Kinetic 9

Kinetic 9
Also known as	Beretta 9
Origin	Steubenville, Ohio, Staten Island, New York
Genres	Hip hop
Years active	1995 - present
Labels	Wu Music Group
Website	http://www.kinetic9.com

Kinetic 9 or Beretta 9 (born Samuel Craig Murray) is a member of the hip-hop group Killarmy, an affiliation of the group Wu-Tang Clan. He is a originally from Steubenville, Ohio. 4th Disciple, another Ohio native & the group producer of Killarmy introduced Kinetic 9 along with ShoGun Assasson to the group. Through hard work and determination, they became one of the earliest and successful groups that emerged out of the Wu Tang camp in the early 1990s. They went on to record three successful albums Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars (1997), Dirty Weaponry (1999) and their latest, Fear, Love & War (2001).

Kinetic 9 has worked closely with Wu-Tang Clan’s mastermind RZA to collaborate on some dynamic songs. He appeared on all three of RZA’s album. The second album Digital Bullet is where he exercised his valuable skills by appearing in many songs, i.e. the hit single ”La Rhumba”. Also, Kinetic 9 and RZA fused their talents on the track called “Take Your Sword" which was featured on Afro Samurai’s soundtrack.

Kinetic 9’s international efforts included touring with RZA. He also paired off with Killarmy’s ShoGun Assasson to be the headline of the successful European “Killa Bee” concerts, and paired with other Wu-Tang Clan affiliates. With the warm greeting and support of the European fans, Kinetic 9 plans on continuing and pursuing more overseas dates.

Not only is Kinetic 9 a performer, he has expanded his creative talents into producing. Kinetic 9 has finally started producing for brilliant artists such as Method Man and Wu-Tang Clan affiliates Freemurda with the hopes of making sounds for other rap lyricists alike.

Kinetic 9 is striving and ready to push his efforts towards a solo album. He recently dropped a mixtape “Kinetic Radio Vol 1” for his loyal fans, which is distributed and available at his shows. A re-mastered version will soon be available for order. And coming soon, Kinetic will drop another mixtape to keep his fan base enthused and satisfied. He is diligently working hard on his solo album for which he aims to highlight his individualism, but parallels the best sounds of his Killarmy and Wu-Tang’s genre.

He has appeared on tracks with artists such as Craig G, RBX, Reef the Lost Cauze, Mr. Bill, Scienz of Life, Block McCloud, Bizz, Midas the Beast, Xavier Naidoo, Diaz, and others, as well as his other Wu-Tang Clan such as Cilvaringz, Inspectah Deck, RZA, Remedy, Gravediggaz, Hell Razah and Northstar. Kinetic 9 is closely associated with RZA and has appeared with RZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard as a guest on the show America's Next Top Model. He is also a member of the project, Achozen.

Discography

KILLARMY (GROUP)
Album Title	Album Info
Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars	Released: August 5, 1997 Billboard 200 chart position: #34 R&B/Hip Hop chart position: #10 Singles: "Swinging Swords," "Camouflage Ninjas"/"Wake Up," "Wu-Renegades"/"Clash of the Titans"
Dirty Weaponry	Released: August 11, 1998 Billboard 200 chart position: #40 R&B/Hip Hop chart position: #13 Singles: "Red Dawn"/"Where I Rest At," "The Shoot-Out"
Fear, Love & War	Released: September 11, 2001 Billboard 200 chart position: #122 R&B/Hip Hop chart positions: #34 Singles: "Street Monopoly"/"Monster," "Feel It"/"Militant," "Nonchalantly"
Greatest Hits	Released: May, 2011

KINETIC 9 APPEARANCES
Artists	Track Title(s)	Album	Date/Label
4th Disciple	Swordz (featuring Kinetic 9, ShoGun Assasson, Alibastard the 1st)	Best of 740 Vol. 1	1995/2007 ChromasWynd/ChamberMusik
Bobby Digital	Daily Routine (featuring Kinetic 9)	Bobby Digital in Stereo	1998
Bobby Digital	Bong Bong (featuring Kinetic 9, Madame Cez) La Rhumba (featuring Kinetic 9, Ndira, Method Man, Killa Sin) Shady (featuring Kinetic 9, Intrigue)	Digital Bullet	2001
Suid	Suid je (featuring Kinetic 9, Tekkita)	Drama koja se šunja sama	2005 Bassivity Music
Orphanage	Take the Sword Pt. 1 (featuring Kinetic 9 and RZA)		2007
Bobby Digital	Up Again (featuring Kinetic 9)	Digi Snacks	2008
Orphanage	Take Sword Pt. III (featuring 60 Second Assassin, Leggezin, Crisis, Christbearer, Monk, Tre Irie, Bobby Digital, Reverend William Burk)		2009
Bizz	Realist Spittin (featuring Kinetic 9 and Bizz)	Prince of Jersey	2009 Blakglobe
John Frusciante	909 Day (featuring Leggezin Fin, Masia One, Kinetic 9, and RZA) FM (featuring Kinetic 9, Rugged Monk, and RZA)	Letur-Lefr	2012

Videography

KINETIC 9 VIDEOGRAPHY
Artist(s)	Album Info	Video Title(s)	Release Date
Killarmy	Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars	Swinging Swords Wake Up (featuring Hell Razah, Prodigal Sunn and various Wu-Tang Clan cameos) Wu-Renegades (featuring various Wu-Tang Clan cameos)	1997 Loud/Priority/Wu-Tang Records
Killarmy	Dirty Weaponry	The Shoot-Out (featuring Rza)	1998 Wu-Tang Records
Killarmy	Fear, Love & War	Feel It	2001
Bizz	Prince of Jersey	Realist Spittin (featuring Kinetic 9)	2009 Blakglobe

External links

• Official Kinetic 9 Web Site