Hailing from the city of Cleveland,Ohio, San Goodee aka 2ONE6 has been performing onstage since the age of 5. With parents whose musical tastes varied from Rush to Sister Sledge, San was exposed quite early to all genres, in turn having a lasting effect on his love for good music. San started out freestyling & writing back in high school, but it wasn't until the mid 90's when he joined Hip Hop collective Woody Nation that he realized he really had something special.
In 1999, San got together with the talented hip-hop powerhouse ProtoKulture. The talented collective shared both emceeing & in house production talents, which shaped Sans future vision of forward thinking hip-hop. ProtoKulture went on to produce 2 group projects, The Prototype Ep & Audio Emersion respectively, as well as Sans first solo cd, Its My Call(I.M.C. Ya'll)released in 2003. Headlining shows with ProtoKulture at such venues as Peabodys & The Grog Shop, San reacquainted himself with PoohManChew, President & Founder of the infamous NappyHead Entertainment, whom he'd worked with previously on The Prototype Ep & NappyHead Entertainments mixtape KINGS, released in 2002.
PoohManChew extended an open invitation for San to join the NappyHead Family & within a years time along with production from Phat Burner, San created The VentILLation, released in early 2005. Around the same time the super group GO LIVE GRIZZLIES was formed. Their first mixtape, GO LIVE OR GO HOME, was released in late 2004 and later the group released the classic album GRIZZLIE BUSINESS in 2008 to rave reviews. The Grizzlies went on to tour, performing throughout Ohio, the midwest & east coast as well as SCRIBBLE JAM(2009) & were nominated for Best HipHop Group at The Ohio HipHop Awards as well as winning The Rebel Army Radio Award for Best Hip Hop group.
Looking for a new sound to restablish himself, San was invited to be part of a new online record label founded by R.A. Washington named ClevelandTapes.Com. Along with producers aLiVE & e.React, San forged the new sound & stylings together to create Big Brother Almightee(clevelandtapes.com/album/big-brother-almightee) a playoff of Spike Lee's movie School Daze, released early 2010 to awesome reviews.
After releasing Big Brother Almightee, San found himself yearning to finally expose his long love of music production. Having already composed & produced many works for years & being surrounded by all the new creative energy from the ClevelandTapes fam was all San needed. Along with Keyo KonFuZion, the two created a musical production team under an assumed psuedonym, CONSOULIENS, and released RESULTS MAY VARY, a forward thinking instrumental tribute to the classic film Brother From Another Planet in 2011. This also spawned R.A.W. Dynamix, a group of artists & musicians whom collaborate frequently together on grassroots mutimedia performances/productions. Success again followed, as R.A.W. Dynamix has participated in numerous festivals(Ingenuity Fest 2009 & 2010, POP UP PEARL Street Fest 2010-2013 to name a few) & art gallery showings throughout the city.
San also created The Goodee Corporation, his own music production company & released an all instrumental project named Welcome to The Goodee Corporation online(http://sangoodee.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-goodee-corporation) in an effort to bring attention to Sans smooth & ecclectic production style. Seeking to collaborate again with new producers, San reconnected with MR BINGS, an old schoolmate from high school, with a penchant for old soul samples & boombap drums. The result was REDLINE The EP, a dedication of sorts to the public transit system line that connects the east & westsides of Cleveland, released locally & online(sangoodee.bandcamp.com).
The end of 2011 brought San & a couple of good friends together after experiencing simultaneous breakups all around the same time. Teaming up with longtime producer Burner & fellow emcee Vigatron to create the newly formed group NOIR(Noir216.Com), San poured his anger, disappointment & reflection into the new album. Releasing the single YOU Featuring Will Blaze to a slow burn in late 2012 & releasing the album SMOKIN WIT CIGAWETTES(Doin Hoodrat Stuff Wit My Friends)spring 2013, NOIR has since gone on to garner awards including The Rebel Army Radio Awards for Best Group & even a nomination nod for Album of The Year from The Ohio Hip Hop Awards.
Skys the limit for San Goodee. In addition to new projects & numerous production collaborations in the works, San is poised & ready to pounce on any new opportunity which would further him along on his path of musical creativity & freedom. With subject matter ranging from love, politics & empowerment laced with positive introspection & clever wordplay not to mention forward thinking production with golden age hiphop leanings, pretty much all bases are covered. San Goodee aka 2ONE6...Makin' Hip Hop Goodee since '92!!!
San Goodee can be contacted for performances, collaborations, music production & free invites to dinner @...
Goodeecorp@Gmail.com
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