Scarub
American rapper
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| name | Scarub |
| birth_name | Armon Collins |
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| origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| genre | Hip hop |
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| years_active | 1997–present |
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| name = Scarub | image = | caption = | birth_name = Armon Collins | alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | genre = Hip hop | occupation = | instrument = | years_active = 1997–present | label = | associated_acts = | website = Armon Collins, better known by his stage name Scarub, is an American rapper and record producer from Los Angeles, California. He is a member of the collective Living Legends. He has also been a member of Log Cabin, 3 Melancholy Gypsys, and Afro Classics.
Biography
Scarub was born Armon Collins. He grew up in Los Angeles, California. He attended Alexander Hamilton High School.
Scarub's first solo studio album, The Answer 2wo the Meaning, was released in 1997. In 2014, he released Want for Nothing, which featured guest appearances from Mimi Fresh, Emily Afton Moldy, and Anderson .Paak, among others.
Discography
Studio albums
- The Answer 2wo the Meaning (1997)
- Project (1999) (with Basik, Eligh, and Murs, as The Righteous Brothers)
- A Fact of the Matter (1999)
- Heavenbound (2000)
- Afro Classics? (2002) (with Very, as Afro Classics)
- A New Perspective (2004)
- One for the Road: Volume One (2006)
- Classic Rock (2009) (with Very, as Afro Classics)
- Want for Nothing (2014)
- Girls Girls Girls (2019)
EPs
- The Classic EP (2009) (with Very, as Afro Classics)
- The California EP (2011)
Singles
- "Savvy Traveler" (1999)
- "Good Times" (2001)
- "Don't Worry" (2002) (with Very)
- "Gangsta Wit It" (2005)
- "Keep On Stepping" (2006)
Guest appearances
- Eligh - "8Tred" from A Story of 2 Worlds (1997)
- Eligh - "Lifesize Puzzle" from Gas Dream (1999)
- Sunspot Jonz - "Unstoppable" from Don't Let 'Em Stop You (2003)
- The Grouch & Eligh - "Atlantis" from No More Greener Grasses (2003)
- Crown City Rockers - "Balance" from Earthtones (2004)
- Sunspot Jonz - "The Conductor" from No Guts No Glory (2005)
- The Grouch - "Hot Air Balloons" from Show You the World (2008)
- Acid Reign - "Comfort Zone" from Time & Change (2008)
- Felt - "Protagonists (Full Clip Remix)" (2009)
- Toki Wright - "Rise" from A Different Mirror (2009)
- Mystik Journeymen - "There Will Be Blood" from Return 2 the Love (2010)
- Eligh - "Beneath the Sea" from Grey Crow (2010)
- Inspired Flight - "It's the Chemicals" from We All Want to Fly (2010)
- Himself - "Do What You Feel" from Feel Like a Star (2011)
- Luckyiam - "Prolly Get Slapped" from Time to Get Lucky (2012)
- Souls of Mischief - "Stone Cold" from There Is Only Now (2014)
- Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge - "Rise Up" and "Death's Invitation" from Twelve Reasons to Die II (2015)
- The Funk Junkie - "Touch the Ground" from Moondirt (2017)
- The Grouch - "The Drummer" from Unlock the Box (2018)
References
References
- Sather-Olson, Ira. (April 19, 2007). "Little things matter". [[Missoula Independent]].
- Connor, Mike. (August 7, 2002). "Voltron Force". [[Metroactive]].
- Segal, Dave. (April 11, 2012). "Log Cabin Crew - "The Day I Put on My Uniform"". [[The Stranger (newspaper).
- Almendrala, Anna. (May 18, 2012). "LACMA Hip Hop Concerts: Murs Of 3MG Kicks Off Summer Series". [[The Huffington Post]].
- Gompers, Sjimon. (November 2, 2009). "Scarub of Afro Classics". [[Impose (magazine).
- Ali, Reyan. (January 14, 2015). "Veteran MC Scarub Looks Back on a Life of Rhythm and Rhyme". [[Phoenix New Times]].
- Thomas, Fred. "Scarub - Biography". [[AllMusic]].
- Flicker, Jonah. (June 4, 2008). "The Who's Who of L.A.'s Living Legends Crew". [[LA Weekly]].
- Horowitz, Steven J.. (July 28, 2011). "Living Legends' Scarub Releases Free EP "California"". [[HipHopDX]].
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