Freetime Synthetic

_____Spokesman Review ///JANUARY 11, 2008______



"More than a decade ago, local hip-hop fixture Freetime Synthetic was a part of pretty much the only rap crew that played shows at local bars like Mootsy's and Fort Spokane



Freetime Synthetic has been a fixture in SPokane's hip-hop scene for nearly a decade

Even that crew, Upper Class Racket, pushed the boundaries of hip-hop, as it was essentially a punk band fronted by two emcees, Synthetic and the legendary Erik Beats



The band eventually split up and Beats moved to Portland, but Synthetic has been holding it down as a diehard hip-hop motivator, whether as a soloist or in a group with OMT crew, his brand new Gun of the Sun project, and as the elder statesman of the Bad Penmanship rhyme collective



He's shared bills with nearly every subgenre of hip-hop, along with various forms of rock, spoken word and improv art. Synthetic will build with anybody who is open-minded and hardworking. He's not bound by any clique, scene or style"

-Isamu Jordan

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_____The Inlander /// March-21-2007_____

."Rapping this intimately never sounds inauthentic"

."The softer, liquid beats and engaging, socially conscious

lyrics represent the fracturing of the West and East Coast sounds"

-Rachel Siemens



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_____The Inlander /// October - 2006_____

"At the other end of the spectrum, toward unpin-downable idiosyncracies,

are the infectious, scarily nimble, sing-songy flows of freetime synthetic."

- Luke Baumgarten



_____Spokesman Review /// March 5 2005_____

".it's hard to forget the quick-fire cadence of Freetime Synthetic ." - Isamu Jordan

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_____The Finger /// August 31 2004_____

"He raps easily, words running into a constant stream."

-Linsay Williams

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_____Spokesman Review /// August 6, 2004_____

"Vibing with honest, from-the-heart, homemade hip-hop,

." lyrical

expedition of . lightning-fast delivery and blue-collar

content."

- Isamu Jordan

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