop artist from Tampa, Florida. He is an underground hip hop fan-favorite phenomenon as a rapper and highly respected as a record producer within his genre. As a soloist, he has released a quadruple-disc compilation of material, being the first 4CD release of its kind in the underground hip hop scene. He is a core member of the Army of the Pharaohs supergroup headed by top indie selling act, Jedi Mind Tricks. Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda sought out Celph Titled to be an honorary member of his Fort Minor project, appearing on both the Warner Bros. Records-released album and DJ Green Lantern mixtape, as well as embarking on the crew's official tour. The Fort Minor album was executively produced by rap music mogul, Jay-Z. He is also a leading member of the Demigodz, another supergroup headed by the likes of Apathy (rapper) and Styles of Beyond. Celph Titled, along with frequent collaborator Apathy, can be described to "have paid close attention to Jay-Z and Wu-Tang Clan's records, because they possess the furtive sense of humor and peerless lyrical skill of the former and the almost archaic, labyrinthine, and self-invented language of the latter."

Biography
Take cover - the fusion of raw aggression and slap-you-in-the-face beats is about to explode. Celph Titled, spawned from the golden era of rap music and culture, has emerged to capture the lost realms of the hip hop spectrum that have been in captivity for so many years.

Priding himself on being an incredible emcee as well as one of the best known and sought after beatmakers in the underground, “The Grand Daddy Grenade Man" has definitely made an impact on the world of hip hop music. Gaining worldwide notoriety for his famous punchline-filled cameos alongside records with the likes of Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park / Fort Minor), Juelz Santana, Redman, Fabolous, Jedi Mind Tricks, Eric Bobo (Cypress Hill), Styles of Beyond, Apathy, 7L & Esoteric and so many more --- Celph Titled is a name that is hard to avoid. Most importantly, he has laid down beats for such heavyweights as Kool G. Rap, Ice-T, Soul For Real, Kurious, Apani, Lord Digga, Shabaam Sahdeeq, King Sun, Big Scoob, Truth Enola, and many more.

Celph Titled, born and raised in Tampa and once an NYC resident for many years, has always had a knack for expressing his creativity in an entertaining fashion. Being raised in such a multi-cultural tropical landscape, the pale-skinned white Latino lyricist was exposed to a wide array of music and experiences. From his early demos dating back to 1992 to his first official group, Equilibrium in 1997, his music has continued to go nowhere else but up. He released his first two official records in late 1998 on his own imprint, Atomik Recordings. One of which was with his group, Equilibrium, which consisted of two other Floridian emcees - Dutchmassive & Majik Most, as well as a veteran DJ - Kramtronix. The single was a 3-song 12” consisting of the Tampa anthem “Fahrenheit 813”, the conscious “Critical Conditions” which featured then-EMI/Pendulum recording artist Vex of the Boogiemonsters, and the highly controversial “Windows 98” which sampled the Microsoft Windows ‘95 start-up music and was even rumored that Bill Gates himself gave the group a holla. The second single was from the Walkmen, entitled “Fortruss”, which was a huge success especially in Japan for an unknown group. Ever since then, it has been history as Celph Titled has single-handedly dominated a lane in the underground hip hop world. Just a glance at www.discogs.com while searching Celph Titled's name will give you an idea of just how many pieces of wax are out there that this man had something to do with. Impressive to say the least.

As a soloist, the gruff-voiced rapper made his debut in November 2001 with the release of his 12” single, “Right Now” b/w “It Ain’t” & “Root Beers In Your Fridge (w/ Apathy)”. The urban and college radio chart topping A-side, “Right Now”, is produced by none other than the legendary Mark the 45 King, more recently known for his platinum hits with Eminem (“Stan”) and Jay-Z (“Hard Knock Life”) among his classic old school contributions. The single was an instant success, spawning commercial mix show spins worldwide and even gaining the attention of NYC tastemaker Funkmaster Flex and Wake Up Show shot caller, DJ Revolution. This record was an amazing feat for an underground artist to accomplish, while Celph considers it simply “a small step towards something much bigger.”

If his own solo endeavors weren’t enough, he is a lead member of the Demigodz crew, consisting of his music partner, Apathy alongside many other familiar underground names such as Styles of Beyond, Esoteric and others. Just off the names alone involved in this conglomerate, the buzz for the crew as a whole spans across the globe in anxious anticipation of a collective full length release as well as each individual members’ projects. The CD and double vinyl EP, “The Godz Must Be Crazy” was released in April 2002 on the Los Angeles-based Ill Boogie Records with distribution through Caroline/EMI. On this release, the entire family joined together and Celph Titled spits venom on every song as well as having produced half of the EP himself. The record has been a huge success and even garnered the attention of major labels such as Interscope, Warner Bros, Dreamworks, Priority/Capitol - and eventually lead to the signing of Apathy to Atlantic Records in September 2002.

