A Musical Introduction to FTO. Asheville NC Hip Hop

the Tape: http://www.datpiff.com/Trapbo-Chad-The-Tape-mixtape.543555.html
Trapbo' Chad & C.Shreve the Professor show you how we see it
http://twitter.com/trapbo_chad and http://twitter.com/seeshreve
http://FTOlife.com

Trapbo' Chad | C.Shreve the Professor - Parallel (prod. By SpaceGang)

2nd official release from the forthcoming Professing Vol. 2
Shreve + Handbook = Hip Hop
keep up if you're inclined: @seeshreve and @HandbookYork
artwork by kuchi 3star
http://facebook.com/freetheoptimus

C.Shreve the Professor - What They Need (prod. by Handbook)

#NCHipHop on some York flavor
Official VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r1QDivmMwE
http://twitter.com/ItsDeliMan  http://twitter.com/seeshreve 
http://twitter.com/HandbookYork  http://twitter.com/FreeTheOptimus

Phlo Deli | C.Shreve the Professor - It's All Live (prod. by Handbook)

After numerous performances, http://twitter.com/seeShreve and Snoddy finally have a proper collaboration. And on a Mikey Kotz beat no less. 
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL9zD2IFA9M
http://FTOlife.com Asheville stand up. http://facebook.com/FreeTheOptimus
http://soundcloud.com/martin-snoddy http://soundcloud.com/freetheoptimus

C.Shreve the Professor | Martin Snoddy - Natural Selection (prod. by Mikey Kotz)

Official Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KoCO3qPGsk
@seeshreve and @HandbookYork are out to hold the Summer Ransom
#SummerRansom the album coming July 1st 
photo courtesy of #FTO skater/rider/surfer extraordinaire James Millen
http://FTOlife.com


C.Shreve the Professor - Summer Ransom (prod. by Handbook)

Official Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5L-GlWTtqM
The rapper litmus, is what you spit to get us to move....
#SummerRansom drops 8.13.14 @ http://freetheoptimus.bandcamp.com

C.Shreve the Professor - What It Do (prod. by Soul Monk)

It's pitch black in the space that I rap, I switched back / not the dog in the fight, it's the fight in the dog that fights back
#SummerRansom coming 8.13.14 (sorry for the delay)
Summer Ransom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KoCO3qPGsk
The Feast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZUeHSQfEm8
What It Do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5L-GlWTtqM

C.Shreve the Professor - Dogfight (prod. By ROMAINNN)

First collaboration with C.Shreve and Dylan Guye. Expect more on the way. 
#SummerRansom: https://freetheoptimus.bandcamp.com/album/summer-ransom

C.Shreve the Professor - King Shit (prod. by Dylan Guye)

If UAINDOPE, we don't give a mutherfuck about your doctrine...
Summer Ransom: https://freetheoptimus.bandcamp.com/album/summer-ransom
Live @ DURM Hip Hop Summit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWuGCChkYjQ

C.Shreve the Professor | DJ Jet - UAINDOPE (prod. by Handbook)

BE TRUE. 
The land of the free was the home of the braves / long before American soil was on a page / and maybe that's the reason for half of the world's rage / and why i play my part? cuz the whole world's a stage. 


C.Shreve the Professor | Ill Will - Be True (prod. by Handbook)

DJ Jet on the cuts. C.Shreve & Mike L!VE on the mic. Double A on the visuals. Dylan Guye on production. #FTOLive coming soon
http://FTOlife.com
Official Video by Double A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa53v-XN1W4

Free The Optimus - 1234 (prod. by Grove$ide) C.Shreve | DJ Jet | Mike L!VE

Official Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6mQcvnkn-w
Lyrics: http://genius.com/Cshreve-the-professor-fade-away-lyrics
And when we write strong, I don't know what to say. All I know today is I ain't tryna Fade Away. #TwentySixteens coming 4.20.16
Production by Handbook. Mixed and mastered by EG Engineering. 
http://FTOlife.com
http://facebook.com/FreeTheOptimus
http://twitter.com/seeshreve

C.Shreve the Professor - Fade Away (prod. by Handbook)

