User talk:Pete1stblood

Pete 1st Blood is a Producer/Rapper from Nottingham England who produces music and raps with a number of artists from the Nottingham Hip Hop Scene as well as some nationally operaing musicians. Having enjoyed rapping and recording demo tracks from as young as 13 Pete 1st Blood has emereged as one of the freshest talents to come out of the uk music scene in recent years. This love for music at such a young age cause Pete to persue his dream of producing and performing music as a lifestyle rather than just a career. 1st Blood started producing tracks in 1997 when he attended Confetti Studios in Nottingham to earn himself a Sound Engineering Qualification. Spurred on by the joy of creating original pieces of music 1st Blood made a connection with Peterborough's Joe Graziano a singer song writer producing with pete from 1998 togethere they released the classic if underated album Joe & Pete 'Life Advice' released in 2002. The follow up to this album was 2003s 'Riddle Me This' Recorded under the title 1st Blood. On this Album Pete1stblood made connections with Nottingham frequents Ben Kumarachi, a talented producer/musician/vocalist who helped craft the beats with Pete 1st Blood to create a fresh new sound. On this album Pete 1st Blood callaberated with local Nottingham Group Bosco. Bosco's frontman Liam Bailey featured on 3 songs 'Damnfiner' 'Hangmans Noose' & 'Moving2theBeat' gigving the 1st Blood sound an exceptionally soulful sound with pure integrity pouring out of each chord. Female SInger Pauline Aristocrash, dropped some powerful lyrics in the form of 'Free' & 'Round & Round'. Topped of with performances by Joe Graziano, MC STu of 'Life Advice' fame, The 'Incredible D' Hughes' and MCMr Syanide made for a complete album.

Full of inspiration due to the response to Riddle Me This 1st Blood moved on to the next album in the form of 2005's Beats4thePeople  This album introdued the local lyrical masters Opticus Ryme and Louis Cypher to the 1st Blood mix. This album was exceptionally well received and also signaled Dan Rattomatic's entrance as 1st Bloods in house DJ, with the team complete the album came out as the 1st 20 tracks deep containing classics such as Innovate' 'Electronic Eye' 'Am I Blue? & Lonely Time among others. WIth the full team of Kumar, Hughes, Bailey on board the album showed that 1st Blood was a force to be reconed with. A special edition of Beats4thepeople was released containing a dvd with 4 music videos on and a preview of the upcoming 'Zombies - Mic of the Living Dead'.

WHilst contemplating the next 1st Blood album Pete 1st Blood worked on Opticus Rymes solo album Obselete Format a 18 track word workout, featuring Production by Pete 1st Blood and a track done by Sven Kumarachi. Hits include Soundwave' 'Late Nite Burners' '1st Blood Zoo' 'Ministry of Truth and Nite Time Graf Mission. This album featured raps from Blood Cypher Ryme as well as performances by American rapers Liquid Form and Dyslexicon and a vocal treat in the form of Issiah Who (Bay Area). This albums most significant pooint was the inclusion of a new producer/synth master to the crew. Lithuanian Emkah of Elegalz Cru provide synth support as well as providing the booming narrated voice which propels the album over its course.

The next release created was Louis Cyphers Twisted Teachings EP, which conatined beats from Pete 1st Blood, Swen Kumarachi, Emkah & ill Citizens Tom G. The release also boasted and impressive lyrical line up in the form of Pete 1st Blood, Opticus Ryme, Lost Projects Emcee Killa, and Notts legend Cappo, also on the vocal dutys are Louis Cyphers extended fam of Liverpools Punning Clan. the Punning Clans Tony Skank and Ro Jista join the mix to ensure all elements of Louis' Musical scope are represented.

SInce the release of these projects Pete 1st Blood recieved a recording deal from old skool british Rapper Tricky and the ex Island records owner Chris Blackwell (the man who signed Bob Marley'.  The record label Brownpunk was set up to pormote new fresh music and 1st Blood recieved an album deal to record.  Having recorded the album at home in Nottingham and Part down at the Dairy Stuidos, Brixton, London the sBold textound has grown to massive proportion from the early demo releases with tried and tested classics like Connecting People and Damnfiner being reworked to epic proportions.  The album tentatively titled the Blood Drop Agenda (Live Like Legends) is 12 tracks deep with each being a memorable slice of musical freshness.

The 1st single release off the album is 'Connecting People' which features a video produced by Chris Blackwells Palm Pictures. The video is a section of a larger picture, Trickys Directorial debut Brownpunk the Movie The film features music from Brown Punks roster of acts and has the same acts acting out the on screen action to link the videos. Elliot Gould stars in the picture as does Bob Marleys daughter playing Trickys Pregnant wife.

The album is now highly anticipated even more so as the album features 6 tracks featuring Liam ' Bahinyon' Bailey, who has recently inked a deal with Polydor records to release a number of albums, Liams debut is highly anticipated at Polydor, and in relation 1st Blood feel that there album when released will be a organic word of mouth exsplosion about a crew thats to tight to mention 1st Blood has recenetly helped produce Midnyte - BTBC (mixtape) featuring Rukus Regardless, Logik and Sandman as well as working heavily with the Weightbench team assisting Rukus Regardless in the produciton of his Code Of Practice vol.1 CD and working with Louis Cypher and Tony Skank on the as yet unreleased 'End Times' EP. 1st Blood has also helped Nottingham Legend Cappo to produce his 'Directors Commentary' Mixtape with the legendary Styly Cee as well as pushing the 'Weightbench LP' out on U.T.C entertainment. Pete 1st Blood also helped direct the debut music video for Cappo and Styly Cee - Unwritten Rule which is taken from the upcoming 'H-Bomb' EP to be released on Son records in November 2008. See it on the Son Records website.

Pete 1st Blood has also been rumored to be working with BloodLeech on their debut album 'Eat Defeat' with a decidely darker feel than 1st Blood's stuff BloodLeech are here to stay and rumour has it they are working on volumes 2 and 3 allready. Expect big guests and big sounds.

1st Blood have recently been working with notts supergroup LRG's Blair Jah Digga DANDan on a vast number of tracks, so expect some sure fire hits as DANDan fuses his unique fresh style with 1st Bloods team of producers Emkah, Kumarachi, Pete 1st Blood and BloodLeech. With LRG crew members TwoTones and Vandal also with performances in the bag the musical future is sounding good.

1st Blood's DJ Supreme turned Producer Extraordinaire Dan 'The MotherF@%KIN' Rattomatic has nearly completed his brand new spanking solo debut "Super Turbo Charged Cheese Dreams'. The Album features guest spots from the regular 1st Blood Family faces Pete 1st Blood, Louis Cypher, Opticus Ryme, Liam Bahinyon Bailey and with classic production assistance from Kumarachi and Emkah the album is a sure winner. With apperances by Rukus Regardless of Weightbench and the Punning Clans Benny DIction Ro Jista and Stowaway all topped off with Rattomatic's exteremly on point scratching the album is set to be an instant classic so keep checking the skys Punning Clan's Benny Diction and Ro Jista have also been in the booth down at the 1st Blood HQ laying down some more PCP magic, look out for these future audio Treats.

WIth a vast body of releases under their belt including rare singles like 'Damnfiner' the 'WidowChasers' EP with AKpro, 'The FBEP' 'Tom E.P' and the Forgotten Fresh Blood Files are highly rare and sought after if you have them keep them safe, 1st Blood are set to blow 1 S T Pete1stblood (talk) 19:03, 29 September 2008 (UTC)