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Omni is the microphone at the mouth of today’s young world. He voices their wants: love of self, the love of another; freedom of mind, freedom of lifestyle, the freedom of adventure and discovery; health and wealth, both financial and spiritual. He ponders their issues and anxieties - the paranoia that is a byproduct of this modern life of HIV and closed-circuit camera, the confusion of living in a world overflowing yet somehow empty. He lives their indulgences: weed, alcohol, cigarettes, sex, caffeine, fast food: a life of lows and highs. He preaches their values: loyalty, independence, dedication, determination.

A lifelong resident of West L.A., a diverse slice of Los Angeles between the beach and the hood where immigrants, exchange students and working-class families rub shoulders daily with surfers, skaters, taggers and gangbangers, Omni has seen and done it all, and absorbs the experiences and perspectives of all the people and forces around and within him, synthesizing it all into his music. A graduate of California’s mid-‘90s golden era, when West Coast acts like Hieroglyphics and the Death Row camp were redefining underground hip-hop and commercial rap respectively, Omni’s sound bridges the gap between the two genres and many more, from conscious to crunk, and his come-one-come-all attitude and embrace of all styles of music gives him an appeal that scores across the board, regardless of your age, ethnicity or musical taste. And even if you can’t understand a word he’s saying, his warm, deep vocal tone and steadfast adherence to the MC’s First Commandment (Move the Crowd) are guaranteed to keep his tune in your head way after the song’s over.

Barely into his mid-twenties, Omni already has the career experience of most musicians twice his age. Inducted into the ranks of LA’s notorious BLX Crew at the age of 17, he dropped his first solo album, 2001’s Funkdafied Freddy (B9000/Grooveattack), when he was 19, and has been touring the globe non-stop ever since, celebrating his 21st birthday on the road in promotion of his sophomore release, 2003’s critically acclaimed Burgundy Brown (BLX), which was followed up swiftly with 2005’s Ballyhoo (Ariel/KSD). Raised as a young man in one of the most diverse cities on the planet, then thrust on the world stage to mature artistically before our very eyes, Omni has more than earned his name. Music is indeed the universal language, and Omni is living proof.

http://www.myspace.com/omniblx
http://www.blxcrew.com/

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