Residence: Brooklyn, NY Style: Turntablist Started djing: 1982 Shure tool: SC35C, SM7, KSM32 Titles/awards: New Music Seminar Finalist, DMC USA Finalist As an 11 year old, Mista Sinista's first influence was the sound of his father, a DJ, spinning old breaks in his house. This lead to a natural interest in the art form, and soon the Hip-Hop sounds of Mr. Magic and Kool DJ Red Alert, captivated the Queens, NY youngster. In February of 1986, Mista Sinista finally saved up enough to get a set of his own Technics turntables. In the summer of 1991, Sinista met Dr. Butcher, a legendary Hip-Hop deejay, who was also from Queens. With Dr. Butcher's teaching, Mista Sinista's skills started to greatly evolve. In 1993, Mista Sinista, who was by now a member of The X-men, also started competing. Coming in as runner up in the 1993 New Music Seminar Battle, and also in the Northeast DMC Finals, Sinista attracted a lot of industry attention. Sinista's controversial DMC performance led to gigs cutting for and touring the world with Common and The Beatnuts. Throughout the next couple of years, he gained a reputation for being one of the best tour and scratch deejays in the world. In 1996, Mista Sinista returned to the DMC and took the DMC East Coast title. He continued his studio work with projects including recording with Al' Tariq of the Beatnuts, Kukoo, and the X-ecutioner's debut album "X-Pressions". At that time, Sinista and others of the X-Men working on X-Pressions renamed themselves the X-ecutioners. "Built For Scratch" was released in February 2002, and was viewed as a groundbreaking album for turntablism. Soon after, Mista Sinista left the group to pursue several ventures, including his own solo debut album, "Free At Last", which is scheduled for release in the Fall of 2002. According to Mista Sinista, "There will be something on it for everyone, and the project itself will be heartfelt". Sinista will be touring the U.S. and abroad throughout the summer and fall of 2002, including judging and showcasing at several U.S. DMC battles. He will soon be starring in the Cable TV series "ESPIA" in which he was cast in a lead role as a club DJ. SOURCE: http://www.needlz.com Built from Scratch [EXTRA TRACKS] [EXPLICIT LYRICS] X-Ecutioners $14.99