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Biography:

From the righteousness that comes with a fresh new sound, allow your ear drums to surf on the waves of Abrasive Method a.k.a. A.M., the Michigan-based rap duo. Reluctant front-man Charlie Beans, a Full Sail graduate, sound engineer, music producer and rugged rap singer paired up with childhood friend Tony Franks many moons ago to form Abrasive Method.

A.M. released their Freshman Album “4 A.M.” in 2004 with singles “Bourban”, a suburban spoof rap anthem and “No Shows”, a smooth flip-the-bird track to people who claimed support but were nowhere to be found. Warranting attention, these two youths were gathering the reputation for being honest beer swilling, party animals with a new sound the Detroit scene hadn’t heard before. There was no front, these guys came to party and entertain the crowd with an onstage presence compared to Method Man and Redman.
Continuing the hustle, A.M. never stopped doing shows or recording new material. With a more mature mindset, Beans and Franks nurtured their craft and gave birth to their sophomore album, “The Most Dangerous Game: Rock, Paper, Scissors” in 2006. “The Most Dangerous Game” offered what the popular single A.M. ever produced, “I Just Want to Drink My Beer”, a party anthem with a sing-a-long hook that even the most straight edged punk rocker couldn’t help but sing. That, along with “Bad Guy” and “It Goes To Show” proved that even though these guys were two party driven jokesters, they also had a deeper alternative side, filled with plenty of introspect.

In recent years, A.M. has evolved, finding their true unique sound. In the digital, file sharing world we live in today, and after years of stockpiling material, Abrasive Method released a free album entitled “Lucky #13″ in 2008 that they hosted on their website. “Lucky #13″ provides the full spectrum of what A.M. is all about, women, alcohol, music and life. The unique sound has matured, the raps are cohesive, the subject matter is relevant and these two aren’t afraid to let you into their personal lives.

With a love/hate relationship with life, garnished with savvy lyrics and on-point production, Beans and Franks are blazing a new trail of music. Their highly anticipated project “Living a Nightmare, Chasing the Dream” certainly will display their progression as song writers and performers. Released at the beginning of 2010, A.M. hopes to establish a fan base outside of Michigan through touring and promotion.
From what A.M. has produced in the past combined with their ability to stand steady on the proving grounds of the Detroit music scene, “Living a Nightmare…” should be the best piece to date.

Discograpy:

Living a Nightmare, Chasing the Dream (2009)

1. Rescue
2. Drive
3. High feat. Skrapz
4. Pause for the Cause
5. Living a Nightmare
6. Love Somebody
7. Take Me Away
8. Brand New Man
9. Number Two
10. Knomad’s Land
11. Soldier @ Arms
12. Chasing the Dream
13. Pause (Skrapz Remix)

Lucky #13 (2008)

1. Back for the Third Time
2. Go To Sleep
3. Down On My Luck
4. Mr. Nice Guy
5. Supposed To Be
6. Looks Are Deceiving
7. The Hook
8. Some Call It A Problem
9. The 9th Inning
10. Dancing With The Devil
11. See Saw
12. Wash Away
13. 18 & Life

The Most Dangerous Game… (2006)

1. You Rascal You #
2. Overdose #
3. Bad Guy *
4. Sleep, Therefore I Am $
5. I Just Wanna Drink My Beer +
6. Fill In The Blank feat. Sean Dalon *
7. Calendar *
8. Main Feature feat. Sterling White *
9. Hot Joint #
10. It Goes To Show *
11. Slam Cups feat. Moe Dirdee *
12. Anti-Everything feat. Cancer +
13. Stand #
14. I Just Wanna Drink My Beer (Drunken Band Version)

* – Produced by Charlie Beans For RoleModel Records
# – Produced by Marco Polo For Crown P Productions
$ – Produced by Martin Capelo For MC Productions
+ – Produced by Wizdumb
Scratches by PDog, Sam Spruill, and DJ Stezo


4 A.M. (2004)

1. Salutations *
2. Bourban @
3. Party Ain’t A Party #
4. If You Knew $
5. Bump That#
6. No Shows *
7. Nothing To Prove $
8. Put Your Dukes Up feat. Young Robb & Marco Polo #
9. Ooh Wee +
10. Smile *
11. Straight Shot feat. The LYNX & Artfull Dodgers *
12. Tomorrow *
13. Anxiety +
14. Pain Away *
15. In An Instant +

* – Produced by Charlie Beans For RoleModel Records
# – Produced by Marco Polo For Crown P Productions
$ – Produced by Stephen “Flex” Csombok For Pound Sound
+ – Produced by Steven Keez For Black Gypsy Productions
@ – Produced by Tony Franks
Scratches by DJ Graffiti, Flex, & Hans Polo


