Prolyphic Explained

Prolyphic should not be confused with Prolyfic.

Mopes
Birth Name:	Alfred Schoeninger
Alias:	Alfred Schoeninger, Jr. Mopes
Birth Date:	16 June 1981
Birth Place:	Rhode Island, U.S.
Genre:	Hip hop, alternative hip hop
Years Active:	1999-present
Label:	Strange Famous Records

Alfred Schoeninger (born June 16, 1981), better known by his stage name Mopes, and formerly Prolyphic, is an American hip hop musician from Rhode Island.^[1] He is one half of the duo Stick Figures along with Robust and is currently signed to Strange Famous Records.^[2]

Musical career

Prolyphic first became known in 1999 when he had recorded a demo tape and shopped it around Scribble Jam, which caught the attention of artists such as Sage Francis, Sole and Scribble Jam founder Kevin Beacham.^[3] Following this, he and Sage Francis continued trading demo tapes and became more familiar with each other through the local Rhode Island hip hop circuit.^[4] They continued to stay friends and Sage Francis eventually signed Prolyphic to his label, Strange Famous Records. He became the second artist signed to the label, after B. Dolan.^[5]

In 2005, he released Stick Figures' self titled debut album. The same year, he was introduced by Sage Francis to hip hop producer Reanimator.^[6] Together, the two released the critically acclaimed album The Ugly Truth on Strange Famous Records in 2008.^{[7] [8]} It features guest appearances from Alias, Macromantics and Sage Francis, among others.^[9]

He released Working Man, a collaborative album with London hip hop producer Buddy Peace in 2013, also on Strange Famous Records.^[10]

In 2016, he released DNGRFLD, a fully self produced album on Strange Famous, which features Seez Mics and Cas One.^[11]

Discography

Studio albums

• An Alarm Clock Set for 9:01 (2003)
• Time's Table Scraps (2006)
• The Ugly Truth (2008) (with Reanimator)
• Working Man (2013) (with Buddy Peace)
• DNGRFLD (2016)

Stick Figures (with Robust)

• Stick Figures (2005)

Singles

• "Get Out What You Put In" (2005)
• "Artist Goes Pop" (2008) (with Reanimator)

Guest appearances

• Robust - "Thinking Ahead of Time" from Potholes in Our Molecules (2004)
• Sage Francis - "SFR Pays Dues" from Sick of Wasting (2009)
• Guante and Big Cats! - "The Stockholm Syndrome" from An Unwelcome Guest (2009)
• B. Dolan - "Survived Another Winter" from House of Bees Vol. 1 (2009)
• Cas One - "Vultures" from The Monster And The Wishing Well (2013)
• Metermaids - "I'm Alive So Everything I Own Is My Lucky Everything" from We Brought Knives (2014)
• The Funk Junkie - "Originals" from Moondirt (2017)

Productions

• Sage Francis - "Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead To Me" from Sick to D(eat)h (2013)
• Sage Francis - "Vonnegut Busy" from Copper Gone (2014)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alan. Ranta. Prolyphic & Buddy Peace 'Kraftwerking Man' (album stream). Exclaim!. November 6, 2013.
2. Web site: Robust & Pore, "High Roller". Gillespie. Blake. November 16, 2010. Impose Magazine.
3. News: Prolyphic Interview TheBeeShine. 2013-05-08. TheBeeShine. 2017-02-20. en-US.
4. Web site: Wyatt. Williams. Survived Another Winter feat. Sage Francis, B. Dolan, and Alias. XLR8R. April 10, 2008.
5. News: Sage Francis: The RAPstation Interview Part II. 2014-11-07. Rapstation. 2017-02-20. en-US.
6. Web site: Alan. Ranta. Prolyphic and Reanimator: The Ugly Truth. PopMatters. May 5, 2008.
7. Web site: David. Ma. The Ugly Truth. XLR8R. June 11, 2008. October 14, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20081007162109/http://xlr8r.com/reviews/prolyphic-amp-amp-reanimator/ugly-truth. October 7, 2008. dead.
8. Web site: Nick. Butler. Review: Prolyphic & Reanimator - The Ugly Truth. Sputnikmusic. December 14, 2008.
9. Web site: Matt. Rinaldi. The Ugly Truth - Prolyphic/Reanimator. Allmusic. December 6, 2014.
10. Web site: Matt. Wolfe. Prolyphic & Buddy Peace – "Go Green". Sputnikmusic. August 2, 2013.
11. Web site: Prolyphic - DNGRFLD. Strange Famous Records. 2017-02-20.