THE NUBEING COLLECTIVE
greensboro, north carolina
WE ARE AN NC-NATIVE HIP-HOP FUSION GROUP THAT BLENDS ITS MEMBER'S STRONG BACKGROUNDS OF JAZZ, FUNK, SOUL, AND ROCK INTO OUR PERFORMANCE. WE ADD NEW AGE VOCAL AND SYNTH SOUNDS TO HEIGHTEN THE AMBIANCE OF OUR SOUND TO A MASTERFUL SPIN ON CONTEMPORARY HIP-HOP.
THE NUBEING COLLECTIVE CONSIST OF PRODUCER/ARTIST SMOOTHBLACK DAFANTOM AKA DAFANTOM336 AS THE LEAD PERFORMER AND MUSICIAN WHO HAS PERFORMED AND PRODUCED FOR OVER 20 YEARS ACROSS GENRES LIKE HIP HOP, R&B, SOUL, JAZZ, AND OTHERS. GROWING UP AS A MUSICIAN IN CHURCH THERE IS A HEAVY SOUL AND BLUES SOUND EXPRESSED IN HIS COMPOSITIONS. AS AN AVID HIP HOP FAN HE HAS THOUGHT PROVOKING LYRICS AND A SWAG THAT IS ABLE TO PULL OFF ALMOST ANY STYLE OF RAP WHETHER IT IS A COVER OR HIS OWN WRITTEN MATERIAL HE ALWAYS MAKES IT HIS OWN.
THE BAND WAS FORMED BY TEAMING UP WITH LONG-TIME COLLABORATOR KYRAN SCOTT TO FORM THE BAND. KYRAN IS A WELL-VERSED RAP LYRICISTS THAT CAN FREESTYLE WITH THE BEST OF THEM. HIS ON-STAGE PRESENCE DEMANDS ATTENTION. THEY HAVE CREATED SONGS THAT WERE WELL RESPECTED IN THE UNDERGROUND RAP CIRCUIT WITH CUTS LIKE, "T.O.P.", "ABOVE AVERAGE", "SWEET MISERY", AND "SO MUCH DRIVE", SO WHEN APPROACHING THE CREATION OF THIS BAND THEY WANTED TO STAY TRUE TO THEIR HIP-HOP ROOTS AND ALSO NOTICED AN OPENING FOR THE 30+ CROWD THAT STILL LOVES RAP MUSIC BUT ARE NOT AS INTERESTED IN THE CURRENT ARTISTS PRESENTED TO THEM.
TOGETHER, ALONG WITH LEAD SINGER JASMINE TRANAI, THEY WORK WITH OTHER MUSICIANS TO MAKE THEIR IDEAS COME TO LIFE. EVERYONE EXPRESSES THEMSELVES UNIQUELY, CREATING A VIBE THAT IS HARD TO REPRODUCE OUTSIDE OF THEIR ELEMENT.