ILLuminate, by AMS.

ILLuminate

by AMS.

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1.	An Introduction (Lights Out) 04:39	info	buy track
2.	AMS (Agent Mos) & DJ Spinnerty - Dual Influences (interlude) 00:41	info	buy track
3.	Nom de Plume 03:11	info	buy track
4.	Dawn 02:12	info	buy track
5.	Control 04:24	info	buy track
6.	Another Day (Same Old S#!t) 02:44	info	buy track
7.	AMS (Agent Mos) & DJ Spinnerty - TV (interlude) 00:16	info	buy track
8.	Channel Zero 03:07	info	buy track
9.	Afterthought 02:53	info	buy track
10.	Spraycan Story 02:13	info	buy track
11.	AMS (Agent Mos) & DJ Spinnerty - Concept (interlude) 00:28	info	buy track
12.	ILLuminate 03:40	info	buy track
13.	Requiem (Home Again) 04:21	info	buy track
14.	Too Long 03:05	info	buy track
15.	Nowhere (Lights On) 03:04	info	buy track

about

From the depths of a spraycan and live on a concrete surface comes Agent Mos, otherwise known as AMS. The man dubbed as "King of the Nerds" at 14 years old came up as a confused mass of musical influences, making his brand of hip-hop into a breakbeat beat-down, fileld to the brim with wit, stinging punchlines, a eye for the detail of life, and a brain built for storytelling.

Following hip-hop as a hobby earned him a slew of features on mixtapes, guest shots, and the occasional show in high school. Pursuing it as a part-time dream earned him opportunities opening for some of his favorite acts, after only having been on stage for 2 years (Mr. Lif, Blueprint, Illogic, Braille, KRS-One, Treologic, Animate Objects just to name a few), and allowed him to garner the applause of the public as Champaign-Urbana's Hip-Hop artist of the year in 2006.

His work with local musicians (Larry Gates of Lorenzo Goetz, Kayla Brown, DJ Spinnerty, Zirafa) has earned him acclaim not only where he found himself for college, but an odd and spreading following at home and around the world, after having his material played on college radio in France, Britain and Japan.

The debut LP from 2006 Local Music Award Winner Agent Mos reads as a funny, introspective, questioning look into the mind of the man dubbed "King of the Nerds". Agent Mos takes us on a ride that begins with an apology from him, but ends as a thank you from the audience. Tracks such as "Afterthought" and "Control" show his dexterity with the complex, while "Dawn", "ILLuminate" and "Requiem" give a window into how he thinks, and whom he thinks of.

He may label himself a nerd, but nerds make excellent hip-hop, it seems. "ILLuminate" sheds light upon an artform that is suffering through its dark ages.

You ready to hop in the cypher with the nerd? Then strap on your headphones and buckle in...

credits

released March 13, 2006

Lyrics by AMS (Agent Mos).
Instrumentals/Interludes composed by DJ Spinnerty and Zirafa.

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AMS. Chicago, Illinois

The One True Nerd King. All hail.

Future Cult Leaders of America. #FCLA
Chicago.

I make rap tunes I hope you'll enjoy.

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