John Herndon is an American musician and artist. Based in

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, he plays drums and percussion, and works as a producer for

instrumental hip hop Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music in a recording studio. While the term encompasses all aspects of hip hop music creation, including recording the rapping of an MC, a turntablist or DJ providing a beat, playing samples and "s ...

under the name A Grape Dope.

Career

John Herndon is a member of the bands

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and

Isotope 217 Isotope 217° is a Chicago-based band composed mainly of members from Tortoise and the Chicago Underground Orchestra that was formed in 1997. The New York Times described the band as "..adept to varying degrees at rock and funk and jazz and ele ...

, playing mainly drums but some other percussion (

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, etc.) and occasional keyboards. He produced

Deep Puddle Dynamics Deep Puddle Dynamics was a collaborative group featuring underground hip hop artists Sole, Doseone, Alias and Slug. History Deep Puddle Dynamics released the album '' The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel?'' on Anticon in 1999. Discography Albums ...

' song entitled "More from June" in 2002. He released the ''

Missing Dragons ''Missing Dragons'' is an EP by A Grape Dope (born John Herndon). It was released on Galaxia on May 27, 2003. Critical reception Andrew Bryant of ''Pitchfork'' gave the EP a 4.1 out of 10, calling it an "unappealing release with few redeeming qu ...

'' EP under the alias A Grape Dope on Galaxia in 2003. It features a guest appearance from rapper

Doseone Adam Drucker (born April 21, 1977), better known by his stage name Doseone, is an American rapper, producer, poet and artist. He is a co-founder of the indie hip hop record label Anticon. He has also been a member of numerous groups including ...

Discography

Albums

* ''

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'' (2020)

EPs

* ''Immediate Action'' (2000) * ''

'' (2003)

Productions

- "More from June" from ''

We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) ''We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes)'' is an EP by Deep Puddle Dynamics and Anticon. It was released on Anticon on February 25, 2002. The EP includes Deep Puddle Dynamics' "More from June" and Anticon's "We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes)". The CD v ...

'' (2002)

Contributions

Themselves Themselves, previously known as Them, is an American hip hop duo based in Oakland, California. It consists of Doseone and Jel. They are also part of Subtle and 13 & God. The duo's first studio album, ''Them'', was included on '' Fact''s "100 ...

- "You Devil You" and "Hat in the Wind" from ''

The No Music ''The No Music'' (stylized as ''The No Music.'') is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Themselves. It was released on Anticon in 2002. It peaked at number 183 on the CMJ Radio 200 chart, as well as number 13 on CMJ's Hip-Hop chart. A ...

'' (2002) *

- "By Horoscope Light I&II" from '' Ha'' (2005)

Remixes

Tommy Guerrero Tommy Guerrero (born September 9, 1966) is an Indigenous American musician, composer, and professional skateboarder. Early life Guerrero was born in San Francisco, California. He is of Ohlone-native, Chilean, and Filipino descent from his fa ...

- "Birds Over Head (John Herndon Remix)" from ''Junk Collector'' (2001) *

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- "Cold War" from ''Extremixxx'' (2002) *

- "Dr. Moonorgun Please" from ''

The No Music of AIFFS ''The No Music of AIFFs'' is a remix album by American hip hop duo Themselves. It includes remixes of songs from the duo's second studio album ''The No Music''. It was released on Anticon in 2003. It peaked at number 86 on the CMJ Radio 200 chart, ...

'' (2003) *

Via Tania Tania May-Bowers, better known by her stage name Via Tania, is an Australian singer formerly based in Chicago, Illinois. Life and career Via Tania originally started performing in Sydney during the 1990s with her sister Kim Bowers in noise out ...

- "On Sawyer" from ''Boltanski'' (2004) * Via Tania - "Felt Cave" from ''True'' (2005)

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