Block Scholars

Block Scholars is the Hip Hop musical collaboration between <a href="spotify:artist:6mjig0YGJXp6SscpQOSJ2X" data-name="Nobull">Nobull</a> (Bennett Baskerville; Colorado Springs, CO), Slimdog of <a href="spotify:artist:1f2RR1Fyd5kgimxSZdNrVw" data-name="Slimdog Productions">Slimdog Productions</a> (David Bell Jr.; Colorado Springs, CO) &amp; 2mental (Nathan Andreas; Italy). The group first met each other through Myspace and mutual friends in 2005. The rap act is heavily influenced by an eclectic mix of music ranging from Biggie Smalls, 2Pac, Madlib, Dr. Dre, Pharrell and even Prince. They are also are a “triple threat” because collectively they can write high quality lyrics, produce and perform their own music.

Block Scholars won the 2014 Hollywood Music In Media Award for Rap/Hip Hop Song Of The Year with <a href="spotify:track:7eNKFzgi1QkjRnOqwSH9rO" data-name="All My Life">All My Life</a>, received the 2011 &quot;Excellence In Songwriting&quot; Award from The 18th Annual Billboard/Starmaker 360 Worldwide Songwriting Contest for placing in 3rd out of 1000s of entries in the Rap/Hip Hop genre. &quot;Honorable Mention&quot; for (R&amp;B/Hip Hop) and semi-finalists in the (Unsigned Only) categories in the 2010 International Songwriting Competition for the song <a href="spotify:track:4r9FOSwSc9fJIZhcjM59BK" data-name="Time Machine">Time Machine</a>, both of these contests known for being the two of the best songwriting competitions in the world. They were one of three grand prize winners in Patron XO Cafe&#39;s 2011 Music Project, where they won sponsorship from Patron XO Cafe, SPIN Magazine &amp; RCRD LBL (a free mp3 download music blog) and selected as one of URB magazine&#39;s “Next 1000” artists to watch for back in 2009.

Also check out <a href="spotify:artist:1f2RR1Fyd5kgimxSZdNrVw" data-name="Slimdog Productions">Slimdog Productions</a> on Spotify.