Celph is also a core member of the world famous Army of the Pharaohs (AOTP) clique, headed up by frontman Vinnie Paz of Jedi Mind Tricks. The collective has released two albums, "The Torture Papers" (2006) and "Ritual of Battle" (2007) to extremely great independent success. Mr. Titled is heavily featured on both of these projects, both on microphone duties and production. In addition to the AOTP affiliation, he was an official member of Mike Shinoda's Fort Minor project which was released in 2005 on Warner Bros records and embarked on a nationwide tour with the group in 2006. Following that tour, he released a collaborative album under the group name "The Boss Hog Barbarians" with fellow MC/producer, J-Zone, entitled "Every Hog Has Its Day".

In late 2006, Celph Titled released a one-of-a-kind compilation entitled "The Gatalog". The impressive limited edition quadruple disc (4xCD) set was history in the making as Celph Titled hits you with a full 75 total songs, all compiled from original studio masters and beautifully remastered in the highest digital quality. This compilation includes all of Celph's classic 12" underground joints and guest appearances as well as twelve previously unreleased songs. High-profile artist collaborations, "A" list producers, trunk rattling beats and insanely raw lyricism all find their home in this collection. Never before has a CD set been so impressive, including tracks spanning a career from its early beginnings in 1998 to its present day reign. The compilation has brought much success and attention to his name and fans are now patiently waiting for his first official solo debut.

So, in closing - the truth is - Celph Titled is a highly versatile, talented, and marketable artist. He is currently working on his debut full length LP, which has been many years in the making. While he does not have a home yet for this project, he is seeking one and is planning on creating one of the best raw hip hop albums of his time. Besides his own album, he is also staying busy appearing on and producing for forthcoming projects including the 3rd AOTP album, Apathy's sophomore album, and the Demigodz full length project.

There are really no words to describe his persona, thus only a name like Celph Titled would fit such a character.

SOLO ALBUMS

 * 2006: The Gatalog: A Collection of Chaos 4CD
 * 2010: Nineteen Ninety Now

COLLABORATION ALBUMS

 * 2006: Every Hog Has Its Day CD/2LP (J-Zone & Celph Titled - The Boss Hog Barbarians)
 * 2007: No Place Like Chrome CD/2LP (Apathy & Celph Titled)

GROUP ALBUMS & SINGLES

 * 1998: Fahrenheit 813/Windows 98/Critical Conditions 12" SINGLE (Equilibrium)
 * 2000: Do That/Hold Something 12" SINGLE (Equilibrium)
 * 2002: The Godz Must Be Crazy CD/2LP (The Demigodz)
 * 2005: The Rising Tied CD/2LP (Fort Minor)
 * 2006: The Torture Papers CD/2LP (Army of the Pharaohs)
 * 2007: Ritual of Battle CD/2LP (Army of the Pharaohs)
 * 2007: The Godz Must Be Crazier: Deluxe Edition 2CD (The Demigodz)

