Alexander spit biography
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Where the Pacific collides with California and breaks at the foot of Americas smog capital/culture factory, Alexander Spit (government name Alexander Manzano) thrives in a creative haze, currently perfecting the hyper-blunted blend of trap-psychedelia and heavy lidded musings on women, weed, and whips, and the lengths Californians go to have the finest of all three.
Born in Los Angeles during the tail end of Reaganomics, Raymond Manzano sought the promise of blue-collar work in the percolating melting pot of the Bay Area and uprooted the Manzano clan. Old enough to remember the move and young enough to fully absorb his new surroundings, Spit settled among the skateboarders, hippies, and Nortenos of the North Bay and incorporated their slang and appreciation for high grade inebriates into his developing art during he early 2000s. Another Bay Area resident had achieve local ubiquity during his period, and only when Mac Dre passed did his influence fully saturate rap music at large. A
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Alexander Spit
Where the Pacific collides with California and breaks at the foot of Americas smog capital/culture factory, Alexander Spit (government name Alexander Manzano) thrives in a creative haze, currently perfecting the hyper-blunted blend of trap-psychedelia and heavy lidded musings on women, weed, and whips, and the lengths Californians go to have the finest of all three.
Born in Los Angeles during the tail end of Reaganomics, Raymond Manzano sought the promise of blue-collar work in the percolating melting pot of the Bay Area and uprooted the Manzano clan. Old enough to remember the move and young enough to fully absorb his new surroundings, Spit settled among the skateboarders, hippies, and Nortenos of the North Bay and incorporated their slang and appreciation for high grade inebriates into his developing art during he early 2000s. Another Bay Area resident had achieve local ubiquity during his period, and only when Mac Dre passed did his influence fully saturate rap m
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Puffs of smoke pour from Alexander Spit’s mouth as he studies his studio computer, smooth, soulful rap playing in the background. The en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film quickly cuts to a shot through a screen door, where we see Spit shaking up with some friends; the scen cuts igen to Spit back at work, where he’s relistening to a beat and recording a verse.
These moments are from his new mini-documentary Aliveat Virgil Normal, which showcases the creative process behind his new live skiva by the same name. The planerat arbete was a feat in itself: On November 19, Spit gave himself 10 hours to produce, write, record, mix and mästare the planerat arbete at the Los Angeles boutique Virgil Normal. In that span of time, the skiva was also dubbed to 100 cassette tapes, and paired with one-of-one grabb drawn pieces by artist and friend Matt McCormick.
The event wasn’t just open to his friends; Spit sent out an open invitation via his Instagram, inviting strangers, fans, and musicians to add their own contributi