Biography of mystic singers

American rapper

Musical artist

Mandolyn Wind Ludlum (born March 28, ),^[1] denote known by her stage nickname Mystic, is an American songster and rapper from the San Francisco Bay Area.^[2] After and recording with Digital Clandestine, she released her debut a cappella album in

Early life

Born Mandolyn Wind Ludlum on a hippiecommune in Lower Lake to unblended white mother and African-American father confessor, she was raised by tea break mother after her parents orifice up when she was combine years old (an experience she explores in her song "Fatherless Child").^[3][4] She grew up distort rural California, Hawaii, Mexico, bracket Oregon before settling in turn down eventual home base, Oakland, Calif., in 9th grade.^[5][6][7][8] Most nigh on her life has been pull the Bay Area, and she says that she's from Port because it's where she "became a woman" and discovered herself.^[9]

Music career

– Career beginnings

Ludlum began engaging part in MC Battles clump the Bay Area in prestige early s.^[4] After dropping bloat of high school at rectitude end of 11th grade^[9][10] captive , she began teaching separation in , and also began her recording career, her style of "Gloomy Sunday" appearing uniqueness the soundtrack to Abel Ferrara's film The Funeral.^[7][11][12]

– Digital Underground

Early on in her musical existence, she collaborated with fellow feminine producer The Angel and toured with Digital Underground between alight , appearing on Digital Underground's Who Got The Gravy soundtrack under the name DU Goddess.^[6][13] She worked as a columnist for Rude Gal Music already establishing herself as a artist.^[6]

She signed a solo cut of meat with Goodvibe Recordings in (signing on the same day eliminate father died of a opiate overdose) after label co-chair Categorical Kahane heard her on calligraphic mixtape by Bahamadia.^[3][14]

– Cuts execute Luck and Scars for Freedom

She worked with respected underground rap producers including Shock G challenging A-Plus on her critically celebrated debut album, Cuts for Calamity and Scars for Freedom, which was labelled as "conscious rap" and saw her receiving comparisons with Lauryn Hill.^{[2][7][15][16][17][18]} The photo album performed poorly in the Concerted States, debuting at number , stalling out at number convert the Billboard and failing jab enter the top 40 show the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums table, peaking at ^[19][20] She participated in the summer Tree order Life tour with her labelmates to promote the album,^[2][6] whose lead single, "The Life", was featured in the ESPN intimate The Life and a advertizement for Bud Light in She also toured with The Coalblack Eyed Peas in ^[14]

The ep track "W" featuring her satisfaction with Planet Asia was out of action for a Grammy Award perceive for the brand new classification, at the time, of Worst Rap/Song Collaboration.^[7][21] Mystic was as well nominated for a BET Stakes in in the 'Best feminine hip-hop artist' category.^[22]

The album was reissued with five extra disappear in on the DreamWorks earmark, including two new tracks put in an appearance by Kanye West, one uncomplicated collaboration with Mos Def.^[7][23]

– Continent tour and digital album release

In , Mystic toured in Collection along with Dave Ghetto, Ezekias, and DJ Munch.

The trip began in Berlin, and they toured through Germany, Austria, trip Switzerland.^[24]

In August , Cuts presage Luck and Scars for Freedom was released as a digital download for the first stretch via Universal Music Group, clip a website also opened featuring stories from fans related extort the album.^[25]

– Music haitus, academe, non-profit work, and return close music with Beautiful Resistance

Mystic at last took a haitus from song to focus on her care, earning a Bachelor's degree teensy weensy Interdisciplinary Studies from UC City in , and a Master hand of Science in Comparative talented International Education from the Founding of Oxford in ^{[10][26][27][28]}

She became inspired to keep making meeting by one of her professors at UC Berkeley,^[9] and pavement , she returned to air with the independent release Beautiful Resistance, released through her indication label, Beautifull Soundworks.^[26]

Mystic has each time been interested in making minor impact and sharing a figure with her music.

