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Ideal is a genre bending/blending troubadour of an emcee. Falling in love with every aspect of hip-hop before he was a teenager, he was soon involved in a variety of eclectic independent groups and bands in the Chicago area, most notably the band Midwest Hype. After meeting Willie Waldman, and immediately bonding and playing together for some time, the two artists brought together an amazing lineup of truly legendary musicians to produce the lush sonic landscape of Ideal's first solo EP - "Wildlife" . Featuring artists such as Humphrey McGee's Jake Cinninger & Kris Meyers, as well the likes of Ratdog's Jay Lane & Fishbone's Norwood Fisher, "Wildlife" is a virtual melting pot of genres, styles, & textures that have all influenced Ideal throughput his journey, boiled down to create a the full-spectrum of his own vision of what hip-hop can be. Welcome to the future, his name is Ideal. If you don't know him yet, you will soon.
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