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Long Time Coming :: Ceschi & Sage Francis Reflect On Being ‘Barely Alive’

Broken Bone Ballads is shaping up to be a powerhouse of an album.  Ceschi and Sage Francis trade verses over a Factor Chandelier track that sticks in your head from listen one.  Can’t wait to hear this one in its entirety.

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Silver Lining :: Ceschi Reflects On ‘Prison Sporks’

Of course Ceschi can take a demeaning situation, like incarceration, and turn it into a light-hearted deep reflection on having your humanity ripped from you.  We’re talking Phil Ochs level here… nobody in hip-hop is writing anywhere near this deep.  Get hip quick.

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Warning Ballads :: Ceschi’s First ‘Broken Bone Ballad’

Ceschi, after a couple of years facing unforseen turmoil, is back stronger than ever.  If Elm City Ballad is any indication of what’s to come from Broken Bone Ballads, then we are about to get a level of truth unparalleled in the realms of hip-hop.  Then again, Ceschi is closer to folk hero than hip-hop hero.

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Fake Four Christmas :: FREEcember Releases From Fake Four

Ceschi and the creative minds behind Fake Four Inc. have released a group of projects from various artists on their label as free releases for the month of December.  These include an EP from new collaborators Tachyon Ghetto Blaster; an EP by Scatty Stormborn and Sixo creatively inspired by the wrongful incarceration of Ceschi; a second FREEcember release from the most downloaded FREEcember artist to date, Tommy V; and an instrumental EP from Denver based producer SkyRider.  Enjoy these new releases, get hip to Fake Four, and let your people know what’s happening.


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Songs Of Experience :: Half Stop Sessions – Ceschi’s ‘Say Something’

Ceschi was already a powerful songwriter prior to a life altering series of events that culminated in an extended prison stay.  Now that he’s touched down once again, there is another shade in his complex prism of emotion.

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The Next Chapter :: Ceschi Is Free

from the digital desk of Ceschi:

“Hey everyone,
It’s Ceschi.
I’m on parole under conditions and won’t be able to leave the state… but I am now home!  Just wanted to openly thank everyone who stood by me and Fake Four over the last 4 months – all of the campaign contributors and all of the workers and artists who kept the label afloat.  Thanks to everyone who wrote to me also – I’m sorry that the amount of letters piled up and got a bit hard to write back to in the end – all were very much appreciated and brought smiles and comfort and moments of normalcy – I will be in touch with you all soon.  We’re pretty confident that the noise everyone made helped put me on the fast track for release.  It was even hard for me to believe but the public nature of my case had every C.O. in prison pointing and talking about me, they seemed utterly annoyed by the amount of mail and books and visits and overall attention I was getting – and that really helped push me out into the program faster.  Now I’m just going to be checking in with parole and family reentry, going through a series of assessments with counselors, drug testing and will probably have to go to meetings for a while.
To be completely open and honest with you all, this readjustment period is strange for me, filled with bizarre anxieties, heightened sensitivity and fears that never affected me before.  In a way it’s even hard for me to write this to all of you at this moment.  Although prison had its tough, boring, depressing and frustrating moments, it also taught me a lot about what was important to me.  It taught me to have more self control and brought about some positive routines in my life.  Right now, social media and the fast pace of the online world is not really something I’m feeling – so I probably won’t be on here very much anymore and don’t plan on reopening my personal Facebook account or getting caught up in the chaos of twitter.  I’m sort of trying to cling onto any privacy I can and stay calm as possible for the time being.  Hopefully that doesn’t come off as rude or selfish but it’s just where I’m at right now and can just hope you understand on some level.  Still, David or I will update this music page on Facebook and will try to communicate through here as much as possible.

To everyone still waiting on their indiegogo perk – sorry for all of the manufacturing or shipping delays.  Our friend Dave has shipped all clothing items at this point and I’ve been informed that the USBs are going out this upcoming week.  To folks in or nearby CT – we’re going to plan a proper get together soon and grand prize indiegogo winners will be brought out for that as well.

You all helped us so much during this time that it’s impossible to thank you enough.

Hope everyone had great holidays and I’m excited about a new, far better, year ahead.”

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Faces At The Bottom Of A Well :: Ceschi Speaks From “Behind Bars”

from the digital desk of Ceschi:

“Over time I’ve done many collaborative songs.  Some of these are probably familiar to you while others barely came out or never came out.  After 10 plus years of rapping on other people’s songs it’s gotten to the point where it would be possible to gather quite a few albums worth of this material – like maybe 50.  One day, before i was locked up, my friend Mo Niklz suggested that he’d like to compile mixes of key verses I’ve done on tracks with other folks.  He came up with the title Ceschi Behind Bars, which was just awfully sad and funny at the same time – which may also be a good adjective combo to describe a lot of what i do.  Mo searched far and wide for some of these tracks and had the patience of saint when i sent him constantly updated lists of tracks i was on – even from prison.  Massive thank you to Mo for making this happen and thanks to all of artists who asked me to be on tracks over the years!”

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Belly Of The Beast :: Free Ceschi

Watch the video to get informed, click on the picture to help out, and please spread the word.

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SXSW Invasion :: Pawn Takes King 2012

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PAWN TAKES KING 2012Free Indie Hip-Hop and Beat Festival (SAT/3.17.12)

Pawn Shop Entertainment & 33 1/3 Clothing Company present the 2nd annual PAWN TAKES KING festival!!!

A FREE , ALL AGES festival featuring 2 stages full of the dopest in experimental hip-hop, beats, electronic, and more. Plus a big graffiti exhibition for your visual pleasure.

LIVE HIP-HOP STAGE:
Busdriver . Awol One & Factor . Ceschi . Dark Time Sunshine . Blue Sky Black Death with Nacho Picasso . The Locksmiths . Paranoid Castle . Grey Sky Appeal . Esh the Monolith . Brainbusters (MC Homeless & Joey Alpha) . Moe Pope . Ecid . Brzowski . PremRock & Willie Green . SelfSays . HW . Wide Eyes . Shane Hall . JE Double F . Greenlander . Icebox . Cainam . Who MI?

BEATS AND ELECTRONIC STAGE:
Zavala . Maker . Lazerbeak (Doomtree) . Edison . Void Pedal . Crushcon7 . Cozmos . Maintain . Trust . Taskam38 . pOSH . soundfounder . Ntropy . Lo Phi . Kinder . Jawa . MFKNRMX . BoomBaptist . Hobo D . 4th Wall . Kid Slyce . C More . Haris . Swindles

SOUND SYSTEM FOR THE BEAT STAGE PROVIDED BY MOVIN’ DECIBELS!!!

Plus special guests to be announced later!!!

The Metropolis:
Metropolis is a really cool apartment complex in the East Riverside neighborhood of Austin. They cater to musicians and artist types and provide a chill atmosphere for people to live, create, and party. The show is in the center of the complex, where there is a pool and volleyball court. The pool area has a stage and some BBQ pits as well. The 2nd stage will be on the other side of the building, in a roped off parking lot. The volleyball court becomes our graffiti exhibition area.

THE PEOPLE OF METROPOLIS ARE KIND ENOUGH TO LET US DO THIS, SO PLEASE RESPECT THE PROPERTY AND DO NOT VANDALIZE ANYTHING. NO GLASS CONTAINERS ALLOWED.

Brought to you with the help of these great people:

Pawn Shop Entertainment : 33 1/3 Clothing Company : Movin’ Decibels : Metropolis Apartments : Fake Four Inc. : Fieldwerk Recordings  : Exploded Drawing : Applied Pressure : Milled Pavement Records

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