Mitchy Slick

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Mitchy Slick
Birth name Charles Mitchell
Origin San Diego, California
Genre(s) Hip hop
Years active 90's-Present
Label(s) Angeles Records, Wrongkind Records, Blacksmith Records
Associated acts Damu
DJ Muggs
Messy Marv
Strong Arm Steady
Tiny Doo
Tha Wrongkind
Xzibit

Mitchy Slick is an American rapper from Southeast San Diego.

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[edit] Biography

Mitchy Slick grew up in the Lincoln Park community of the Encanto neighborhoods in Southeast San Diego. He lived briefly in Lubbock, Texas, and had attended college in Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas.[1] Aside from his status as an established West Coast underground hip hop solo artist, he is also well-known as one-third of West Coast hip hop super-group Strong Arm Steady.

[edit] Career

Mitchy Slick's first solo album was released in 2001 and was titled Triggeration Station. He also put out a few mixtapes with Krondon, Planet Asia and other West Coast artists, after which Krondon got Xzibit, Phil Da Agony and Mitchy Slick to join Strong Arm Steady. He was featured with Strong Arm Steady on Xzibit's 2004 album Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Since then Mitchy Slick has released three more solo albums, a collaborative album with Bay Area rapper Messy Marv titled Messy Slick, and Strong Arm Steady's debut album Deep Hearted, which was released in 2007. He is currently working with Strong Arm Steady on the release of their next album titled Arms & Hammers, as well as his own next solo effort titled 48 Hours on Gang Street.[2]

Mitchy Slick is CEO of Wrongkind Records, based in Southeast San Diego, and is also signed with Talib Kweli's Blacksmith Records label with Strong Arm Steady.[3][4]

[edit] Discography

  • Trigeration Station (2001)
  • XXL Guns Vol. 1: Killafornia Handgunner (2003)
  • XXL Guns Vol. 2: Guns & Ammo (2003)
  • XXL Guns Vol. 3: Killafornia Handgunner (2004)
  • Strong Arm Robbery (with Damu) (2005)
  • Strong Arm Robbery Vol. 2 (with Damu and Tiny Doo) (2005)
  • Mitchy Duz It (2005)
  • Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (with DJ Birdy Bird) (2005)
  • Cali Untouchable Radio 13: Dago Edition (with DJ Warrior) (2006)
  • Urban Survival Syndrome (2006)
  • Messy Slick (with Messy Marv) (2007)
  • Deep Hearted (with Strong Arm Steady) (2007)
  • 48 Hours on Gang Street (2008)
  • Arms & Hammers (with Strong Arm Steady) (2008)

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[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ HHNLive.com Interview, San Diego Spit: Mitchy Slick. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
  2. ^ dubcnn.com Interview, Mitchy Slick. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
  3. ^ HHNLive.com Interview, San Diego Spit: Mitchy Slick. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
  4. ^ Blacksmith Records. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
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