http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7472115&rws=%2Fsocalled%2Fdiscography.rssCanadian emcee and producer Socalled grew up as Josh Dolgin in Chelsea, Quebec, a small suburb in Ottawa with a population of about 6,700. There, he took piano lessons until high school, when he switched to the accordion. Sounds like your typical hip-hop career trajectory, right? Wait -- there's more. He also plays in multiple klezmer bands and conducts the Addath Israel choir, which performs on Jewish holidays. Oh, and he's a cartoonist and a magician, too. His debut solo album is perhaps best described as klezmer-hop; it samples from Yiddish theater recordings and is about, um, Passover. Yes, Socalled might sound like the nerdiest hip-hop head this side of Weird Al's cover of "Chamillionaire," but he also makes some of the flyest beats and spits some of the wittiest rhymes this side of the Red Sea. He has lent his skills as a pianist, singer, arranger, emcee, songwriter and producer to dozens of recordings in genres ranging from jazz to klezmer to hip-hop, and he has worked with everyone from Killah Priest to klezmer artist Susan Hoffman-Watts and violinist Sophie Solomon (their album <i>HipHopKhasene</i> funks up the Jewish wedding ceremony). So you better recognize, goyee. - Rachel DevittIndie Rap/Hip-Hopen720Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:01:21 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7472115&rws=%2Fsocalled%2Fdiscography.rss Canadian emcee and producer Socalled grew up as Josh Dolgin in Chelsea, Quebec, a small suburb in Ottawa with a population of about 6,700. There, he took piano lessons until high school, when he switched to the accordion. Sounds like your typical hip-hop career trajectory, right? Wait -- there's more. He also plays in multiple klezmer bands and conducts the Addath Israel choir, which performs on Jewish holidays. Oh, and he's a cartoonist and a magician, too. His debut solo album is perhaps best described as klezmer-hop; it samples from Yiddish theater recordings and is about, um, Passover. Yes, Socalled might sound like the nerdiest hip-hop head this side of Weird Al's cover of "Chamillionaire," but he also makes some of the flyest beats and spits some of the wittiest rhymes this side of the Red Sea. He has lent his skills as a pianist, singer, arranger, emcee, songwriter and producer to dozens of recordings in genres ranging from jazz to klezmer to hip-hop, and he has worked with everyone from Killah Priest to klezmer artist Susan Hoffman-Watts and violinist Sophie Solomon (their album <i>HipHopKhasene</i> funks up the Jewish wedding ceremony). So you better recognize, goyee. - Rachel Devitt http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.14936297&variant=play&rws=%2Fsocalled%2Fdiscography.rss Indie Rap/Hip-Hop Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Socalled Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.14936297 alb.14936297 Socalled art.7472115 8.99 Ghettoblaster alb.14936297 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/5/9/7/1027959_170x170.jpg 2007-06-12 00:00:00.0 2007-06-12 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.14936297&variant=play&rws=%2Fsocalled%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.14936297&variant=data&rws=%2Fsocalled%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.14936471&variant=play&rws=%2Fsocalled%2Fdiscography.rss Indie Rap/Hip-Hop Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Socalled Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.14936471 alb.14936471 Socalled art.7472115 1.99 Ghettoblaster (Single) alb.14936471 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/3/1/8/1028133_170x170.jpg 2007-06-12 00:00:00.0 2007-06-12 00:00:00.0 true false single http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.14936471&variant=play&rws=%2Fsocalled%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.14936471&variant=data&rws=%2Fsocalled%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.7472609&rws=%2Fsocalled%2Fdiscography.rss Indie Rap/Hip-Hop Tue, 5 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700 Socalled Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.7472609 alb.7472609 Socalled art.7472115 0.0 The So Called Seder alb.7472609 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/0/6/726066_170x170.jpg 2005-07-05 00:00:00.0 2005-07-05 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.7472609&rws=%2Fsocalled%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.7472609&variant=data&rws=%2Fsocalled%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.10228005&variant=play&rws=%2Fsocalled%2Fdiscography.rss Indie Rap/Hip-Hop Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800 Socalled Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.10228005 alb.10228005 Socalled art.7472115 8.99 The So Called Seder - A Hip-Hop Haggadah alb.10228005 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/5/4/3/1323459_170x170.jpg 2006-03-14 00:00:00.0 2005-06-21 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.10228005&variant=play&rws=%2Fsocalled%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.10228005&variant=data&rws=%2Fsocalled%2Fdiscography.rss