VOCAL APPEARANCES
Braille - "Lifefirst: Half the Battle" ("Ink Blotch", "Sentimental Journey", I Am Who I Hate", "Gullet Gambit", "Delusive Decorum", "Antfarm", "Lifefirst (f/ Storm the Unpredictable)" CD - Eastwick SWP [1999] Divine Mind - "Forever (Celph Titled Mix)" f/ Masterminds, L-Fudge, Mr. Rictor, Mr. Complex, & Celph Titled 12" Divine Mind/Mind Your [1999] Beefsteak Breaks Volume 1 LP - Beat Your Meat [1999] Bigga Mention - "Soundbwoy's Revenge" 12" BUDS [1999] Louis Logic - "Secret Agent" 12" Bronx Science [2000] Apathy - "Compatible (f/ Celph Titled)/The Smackdown (f/ Rise, Celph Titled, & C-Rayz Walz)" 12" Bronx Science [2000] Apathy - "Ain't Nuthin' Nice/Every Emcee (f/ Rise)" 12" Bronx Science [2000] Redline Productions - "Black Sunz Compilation" (Various interludes) CD - Redline [2000] Soul For Real - "It's Summertime (f/ Big Scoob)" 12" Fully Blown [2000] Equilibrium - "Do That/Hold Something" 12" Atomik [2000] L-Fudge - "The Final Word (f/ Celph Titled)/Star Wars" 12" Bronx Science [2000] Apani B-Fly Emcee - "Spot Me/A Million Eyes" 12" Bronx Science [2000] Apathy & Celph Titled - "Chrome Depot Freestyle" 12" White Label [2000] Funkghost - "Tampa International (Celph Titled Remix)" f/ I-Man, Phobi One & Celph Titled 12" Slopfunkdust [2000] Apathy & Celph Titled - "No Joke/Science of the Bumrush (f/ Open Mic)" 12" Stonegroove [2001] Rise - "No Faith" 12" Bronx Science [2001] The Ancients - "20/20" 12" Bronx Science [2001] Various Artists - "Styles Upon Styles Volume 2" ("Science of the Bumrush") CD/2LP Stonegroove [2001] Various Artists - "Independent's Finest Volume 1" ("The Smackdown", "The Final Word") CD Ill Boogie Records [2001] CunninLynguists - "So Live!/616 Rewind (f/ Tonedeff, Sankofa, Kashal-Tee, & Celph Titled)" 12" Urban Acres [2001] CunninLynguists - "Will Rap For Food" CD/LP ("So Live!", "616 Rewind")" Urban Acres [2001] Lt. Dan - "Urban Neckwork" ("Lt. Dan Freestyle") Mix CD [2001] Rahsheed - "Paper Mache (f/ Louis Logic, Celph Titled, & Apathy)" 12" Bronx Science [2001] The Planets - "Set Flames" 12" Red Sea Entertainment [2001] DJ Unknown & Mek - "Brothers on the Slide" ("Freestyle" - J-Zone, Al-Shid, Celph Titled, & Rok One) CD [2001] Clokworx - "Preservatives/Who's That" 12" Commonwealth/Cybertek [2001] PackFM - "Featured Material - Volume 1" ("Sky's the Limit" f/ Mecca & Substantial) CD-R [2001] Apathy - "That Ol' Boom Bap" 12" Bronx Science [2001] Import Tuner Magazine Presents - "DJ Mark Luv - Required Audio v1.01" ("Import Tuner X-Clusive" - Cheapshot f/ Apathy, Celph Titled, & Lexicon) CD [2001] PackFM - "Freestyle Marathon/BackPACK" 12" Bronx Science [2001] Choc (of Soul For Real) - "Crazy" 12" Fully Blown Recordings [2001] Elemental - "Get Off My Nuts (f/ K-Skills, Celph Titled, & Apathy)" 12" [2001] K-Skills - "Who's Fuckin' Around (f/ Celph Titled)/Bottom Line" 12" Bronx Science [2001] Walkmen - "F-L-A Team/Tropic States" 12" Bronx Science [2001] Celph Titled - "Right Now/It Ain't/Root Beers In Your Fridge (f/ Apathy)" 12" Bronx Science [2001] Kurious - "All Great" 12" Stonegroove [2001] Shabaam Sahdeeq - "No Surrender (f/ Kool G. Rap)" 12" Raptivism [2001] King Sun - "Pimp (f/ Ice-T & Kool Mike Ski)" 12" Fully Blown [2001] Various Artists - "Aberfoyle Springs Compilation" CD ("Fallout" - DutchMassive f/ Celph Titled & Walkmen, "Breeze Block Freestyle" - Apathy & Celph Titled) HipHopHotSpot.Com Inc. [2001] Night Owls - "Nocturnal Doctrine" CD ("Unimportant Ones") Syntax Records [2001] Rise - "BKNY" 12" Results Period Records/Fat Beats [2002] DJ Next - "Back to the Grill Again: Liver at the BBQ" CD ("Inaudible") [2002] Demigodz - "Don't You Even Go There/Well, Well, Well" 12" Ill Boogie Records [2002] Demigodz - "The Godz Must Be Crazy" CD/2EP Ill Boogie Records [2002] Lord Digga - "Who You Rollin' With/All World" 12" Bronx Science [2002] Various Artists - "Independent's Finest Volume 3" ("Well, Well, Well..." - Demigodz) CD Ill Boogie Records [2002] Film Soundtrack: "ON Video Skateboarding Magazine - Winter 