Beans (rapper)
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Beans performing at Coachella in 2005
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robert Edward Stewart, II |
| Also known as | Mr. Ballbeam |
| Born | July 3, 1971 |
| Origin | White Plains, New York, United States |
| Genres | Underground hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, Moog synthesizer, programmed percussion |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Anticon, Warp Records, Thirsty Ear Recordings, Adored And Exploited |
| Associated acts | Antipop Consortium |
| Website | adoredandexploited.com |
Beans (born Robert Edward Stewart, II) is a rapper from White Plains, New York. He was a member of the underground hip hop group Antipop Consortium. He is a founder of the record label Adored And Exploited.
With his distinctive, fast-flowing and poetic style, Beans amalgamates witty, thoughtful lyrics with his own productions of "Chunky psychedelic electro-hop." According to the Pitchfork Media review for the album Thorns, "The MC is simply good at what he's good at, putting together bushy, crooked beats with rhymes that are both confessional and evasive."
Beans has released two LPs and one EP on AntiPop Consortium's former label Warp Records since launching his solo career in 2003: Tomorrow Right Now, Now Soon Someday EP and Shock City Maverick. The third solo album Only was released on Thirsty Ear Recordings in 2005, followed by the fourth album Thorns on Adored And Exploited in 2007.
In 2011, Beans released the fifth solo album, End It All. on Anticon. It features productions by Four Tet, Sam Fogarino of Interpol, Clark, Tobacco, Fred Bigot, Nobody, Son Lux, Ade Firth, In Flagranti, and The Bumps.
Beans has collaborated with Vernon Reid of Living Colour, Kool A.D., Ghislain Poirier, Arto Lindsay, Alec Empire, Funkstörung, Holy Fuck, Evil Nine, DJ Shadow among others.
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