W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S.

W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S. stands Wisdom Activates Serenity Throughout Entities Living Allah's Nurturing Divine Science.it came to me in a dream, crazy right?? We reside in the ChiMil Triangle, you figure it out.we have been destroying mics since 2000. The group started out with myself and Augury, we put out a single called "Intensity" it did ok. Then Augury brought this dude Taiyamo Denku (tie-yahmoe denkoo) to the studio, he freestyled some shit I didn't know what the fuck he was talking about.but i knew he was dope. So we asked him if he wanted to be in the group and shortly thereafter we started working on a album in 2001 called "Seasons Change". We thought it was good, but it wasn't. To this day we can only listen to a handful of songs on it. We went through the local battle scene and show circuit for about a year and half while we worked on our next shit. In 2003, we dropped Rules Of Evolution.



Some local magazines said it was the best album to come out of the Chicago underground in five years.we were on some other shit, we consider this our debut. 2004 was an important year for us for two reasons: it marked the beginning of our creative relationship with Nasa and was the start of national exposure with a compilation called: Guests Of Honor.

It featured, some artists that we admired, respected and wanted to work with at the time: Immortal Technique, Psalm One, Freestyle and many others. It's still our biggest success to this day. In 2005, we dropped Rise Of An Empire, it's killer, a b-boy manifesto.listen to it. I had a lot of fun making this album, it solidified our creative relationship with Nasa, as well as opening doors with other artists that we admired greatly.

Rise Of An Empire featured some of my favorite songs, Transformation, Shelter featuring Def Jux and Atoms Family members, Hangar 18, Sprinkle Of God with Deacon The Villain and the sometimes misunderstood Waste Of Space. Which brings us to what I honestly thought was going to be our last stand as a collective: After Years Of Television. But, after numerous discussions with Nasa and my W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S. brethren, we decided we wouldn't and couldn't quit after putting together our best body of work.

Which brings me to our Uncommon Records debut, a more mature, focused project. It took us 3 years to finish this album. A lot of factors came into play during the creative process: our individual growth as people, marriage, growing families, the urge to something different outside our comfort zones and yes, the occasional creative differences on where the album should have went. We brought along a lot friends for this one: Keith Murray, Masai Bey, Super Ego, Urban Legend, Rheotaxis, Dave Derrilykt, Domingo, JestOne, Cryptic One and of course Nasa.



And did I mention that in between all the chaos of life, being in a group and just being held down by whitey, me and Denku have found other creative outlets. In 2007, Denku released Dark Journal Of Thornwords. It features: Chino XL, Keith Murray, Freestyle, W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S. and many more. I also signed as a solo artist to Uncommon Records, contributing to a few singles. My solo album is slated for release this summer. I hope you have enjoyed our music.if you haven't then you are stupid and need to shoot yourself in face. Peace, Love and Middle Fingers, Short Fuze