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Apathy

 
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  • Active: 2000s
  • Genres: Rap
  • Instrument: Producer
  • Representative Albums: "Eastern Philosophy", "Where's Your Album?!!", "Baptism by Fire

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Born to teenage parents in a working-class area of Connecticut, rapper Apathy first discovered hip-hop at age five when his uncle played him Chaka Khan's 1984 cover of the Prince song "I Feel for You," which featured Melle Mel rapping. Instantly hooked, Apathy began listening to rap incessantly, soaking up the sounds of Gang Starr, Jay-Z, Nas, and Organized Konfusion, among others, as well as writing his own rhymes. He made his debut on Jedi Mind Tricks' 1997 debut LP, The Psycho-Social, Chemical, Biological, and Electro-Magnetic Manipulation of Human, adding verses to three tracks, and shortly afterward he was releasing singles on Bronx Science Records. It was through that label that Apathy met up with Celph Titled, the producer/MC originally from Florida who had worked for Bronx Science's distributor. The two founded the Demigodz (with 7L & Esoteric, El Fudge, Louis Logic, Open Mic, and Rise as the other initial members) and in 2002 they released their EP The Godz Must Be Crazy. The EP was enough to gain attention from major labels, including Interscope, which wanted to sign Apathy and Celph, and Atlantic, which was more interested in Apathy as a solo artist. Eventually, Apathy chose the latter, and soon began recording tracks for his debut. However, disagreement over the direction the album would go delayed progress considerably, and after a few years the rapper signed a distribution deal with indie label Babygrande, which helped release Eastern Philosophy in 2006 (many of the other tracks that he had already written for Atlantic ended up on the mixtapes It's the Bootleg, Muthafucka, Vol. 1 and Where's Your Album?!!) while negotiations for the major-label debut, tentatively titled Bearer of Bad News, continued. In 2007 Apathy set to appease fans with the release of yet another mixtape, Baptism by Fire, which came out on the Demigodz Records. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide
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Apathy
Birth name Chad Bromley
Also known as Apathy the Alien Tongue, Apathetic
Born March 8, 1979
Origin Willimantic, Connecticut, United States
Genres Hip hop
Years active 1994–present
Labels Demigodz, Babygrande
Associated acts Demigodz, Jedi Mind Tricks, Army of the Pharaohs, Styles of Beyond
Website http://www.myspace.com/apathy

Chad Bromley (born March 8, 1979), better known as Apathy (formerly Apathy the Alien Tongue) is an underground rapper and producer from Willimantic, Connecticut. He attended high school at various schools in Connecticut. He is a re-founding member and unofficial leader of the Demigodz crew. Apathy frequently collaborates with Demigodz members, Motive, Esoteric and Celph Titled, who frequently produces for him. He is also a member of the super-group Army of the Pharaohs (founded by Vinnie Paz from Jedi Mind Tricks) and the Connecticut crew Doe Rakers. His DJ is Chum the Skrilla Guerilla. At one time, Apathy was signed to Atlantic Records, however after being shelved for many years, he finally decided to leave.[citation needed]

He released his debut album, Eastern Philosophy, in March 2006 on Babygrande Records. Most of his previous underground work has been collected on two albums: the two-disc It's the Bootleg, Muthafuckas! Vol. 1 and Where's Your Album?!!. Apathy released another collection of his most recent works, Baptism by Fire, in January 2007. He has also criticized the overuse of Auto Tuning by artists like Kanye West stating, "You ain't a computer, you ain't from the future, and you ain't got a tumor, so why you do to your voice, shit to make it sound stupider" and the first time he heard vocals like that was on a Cher album in the eighties. He is in a group called Get Busy Committee

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  • Where's Your Album?!! (2004)
  • Baptism By Fire (2007)

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