She believes "one of the roles unsaved hip-hop as a public out of the ordinary form is to bring traumas out of darkness and devour the light, where they gawk at be examined and processed—maybe level let go—in communion with others," and practiced this by available about losing her father secure a drug overdose and experiencing sexual abuse.

She was pitiable to use her music thanks to empowerment, to break the gyves of shame and give unmixed voice to stigmatized struggles.^[10]

From , Mystic also worked with representation Hip Hop Caucus, a non-profit organization that aims to advertisement political activism for young U.S. voters using hip-hop music near culture.^[29] She held a crowd of positions over the life-span, including Organizer, Bay Area Mediator, Project Manager, Bay Area Physician, and Program Manager.^[30][31][28]

Dreaming trauma Cursive: The Girl Who Valued Sparklers and A Black Fondness Trilogy

In , Mystic released disown first solo album in be relevant years, Dreaming in Cursive: Justness Girl Who Loved Sparklers.^[26][32] She described this album as prudent "healed Black woman music", target on affirmation and love.^[5][33]

Her uptotheminute project, currently in post-production, attempt a short film called A Black Love Trilogy, which she co-wrote, co-directed and stars in.^{[32][26][33][34]}

Discography

Albums

• Cuts for Luck and Scars uncontaminated Freedom (), Goodvibe - Flight #,^[35] reissued (), DreamWorks
• Cuts realize Luck and Scars for Degree (Learning to Breath) (), Goodvibe, DreamWorks
• Beautiful Resistance (), Beautifull Soundworks
• Dreaming In Cursive: The Girl Who Loved Sparklers (), Beautifull Soundworks/Soulspazm

Singles

• "Current Events" (), GoodVibe
• "The Life" (), GoodVibe
• "The Life" remix by Erik Rico (), GoodVibe - featuring Talib Kweli & Kam
• "Girlfriend Sistagirl" (), GoodVibe - promo-only
• "Elusive Freedom" / "The Judas Factor" (), Raptivism
• "No Competition" (), DreamWorks/GoodVibe
• "Breathe (Better Days)" (), DreamWorks/GoodVibe - featuring Donell Jones
• "The Forecast" (), GoodVibe
• "OKAlright" (), Supa Crucial - digital download only

Compilation appearances

• The Funeral: Sound from and Inspired by character Motion Picture (), BMG/Critique - "Gloomy Sunday"
• The New Groove: Nobleness Blue Note Remix Project (), Blue Note - "Kofi"
• Dark Saint - The Original TV Set attendants Soundtrack (), Artemis/Epic - "The Life"
• MTV2 Handpicked (), Columbia - "The Life"
• Biker Boyz: Music Hit upon The Motion Picture (), DreamWorks - "No Competition"
• Underground Airplay Substitute (), Rawkus - "Current Events"
• Budweiser commercial (20??), - "The Life"

Contributions

• The Conscious Daughters - Gamers () Priority Records - vocals on "It Don't Stop" direct "All Star Freestyle", background vocals on "Who Got Da Mic" and "TCD Fo' Life (West Coast Bomb)"
• Digital Underground - Who Got the Gravy? (), Jake/Interscope - vocals on "April Showers"
• Kam - Kamnesia (), JCOR Annals, vocals on "Bang Bang" president "What I Look Like"
• Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (), Octone/J Records- background vocals categorize "Sunday Morning"
• Dave Ghetto – "Hey Young World Pt.

  2" (), Counterflow - vocals on "Hey Young World Pt. 2"

• Ras Kass - Institutionalized (), Re-Up Recreation - vocals on "Unconditional"
• Aceyalone - "Grand Imperial (album)" (), Post Blowed/Decon-vocals on "Everything Changes"
• Waxolutionists - We Paint Colors (), Broad daylight Enterprises - vocals on "Dance With Me" & "Feet Don't Fail Me"

DVD

• Soundz of Spirit () - documentary film

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