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Social Studies by Breakdown
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fave it Hip Hop | Alternative Hip Hop
16 tracks | 53 minutes
Released Jul 2006
on Saving Grace Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:23 One Voice lyrics BUY MP3 01:23 One Voice lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:23 One Voice
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:49 The Path Set Before Me lyrics BUY MP3 03:49 The Path Set Before Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:49 The Path Set Before Me
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:33 Perpetratin' lyrics BUY MP3 03:33 Perpetratin' lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:33 Perpetratin'
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:17 The Spot lyrics BUY MP3 04:17 The Spot lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:17 The Spot
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:22 Backfire lyrics BUY MP3 03:22 Backfire lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:22 Backfire
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:46 Dave & Sheila lyrics FREE 03:46 Dave & Sheila lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:46 Dave & Sheila
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:47 Blazin' lyrics BUY MP3 03:47 Blazin' lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:47 Blazin'
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:40 The Difference lyrics BUY MP3 03:40 The Difference lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:40 The Difference
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:50 Recess lyrics BUY MP3 01:50 Recess lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:50 Recess
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:05 The Turning Point lyrics BUY MP3 03:05 The Turning Point lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:05 The Turning Point
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:40 Ain't It Funny lyrics BUY MP3 03:40 Ain't It Funny lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:40 Ain't It Funny
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:43 Crowd Control lyrics BUY MP3 00:43 Crowd Control lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:43 Crowd Control
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:52 My Man lyrics BUY MP3 02:52 My Man lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:52 My Man
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:26 Good Friday lyrics BUY MP3 03:26 Good Friday lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:26 Good Friday
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:24 One Man lyrics BUY MP3 02:24 One Man lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:24 One Man
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 07:30 . lyrics BUY MP3 07:30 . lyrics "GIFT MP3" 07:30 .
Take Native Tongue style rhyme schemes, soulful Boom Bap beats, and a fine line between humility and conceit and what do you have? Breakdown's Social Studies. A bright album with a broad sound and an even broader range of topics.
Bio / Background
Ryan "Breakdown" McGown was born just outside of St. Louis, Missouri on January 13, 1978. His father was in the military, which led to him spending a large portion of his childhood in Japan. While in Japan, Breakdown became fascinated with hip hop culture, breakdancing in particular, at the age of eight. The next year his family moved to Rapid City, South Dakota, where they lived for a little over a year, after which they then moved to Alexandria, Louisiana. Two years later, in June of 1990, they moved to Tampa, Florida where Breakdown has lived ever since.
During this time, and the next five or six years as well, he spent countless hours trying to imitate the dance moves he would see in hip hop videos (which later led to his moniker). After a friend convinced him to freestyle during a lunch break at work in September of 1995, he realized that he could rap. Breakdown had been writing poems and short stories since he was very young, so writing came very naturally to him.
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