Scarub

Scarub
Birth name	Armon Collins
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Rapper record producer
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Heavenbound Legendary Music Mary Joy Recordings
Website	www.facebook.com/scarub

Armon Collins, better known by his stage name Scarub, is an American rapper and record producer from Los Angeles, California. ^[1] He is a member of the collective Living Legends. ^[2] He has also been a member of Log Cabin, ^[3] 3 Melancholy Gypsys, ^[4] and Afro Classics. ^[5]

Biography

Scarub was born Armon Collins. ^[6] He grew up in Los Angeles, California. ^[7] He attended Alexander Hamilton High School. ^[8]

Scarub's first solo studio album, The Answer 2wo the Meaning, was released in 1997. ^[7] He released A Fact of the Matter in 1999, Heavenbound in 2000, A New Perspective in 2004, and One for the Road: Volume One in 2006. ^[7] In 2011, he released The California EP. ^[9] In 2014, he released Want for Nothing, which featured guest appearances from Mimi Fresh, Emily Afton Moldy, and Anderson .Paak, among others. ^[7]

Discography

See also: Living Legends discography and 3 Melancholy Gypsys discography

Studio albums

• The Answer 2wo the Meaning (1997)
• Project (1999) (with Basik, Eligh, and Murs, as The Righteous Brothers)
• A Fact of the Matter (1999)
• Heavenbound (2000)
• Afro Classics? (2002) (with Very, as Afro Classics)
• A New Perspective (2004)
• One for the Road: Volume One (2006)
• Classic Rock (2009) (with Very, as Afro Classics)
• Want for Nothing (2014)
• Girls Girls Girls (2019)

EPs

• The Classic EP (2009) (with Very, as Afro Classics)
• The California EP (2011)

Singles

• "Savvy Traveler" (1999)
• "Good Times" (2001)
• "Don't Worry" (2002) (with Very)
• "Gangsta Wit It" (2005)
• "Keep On Stepping" (2006)

Guest appearances

• Eligh - "8Tred" from A Story of 2 Worlds (1997)
• Eligh - "Lifesize Puzzle" from Gas Dream (1999)
• Sunspot Jonz - "Unstoppable" from Don't Let 'Em Stop You (2003)
• The Grouch & Eligh - "Atlantis" from No More Greener Grasses (2003)
• Crown City Rockers - "Balance" from Earthtones (2004)
• Sunspot Jonz - "The Conductor" from No Guts No Glory (2005)
• The Grouch - "Hot Air Balloons" from Show You the World (2008)
• Acid Reign - "Comfort Zone" from Time & Change (2008)
• Felt - "Protagonists (Full Clip Remix)" (2009)
• Toki Wright - "Rise" from A Different Mirror (2009)
• Mystik Journeymen - "There Will Be Blood" from Return 2 the Love (2010)
• Eligh - "Beneath the Sea" from Grey Crow (2010)
• Inspired Flight - "It's the Chemicals" from We All Want to Fly (2010)
• Himself - "Do What You Feel" from Feel Like a Star (2011)
• Luckyiam - "Prolly Get Slapped" from Time to Get Lucky (2012)
• Souls of Mischief - "Stone Cold" from There Is Only Now (2014)
• Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge - "Rise Up" and "Death's Invitation" from Twelve Reasons to Die II (2015)
• The Funk Junkie - "Touch the Ground" from Moondirt (2017)
• The Grouch - "The Drummer" from Unlock the Box (2018)

References

1. Sather-Olson, Ira (April 19, 2007). "Little things matter". Missoula Independent . Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
2. Connor, Mike (August 7, 2002). "Voltron Force". Metroactive . Archived from the original on January 13, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
3. Segal, Dave (April 11, 2012). "Log Cabin Crew - "The Day I Put on My Uniform"". The Stranger . Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
4. Almendrala, Anna (May 18, 2012). "LACMA Hip Hop Concerts: Murs Of 3MG Kicks Off Summer Series". The Huffington Post . Archived from the original on May 22, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
5. Gompers, Sjimon (November 2, 2009). "Scarub of Afro Classics". Impose . Archived from the original on May 13, 2010. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
6. Ali, Reyan (January 14, 2015). "Veteran MC Scarub Looks Back on a Life of Rhythm and Rhyme". Phoenix New Times . Archived from the original on August 20, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
7. Thomas, Fred. "Scarub - Biography". AllMusic . Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
8. Flicker, Jonah (June 4, 2008). "The Who's Who of L.A.'s Living Legends Crew". LA Weekly . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
9. Horowitz, Steven J. (July 28, 2011). "Living Legends' Scarub Releases Free EP "California"". HipHopDX . Archived from the original on November 29, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2020.

External links

• Scarub on SoundCloud
• Scarub discography at Discogs