The Presence
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1) The Presence are an underground rap group from New York who espouse a political world view and who operate their own independent label, Uncommon Records. The group's founding members are comprised of Nasa (MC/producer) and Cirrus (MC), who became best friends while attending high school together in Staten Island. Formed in 1999, the Presence made their recording debut in 2001 with the five-track EP Advanced Bloodbath, followed by the 12" single Woke in 2003 which was released by Definitive Jux.
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The duo founded its own label, Uncommon Records, in 2004 and released the Members Only EP that same year. The full-length album debut of The Presence, Common Man's Anthems (2005), followed, along with the one-off single Who Stole New Orleans? (2006).
In 2008 The Presence announced that they were expanding their membership to include Shortrock (turntables) and DM Seidel (electric guitar, bass, synthesizer); in addition, they announced a reissue of Advanced Bloodbath on Uncommon Records and plans for a new full-length album, titled We Want the Winter in 2009.
2) The Presence were a Canadian punk band. They released an E.P. 7" in 1981 called Meeting The Demands Of Society Is No Excuse.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.