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Raheem Jamal made his name known in Boston's rap underground both as an MC, co-leading hip-hop crews
Electric and
Project Move, and as an urban-themed painter and visual artist. Born and bred in Boston, MA,
Jamal made the decision to make hip-hop his life when he was standing in his mother's basement in 1993 with his friend and eventual
Electric/
Project Move member
Anonymous. With
Electric and
Project Move (which is essentially
Electric minus two people),
Jamal helped make the critically acclaimed debuts Life's a Struggle (2004) and Love Gone Wrong/Butterfly Theory (2006), respectively. The most praise and support for the two crews came from overseas in Europe and Japan. Although all five of the original
Electric members were still close and working together, they often branched off to do their own projects.
Jamal recorded his first solo album,
Boombox (2007), for the Boston-based Brick Records. Trying to recall hip-hop's heyday of the early '90s, he worked exclusively with Boston MC/producer
Raydar Ellis, who created smooth, throwback beats for
Jamal's nostalgic and fluid raps. ~ Cyril Cordor