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Abstract Rude
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<h2 id="career">Career</h2> <p>Pointer's career began at Los Angeles' historical <a href="/facts/Good_Life_Cafe/aAc0INsp">Good Life Cafe</a>, a renowned <a href="/facts/Open_mic/RVoVU3sy">open mic</a> venue. He would practice his rapping every Thursday night at Good Life. He is also a member of the <a href="/facts/Project_Blowed/KeFA9qJk">Project Blowed</a> crew that emerged from the Good Life scene. In 2009, he released the album <i><a href="/facts/Rejuvenation_(Abstract_Rude_album)/44uQyFyE">Rejuvenation</a></i> on <a href="/facts/Rhymesayers_Entertainment/Kct2qRof">Rhymesayers Entertainment</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> It was entirely produced by Vitamin D.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="discography">Discography</h2> <h3>Albums</h3> <p>Solo </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Rejuvenation_(Abstract_Rude_album)/44uQyFyE">Rejuvenation</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i>Keep the Feel: A Legacy of Hip Hop Soul</i> (2015)</li></ul> <p>Abstract Tribe Unique (Abstract Rude, <a href="/facts/DJ_Drez/KeFA9qJk">DJ Drez</a> & <a href="/facts/Fat_Jack/KeFA9qJk">Fat Jack</a>) </p> <ul><li><i>Underground Fossils</i> (1996)</li> <li><i>Mood Pieces</i> (1997)</li> <li><i>South Central Thynk Taynk</i> (1998)</li> <li><i>P.A.I.N.T.</i> (2001)</li> <li><i>Showtyme</i> (2003)</li></ul> <p><a href="/facts/Haiku_d%27Etat/z6BoDqtQ">Haiku d'Etat</a> (Abstract Rude, <a href="/facts/Aceyalone/rP2wztqj">Aceyalone</a> & <a href="/facts/Myka_9/sTq9ozUJ">Myka 9</a>) </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Haiku_d%27Etat_(album)/GY6u5DE1">Haiku d'Etat</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Coup_de_Theatre_(album)/CbSILGeu">Coup de Theatre</a></i> (2004)</li></ul> <p>The A-Team (Abstract Rude & Aceyalone) </p> <ul><li><i>Who Framed The A-Team?</i> (1999)</li> <li><i>Lab Down Under</i> (2003)</li></ul> <p>Other collaborations </p> <ul><li><i>Code Name: Scorpion</i> (2001) (with <a href="/facts/Moka_Only/yExYYvK5">Moka Only</a> & <a href="/facts/Prevail_(musician)/HHx2nDfQ">Prevail</a>, as Code Name: Scorpion)</li> <li><i>AyeM Ray-DIO</i> (2015) (with Myka 9, as AyeM Ray-DIO)</li></ul> <h3>Other releases</h3> <p>Mixtapes </p> <ul><li><i>Making Tracks</i> (2002)</li> <li><i>Making More Tracks</i> (2004)</li> <li><i>Still Making Tracks</i> (2004)</li> <li><i>A Coat of Gold P.A.I.N.T.</i> (2008)</li> <li><i>Steel Making Trax: The Export</i> (2010)</li> <li><i>Dear Abbey: The Lost Letters Mixtape</i> (2012)</li> <li><i>The Owl's Cry</i> (2017) (with <a href="/facts/DJ_Vadim/yTRdVJJt">DJ Vadim</a>)</li> <li><i>Making Lost Trax Reappear</i> (2018)</li> <li><i>Making Lava Tracks</i> (2019)</li> <li><i>Making Indie Traxx: Dusty Pointer Fingers</i> (2023)</li> <li><i>Making Indie Traxx: Dirty Pea Pods</i> (2023)</li></ul> <p>EPs </p> <ul><li><i>These Walls EP</i> (2005) (with <a href="/facts/Taktloss/jTya8Br7">Taktloss</a>)</li> <li><i>Eyes Wide Shuttish: Short Rhymes Vol. 1</i> (2008)</li> <li><i>The Awful Truth</i> (2012) (with <a href="/facts/Musab/m3xsaG0k">Musab</a>)</li> <li><i>LA Basin</i> (2022)</li></ul> <p>Live albums </p> <ul><li><i>Live @ the 700 Club</i> (1999) (with live band, as Chef Salad & the Crew Tones)</li></ul> <p>Compilations </p> <ul><li><i>Who Reframed the A-Team</i> (2006) (with Aceyalone, as The A-Team)</li> <li><i>Haiku de Theatre: The Best of Haiku</i> (2017) (with Aceyalone & Myka 9, as Haiku d'Etat)</li></ul> <h3>Guest appearances</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Aceyalone/rP2wztqj">Aceyalone</a> - "Deep and Wide" "Knownots" "B-Boy Kingdom" "Keep It True" from <i><a href="/facts/All_Balls_Don%27t_Bounce/x6Dekd9H">All Balls Don't Bounce</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Busdriver/hsILpAC8">Busdriver</a> - "Get