"It all started with 2 tape decks and a blank cassette" The Rude Operator is a true to form taste maker and connoisseur of sound who has worked behind several alias one being The CigarRockstar and most notable as R. RUDE. Visuals in the form of words crafted as if were the score from your favorite cult film. Past present and future, the vocal stylings of Rude stretches beyond the linear and stands more as a multi dimensional conveyor of words. Emerging from outside the iron veins of the Motor City this Flint Michigan native is where Rude's influences were that of The Ultra Magnetic MC's, MC BRED, Rakim, Fab 5 Freddy, Spike Lee joints, suede Pumas and Basketball. With 4 Releases under his belt with 2 collaborative efforts Metal Chocolates self titled "Metal Chocolates LP" with Ocnotes and Fresh Espresso "Glamour LP, Bossalona LP, Jupiter EP" with Psmoov. Rude has sense traveled region to region from Texas, Mississippi,The Bay Area and now current in Seattle WA. With recent trips back and forth to the United Kingdom and Holland these travel brought on inspirations of Jungle /Classic and Modern Drum and Bass with uptempo rhythms which could explain the direction of Rude's debut album The Wizard of Ounces! Currently immersed in the legal cannibals trade this emcee has crafted a tailor made soundscape of all things that revolves around the inter workings of the Rude Operator! Hip Hop/ Jungle/Drum and Bass/ House Music and cannabis In the words of The Rude Operator "As it unfolds I'm Living it"