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American rapper

Abstract Rude Abstract Rude performing in 2018 Background information Also known as Ab Rude, Abbey Rude Born Aaron Pointer (1975-11-17) November 17, 1975 (age 50) Origin Los Angeles, California, US Genres Underground hip hop Occupation Rapper Works Project Blowed (founder) Years active 1992–present Labels Battle Axe Records Rhymesayers Entertainment Formerly of Haiku d'Etat

Musical artist

**Aaron Pointer** (born November 17, 1975), better known by his [stage name](/source/Stage_name) **Abstract Rude**, is an American rapper from [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California). Pointer's career began at Los Angeles' historical [Good Life Cafe](/source/Good_Life_Cafe), a renowned [open mic](/source/Open_mic) venue.[1] He would practice his rapping every Thursday night at Good Life. He was a co-founder of the [Project Blowed](/source/Project_Blowed) crew that emerged from the Good Life scene. He is the rapper of Abstract Tribe Unique, alongside dancers Zulu Butterfly and Irie Lion King, [turntablist](/source/Turntablism) DJ Drez and [producer](/source/Record_producer) Fat Jack.[2] He was also a member of [Haiku d'Etat](/source/Haiku_d'Etat) with [Myka 9](/source/Myka_9) and [Aceyalone](/source/Aceyalone)[3], The A-Team with Aceyalone[4], and [Code Name: Scorpion](/source/Code_Name%3A_Scorpion) with [Moka Only](/source/Moka_Only) and [Prevail](/source/Prevail_(rapper)).[5] In 2009, he released the album *[Rejuvenation](/source/Rejuvenation_(Abstract_Rude_album))* on [Rhymesayers Entertainment](/source/Rhymesayers_Entertainment).[6] It was entirely produced by Vitamin D.[7]

## Discography

### Albums

**Solo**

- *[Rejuvenation](/source/Rejuvenation_(Abstract_Rude_album))* (2009)

- *Keep the Feel: A Legacy of Hip Hop Soul* (2015)

**Abstract Tribe Unique** (Abstract Rude, DJ Drez & Fat Jack)

- *Underground Fossils* (1996)

- *Mood Pieces* (1997)

- *South Central Thynk Taynk* (1998)

- *P.A.I.N.T.* (2001)

- *Showtyme!* (2003)

**[Haiku d'Etat](/source/Haiku_d'Etat)** (Abstract Rude, [Aceyalone](/source/Aceyalone) & [Myka 9](/source/Myka_9))

- *[Haiku d'Etat](/source/Haiku_d'Etat_(album))* (1999)

- *[Coup de Theatre](/source/Coup_de_Theatre_(album))* (2004)

**The A-Team** (Abstract Rude & Aceyalone)

- *Who Framed The A-Team?* (1999)

- *Lab Down Under* (2003)

**Other collaborations**

- *[Code Name: Scorpion](/source/Code_Name%3A_Scorpion)* (2001) (with [Moka Only](/source/Moka_Only) & [Prevail](/source/Prevail_(musician)), as Code Name: Scorpion)

- *AyeM Ray-DIO* (2015) (with Myka 9, as AyeM Ray-DIO)

### Other releases

**Mixtapes**

- *Making Tracks* (2002)

- *Making More Tracks* (2004)

- *Still Making Tracks: The Import* (2004)

- *A Coat of Gold P.A.I.N.T.* (2008)

- *Steel Making Trax: The Export* (2010)

- *Dear Abbey: The Lost Letters Mixtape* (2012)

- *The Owl's Cry* (2017) (with [DJ Vadim](/source/DJ_Vadim))

- *Making Lost Trax Reappear* (2018)

- *Making Lava Tracks* (2019)

- *Making Indie Traxx: Dusty Pointer Fingers* (2023)

- *Making Indie Traxx: Dirty Pea Pods* (2023)

**EPs**

- *These Walls EP* (2005) (with [Taktloss](/source/Taktloss))

- *Eyes Wide Shuttish: Short Rhymes Vol. 1* (2008)

- *The Awful Truth* (2012) (with [Musab](/source/Musab))

- *LA Basin* (2022)

**Live albums**

- *Live @ the 700 Club* (1999) (with live band, as Chef Salad & the Crew Tones)

**Compilations**

- *Who Reframed the A-Team* (2006) (with Aceyalone, as The A-Team)

- *Haiku de Theatre: The Best of Haiku* (2017) (with Aceyalone & Myka 9, as Haiku d'Etat)

### Guest appearances

- [Aceyalone](/source/Aceyalone) - "Deep and Wide", "Knownots", "B-Boy Kingdom" and "Keep It True" from *[All Balls Don't Bounce](/source/All_Balls_Don't_Bounce)* (1995)