on the Bus" from <i><a href="/facts/Memoirs_of_the_Elephant_Man/XJbQ76aA">Memoirs of the Elephant Man</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Grouch_(rapper)/h8Dnnu6G">The Grouch</a> - "Blood, Dick & Pussy" from <i>Making Perfect Sense</i> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nobody_(producer)/vYDMTbPG">Nobody</a> - "Inner Eye" from <i>Soulmates</i> (2000)</li> <li>Fat Jack - "Cater to the DJ" "Rudeboy Represents" from <i>Cater to the DJ</i> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Freestyle_Fellowship/uuwLhrMT">Freestyle Fellowship</a> - "Fragrance" from <i>Temptations</i> (2001)</li> <li>Aceyalone - "B-Boy Real McCoy" from <i><a href="/facts/Accepted_Eclectic/9yvzuay8">Accepted Eclectic</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Awol_One/px71j1Ph">Awol One</a> & <a href="/facts/Daddy_Kev/X1pS1kHQ">Daddy Kev</a> - "Confusion" from <i>Souldoubt</i> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Eligh/4hfctqBq">Eligh</a> - "A Poet Sits" from <i>Poltergeist</i> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Daedelus_(musician)/GTf8duca">Daedelus</a> - "Girls" from <i>The Quiet Party</i> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pigeon_John/IyJ4DhTf">Pigeon John</a> - "Life Goes On" from <i><a href="/facts/Is_Dating_Your_Sister/spuFkQQh">Is Dating Your Sister</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Aceyalone/rP2wztqj">Aceyalone</a> - "The Sage Continues" from <i><a href="/facts/Love_%26_Hate_(Aceyalone_album)/pXy41YcU">Love & Hate</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Omid_Walizadeh/SS9shtV9">Omid</a> - "Myth Behind the Man" from <i>Monolith</i> (2003)</li> <li>The Grouch & Eligh - "This Is Yo Life" from <i>No More Greener Grasses</i> (2003)</li> <li>Busdriver - "Unnecessary Thinking" from <i><a href="/facts/Cosmic_Cleavage/wASf6Njv">Cosmic Cleavage</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peace_(rapper)/AbTFgIcm">P.E.A.C.E.</a> - "Connected Functions" from <i>Megabite</i> (2004)</li> <li>Fat Jack - "I'm Just Livin'" "So Many Ways" from <i>Cater to the DJ 2</i> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sleep_(rapper)/nYXuHLah">Sleep</a> - "Can't Be Touched" from <i>Christopher</i> (2005)</li> <li>Mums the Word - "Constant Evolution" from <i>Constant Evolution</i> (2005)</li> <li>Busdriver - "Map Your Psyche" from <i><a href="/facts/Fear_of_a_Black_Tangent/5lU9jNUT">Fear of a Black Tangent</a></i> (2005)</li> <li>Ellay Khule - "The Turning Point" from <i>Califormula</i> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sunspot_Jonz/WxIv8ptf">Sunspot Jonz</a> - "Another Way Out" from <i>No Guts No Glory</i> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grayskul/9VxnYw5A">Grayskul</a> - "After Hours" from <i>Deadlivers</i> (2005)</li> <li>Acid Reign - "Heart of the City" from <i>Time & Change</i> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Edit_(musician)/N1CqXKmB">Edit</a> - "Night Shift" from <i>Certified Air Raid Material</i> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/facts/X-Clan/pQARLv48">X-Clan</a> - "To the East" from <i><a href="/facts/Return_from_Mecca/21SC7485">Return from Mecca</a></i> (2007)</li> <li>Nomak - "Hi Mom! ~A Prayer For World Peace~" from <i>Calm</i> (2007)</li> <li>The Grouch - "God Bless the Elephant" from <i>Show You the World</i> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Thirsty_Fish/50y5Dqzv">Thirsty Fish</a> - "Fish Ain't Biting" from <i><a href="/facts/Testing_the_Waters/9cyr1UPC">Testing the Waters</a></i> (2008)</li> <li>Awol One & <a href="/facts/Factor_Chandelier/SJcL3yXN">Factor Chandelier</a> - "One Live Tape" from <i>The Landmark</i> (2011)</li> <li>Awol One and <a href="/facts/Nathaniel_Motte/R4zUoVab">Nathaniel Motte</a> - "Drink Have Take" from <i>The Child Star</i> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Self_Jupiter/vwaI1x18">Self