Abstract Rude

Abstract Rude
Birth name	Aaron Palmer
Also known as	Ab Rude, Abbey Rude
Origin	Los Angeles, California, US
Genres	Underground hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Rhymesayers Entertainment
Associated acts	Project Blowed, Haiku D'Etat, The A-Team, Abstract Tribe Unique
Website	www.abstractrude.com

Aaron Pointer, better known by his stage name Abstract Rude, is a rapper from Los Angeles, California.

He is the MC of Abstract Tribe Unique, alongside dancers Zulu Butterfly and Irie Lion King, turntablist DJ Drez and producer Fat Jack.^[1] He is also a member of Haiku D'Etat along with Myka 9 and Aceyalone^[2] and The A-Team along with Aceyalone.^[3]

History

Abstract Rude is one of the original spawns of L.A.'s historical Good Life Cafe, a renowned open mic venue. Ab would sharpen steel with steel every Thursday night at the Good Life alongside other veterans like "Freestyle Fellowship", "Funk Trends", "Volume 10", "CVE", and many more. The Good Life was the birthplace of a new West Coast Hip Hop sound that influenced the likes of "Pharcyde", "Skee-Lo", and others in the early 1990s. In 2009, Abstract Rude released the album Rejuvenation on Rhymesayers Entertainment.^[4] It is entirely produced by Vitamin D.^[5]

Discography

Solo

• Making Tracks (2002)
• Making More Tracks (2004)
• Still Making Tracks (2004)
• Rejuvenation (2009)
• Steel Making Trax (2010)
• Dear Abbey (2012)

Abstract Tribe Unique

• Underground Fossils (1996)
• Mood Pieces (1997)
• South Central Thynk Taynk (1998)
• P.A.I.N.T. (2001)
• Showtyme (2003)

Haiku D'Etat

• Haiku D'Etat (1999)
• Coup de Theatre (2004)

The A-Team

• Who Framed the A-Team? (2000)
• Lab Down Under (2003)
• Who Reframed the A-Team? (2006)

Collaborations

• Code Name: Scorpion (2001) with Prevail and Moka Only
• These Walls EP (2005) with Taktloss

Guest appearances

• Aceyalone - "Deep and Wide" "Knownots" "B-Boy Kingdom" "Keep It True" from All Balls Don't Bounce (1995)
• Busdriver - "Get on the Bus" from Memoirs of the Elephant Man (1999)
• The Grouch - "Blood, Dick & Pussy" from Making Perfect Sense (1999)
• Nobody - "Inner Eye" from Soulmates (2000)
• Fat Jack - "Cater to the DJ" "Rudeboy Represents" from Cater to the DJ (2000)
• Freestyle Fellowship - "Fragrance" from Temptations (2001)
• Aceyalone - "B-Boy Real McCoy" from Accepted Eclectic (2001)
• Awol One & Daddy Kev - "Confusion" from Souldoubt (2001)
• Eligh - "A Poet Sits" from Poltergeist (2003)
• Daedelus - "Girls" from The Quiet Party (2003)
• Pigeon John - "Life Goes On" from Is Dating Your Sister (2003)
• Aceyalone - "The Sage Continues" from Love & Hate (2003)
• Omid - "Myth Behind the Man" from Monolith (2003)
• The Grouch & Eligh - "This Is Yo Life" from No More Greener Grasses (2003)
• Busdriver - "Unnecessary Thinking" from Cosmic Cleavage (2004)
• P.E.A.C.E. - "Connected Functions" from Megabite (2004)
• Fat Jack - "I'm Just Livin'" "So Many Ways" from Cater to the DJ 2 (2004)
• Sleep - "Can't Be Touched" from Christopher (2005)
• Mums the Word - "Constant Evolution" from Constant Evolution (2005)
• Busdriver - "Map Your Psyche" from Fear of a Black Tangent (2005)
• Ellay Khule - "The Turning Point" from Califormula (2005)
• Sunspot Jonz - "Another Way Out" from No Guts No Glory (2005)
• Grayskul - "After Hours" from Deadlivers (2005)
• Acid Reign - "Heart of the City" from Time & Change (2006)
• Edit - "Night Shift" from Certified Air Raid Material (2007)
• X-Clan - "To the East" from Return from Mecca (2007)
• The Grouch - "God Bless the Elephant" from Show You the World (2008)
• Thirsty Fish - "Fish Ain't Biting" from Testing the Waters (2008)
• Awol One & Factor - "One Live Tape" from The Landmark (2011)
• Awol One and Nathaniel Motte - "Drink Have Take" from The Child Star (2011)
• Self Jupiter & Kenny Segal - "Outer Rings" from The Kleenrz (2012)
• Myka 9 - "Gramophone" "Enter the Slayer" from Gramophone (2012)
• Myka 9 & Factor - "Ode to Cosmosis" from Sovereign Soul (2012)
• Illogic & Blockhead - "Smile" from Capture the Sun (2013)
• Just Say PLZ - "Still Wuz Myne" from "Still Wuz Myne" (2015)

Compilation appearances

• "Torn" "Strength of A.T.U." on Mixed Drink (1994)
• "Torn" "Strength of A.T.U." "Ab Dawlin" on Mixed Drink 2 (1995)
• "Strength of A.T.U." "I Don't Know" "Yeh Man" "Maskaraid" "Treble and Bass" on Project Blowed (1995)
• "GB in Your Life" "Superstars" on The Good Brothers (2003)
• "Who The F*ck Is You?" "Sound Boy Murderers" "13th Month" on Project Blowed 10th Anniversary (2005)

References

1. "Abstract Tribe Unique - Showtyme". HipHopDX. January 1, 2004.
2. "Interview: Haiku D'Etat". Hip Hop Core. December 2004.
3. Quinlan, Thomas (July 2000). "A-Team - Who Framed The A-Team?". Exclaim!.
4. Youssef, Sobhi (May 4, 2009). "Review: Abstract Rude - Rejuvenation". Sputnikmusic.
5. Geary, Rob (May 6, 2009). "Rejuvenation". XLR8R.

External links

• Official website
• Abstract Rude on Rhymesayers Entertainment
• May 2009 Interview with L.A. Record