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From 2007 EP: "Joe Metro"..... Video Directed By: Zia Mohajerjasbi and Marty Martin Blue Scholars Site: http://bluescholars.com/ Get Blue Scholars Music: http://www.amazon.com/Blue-... & http://...

From 2007 EP: "Joe Metro".....
Video Directed By: Zia Mohajerjasbi and Marty Martin

Blue Scholars Site:
http://bluescholars.com/

Get Blue Scholars Music:
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Scholars/e...
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Blue Scholars is a hip hop duo based in Seattle, Washington. The duo was created in 2002 while the members, Geologic and Sabzi, were a part of The SHOW (Student Hip Hop Organization of Washington) at the University of Washington (Seattle). The group consists of one DJ, Sabzi (Saba Mohajerjasbi) and one MC, Geologic (George Quibuyen).

The name "Blue Scholars" is a play on the term "blue collar," which is an idiom for workers who often earn hourly wages for manual labor. Their music and lyrics often focus on struggles between socioeconomic classes, challenging authority and youth empowerment, as evidenced in the songs "Blink" and "Commencement Day." These themes are often specifically addressed in relation to the Seattle region, as in "Southside Revival", "North by Northwest", and "The Ave."

The duo has performed across the United States and made appearances at the Sasquatch! Music Festival in 2005, 2006 and 2008, and Bumbershoot opening for Kanye West in 2006. They have opened for and shared stages with such artists as De La Soul, Slick Rick, Wordsworth, Kanye West, Hieroglyphics, Immortal Technique, The Coup and Masta Ace. On September 6th, 2008 they played at the Gorge Amphitheater, Washington date of Rock the Bells, the international hip hop touring festival, sharing the main stage with A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def, The Pharcyde, MURS, Jedi Mind Tricks, De La Soul, and Little Brother.

In 2006, the Blue Scholars received top honors in the hip hop category of the Seattle Weekly's Music Awards Poll, and were also the top vote-getters overall; in earlier years, they had been recognized in the categories of Best Hip-hop Artist, Best Local Single, and Best Album.

The music video released for the song "Back Home" makes a very personal call to support the US troops by bringing them back from Iraq. The video, produced by Sabzi's brother Zia, has received critical praise from blogs across the web. The video was followed by the November 2007 release of a video for "Joe Metro," which features Geo riding Metro's route 48 around Seattle and walking the city streets.

On the group's website, they announced that 2 EPs would be released before the end of the 2007: Joe Metro EP and Butter & Gun$ EP (essentially an EP for the song "Loyalty"). Each features the EP's "title" track, a remix of the "title" track, videos, and a few other remixes and new songs.

In 2007, the duo presented and headlined several shows for a Seattle hip-hop showcase they dubbed "The Program". The 5 shows all took place at local venue Neumos from December 18 through December 22, 2007. All shows were closed out by Blue Scholars with several other local groups performing each night, including Common Market, The Saturday Knights, Dyme Def, and many others. The lineup for the first show of "The Program" included a "Secret Special Guest". The group opted to hold a series of shows instead of a single year-end celebration in order to showcase the best that hip-hop has to offer and because they were "sick of working on New Year's Eve."

Also in 2007, Geologic, representing Blue Scholars, went on tour with Kiwi and guests to promote the Stop the Killings Tour to bring awareness to the deaths of regular people in the Philippines.

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