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American idioms and figures of speech. Still, his first, full written rap in America was the song, âDemonic,â which described his own internal plight and depression over his move to the States, along with his determination to come out on top. Its opening line deemed life a ânightmare.â The song's chorus features a higher power speaking directly to Chandran and encouraging him to emerge from his funk:
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album in 2006. It represented his most daring work to that point, with more commercial offerings, including âReal Quickâ and âUnder the
Influenceâ featuring his own brother, Krish Da Pimp. It also featured the Malaysian street anthem, âWhere U At?â for which he shot a video in Burbank. The album was
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album. Church helped facilitate a working relationship with McKinney, who also began producing songs for
Kerambit. He emerged from these sessions a more developed artist, the Malaysian MC. McKinney also gave him the nickname P.O.M. (Prince of Malaysia). Chandran also began producing and recording
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In 2007, Kerambit returned to
Malaysia for the first time since 1999. There, he initiated a Da Joint reunion, and produced the Dunia R.E.Z. album for Joint member REZ. Kerambit and REZ shopped the album to EMI and other labels, but they refused the violent and political content of the disc. DJ
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Chandran credits several high school friends with encouraging him to get back into writing and eventually recording. He had never written his own material with Da Joint and had never been a soloist. Chandran knew
English, but still spoke and rapped with a significant accent, not always fully
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Such lyrics are not a big deal in countries like the U.S. where freedom of speech is a natural right. In
Kerambit's native country, though, the lyrics and content are stringently banned and contested by the country's
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Kerambit returned to the States in 2008 and earned permanent residency. He began recording and engineering sessions for producers like
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transplant who lived on Cleveland's west side. Chandran spent much of fall 2001 recording with The Blinder. At The Blinder's in-home studio, Kerambit recorded
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a seven-song demo entirely produced by Townsend that included a new version of âDemonic.â He said that experience helped him hone his writing skills.
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