Controller 7 (born Tommy McMahon) is an
underground hip hop
Underground hip hop (also known as underground rap or simply underground) traditionally refers to hip hop music that is outside the general mainstream canon or counter-cultural in nature, usually with a heavy emphasis on emotion, lyricism, and/or ...
producer from
San Jose,
California
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.
History
Controller 7 released the debut album ''
Left Handed Straw'' in 2000. It was reissued on 6months in 2001.
He has produced and remixed tracks for
Anticon
Anticon (often styled as anticon.) was an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1998 by seven musicians and manager Baillie Parker. It was collectively owned among six musicians, co-founder Parker, and manag ...
artists such as
Sole,
Sage Francis
Paul William "Sage" Francis (born November 18, 1976) is an American independent underground rapper from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the founder and CEO of Strange Famous Records.
Early life and education
Francis was born in Miami, Florid ...
and
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 ...
.
The ''Bumps'' mixtape was released in 2005.
Discography
Albums
* ''
Left Handed Straw'' (2000)
* ''Bumps'' (2005)
* ''The Lost Tapes (1997-1998)'' (2007)
* ''Exhale01'' (2020)
EPs
* ''Expansions'' (2003)
* ''Egg'' (2005)
Productions
*
Sole - "Dismantling of Sole's Ego" "Furthermore" from ''
Bottle of Humans
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'' (1999)
*
Deep Puddle Dynamics
Deep Puddle Dynamics was a collaborative group featuring underground hip hop artists Sole, Doseone, Alias and Slug
Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less Terrestrial mollusc, terrestrial gastropod mollusc. T ...
- "Rainmen (Controller 7 Remix)" from ''
The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel?'' (1999)
*
Sage Francis
Paul William "Sage" Francis (born November 18, 1976) is an American independent underground rapper from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the founder and CEO of Strange Famous Records.
Early life and education
Francis was born in Miami, Florid ...
- "Specialist" from ''
Personal Journals
''Personal Journals'' is the first solo studio album by American rapper Sage Francis. It was released on Anticon in 2002. It peaked at number 8 on CMJ's Hip-Hop chart. As of 2005, it has sold 36,000 units.
Critical reception
Chris Dahlen of '' ...
'' (2002)
*
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 ...
- "Mouthful (Matth and Controller 7 Remix)" from ''
The No Music of AIFFS'' (2003)
* Sage Francis - "Agony in Her Body" from ''
A Healthy Distrust'' (2005)
* Sole - "Predictions" "Crisis" from ''
Live from Rome'' (2005)
Compilation appearances
* "Heckles from the Peanut Gallery" on ''
Giga Single'' (2001)
* "Bunny Slippers" on ''
Anticon Label Sampler: 1999-2004'' (2004)
* "Shades of a Former You" "Reactionnary" "I Tried to Speak, But Couldn't" "Bad Blue (Last Chance)" on ''Lunch Money Singles'' (2004)
References
External links
Official website
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American hip-hop record producers
Anticon artists
Musicians from San Jose, California
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Record producers from California