Mars Ill
Mars Ill is an emcee/DJ hip-hop duo from Atlanta, Georgia. The duo consists of Gregory Owens (Manchild) and Nathan Corrona (DJ Dust). They are also part of the hip-hop collective and supergroup Deepspace5.
Coming together in 1998, Mars Ill has released several albums and EPs through independent record labels and two albums on Gotee Records. Their success in the underground hip-hop movement in the early 2000s led to their performing at Scribble Jam in 2003 and 2004 and, ultimately, their signing to Gotee.
History
Beginnings
Before Nate and Greg met, Nate was the DJ for deadpoetsociety, a hip hop group based out of Indianapolis. The group consisted of three members, Nate Corrona (DJ Dust), Michael Porter (Rahlo), and Joel Wilson (Thin King), and performed at various venues in and around Indianapolis and the Mid-West from 1995 to 1999. In 1998, Nate attended a hip hop conference in Florida and met Greg Owens, who was at the time an MC for The Pride, living in Atlanta. Greg was then asked to be a part of deadpoetsociety and subsequently toured with the group until around the end of 1999. At that point, Joel had left the group to return to his home in England, and the three current members all decided to change the group name because, as Greg mentioned in an interview, "there [are] a lot of Dead Poets Society's around.". Nate then decided to move to Atlanta, feeling that the group would have better opportunities in that city, musically and ministry-wise. Michael chose to stay in Indianapolis and soon afterward began his own group, The BackSoil Project.
Podcasts:
Mars ILL
ALBUMS
- Old Ironsides released: 2006
- Pro Pain released: 2006
- Backbreakanomics released: 2003
- Raw Material released: 2001
- Raw Material (original release) released: 2000
- Pirate Radio PLUS released:
- Pro Pain released:
- Sound Methods released:
- Pirate Radio released:
Pro Pain
Released 2006- Pro*Pain (intro)
- Say So
- Sound Off
- Too Strong to Change (feat. Cappadonna of Wu Tang Clan)
- Dog Eared Page
- More (feat. Ahmad Jones of 4th Avenue Jones and Anthony David)
- Jus the Two of US
- Stand Back and Watch
- Wicked Ways
- Saturday Night Special (feat. Ishues and D.R.E.S. tha Beatnik)
- Glam Rap (feat. Prince Po of Organized Konfusion)
- Higher
- Effortless (feat. X:144)
- Write of Passage (feat. Ben Hameen and J-Mill of Collective Efforts)
- When Heave Scrapes the Pavement
- I Is
- We Out (outro)
Raw Material
Released 2001- Mars ILL
- Sphere of Hip-Hop, Part 2
- We'll Live Underground (Turntable Feast)
- Black Market
- Love's Not
- Monotone
- Unsound
- Send a Man
- Compound Fractures
- Rap Fans
- Sounds of Music
- Who Will Answer?
- Indulgent Instrumental #1
- Try Again
- Touch and Go
- Indulgent Instrumental #2
- Sphere of Hip-Hop (original)
- Fade to Black
- The Abolition of manCHILD
Raw Material (original release)
Released 2000- Mars ILL
- Sphere of Hip-Hop
- We'll Live Underground (Turntable Feast)
- Black Market (feat. Playdough)
- Love's Not (feat. Rablo)
- Monotone
- Unsound
- Send a Man
- Compound Fractures (feat. Sintax)
- Rap Fans (feat. Sharlock Poems)
- Under the Sun (feat. Listener)
- Sounds of Music (feat. Rablo & Sintax)
- Who Will Answer? (feat. Remnant Militia)
- Indulgent Instrumental #1
- Try Again (feat. Flyn Adam Atkins)
- Touch and Go (feat. Sev Static)
- Indulgent Instrumental #2
- The END
Pirate Radio PLUS
- Pirate Radio (instrumental)
- The Beautiful Hustle (Instrumental)
- Reach (Instrumental)
- Flirt With Fame (Instrumental)
- One Run at Midnight (Instrumental)
- All I Know (Instrumental)
- Point Blank (Instrumental)
- Talkback (Instrumental)
- Mourning In The Morning (Instrumental)
- Nine Pound Hammers (Instrumental)
- A-T-lanta (Instrumental)
- On Her Way (Instrumental)
- Trade Secrets (Instrumental)
- You Can't Stop (Instrumental)
- Just Over The Hill (Instrumental)
Pro Pain
- Pro*Pain (intro)
- Say So
- Sound Off
- Dog Ear Page
- More (feat. Ahmad & Anthony David)
- Just the Two of Us
- Stand Back and Watch
- Wicked Ways
- All Out
- Saturday Night Special (feat. Ishues & D.R.E.S. the Beatnik)
- Higher
- Moment
- Effortless (feat. X:144)
- Loud!
- Write of Passage (feat. Ben Hameen & J-Mill)
- When Heaven Scrapes the Pavement
- I Is
- We Out
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Panes & Trains
by: Mars Ill[Verse 1: Pigeon John]
I live on the road, a modern day hobo
Trained to eat quick and expect the low blow
Get what you can from a dried up hole
In the land of the lost, cowboys in the sand
And my soul is the coal, and my life is the flame
And it's burning to earn all the lights and the fame
And it's turning to ash every step towards cash
And I'm losing it fast so I mash on the gas
But it's too late
My fate is a broken-hearted freshman even before my first date
And I smile at my call, another yes, yes y'all
With every summer, there's fall
So I just rock in my chair while they rock to the beat
A whole trainload of fresh meat
And it's so sweet how they dream, their young hearts beam
But they really don't know what it means, but they will though...
[Hook]
(There by subway train)Another day booked, I'm a fish on a hook now
(There by subway train)It's too late to turn out my ride 'til I die now
(There by subway train)Hitching a ride into town with my hands out
(There by subway train)I gotta go now, gotta go now, gotta go now...
[Verse 2: Manchild]
Took my car to the MARTA station, train to the airport
Feet to the bare floor, fists to declare war
Fame as a flare, tore pain from your stare
Used the game as a springboard, my name's at your in-store
Kick to the snare drum, get here to there, son
They stick to the chair like chicks that get their hair done
Spit this to spare none, rhyme liquid in rare form
Commit to prayer born, brought heat to stay warm
Rap is my two cents, backed by the movement
Sacrificed my words to give you Pigeon John and Blueprint
Pleased just to thank you, hang with a strange few
Five to the Deepspace, stay the same just to change you
Pen to the notepad, mind to the starshine
Knee to the groundwork, 'cause right now is our time
Plane to the down south, MARTA to the train stop
Walked to the car and drove back to the block...
[Hook]
[Verse 3: Blueprint]
Are we there yet? Let me know, I'm feeling restless
From traveling up what feels like stair steps
And I hope it doesn't make me weak when I start to question
How far I'm willing to go to deliver this message
But the point of no return is where we're all at
It's easier to push forward than to go back
And since I can't go back to life before rap
I'ma play this game and boost all my stats
I was born at a time when you earned respect
For the rhyme and the way you made words connect
Not the money that you made or the girls you sexed
A concept you obviously haven't heard of yet
I did more shows in a month than you did in your life
Ate gas station food, stayed up late nights
Met a couple women that I'd like to make my wife
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