Hands in the sky for your mans on the rise. One more time for the fans on the side. One pure rhyme for the feet on the ground. One more time for the beat that go BAOW! Lyrics: http://genius.com/Cshreve-the-professor-baow-feat-dj-jet-and-mike-l-ve-lyrics
#TwentySixteens and #FTOLive are on deck. Prepare yourselves. 
Mixed and mastered by EG Engineering. 
http://FTOlife.com
http://twitter.com/seeshreve 
http://twitter.com/LongLiveLive
http://twitter.com/JetMusake

C.Shreve the Professor | DJ Jet | Mike L!VE - BAOW (prod. by Nakata Slice)

Twenty Sixteens: http://freetheoptimus.bandcamp.com/album/twenty-sixteens
http://genius.com/Cshreve-the-professor-you-got-it-lyrics
http://twitter.com/seeshreve    http://facebook.com/CShreveTheProfessor
http://twitter.com/iamPATJunior

C.Shreve the Professor - You Got It feat. Tanya (prod. by P.A.T. Junior)

Revolutionary Understanding Heard. RUH. 
Twenty Sixteens: http://freetheoptimus.bandcamp.com/album/twenty-sixteens
http://twitter.com/seeshreve
http://twitter.com/LongLiveLive
http://twitter.com/kevobeats

#TwentySixteens

C.Shreve the Professor - RUH feat. Mike L!VE (prod. by Kevo Beats)

I told H.E.R. I love her, I don't think that she believe me....
Twenty Sixteens: http://freetheoptimus.bandcamp.com/track/i-love-h-e-r-prod-by
http://twitter.com/seeshreve
http://facebook.com/CShreveTheProfessor


iTunes

C.Shreve the Professor - I Love H.E.R. (prod. by ΔΣ)

Reflective track produced/mixed/mastered by King Garbage.


Kick it with God (with Mike L!VE)[prod. by King Garbage]

Epic song in the Mind Ninjas catalogue (basically this was the impetus for the whole idea)....this track will be on the Free the Optimus album The Rise (of c.shreve).....Shep Bryan killing the production game per usual

Free the Optimus - Quiet Night (Mind Ninjas)

We all family, it's all a Family Tree / I'll meet you up at the top like a canopy / Throw on a random beat and watch my man and me / Link the ground to the sky and that's a Family Tree

http://youtube.com/FreeTheOptimus
http://FTOLife.com
Lyrics: https://genius.com/Free-the-optimus-family-tree-lyrics

http://twitter.com/seeSHREVE   
http://twitter.com/MIKELIVELIHOOD

Produced by minthaze. Mixed / mastered by EG Engineering.

FTOLive

C.Shreve the Professor | Mike L!VE - Family Tree (FTO)

The return of Shep Bryan ... 
Burning Leaf Technique is about to be a problem ...
this is how The Professor handles finals week
http://freetheoptimus.tumblr.com

Mind Ninjas - Melting

NC Hip Hop. All That I Feel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Iv4cJIGk0 Carolina Proud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OEYu3i7LJw It's The Beat [video]: https://bit.ly/2L4N9Mz The Toast [video]: https://bit.ly/2uU0K05 Lost Love Found: https://open.spotify.com/album/49OGicnwO8u2QEZup0DMjc
Catacombs [video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmIEoJk4_wk 1234 [video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa53v-XN1W4
https://soundcloud.com/CShrevePro & company search to find... http://soundcloud.com/good-shepard http://soundcloud.com/longlivelive https://soundcloud.com/unrealjet 
Mike L!VE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX-sIsudvGo
Summer Ransom Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KoCO3qPGsk
The Feast Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZUeHSQfEm8
Crews' Corpses Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBra7yObnxk
What It Do Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5L-GlWTtqM
UAINDOPE @ The Orange Peel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQw-E7dHzCA
Dogfight @ The Orange Peel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdD6LyVTgcs

hand picked beats + mindstates outside the maintstream = ______________

Free the Optimus (FTO) is a North Carolina hip hop collective comprised of C.Shreve the Professor, DJ Jet, Mike L!VE, Phil Dangerous, Ill Will, She Carretta, Good Shepard, and other affiliated collaborators including Double A, Pragmaddix, Tuscon, Phlo Deli, ILe Flottante, Jerrel Moore, P.U.R.P. and Beek the Sneak. The focus is on raw food for thought packed full of phytochemicals.

we put em on whats up
they try to pull us down 
they love to interrupt but they never stop the sound