Gabe Rosales, V-Non, Vital Nonsense, the album. At times this album sounds like a hip hop album with all live musicians. Other times it sounds like a rock album. Rapping over jazzy melodies, songs in the vein of Alice in Chains where Gabe straight sings!!! This album encompasses so many moods and genres yet never losing it’s cohesive flow. I am super bored of unimaginative hip hop and this is the fix for that.
It sounds like he has the Gypsy Kings in a session and Gabe Rosales spits about life exploration, overcoming struggle and expanding boundries. Even as I write this, my thoughts are unorganized because I’m at a loss for words. This is the guy, as you may remember from our interview on illuminati2g, who went on tour with Christina Millian, Jennier Lopez, plays with members of the Police, etc. etc., etc!
http://illuminati2g.com/site/2010/12/06/v-nongabe-rosales-interview/
Seriously, this is one of those albums you need to buy because you love music of all types. This is the album to play at your intellectual party while you discuss the fate of the world. An album to beat those demons to and fill your spirit with light. An album to play while you read Edgar Allen Poe (thanks to Gabe Rosales’ Mom). Reminds me of an old friend who painted on the streets of downtown LA across from the jail house, “the mind is the only prison that binds the soul.” I reference that old adventure in that, music can transcend genres and still carry you on a solid trip. From Gabe’s interview on raptalk.net he says, “Listen to other MC’s if you wanna dream about gold chains, hot tubs full of bitches, and cristal. Listen to my album if you’re interested in being aware about the world around you, where you fit, how to cope, taking out aggression, and how you can build something worth more than personal instant gratification.
I’ve lived different lifestyles from attending buddhist meditation courses in silence for weeks, to doing drugs in a room by myself. I’ve drank Cristal on a private plane touring Europe and I’ve been a rep in jail for the Southside in south Cali. I’ve seen and had the opportunity to deal with a lot and I’ve incorporated it all into my album.” from wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabe_RosalesProfessional career
In 1999, he played on George Lynch’s album Smoke This, and consumed excessive amounts of alcohol while on tour. Because of this, Rosales went on a spiritual search, and attended a 10 day Buddhist Vipassana meditation course. After his return, he began playing again and landed gigs with Christina Milian, Jennifer Lopez, and Prashant Aswani.[3] Later, he took a vow to soberness, resisting both drugs and alcohol. He has also been teaching guitar and bass for nine years.
Rosales is endorsed by guitar company ESP Guitars.
He is a memeber of Guerrilla Republik
He is a member of the international secular hip-hop activist movement, The Anti-Injustice Movement (aka The AIM).
www.gaberosales.comhttp://www.amazon.com/Vital-Nonsense-Explicit/dp/B001VI8Y3A
http://raptalk.net/website/content/view/1301/54/http://theaimresistance.blogspot.com/2010/02/gabe-rosales-aka-v-non-true.html
http://www.reverbnation.com/gaberosales#!/artist/artist_songs/268771www.myspace.com/gaberosales
