Patrick Skene, known professionally as Pip Skid and Wicked Nut, is a

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and writer, and one of the most active creative artists at the Vancouver & Winnipeg-based independent hip hop label Peanuts & Corn."Pip Skid Skid Row"
''Exclaim!'', Thomas Quinlan Published Apr 24, 2010 Skid is known for his distinctive gravel-throated vocals.

Career

In the early 1990s Skid was a co-founder of Canadian hip hop group Farm Fresh, and recorded an EP and three albums with that group. He was also a member of other crews such as Fermented Reptile, Hip Hop Weiners, Taking Care of Business, and Break Bread. In 2001 Skid took part in the Close To The Coast Festival in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. In 2004 Skid's album ''Funny Farm'' was released; it hit #32 on the combined charts. His single "Alone Again" from this album ''Funny Farm'' was played in rotation on the

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network. In 2005 Skid and fellow rapper mcenroe released an album, ''Funny Farm 2'' which hit #3 on the hip hop charts. Skid's 2010 album ''Skid Row'' peaked at #4. ''Chart Attack''. on the Canadian Hip Hop charts on May 1, 2010.

Selected discography

* Farm Fresh - ''Space EP'' (CD, Peanuts & Corn) *Farm Fresh - ''Crazy Fiction'' (CD, Peanuts & Corn) *Farm Fresh - ''Played Out'' (CD, *Farm Fresh - ''Time is Running Out'' (CD, Peanuts & Corn) *Pip Skid - Friends4Ever (CD, Peanuts & Corn) *Pip Skid - Money Matters (7", Peanuts & Corn) *Pip Skid - ''I'm Mean'' (CD, Peanuts & Corn) *Pip Skid - ''Funny Farm'' (CD, Peanuts & Corn) *Pip Skid - ''Funny Farm 2'' (12", Peanuts & Corn) *Pip Skid - ''The Pip Donahue Show'' (2007) (EP, Independent) *Taking Care of Business - ''Taking Care of Business'' (CD, First Things First) * Fermented Reptile - ''Let's Just Call You "Quits"'' (CD, Peanuts & Corn) * Hip Hop Weiners - ''All Beef, No Chicken'' (CD, Peanuts & Corn) *Pip Skid - ''Skid Row'' (CD, Foultone)"Pip Skid Has Arrived"
''Uptown''. 210-03-11.

Appears on

*''Best of Winnipeg Vol. 1 - The Emcees'' (DVD, Quality Hip-Hop) *''Culturama Video Collection Vol. 4'' (DVD,

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) * DJ Neoteric - ''Indie-cent Exposure Part 3'' (CD, Futility Records) *Epic - ''Local Only'' (CD, Clothes Horse Records) *Epic - ''8:30 in Newfoundland'' (CD, Clothes Horse Records) * Fishin' In Troubled Waters - ''Fishin' In Troubled Waters'' (CD, Hip Hop Infinity Recordings) *

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- ''5 Years in the Factory'' (CD, Vertical Form) *

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- ''Maxim'' (CD, Slo Coach Recordings) * Parklike Setting - ''School Day 2 Garbage Day 4'' (CD, Peanuts & Corn) * Peanuts & Corn - ''Summer 2002'' (12", Peanuts & Corn) * Peanuts & Corn - ''Factory Seconds'' (CD, Peanuts & Corn) * Recyclone - ''Corroding the Dead World'' (CD, Clothes Horse Records) *

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- ''Nitelines Recording Sessions'' (CD, Drog Canadian Recordings) *''

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- Tour Documentary'' (DVD + CD, Scribble Magazine Productions) *

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- ''Songs I Hate (And Other People Moments)'' (CD,

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) * Sound Barriers - ''Sound Barriers'' (CD, Sound Barrier Recordings) *The Goods - ''4 Four'' (CD, Camobear) *Various Artists - ''Bare Skin Compilation'' (CD, HipHopHotSpot.com) *Various Artists - ''States of Abuse'' (CD, Entartete Kunst)

References

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