Cyrus Malachi

Cyrus Malachi burst onto the uk hip hop scene with his Triple Darkness crews 2008 release and debut album 'Anathema', an L.P which has become known as a uk classic, it brought one of the most unique, distinctive sounds ever heard on these shores, it was a dark, bone chilling epic, a harrowing journey through the neighbourhoods they grew up in, one of the vividest, most cinematic street narratives ever offered this side of the pond, infused with nuwaupic teachings and spiritual knowledge attained by the crews pusuit of wisdom, sparked by early hip hop influences, Cyrus Malachi had some of the most memorable verses on this project and it was clear to the listener he and his clique were no ordinary emcees, He then made another assault on the uk game in the same year as a heavy feature on the M9 solo project 144,000, his cameo's on this body of work were monumental to say the least, one of the best was the cameo alongside M9 and Wu Tang Swordsmen Bronze Nazereth on the Beat Butcha produced soul windows where the three emcees flowed effortlessly to create a dusty loop, organic sample based soundscape riddled with the highest callibre of lyricsm In 2009 he became part of argueably the most talented group ever put together in Britain, The Orphans of Cush the group consisted of Kyza Smirnoff, Cyrus Malachi, Melanin 9, and Masikah, deemed by everyone as a certified supergroup unparralled in the scene, fans eagerly awaited the collosul mixtape 'White Noize' all year, it finally dropped in October 2009 to rave reveiws and the mixtape is always likened to an album beacause the sheer quality of work and the adept architecture of the songs warrents this credence. His most recent work to drop has been on Endemics 'Terminal Illness' album, and the combined Cappo and Endemic E.P 'Needle Drop' where he stamped his signature flow alongside emcees like Ruste Juxx, Iron Braydz, Scorzayzee and Cappo, over the break your neck, hard body production of the transatlatic Beatsmith Endemic, during these first two years of his career he has worked with emcees like Kyza, Jehst, Skribblah, Ruste Juxx, Ill Bill, Sav Killz, Leathaface, Njeri Earth, Bronze Nazareth, M9, Iron Braydz, Mohammed Yahya, Cappo, 9 Planets, Blasphemy, he has also supported live world renowned artists like GZA/Genius of the Wu Tang Clan, Saigon, Immortal Technique, Ghostface Killah, Method Man and Redman and has worked with producers like Beat Butcha, Chemo, Endemic, Anatomy, LG, Jon Phonics... Now in 2010 Cyrus Malachi is due to release his long awaited solo L.P on No Cure Records, still untitled this promises to be a breathtaking album from one of the most intricate, emotive, thought provoking and vivid lyricists ever to come from the U.K, possible features include TD, M9, Jehst, Kyza Smirnoff, Cipher Jewelz, Darkim be Allah, Timbo King, Ruste Juxx,Iron Braydz, Kevlar 7 and Shabazz the Disciple with production from Beat Butcha, Chemo, Anatomy, jon Phonics, Seventh Dan, Diplamat and Endemic, many fans of the game and of Triple Darkness will be salivating anticipating this debut set to be a potential classic and definate masterpiece from a master sketcher who never comprimises his style, always hard, always authentic Cyrus Malachi is a true breath of life in this dieying art form we call hip hop... Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.