Substantial

Stanley Robinson^[1] (born 7th January 1979) known as Substantial is a rapper from Prince George's County, Maryland. He now operates out of Virginia.^[2] Substantial's debut solo album To This Union a Sun Was Born was a top-10 hit in Japan, this success set off a career touring Asia, Europe and almost all of North America.

Following these tours, Substantial linked with QN5 Music to focus solely on artistic creation. That led to profound collaborations with the legendary DJ Kool Herc, Bootsy Collins, Chew Fu, CunninLynguists, Nujabes and an appearance on Bruce Kulick’s album with all-star rocker Gene Simmons of KISS fame.

His videos have appeared on MTV, BET, and VH1, while his music has made it to the second round of Grammy voting in three categories. The renowned car company Bentley reached out to have Substantial’s supergroup FANOMM (with Chew Fu & J-Cast) create a song for them and perform in China at their car show.

Substantial gained prominence after collaborating with Japanese Hip-Hop producer Nujabes (Jun Seba). Substantial collaborated with Seba until his death in a car accident in 2010. Since then Substantial has produced albums on Seba's production company Hyde Out Productions.

Substantial released his debut album, To This Union a Sun Was Born in 2001, in collaboration with Nujabes. The album reached the top-10 charts of Japanese music.^[3]

In 2002, after a chance meeting with Tonedeff of QN5 Music, Substantial, Tonedeff, Session, and PackFM linked together to form the rap group Extended Famm^[4]. Substantial officially joined QN5 in 2007.

January of 2008 his 2nd studio album Sacrifice was the #1 in sales on website undergroundhiphop.com. In February of 2008 Substantial was a featured artist on both iTunes and Myspace. Substantial was featured in the Rap/R&B monthly Black Beat Magazine in March of 2008 in a full-page feature.

Later in 2008 Substantial's video for his single It's You (I Think) received the "Winning Freshman Video" award from MTV.^[5] The video was posted on the MTV website, as was the following interview with Substantial.

Substantial interviewed fellow recording artist Common in 2009 after a performance at The Sonar in Baltimore.^[6]

In 2011 Substantial worked with the American TV station VH1 to fund music studios for under-privileged youth.^[7] For promotion of his most recent album Home Is Where the Art Is in 2012 he was hosted by the Smithsonian Institute for a performance as part of the Luce Unplugged program.^[8]

Substantial now records as a member of the company QN5 Music.^[9]

Collaborating with Bop Allow, Substantial is releasing an album in April of 2014 titled Another Day in the Life Of.^[10]

Studio albums

• 2001: To This Union a Sun Was Born
• 2008: Sacrifice (Substantial album)
• 2012: Home Is Where The Art Is
• 2013: Jackin' Jill
• 2014: Another Day in the Life Of...

Compilations

• 2006: Sacrificial Lambs (The Prequel to Sacrifice)
• 2008: QN5 RMX Vol.4

Singles and EPs

• 2000: Home Sweet Home
• 2000: Remembering Dave
• 2000: Lyrical Terrorists
• 2001: If I Was Your Mic (DJ Kiyo Remix)
• 2001: Kalitwutchawon
• 2004: CIM
• 2007: At The Club feat. Chew
• 2007: Move For Me feat. Chew
• 2009: My Favorite Things/Day In The Life
• 2010: Why The World Weeps feat. Marcus D

^[11]

• Official Bandcamp Website
• Substantial on Twitter
• Substantial on Instagram

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