Labtekwon

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Labtekwon


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Background = Emcee
Birth_name = Omar Akbar
Alias = Labtekwon
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Origin = Los Angeles, California
Instrument = Microphone, Turntables
Voice_type = Baritone, Falsetto
Genre = hip hop
Occupation = Emcee, producer
Years_active = 1980s—present
Label = Ankh Ba Records

Labtekwon (born Omar Akbar) is a hip hop artist from Baltimore, Maryland. His explanation of the name is an acronym for "Lifeform Advanced Beyond Terrestrial Esoterics King Warrior Of Nubia."cite web |url= http://www.baghatvinyl.com/interviews_labtekwon.html |title= Labtekwon Interview |accessdate= 2008-01-19 |author= Baghat Vinyl, Inc. |year= 2007]

Labtekwon is the youngest son of soul singer and Harry Young, Jr., also known as "Doc Soul Stirrer". He graduated from Douglass High School, following in the footsteps of the Baltimore group Z3MC. He soon became one of the best-known MCs in Baltimore's underground hip-hop community, with a long string of influential albums in his "Labteknology" series. He was invited to Los Angeles by the Project Blowed collective to perform in 1999. [cite web |url= http://www.citypaper.com/music/review.asp?rid=8583 |title= Taking It Back |accessdate= 2008-01-19 |last= McCabe |first= Bret |date= 2005-03-16 |work= Baltimore City Paper] In 2003, he appeared on the "Baltimore City Paper" "Best of Baltimore" list. [cite web |url= http://www.citypaper.com/bob/story.asp?id=1116 |title= Best MC |accessdate= 2008-01-19 |date= 2003-09-17 |work= Baltimore City Paper]

Labtekwon has performed with artists such as A Tribe Called Quest, Brand Nubian, KRS-One, and Digital Underground. He has 23 releases, including 18 full lengths on his own Ankh Ba Records. Noting Labtek's varied discography, Urb called him "the most eclectic MC to ever emerge from Baltimore."cite web |url= http://www.mushrecords.com/artist/Labtekwon.php |title= Mush Records - Labtekwon |accessdate= 2008-01-19] His 1998 full length "Nile Child" is widely hailed as an underground classic. He was named in the 1999 Urb Next 100.

Discography

* "The Ghetto Gospel" (1993)
* "Labteknology, Volume 0: Baltimoorish Science" (1997)
* "Labteknology, Volume 1: The Future's Now...What's Next?" (1994)
* "Labteknology, Volume 2: Ladies Night (Live From Hell)" (1999)
* "Labteknology, Volume 3: Proverbs of Passion" (1995)
* "Labteknology, Volume 4: Nile Child: King of Kings (1998)
* "Labteknology, Volume 5: Da Dawn" (1995)
* "Labteknology, Volume 7: Da Helpless Won" (1996)
* "Labteknology, Volume 8: Justus On Da Horizon" (1998)
* "Labteknology, Volume 9: The Art of Love" (1999)
* "The Piankhi 7 Papyrus" (2000)
* "Song of the Sovereign" (2002)
* "Hustlaz Guide to the Universe: Post Apocalyptic Version" (2003)
* "Murdaland Volume Won: Classic Jack Moves" (2003)
* "Ghettoclectic: King of The Slowburn" (2006)
* "The Ghetto Dai Lai Llama: Hood Mystic" (2005)
* "Avant God" (2005)
* "Population Control: Wrath of The Black Eniggma" (2006)
* "Jazzhall: The Epitome of Epiphany (The Tao of Slick)" (2007)
* "Emmett Till's Revenge (CSD)" (2007)
* "93,000,000 Miles Rising (Killa Kamillionz)" (2006)

References

Ankh Ba Records

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