DETROIT REMEDY MIXTAPE (2004)
(Regnant Records/Hostile Management/Detroit Remedy)

1. A message from Paradime
2. Salute-Paradime & Marco Polo
3. Clem to Cali-Sean Dalon & Syntax
4. A message from Hush
5. Pull em out-Hush ft. Quentin Dennard
6. Play nice or don’t play-Ella Duvall
7. A message from 105.9 Hype Squad
8. Candles-Havana
9. I told ya-Hostyle
10. A message from DJ K-Nice
11. T-Flame freestyle
12. Fall in, fall out-Cancer, Scrap, & Bobophet
13. A message from Hexmurda
14. Bad muthafuckaz-Castro, Sean Dalon, T to tha G, Deadman, & AP
15. For you remix-Frankie Lymon (a.k.a. Joe Shaw)
16. A message from Big Snik
17. Make it-Sean Dalon
18. Back Again-Knoitallz Ft. Stereo Type
19. A message from localluv.com
20. Ignorant-The LYNX Ft. Marco Polo
21. Bad News-Moe Dirdee, Hostyle, & Self Centered
22. Old Skool (good vibe)-Verb Med
23. A message from The Zone radio
24. We Back-Vin-Detta Ft. The Don, S.S. Hood, & Monique
25. GOT ME LIKE- ABRASIVE METHOD (PRODUCED BY CHARLIE BEANS)
26. My style-P Dog

P-Dog – Careful He Bites! (2004)

(1 Up 3 Down Productions)

1. Intro
2. I mite-Woodz
3. Dres
4. P-Dog speaks with his hand Pt. 4
5. So fine-No Bull
6. Bully-n-wack DJ’s Pt. 1 (skit)
7. Spit some flem on ‘em-Krumbz
8. Roll call-Purple Gang Ft. P-Dog
9. Watch & learn-Gasalean Team Ft. Quest Mcody
10. I go-Woodz
11. Modest & Humble
12. Freestyle-V-N-A
13. Ain’t one betta-Proof
14. STEP UP-ABRASIVE METHOD (PRODUCED BY WIZDUMB)
15. Bully-n-wack DJ’s PT. 2 (skit)
16. What I am-Elzhi
17. From the D 2 da BX-Spekz Ft. Percee P
18. P-Dog’s answering machine Pt. 1 (skit)
19. Mr. Magic-Thatd Reid
20. Origix outro (P-Dogs answering machine Pt. 2)

DJ J-Rock – “Dirty Mitten Representaz Vol. 2″ (2005)

1. Freestyle-T-Flame & Famous
2. Black boy-Obie Trice
3. Wet my whistle-Royce 5’9″ Ft. Sara Stokes
4. Get it poppin’-Cashada
5. That’s gangsta-Marco Polo Ft. Trick Trick
6. Rowdy niggaz-Tre Little
7. If i hit-Wesley Valentine Ft. 112
8. Freestyle-T-Flame & Famous
9. The one-Sean Dalon
10. Swamps 2 da Great Lakes-Swamp Dog
11. Freestyle-Alim, Kaze, & Grand$
12. I dare you-King James
13. Hot shit-Clik Rukus
14. Freestyle-I-MAC
15. Freestyle-Wesley Valentine
16. THINGS THAT WE DO-ABRASIVE METHOD (PRODUCED BY CHARLIE BEANS)
17. Freestyle-Young Robb
18. Bad mufucka-Ant Live Ft. Agony
19. Bitches of all kinds-Agony

UNRELEASED A.M. SONGS

1. Fightin In The Sewers Ft. Conflict360 (Produced by Conflict360): 2002
2. Writing In My Rhymebook: 2003
3. Stress: 2003
4. So Many Times: 2003
5. Gotta Break: 2003
6. La Di Da Ft. Marco Polo: 2004
7. 1,2,3,4: 2004
8. Diseased Minds Ft. Sterling White (Produced by Product-N-Results): 2004
9. House Party Ft. The LYNX: 2004
10. Back To Reality Ft. Young Robb: 2004
11. Everybody Knows Ft. The LYNX: 2004
12. 12-19-02: 2004
13. Monster Ft. The LYNX (Produced by Product-N-Results): 2004
14. Through the Day: 2004
15. Gotta Break: 2004
16. Catch Me If You Can: 2004
17. You Snooze, You Lose (Produced by Mixwell): 2005

All songs produced by Charlie Beans unless noted.

Downloads:

Single Download:

Abrasive Method – “Rescue” – The single off their album, “Living a Nightmare, Chasing the Dream”

Album Download:

Abrasive Method – (2008) – Lucky #13 (62.7 MB)