Jupiter</a> & Kenny Segal - "Outer Rings" from <i>The Kleenrz</i> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Myka_9/sTq9ozUJ">Myka 9</a> - "Gramophone" "Enter the Slayer" from <i>Gramophone</i> (2012)</li> <li>Myka 9 & Factor - "Ode to Cosmosis" from <i>Sovereign Soul</i> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Illogic/pVB4tYxD">Illogic</a> & <a href="/facts/Blockhead_(music)/vH31Fsaf">Blockhead</a> - "Smile" from <i>Capture the Sun</i> (2013)</li> <li>Just Say PLZ - "Still Wuz Myne" from "<i>Still Wuz Myne</i>" (2015)</li> <li>The Funk Junkie - "You & Me" from <i>Moondirt</i> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Blu_(rapper)/x0nqyHG4">Blu</a> & <a href="/facts/Oh_No_(musician)/zopvkeHV">Oh No</a> - "Round Bout Midnight" from <i>A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer Night</i> (2019)</li> <li>Blu & Fat Jack - <i>Low End Theory</i> from <i>Underground Makes The World Go Round</i> (2019)</li> <li>Myka 9 & Adriatic - "In My Reality" from <i>In Motion</i> (2019)</li> <li>Myka 9 & Adriatic - "In My Reality (Remix)" from <i>Constellations</i> (2020)</li> <li>Sal Crosby - "Skinny Wonder Pools" from <i>Golden Goat</i> (2021)</li></ul> <h3>Compilation appearances</h3> <ul><li>"Torn" "Strength of A.T.U." on <i>Mixed Drink</i> (1994)</li> <li>"Torn" "Strength of A.T.U." "Ab Dawlin" on <i>Mixed Drink 2</i> (1995)</li> <li>"Strength of A.T.U." "I Don't Know" "Yeh Man" "Maskaraid" "Treble and Bass" on <i><a href="/facts/Project_Blowed/KeFA9qJk">Project Blowed</a></i> (1995)</li> <li>"GB in Your Life" "Superstars" on <i>The Good Brothers</i> (2003)</li> <li>"Who The F*ck Is You?" "Sound Boy Murderers" "13th Month" on <i>Project Blowed 10th Anniversary</i> (2005)</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180602011850/http://www.abstractrude.com/">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="http://rhymesayers.com/abstractrude">Abstract Rude</a> on <a href="/facts/Rhymesayers_Entertainment/Kct2qRof">Rhymesayers Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="http://larecord.com/interviews/2009/05/22/abstract-rude-interview-its-only-at-the-precipice-that-we-change/">May 2009 Interview</a> with <a href="/facts/L.A._Record/h9YzH8fn">L.A. Record</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Abstract Tribe Unique - Showtyme". HipHopDX. January 1, 2004. <a href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.363/title.abstract-tribe-unique-showtyme" target="_blank">http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.363/title.abstract-tribe-unique-showtyme</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Interview: Haiku D'Etat". Hip Hop Core. December 2004. <a href="http://www.hiphopcore.net/interviews/45%7Ceng-haiku-d-etat.html" target="_blank">http://www.hiphopcore.net/interviews/45%7Ceng-haiku-d-etat.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Quinlan, Thomas (July 2000). "A-Team - Who Framed The A-Team?". Exclaim!. <a href="http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/HipHop/a_team-who_framed_the_a_team" target="_blank">http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/HipHop/a_team-who_framed_the_a_team</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Youssef, Sobhi (May 4, 2009). "Review: Abstract Rude - Rejuvenation". Sputnikmusic. <a href="https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/30411/Abstract-Rude-Rejuvenation/" target="_blank">https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/30411/Abstract-Rude-Rejuvenation/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Geary, Rob (May 6, 2009). "Rejuvenation". XLR8R. <a href="http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/abstract-rude/rejuvenation" target="_blank">http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/abstract-rude/rejuvenation</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>