Supastition is an American underground hip hop artist from Greenville,

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. He has also recorded under the name of Kam Moye and Blackmel (in earlier years). He has appeared on songs with the likes of KRS-One,

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Early career

After a brief career recording under the moniker of Blackmel, he officially changed his artist name to Supastition. He is quoted as saying, “The name Supastition came from the fact that people didn't believe in me when I first started pursuing music. I had to prove myself to people and still didn't get love from in my state and around my city at first. It was a name I chose, because some people believe in superstition and some don't." Supastition later inked a single deal with Bay Area rapper

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and his Pockets Linted Entertainment
record label. This union spawned the 12" vinyl for Broke Man's Anthem and Battle Cry, both produced by Supastition himself.

''7 Years of Bad Luck''

Shortly after the single was released in 2002, Supastition signed a non-exclusive deal with the now defunct, New York-based hip hop and drum-n-bass label, Freshchest Records, to distribute his debut album, '' 7 Years of Bad Luck''. A single and music video was released for his ‘starving artist’ fueled song, "da Waiting Period". Although the album was praised for its honest lyricism, the record was plagued by what critics considered subpar production. In an interview with Platform8470.com, he expressed his displeasure with the album because he was not allowed to choose his own beats. The owners of Freshchest Records were also producers who substituted the original production with their own production. This caused a less than amicable split between the two parties and Supastition ceased with promoting the album.

''The Deadline'' and ''Chain Letters''

In 2004, Supastition received his first taste of national recognition via the Okayplayer Records, spearheaded by ?uestlove of The Roots, when his collaboration, "The Williams", with

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producer Nicolay was selected out of 5,000 entries to appear on the ''True Notes Vol. 1'' compilation. Later that year, Philadelphia-based Soulspazm Records signed Supastition to release his most critically acclaimed releases, '' The Deadline'' and ''

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'' which respectively featured production from Nicolay, Jake One, !llmind, and

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, the now defunct Scratch Magazine and URB, and numerous other publications. The independent success from the two Soulspazm projects allowed him to tour in over 12 countries within a two-year span. Promotion of the album ceased when Studio Distribution suddenly folded, leaving many artists and labels in limbo at the time. When well-respected hip hop label,

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, began to absorb and distribute Soulspazm artists and back catalog, Supastition choose to leave the label due to his lack of interested in working with Rawkus Records. He quoted, “I guess the breaking point for us was when they merged with Rawkus. I saw from the jump that the Rawkus situation wasn't a good move for me.”

''Self-Centered'' and ''Splitting Image''

After dealing with a car accident, Supastition felt inspired to record more positive music under the shortened version of his given name, Kam Moye. On June 17, 2008, he released ''Self-Centered'' EP under the new name. Followed by the music video, Black Enough?, the video sparked attention via the internet including the popular urban website,

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cable network. The first album under Kam Moye, ''Splitting Image'', was released on October 27, 2009 to mixed reviews from fans expecting the harder edged sound from previous releases. The lead single, "Let's Be Honest", appeared on The Freshman video segment on

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Exit and subsequent return to music

Due to frustration with a failing music business, Kam Moye surprisingly announced that he was leaving the music industry altogether on April 25, 2010. However, in late 2012 he announced he was returning to recording and releasing music under the name Supastition, and released ''The Blackboard'' EP in early 2013. On February 18, 2014, Supastition released an EP, ''Honest Living'', which is produced entirely by Croup.

Collaborations

Though Supastition has three albums and three EP releases to date, his frequent collaborations outweighed his output for his own music. His most notable appearances include ‘Wake Up Show Anthem’ 2010 featuring

, and DJ Revolution, ‘Best To Do It’ featuring

and Royce da 5’9”, Little Brother ‘Rolling Out’, KRS-One’s ‘Still Spittin’, Stoupe of

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‘The Truth’, and Marco Polo ‘Heat’. During an interview with TheUndergroundComeup.com, Supastition claimed to have recorded over 40 collaborations with artists from all over the world. He was also once a member of the music crew, Wax Reform, which once boasted members such as Australian producer

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Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Appears on

* "Shine Through" track by 'Soulution' , album 'Shine Through' came out in Japan in 2009) * "Soul Shine" track by 'Soulution' ft Bahamadia, Mr J Medeiros and Kam Moye , album 'Shine Through' came out in Japan in 2009) * "Nasty Filthy" (from the

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'', 2003) * "The Signature (Rock On)" (from the ''Meet John Doe'' compilation, 2003) * "Me Minus You" (from the ''Philaflava presents...A League of Their Own'' compilation, 2003) * "It's Over Now" (from the ''Asterick:Two'' compilation, 2003) * "Right Here" (from the ''Spitkicker presents...The Next Spit, Vol. 1'' compilation, 2003) * "Round and Round" (from the Arecee album ''Beating a Dead Horse'', 2004) * "Spitkicker Freestyle" (from the ''Spitkicker presents...The Next Spit, Vol. 3'' compilation, 2004) * "The Williams" (from the '' Okayplayer True Notes Vol. 1'' compilation, 2004) * "3 Treacherous" (from the DJ John Doe mixtape ''The Domination Mix Volume One'', 2004) * "Quotables" (from the

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album ''Archetype'', 2004) * "Let Go" (from the Braille album ''Shades of Grey'', 2004) * "Flippin' Rhymes" (from The Others album ''Past Futuristic'', 2004) * "Moodswings" (from the Phocus album ''A Vision & a Plan'', 2004) * "Still Spittin'" (from the KRS-One album '' Keep Right'', 2004) * "Doin' Me" (from the Little Brother mixtape ''The Chittlin Circuit 1.5'', 2005) * "Last Run" (from the Splash album ''The Ripple Effect'', 2005) * "The Grind" (from the Cesar Comanche album ''Squirrel & the Aces'', 2005) * "Action" (from The White Shadow of Norway album ''Renegades'', 2005) * "Trifactor" (from the Pumpkinhead album '' Orange Moon Over Brooklyn'', 2005) * "Carry On" (from the

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album '' Starr Status'', 2006) * "Think Fast" (from the Silent Knight album ''Hunger Strike'', 2007) * "Heat" (from the Marco Polo album '' Port Authority'', 2007) * "Do It To Death" (from the Little Brother mixtape ''And Justus For All'', 2007) * "Still Waters Run Deep" (from the

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Album ''Black Snow'', 2008) * "Changes of Atmosphere" (from the Dela (Cergy, France) album ''Changes of Atmosphere'', 2008) * "Change" (from the Promise Album ''

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'', 2008) * "Fresh Out The Box" (from the Keri Album ''The Beat Bandit'', 2009) * "Southwest" (from the Rasco Album ''Global Threat'', 2009) * "R.A.W." (from the Nuff Said (Bruges, Belgium) album ''VisViva'', 2010) * "Friends Like These" (from the Boog Brown and

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album ''Brown Study'', 2010) as Kam Moye * "Love is Lost" , 2011)

References

External links

*
Soulspazm Records website
* Henry Adaso
"Supastition - Chain Letters"
Stylus, December 16, 2005. * M.F. DiBella. "7 Years of Bad Luck - Supastition",

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, undated. * Matt Jost
"Supastition :: 7 Years of Bad Luck"
RapReviews, July 16, 2002. * Matt Barone

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