TES

b. Terrence Tessora, Brooklyn, New York, New York City, USA. Rapper Tes was inspired to create music after hearing Afrika Bambaataa's ‘Planet Rock' at an ice skating rink. Initially freestyling with friends, Tessora began creating his own tracks and eventually teamed up with Brooklyn-based VF Productions to release two low key EPs, Take Home Tes and Sound Investments. His 2003 debut was a genuinely intriguing album that juxtaposed a seemingly breathless flow with predominantly sparse underground hip-hop. The album was originally intended to be titled Off On Mondays, in referen...