Mcenroe (rapper) explained
Rod Bailey, stage name Mcenroe (stylized in all lowercase), is a Canadian rapper and music industry entrepreneur.[1] As an entrepreneur, he is the founder of his record label Peanuts & Corn Recordings, an independent hip hop distributor,[2] [3] as well as a company specializing in the marketing and promotion of independent music in Canada, Breadwinner Music Group.[4]
Career
As mcenroe, Bailey was part of the hip hop band Farm Fresh.[5] He founded Peanuts & Corn in Brandon, Manitoba in 1994,[2] and through it produced the band's first recording. He then moved his studio and label to Winnipeg, where he continued to write, perform and produce in the hip hop scene.
During the recording of Birdapres' album Nothing is Cool mcenroe took a musical as well as production part.[6] The pair toured around Canada in support of the album.[7] He also released several solo albums of his own raps, including Disenfranchised in 2006.[8]
He later moved to Vancouver, where his label is a part of the Farm Fresh collective.[9]
In 2013, mcenroe was interviewed about the hip hop music industry in Canada for the documentary film Hip Hop Eh.[10]
Selected discography
Solo work
- mcenroe - Billy's Vision
- mcenroe - disenfranchised
- mcenroe - 5 Years in the Factory
- mcenroe - The Convenience EP
- mcenroe - The Ethics EP
- mcenroe - Burnt Orange
With others
- mcenroe and Birdapres - Nothing is Cool
- Break Bread - Break Bread EP
- Farm Fresh - Crazy Fiction
- Farm Fresh - Played Out
- Farm Fresh - The Space Ep
- Farm Fresh Time is Running Out
- Parklike Setting - School Day 2, Garbage Day 4
- Parklike Setting / Fermented Reptile - Split 12"
Selected productions
Notes and References
- http://www.uptownmag.com/archive/feature/05jan06.htm "A Winter Harvest"
- http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-08-30/music/wishahouse/ Wishahouse: Great white Northerner never-weres make a mountain out of a prole hill
- http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/5521 Holy crap! Nuts and corn
- https://archive.today/20130115184848/http://www.exclaim.ca/musicschool/labellife.aspx?csid1=73 "Label Life: Peanuts & Corn"
- http://stylusmagazine.ca/2014/10/09/nonstophiphop-dj-hunnicutt-reveals-winnipegs-rap-roots/ Peanuts & Corn Records"
- http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/birdapres-nothing-cool-mcenroe "Birdapres Nothing Is Cool (with Mcenroe)"
- http://exclaim.ca/music/article/mcenroe_birdapres-gypsy_co-op_toronto_on_-_march_30 " Mcenroe & Birdapres Gypsy Co-Op, Toronto ON"
- http://exclaim.ca/music/article/mcenroe_acts_his_age "Mcenroe Acts His Age"
- http://ugsmag.com/interviews/mcenroe/ "mcenroe"
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/film-reviews/hip-hop-eh-a-reverent-canadian-doc-but-not-the-last-word/article9788360/ "Hip Hop Eh: A reverent Canadian doc, but not the last word"