2002 Issue" ("Paper Mache" instrumental, plays during feature on Rodney Mullen) DVD/VHS [2002] Lexicon - "Makin' Music Remix (f/ Celph Titled & Apathy)" 12" Spytech [2002] Majik Most - "Majik's Theme/Forget You/Mother Molesters (f/ Apathy, Louis Logic, & Celph Titled)" 12" Atomik [2002] DutchMassive - "Evaporate/The Hook (f/ Apathy, Majik Most, C-Rayz Walz, Celph Titled, & Louis Logic)" 12" Gameplan [2002] The Planets - "The Opening" CD/2LP ("Set Flames") Red Sea Entertainment [2002] DJ Unknown & Mek - "Ain't No Love" CD ("Rare Species" f/ Apathy, Celph Titled, & Grafh) OTS Entertainment [2002] DJ Shortee Blitz - "Put Your Weight On It - Volume 1" ("Freestyle") CD [2002] PackFM - "Featured Material - Volume 2" ("Freestyle Marathon", "BackPACK") CD-R [2002] Eddie Ill & DL - "A Long Rhyme Coming: The 1999 to 2002 Sessions Pt. 1" (Demigodz Exclusive - Celph Titled, Apathy, & Louis Logic) CD [2003] PhilaFlava - "Roll Call: '00-'02" ("Freestyle") CD PhilaFlava Inc. [2003] Film Soundtrack: "Kingston High" ("Do That" by Equilibrium, plays at beginning of end credits) DVD/VHS [2003] Skully - "Champion Sounds" CD ("Turntable Science" f/ Celph Titled) DMC [2003] Skully - "Champion Sounds - Vinyl Sampler" EP ("Turntable Science" f/ Celph Titled) DMC [2003] Cage & Copywrite - "Boston Crabs/Haterama Pt. 1/Boston Baked Bitch" (as Executive Producer) 12" Demigodz Records [2003] Louis Logic - "Diablos (f/ Celph Titled)" 12" Solid Records [2003] Apathy - "Guerilla Orchestra (f/ Tino Vega & Celph Titled)" 12" O.T.S. [2003] RichBums - "Defenders of the Crown EP" ("Panic" f/ Celph Titled)" CD Heart On Records / Denmark [2003] Louis Logic - "Sin-A-Matic" ("Mischievous", "Freak Show", "Diablos" f/ Celph Titled, "Revenge" f/ Celph Titled) CD/2LP Solid Records [2003] Demigodz - "Demigodz.Com Sampler" Promo CD ("Turntable Science" f/ Skully, "TampaHipHop.Com Freestyle", "Guerilla Orchestra" Apathy f/ Tino Vega & Celph Titled) HipHopSite.Com [2003] Battletown Presents - "The EPs" CD ("The Unimportant Ones" - Ethic f/ Braille) Battletown [2003] White Shadow of Norway - "Back to the True School" EP ("Extra Thug Sauce" f/ Guttamouf, Majik Most, & Celph Titled)" Uncut Productions [2003] Mareko - "White Sunday" CD ("Big Dummy" f/ Celph Titled) Dawn Raid/Universal NZ [2003] J-Zone - "$ick of Being Rich" CD/2LP ("Eat A Diccup" f/ Celph Titled) Old Maid Entertainment [2003] Dan Greenpeace & DJ Yoda - "Unthugged" ("The Demigodz") CD Antidote [2003] Araknophobix - "Telepathic Ambush 2.0" ("Phantasmagoria [RECORDED IN 1999]" f/ Maleko, Celph Titled, Raj & DutchMassive) CD Golden Dungeon Music [2003] Mike Nardone Presents - "We Came From Beyond Volume 2" CD/2LP ("Devastating MCs" f/ Esoteric, Celph Titled & Apathy) Razor & Tie/BMG [2003] Black Panther - "The Darkest Night Ever" ("So Cold" f/ Celph Titled & Oktober) CD Third Earth Music [2003] Army of the Pharaohs - "Rare Shit, Collabos & Freestyles" ("Chrome Depot Freestyle") Mix CD [2003] Big Scoob & Celph Titled - "Floss Filthy" 12" Trendsetters [2003] Styles of Beyond - "Megadef" ("Playin' With Fire" f/ Apathy & Celph Titled) CD/2LP SpyTech/Ill Boogie [2003] Apathy - "It's the Bootleg, Muthafuckas! Volume 1" (Various vocals & production) 2CD Demigodz Entertainment [2003] The Planets - "On Fire - Celph Titled Remix (f/ Planet Asia & Eclipse 427)" 12" Red Sea Entertainment [2003] 7L & Beyonder - "Vinyl Thug Music" ("Freestyle" f/ Celph Titled, Big Scoob & Terra, "Public Execution [Demigodz Mix]" f/ Celph Titled, Esoteric & Apathy) CD Vinyl Thug/Brick [2003] Oktober - "Zero @ The Half Mixtape" ("So Cold" f/ Celph Titled) CD [2003] Apani - "Story 2 Tell" ("Spot Me", "A Million Eyes") CD Bad News JAPAN [2003] Lexicon - "Rock Remix (f/ Louis Logic, Celph Titled, Ryu & J-Zone)" 12" Spytech [2004] Rise - "Arise in Music" ("Say Somethin") CD-R [2004]
 * 1998: Walkmen - "Fortruss/The Countdown Theory (f/ Celph Titled)" CD & 12" SINGLE [Atomik/Cybertek Records]'' - 1998
 * ''Divine Mind - "Sporatic Signals" ("Peanuts" [P]) CD - IMADU [1999]