About Passage
Passage was an American musician, hip hop producer and rapping.
David Bryant, better known by his stage name Passage, is an alternative hip hop rapper based in Oakland, California. He is a member of Restiform Bodies along with Bomarr and Telephone Jim Jesus.
History Passage released his official debut album, The Forcefield Kids, on Anticon in 2004.
He is also a member of Brothers Backword along with Mike Busse. The duo released the Stupid Intelligent mixtape in 2009.
Discography Studio albums Passage Moods & Symptoms (2000) (with Bomarr) The Forcefield Kids (Anticon, 2004) Worked On (Illuminated Paths, 2017)
Restiform Bodies (Passage with Bomarr & Telephone Jim Jesus) Oubliette (2000) Restiform Bodies (6months, 2001) Sun Hop Flat (2001) TV Loves You Back (Anticon, 2008)
Brothers Backword (Passage with Mike Busse) Malfunction (2010) [unreleased]
EPs, mixtapes, compilations, singles EPs Tennis, Piano and Other Primary Sightings [aka The Holy Phony Haunt] (2004) Pass Money Multi (2008) Pass and Touch (Marathon of Dope, 2011)
Mixtapes Stupid Intelligent (2009) (Brothers Backword)
Remix albums TV Loves You Back: Remixes (2013) (Restiform Bodies)
Compilations The B-Side Suicide Pageant (2002) Newbliette (Subversiv Rec, 2004) (Restiform Bodies)
Singles "I Want What You Want / Recycle America" (Weapon-Shaped, 2003) (Restiform Bodies) "Creature in the Classroom" (Anticon, 2004)
Appearances Guest appearances Bomarr - "Plywood Never Got Paid" from Beats Being Broke (2002) Deep Puddle Dynamics - "We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes)" from We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) (2002) DJ Krush - "Song for John Walker" from The Message at the Depth (2002) Telephone Jim Jesus - "Convertible Stingray" from A Point Too Far to Astronaut (2004) Pedestrian - "Anticon." from Volume One: UnIndian Songs (2005) Sole - "Isn't It Sad" from Songs That Went Tin (2005) Themselves - "Puzzled" from The Free Houdini (2009)
Featured tracks "The Unstrung Harp" & "Poem to the Hospital" on Anticon Label Sampler: 1999-2004 (2004)
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Who was Passage?
American musician
When was Passage born?
Passage was born in Boston.
What was Passage's occupation?
Passage was a musician, hip hop producer and rapping.
What nationality was Passage?
Passage was American.
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