Rod Bailey, stage name Mcenroe (stylized in all lowercase), is a Canadian rapper and video director from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.. Uptown, Archived at the He is the founder of the Brandon, Manitoba based hip-hop record label Peanuts & Corn Records, which also operated as an independent distributor,Wishahouse: Great white Northerner never-weres make a mountain out of a prole hill . The Village Voice, August 30, 2005.Holy crap! Nuts and corn Gauntlet, March 24, 2005 by Nolan Lewis, University of Calgary. Archived at the Wayback Machine. as well as a company specializing in the marketing and promotion of independent music in Canada, Breadwinner Music Group.. Exclaim!, Archived at the Wayback Machine
Career As mcenroe, Bailey was part of the hip hop band Farm Fresh.Peanuts & Corn Records". Stylus, April — May 2016 Issue. Harrison Samphir. He founded Peanuts & Corn in Brandon, Manitoba in 1994, and through it produced the band's first recording. He then moved his studio and label to Winnipeg, where he continued to write, perform and produce in the hip hop scene.
During the recording of Birdapres' album Nothing is Cool mcenroe took a musical as well as production part."Birdapres Nothing Is Cool (with Mcenroe)". Tiny Mixtapes The pair toured around Canada in support of the album." Mcenroe & Birdapres Gypsy Co-Op, Toronto ON". Exclaim!, By Thomas Quinlan. May 01, 2005 He also released several solo albums of his own raps, including Disenfranchised in 2006."Mcenroe Acts His Age". Exclaim!, By Thomas Quinlan Jan 01, 2006.
He later moved to Vancouver, where his label is a part of the Farm Fresh collective."mcenroe" USG Magazine November 12, 2007. Archived at the Wayback Machine.
In 2013, mcenroe was interviewed about the hip hop music industry in Canada for the documentary film Hip Hop Eh."Hip Hop Eh: A reverent Canadian doc, but not the last word". Dave Morris, The Globe and Mail, Mar. 15, 2013
Selected discography
Solo work mcenroe - Billy's Vision mcenroe - disenfranchised mcenroe - 5 Years in the Factory mcenroe - The Convenience EP mcenroe - The Ethics EP mcenroe - Burnt Orange
With others mcenroe and Birdapres - Nothing is Cool Break Bread - Break Bread EP Farm Fresh - Crazy Fiction Farm Fresh - Played Out Farm Fresh - The Space Ep Farm Fresh Time is Running Out Parklike Setting - School Day 2, Garbage Day 4 Parklike Setting / Fermented Reptile - Split 12"
Selected productions
References
External links Mcenroe on YouTube