Sage Francis
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Noted for his intense flow and sharp wit, Francis has won acclaim both as a freestyle battler and as an unapologetic, intellectual lyricist. Francis uses a broad emotional palette to address a wide range of personal, cultural, and political issues. His unconventional style and persona have given him crossover appeal, but at the same time alienated some hip-hop listeners.
Prior to embarking on a full-time career as an MC, Francis displayed his skills in slam poetry. During the late 1990s, he recorded his first demo tape (1996), fronted the now defunct Providence hip-hop band Art Official Intelligence, and hosted a weekly slot on independent radio station WRIU (the “True School Session”). He also formed the Non-Prophets and released a 12” (Drop Bass/Bounce/I Keep Calling, Emerge Records, 1999), following up in 2003 with their first full-length offering, Hope. Francis is a contemporary of underground hip-hop artists such as SLuG, Eyedea, Sole and the anticon. collective. He is also loosely affiliated with the vague underground hip-hop super-group The Orphanage.
As a solo performer, Francis won the MC battle at the 2000 Scribble Jam, and in 2001 he came close to repeating as champion (semi-finalist) while performing as his “metal” alter ego, “Xaul Zan”. Francis released his first proper solo album, Personal Journals, on Anticon. in 2002. He toured with a live band on the Live Band Dead Poet Tour to support it.
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A Healthy Distrust
149,431 listeners15 tracks
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Personal Journals
117,165 listeners19 tracks
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Human The Death Dance
39,093 listeners16 tracks
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Li(f)e
13,707 listeners12 tracks
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Sage Francis with Prolyphic , B. Dolan and The MetermaidsSaturday 25 May 2013Sage Francis and 3 others
Providence, RI, United States
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luizprigol
come on guys underground is not only about popularity... tell me if there is a major label manipulating his job.. tell me if he is engaged with the music industry.. he is "popular" in the internet, because of the internet and his quality as a musician, not because of the tv or the radio
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JordyLicht
This dude taught me hip-hop isn't just bling-bling and abusing women. He opened my eyes to a whole new genre.
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BlazeDrone
UBUNTU...
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Nehebkau
@MaximumPezcore Everyone of those bands has at least 8 times the amount of listeners as Sage Francis on last.fm. Bottom line, 300,000 listeners isn't that massive of a number.
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little houdini
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HerrHakala
wat
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inflikkt
extreme temperature changes and fluxuations have been known to crack pipes
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MaximumPezcore
v if that's the case, then I guess Led Zeppelin, Beatles, and Pink Floyd are underground as hell.
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JJRT-
@iAmDillin. did you see Sage Francis recently on mtv ? playing around with justin bieber ? If not. there is your answer :P
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hauzzer
Great, great music.
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IAmDillin
Is somebody with almost 300,000 listeners really "underground"?
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masodikgalamb
DANCE YOU GOD DAMN MONKEY
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jamesusillxd
Human The Death Dance is my favorite
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SYTL1
Sage used my photo on his facebook page, so I thought it merited a last.fm upload http://www.last.fm/music/Sage+Francis/+images/81830057
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CastitusLilium
DICKRIDERS EVERYWHERE
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RazeGT
I like Broken Wings.
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WeirdoRipper
sick of waiting tables is his best release imo
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tcanofpee
@ boredstiff- That's racist
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