Playalitical

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Name = Playalitical
Government Name = Dustin Robbins


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Background = solo_singer
Born = March 7th, 1982
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Origin = Denver, Colorado, United States
Genre = Rap, Hiphop
Occupation = Rap Artist, Record Producer,
Years_active = 2001—present
Label = Illuminated Entertainment Group, Koch Entertainment, Select-O-Hits Music and Video Distribution, Kritikal Records
Associated Acts = Bizzy Bone,
Chino Xl,
Spoke-In-Wordz

Playalitical (born Dustin Robbins), March 7, 1982 in Denver, Colorado is an American rap artist and the current President and CEO of Illuminated Entertainment Group. Known for his deep raspy voice, and traditional lyricism Playalitical is respected as a hardcore rapper as well as a skilled lyricist. Not only did he put Denver, Colorado on the map for hiphop/rap music he has also stretched the "Westcoast Movement" to Colorado. Playalitical has recorded with, performed, and produced for artists such as The Game, Lil Flip, Bizzy Bone, Dead Prez, The Outlaws, Spice 1, Chino XL, Luni Coleone, Domino, Young Droop, Daz Dillinger of The Dogg Pound, 2mex of The Visionaries and more.

Biography

Early Life

Career

Released in 2006 and re-released in 2007 on a larger retail scale Playalitical's "Code Green" album is now respectively recognized as his debut album and first release. Although it was essentially his 4th solo album and 7th CD if you count the underground mixtapes and compilations. Playalitical was far from a new artist in 2006. He had already built a solid fan base in the midwest between a total of 6 releases.

2006 was the milestone for Playalitical's professional career. He signed Bizzy Bone, the key member of the multi-platinum grammy award winning rap group Bone Thugs & Harmony to his label for a one album record deal. Produced in its entirety by Playalitical, Bizzy Bone's The Midwest Cowboy album was released July 11 2006 through Koch Entertainment, and is widely accepted as his best album ever recorded next to Heavens Movie and The Gift. After this and the release of his Code Green album he moved on to produce the "King Me" album for rap artist Young Droop, which was later released Feb 12 2008. Towards the end of the year he and moviestar/rapper Chino XL began working on a group album together entitled "Something Sacred" which was released January 15 2008.

In 2001 Playalitical released his 1st underground rap album entitled "The Fa. Q". To date he has released 4 solo albums, 3 compilations and has done 1 group album called "Something Sacred" with Movie Star and Rap musician Chino XL. Playalitical has produced numerous other albums for artist's like Ala Wrek, Young Droop, Bizzy Bone, Duce Stabs and Spoke-In-Wordz. In 2007 he signed a none exclusive label deal with the distribution company Select-O-Hits mostly known for platinum recording artist's like Jimmy Buffet, Kieth Bryant, Three Six Mafia, Haystak and more. The Code Green album was re-released by Select-O-Hits.

Discography

Trivia

* In 2006 Playalitical produced the album "The Midwest Cowboy" by rapper "Bizzy Bone" in only 7 days.
* The Code Green album is actually not his debut. He released 3 underground solo albums before Code Green.
* Playalitical is a Marijuana Activist and a member of the original CCC canibus club. The president of the club Ken Gorman sparked his interest's in 2005 when he gave Playalitical a copy of the book "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" by author Jack Herer.
* Playalitical wears a 3finger gold ring on his left hand that he has had since he was 15 years old. He had 39 diamonds put on it in 2005.

References

*Michael Roberts, Published: June 8, 2006 ...big-timers. [http://www.westword.com/2006-06-08/music/playalitical/ He holds his own in the presence of the Game, who guests on "Fade Away]
*Dave Herrera, Published: December 23, 2004...the beatdown. [http://www.westword.com/2004-12-23/music/the-beatdown/ got glued into my subconscious the moment I heard it.]
*Saturday, June 16, Published: June 14, 2007...Music [http://www.westword.com/search/results.php?keywords=Playalitical&exactPhrase=1 had to choose one act to represent Denver.]

External links

* [http://www.playalitical.net Official Website]