- [Moka Only](/source/Moka_Only) - “Renagade Gangsta” from *Dusty Bumps* (1996)

- [Busdriver](/source/Busdriver) - "Get on the Bus" from *[Memoirs of the Elephant Man](/source/Memoirs_of_the_Elephant_Man)* (1999)

- [The Grouch](/source/The_Grouch_(rapper)) - "Blood, Dick & Pussy" from *Making Perfect Sense* (1999)

- [Nobody](/source/Nobody_(producer)) - "Inner Eye" from *Soulmates* (2000)

- Fat Jack - "Cater to the DJ", “We Like Breakbeats”, "Rudeboy Represents" and “Oh Sha Sha” from *Cater to the DJ* (2000)

- [Freestyle Fellowship](/source/Freestyle_Fellowship) - "Fragrance" from *Temptations* (2001)

- Aceyalone - "B-Boy Real McCoy" from *[Accepted Eclectic](/source/Accepted_Eclectic)* (2001)

- [Awol One](/source/Awol_One) & [Daddy Kev](/source/Daddy_Kev) - "Confusion" from *Souldoubt* (2001)

- Moka Only - “Rolling Along” from [*Lime Green*](/source/Lime_Green_(album)) (2001)

- DJ Murge - “Search and Rescue” from *Search and Rescue* (2002)

- Mr Brady - “Who” from *Dirty* (2003)

- [Eligh](/source/Eligh) - "A Poet Sits" from *Poltergeist* (2003)

- [Daedelus](/source/Daedelus_(musician)) - "Girls" from *The Quiet Party* (2003)

- [Pigeon John](/source/Pigeon_John) - "Life Goes On" from *[Is Dating Your Sister](/source/Is_Dating_Your_Sister)* (2003)

- [Aceyalone](/source/Aceyalone) - "The Saga Continues" from *[Love & Hate](/source/Love_%26_Hate_(Aceyalone_album))* (2003)

- [Omid](/source/Omid_Walizadeh) - "Myth Behind the Man" from *Monolith* (2003)

- The Grouch & Eligh - "This Is Yo Life" from *No More Greener Grasses* (2003)

- Busdriver - "Unnecessary Thinking" from *[Cosmic Cleavage](/source/Cosmic_Cleavage)* (2004)

- [P.E.A.C.E.](/source/Peace_(rapper)) - "Connected Functions" from *Megabite* (2004)

- Fat Jack - "I'm Just Livin'" and "So Many Ways" from *Cater to the DJ 2* (2004)

- [Sleep](/source/Sleep_(rapper)) - "Can't Be Touched" from *Christopher* (2005)

- Mums the Word - "Constant Evolution" from *Constant Evolution* (2005)

- Busdriver - "Map Your Psyche" from *[Fear of a Black Tangent](/source/Fear_of_a_Black_Tangent)* (2005)

- Ellay Khule - "The Turning Point" from *Califormula* (2005)

- [Sunspot Jonz](/source/Sunspot_Jonz) - "Another Way Out" from *No Guts No Glory* (2005)

- [Grayskul](/source/Grayskul) - "After Hours" from *Deadlivers* (2005)

- Acid Reign - "Heart of the City" from *Time & Change* (2006)

- [Edit](/source/Edit_(musician)) - "Night Shift" from *Certified Air Raid Material* (2007)

- [X-Clan](/source/X-Clan) - "To the East" from *[Return from Mecca](/source/Return_from_Mecca)* (2007)

- Nomak - "Hi Mom! ~A Prayer For World Peace~" from *Calm* (2007)

- The Grouch - "God Bless the Elephant" from *[Show You the World](/source/Show_You_the_World)* (2008)

- [Thirsty Fish](/source/Thirsty_Fish) - "Fish Ain't Biting" from *[Testing the Waters](/source/Testing_the_Waters)* (2008)

- Awol One & [Factor Chandelier](/source/Factor_Chandelier) - "One Live Tape" from *[The Landmark](/source/The_Landmark_(album))* (2011)

- Awol One and [Nathaniel Motte](/source/Nathaniel_Motte) - "Drink Have Take" from *The Child Star* (2011)

- [Self Jupiter](/source/Self_Jupiter) & Kenny Segal - "Outer Rings" from *The Kleenrz* (2012)

- [Myka 9](/source/Myka_9) - "Gramophone", "Enter the Slayer" from *Gramophone* (2012)

- Myka 9 & Factor - "Ode to Cosmosis" from *[Sovereign Soul](/source/Sovereign_Soul)* (2012)

