CITIZEN COPE

'Citizen Cope' is a pseudonym of 'Clarence Greenwood', keyboardist, guitarist, singer, DJ, and record producer, and the name of the band that he leads. Citizen Cope now lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Contents

History

Use in other media

Discography

External links

See also

History

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Greenwood started his musical career as a DJ for the hip hop act Basehead, a group that would have a significant impact on his style as a solo-musician. Citizen Cope blends many genres of music, such as folk, blues, reggae, hip hop, rock, and R & B.
Greenwood first released a demo tape under the name ''Cope Citizen'' in the late '90s. He would follow up the release of the demo by donating songs to several independently issued compilations, movie soundtracks, as well as appearing on the Jay Leno Show to promote his demo.
In 2000 Greenwood signed with the DreamWorks Records label, which released his first album in September 2002, ''Citizen Cope''. Greenwood toured to promote the record as an opener for Nelly Furtado. He performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, in 2002.
After the release of ''Citizen Cope'', Greenwood felt the label "mishandled" the record, creating tension between the two. The tension prompted Greenwood to buy out his contract with the label, using the advance he received from his next label, Arista Records and RCA Records, to do so.
In September of 2004, Citizen Cope released his second record, ''The Clarence Greenwood Recordings'', which earned him much critical success as well as minor touring success as an opening act for a popular touring band, Robert Randolph & the Family Band.
In 2005, Cope continued to tour the United States promoting his second major label record. In April, his song "Son's Gonna Rise" began appearing in a Pontiac commercial and was distributed as the album's second single.
On September 12 2006, Citizen Cope released the new album, ''Every Waking Moment''.

Use in other media

In April 2005, "Son's Gonna Rise" was featured in Pontiac commercial.
The song "Bullet and a Target" was played in the end credits of the 2006 film ''The Sentinel''. He is also featured on the track "Bullet" on rapper Rhymefest's album ''Blue Collar'', and is included on the compilation ''Radiodread'' with his cover of Radiohead's "Karma Police." The song "Sideways" was featured in an episode of ''Scrubs''.
The song "Let The Drummer Kick" was featured in the film ''Accepted'' and ''Coach Carter''. The song "Son's Gonna Rise" was featured in the television series, ''One Tree Hill''. On July 18 2007, Americans had a resurgence in interest in Citizen Cope when "Let the Drummer Kick" was used on the hit FOX show ''So You Think You Can Dance'' in a Contemporary dance routine by Neil Haskell and Lauren Gottlieb. The next day, the track reached #50 on iTunes Top 100 Singles Chart. "Bullet and a Target" was played during a scene of the 2007 movie ''Alpha Dog''.

Discography

★ ''Cope Citizen'' (1992)

★ ''Citizen Cope'' (2002)

★ ''The Clarence Greenwood Recordings'' (2004)

★ ''Every Waking Moment'' (2006) #69 U.S.

External links

★ Citizen Cope's official website

★ AOL Music: Citizen Cope performs Bullet with rapper Rhymefest

★ Citizen Cope collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive

★ Scene Missing Magazine Interviews Citizen Cope

See also

★ Rhymefest

★ List of HFStival acts