Occupation(s) Rapper Years active 2001–2011 Name Livestock Livestock | Role Musical Artist | |
Also known as Livestock OneThe Hilarious LivestockHorse Thief Labels Plague LanguageLegendary Entertainment Associated acts Noah23, Madadam, The Weird Apples, Hangnail, The World Within, Tykus, Karma Kings, Leon Murphy Baracuda, Orphan, Treevortex, Naval Aviator, The Twin Sisters, The Main, DS, Lord Kufu, Spz Chaote Albums The Afterlife of Jazz, The Rawganic EP People also search for Noah23, The Weird Apples, The Train Rawbers | ||
Record label Legendary Entertainment | ||
Benjamin Reeve, better known by his stage name Livestock, is an underground hip hop artist from Guelph, Ontario. Livestock was a long-time member of the Plague Language collective founded by Noah23 and Orphan.
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History
Livestock's first release was as a member of the group The Twin Sisters with Naval Aviator and Treevortex. The group released one EP, entitled Amulet, in 2002. In early 2004, Livestock compiled collaborative material by himself, Noah23 and Homesick under the group name The Train Rawbers. This material was mastered and released in the Fall of 2004. The album is credited to the three MCs equally, but is primarily "Livestock's brainchild, featuring [Noah23] and Homesick". Livestock features on eleven of the thirteen tracks (all except "Introduct" and "Indeed"), while Noah23 features on six (3, 4, 6, 8, 9 & 13), and Homesick features on only four (3, 5, 8 & 13). Only three of the tracks feature all three members ("Ninjah Pizza", "Eagle" & "Vacuum Oyster Surprise"). The album was initially released with the subtitle "Volume 1", though no further volumes of material were released. In November 2004, Livestock released his debut solo album, Spiral Like the 9.
Livestock recorded extensively from 2004 to 2007, releasing multiple projects from 2006 to 2008. These projects included his second solo album, Iridium 77, produced entirely by Leon Murphy (then known as Greysol); an EP produced by core Plague Language member Madadam, entitled Walk Down the Street; a collaborative album with MC Hangnail under the name The World Within, entitled Welcome 2 the World Within; his third solo album, The Afterlife of Jazz, with production by Leon Murphy and Madadam; a second project with Leon Murphy, The Rawganic EP; and a collaborative album with Noah23 and Madadam, under the name The Weird Apples, entitled The Big Crunch, released in March 2008.
From 2008 onward, Livestock released little material. With the exception of a small number of guest appearances on releases by Noah23, The Main and Gregory Pepper, the only project Livestock released was the classic rock-themed Plague Language mixtape Instant Classic in August 2009. On this release, Livestock was credited alongside MC Tykus under the group name Karma Kings, though no collaborative project ultimately surfaced. Livestock retired from rapping in 2011. In November of that year he released his entire back catalogue for free via the Plague Language Tumblr page. Uploaded alongside this was a final album, entitled For My Man Sittin' on a Boat, which is compiled from a selection of tracks from unfinished projects along with some other artists' tracks on which he had been featured. Another previously unreleased EP, Shucky Ducky, was also included in the upload.
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Livestock
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