Citizen Cope

Citizen Cope is the stage name of Clarence Greenwood ( born May 20, 1968 in Memphis ( Tennessee)), an American singer. His music is a blend of blues, soul, folk and rock. Since 1993, he writes songs that he under his own label, Rainwater Recordings, receiving at the moment. He founded it in 2010 after he decided to work with other major music companies, including Capitol, Arista, DreamWorks and RCA set.

Childhood

Clarence Greenwood was born in Memphis, but spent part of his childhood in Texas and Mississippi. Finally, he moved to Washington DC, where he grew up mainly.

Career

The first album he brought in 1992 in a limited edition of 500 copies on the market. He called it Cope Citizen. Later he took over the place as a DJ for the hip hop group BaseHead in Washington DC. In 1997, he signed a contract with Capitol Records. In 2000, Citizen Cope began production at DreamWorks. Two years later he released the album Citizen Cope. The magazine Rolling Stone wrote: " ... Cope melds hip -hop with folk, soul and blues ... and ' feels ' this combination deeply .... Cope's uncommon chords and harmonies combine delicate dissonance with unexpected flashes of beauty ... " - (. . ... Cope melds hip- hop with folk, soul and blues and " feels " this combination greatly His unusual music combined disagreement with unexpected moments of beauty ) According to the Washington Post deserves the song Let The drummer Kick Gold. Shortly afterwards called Arista that Greenwood should buy themselves free from his DreamWorks contract. In 2004 he released the album The Clarence Greenwood Recordings, which he also produces itself and on the Carlos Santana in the song Son 's Gonna Rise has a guest appearance. Also got this from various music magazines a positive rating. Every Waking Moment followed in 2006 and was ranked 69 on the Billboard Top 200 albums sales list. 2010 Greenwood decided to run his own production company. He called them " Rainwater Recordings". This step made ​​him independent and able to decide about his music and career. In the same year, he brought The Rainwater LP out. Let the Drummer Kick Citizen Cope from his album got gold by the RIAA. Citizen Cope is currently working on a new album called One Lovely Day, from the 2012 single of the same has already been published.

Discography

  • Citizen Cope (2002); DreamWorks SKG / Universal
  • The Clarence Greenwood Recordings (2004); RCA
  • Every Waking Moment ( 2006); RCA
  • The Rainwater LP ( 2010); Rainwater Recordings
  • One Lovely Day (2012 ); Rainwater Recordings / Rainwater Records
Memphis (Tennessee) Folk music Rock music Arista Records RCA Records Hip hop music Billboard 200 Recording Industry Association of America
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