- [Illogic](/source/Illogic) & [Blockhead](/source/Blockhead_(music)) - "Smile" from *Capture the Sun* (2013)

- Just Say PLZ - "Still Wuz Myne" from "*Still Wuz Myne*" (2015)

- The Funk Junkie - "You & Me" from *Moondirt* (2017)

- [Blu](/source/Blu_(rapper)) & [Oh No](/source/Oh_No_(musician)) - "Round Bout Midnight" from *A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer Night* (2019)

- Blu & Fat Jack - “Low End Theory” from *Underground Makes The World Go Round* (2019)

- Myka 9 & Adriatic - "In My Reality" from *In Motion* (2019)

- Myka 9 & Adriatic - "In My Reality (Remix)" from *Constellations* (2020)

- Sal Crosby - "Skinny Wonder Pools" from *Golden Goat* (2021)

### Compilation appearances

- "Torn" "Strength of A.T.U." on *Mixed Drink* (1994)

- "Torn" "Strength of A.T.U." "Ab Dawlin" on *Mixed Drink 2* (1995)

- "Strength of A.T.U." "I Don't Know" "Yeh Man" "Maskaraid" "Treble and Bass" on *[Project Blowed](/source/Project_Blowed)* (1995)

- "GB in Your Life" "Superstars" on *The Good Brothers* (2003)

- "Who The F*ck Is You?" "Sound Boy Murderers" "13th Month" on *Project Blowed 10th Anniversary* (2005

### Music videos

- 2001: “Stop Biting”

- 2001: “Yep”

- 2003: “All Day”

- 2009: “Nuff Fire”

- 2009: Think Eye Can (ft. [Aceyalone](/source/Aceyalone) & [Myka 9](/source/Myka_9))

- 2012: “The Government”

- 2014: “I Lived in a Time”

- 2014: “Walk Slower Daddy”

- 2015: “The Solution” (ft. [Slug](/source/Slug_(rapper)) & [Brother Ali](/source/Brother_Ali))

## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["March 2009 | blackfilm.com | THIS IS THE LIFE | An Interview with Director Ava DuVernay"](https://www.blackfilm.com/20090312/features/avaduvernay.shtml). *www.blackfilm.com*. Retrieved 2026-01-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Abstract Tribe Unique - Showtyme"](http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.363/title.abstract-tribe-unique-showtyme). [HipHopDX](/source/HipHopDX). January 1, 2004.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Interview: Haiku D'Etat"](http://www.hiphopcore.net/interviews/45%7Ceng-haiku-d-etat.html). Hip Hop Core. December 2004.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Quinlan, Thomas (July 2000). ["A-Team - Who Framed The A-Team?"](http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/HipHop/a_team-who_framed_the_a_team). [Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Abstract Rude, Prevail + Moka Only Are..."](https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/uncategorized/abstract-rude-prevail-moka-only-are-6323401/) *Broward Palm Beach New Times*. 2001-11-01. Retrieved 2026-01-26.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Youssef, Sobhi (May 4, 2009). ["Review: Abstract Rude - Rejuvenation"](https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/30411/Abstract-Rude-Rejuvenation/). Sputnikmusic.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Geary, Rob (May 6, 2009). ["Rejuvenation"](http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/abstract-rude/rejuvenation). [XLR8R](/source/XLR8R).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Bandini (2015-01-21). ["Rhymesayers Is An Indie Juggernaut. 20 Years Deep, Atmosphere Looks Back (Video)"](https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2015/01/rhymesayers-is-an-indie-juggernaut-20-years-deep-atmosphere-looks-back-video/). *Ambrosia For Heads*. Retrieved 2026-01-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Cat, Fritz The (2003-12-01). ["Beats And Rhymes"](https://www.vice.com/en/article/beats-v10n4/). *VICE*. Retrieved 2026-01-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["'This Is the Life' Review: A Valuable Part of Hip-Hop History (Published 2021)"](http://web.archive.org/web/20250930173453/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/movies/this-is-the-life-review.html). 2021-02-23. Archived from [the original](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/movies/this-is-the-life-review.html) on 2025-09-30. Retrieved 2026-01-11.

## External links

- [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20180602011850/http://www.abstractrude.com/)

- [Abstract Rude](http://rhymesayers.com/abstractrude) on [Rhymesayers Entertainment](/source/Rhymesayers_Entertainment)

- [May 2009 Interview](http://larecord.com/interviews/2009/05/22/abstract-rude-interview-its-only-at-the-precipice-that-we-change/) with [L.A. Record](/source/L.A._Record)

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