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Baraka Noel is an interdisciplinary writer/performer from Wheaton, MD and a founding member of Freestyle Theater and Citizens of Sleep. He has worked in a variety of forms; including improv, sketch comedy, traditional theater, literary poetry, spoken word, and Hip Hop. Baraka's original and collaborative work has been featured at Oberlin College, Kenyon College, Tufts University, the University of MD, Miami University of Ohio; and at the Mocha Lounge in Washington, DC; Epic Arts in Berkeley, California; and Vox Pop in Brooklyn, NY. Baraka's debut album, The Mixtape Philosophies of Mushroom Black, acts as a companion piece to his one man show. It seems obvious that Baraka is an extremely literate man. He links vowels together like the best of Rakim or Nas' first record but he does it with a vocabulary that will leave Hot 97 artists reaching for their Rogets ... The music here is well above average but won't revolutionize hip-hop's sound. The lyrics however will change your perception of what intelligent hip-hop could be.