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You do not know another rapper like Rob Rush. Aside from being born with a name that begs to be spray-painted on the back of an over size garment in loud colors, Mr. Rush shares very little in common with the typical MC. When asked about where he fits in the ever-widening hip-hop spectrum Rob responds, “I love Hip Hop, but not like those girls you know with the mesh hats and 3 layers of lip gloss, or that kid with giant headphones on at a show wearing his backpack talking about “keepin’ it real” all the time. However I’d love to go to a party with both of them, I’m sure we’d find something to talk about. I’m a kid born 10 years too late with bit of a beer belly.”

Rob’s group, The Moonies and his duo, Cumulus & Rob Rush have both enjoyed impressive sales figures in niche markets worldwide. Childhood Hero is his first solo work, and reflects a tremendous amount of growth and maturity. The album’s most striking feature is its diversity. With influences ranging from Big Daddy Kane to Bad Religion, the album is stylistically and lyrically wide-ranging. Childhood Hero is one of those rare ambitious projects that can boast its own improbable cohesion as its most striking accomplishment. Childhood Hero plays out like a tour of underground hip-hop’s past present and future. The album will strike the trained hip-hop ear like a suburban version of Aceyalone’s classic “Book of Human Language,” in that it tackles a wide array of subject matter while being held together by an MC whose skills and personality are so engaging that they manage to make it clear to the listener how it all fits together.
The eleven songs on Childhood Hero range from bust your shit open battle raps, to party tracks, to light-hearted self-effacing nerd-rap, to honest emotional introspection. “The songs come out that way because that’s how I am,” says Rob “it’s not an excuse for inconsistency, it’s a reason for diversity… is that convincing?”

Links/Press:
Rob Rush On Myspace
Rob Rush On URB’s Next 1000
Childhood Hero Album Review at Okayplayer (cached)
Childhood Hero Album Review at Vapors Magazine
Childhood Hero Album Review at JiveMagazine.Com
Childhood Hero Album Review at HipHopRemix.Com
Childhood Hero Album Review at RapReviews.Com
Childhood Hero Album Review at RollingOut.Com
Childhood Hero Album Review at Hip Hop Linguistics.Com
Childhood Hero Album Review at South Coast 247.Com

Discography:
Cumulus & Rob Rush - “Texas EP” CD (Routine Fly Records, 2008)
Produced By P. Soup, Grip Grand, MF Shalem, Richie Cunning & Proe
Cuts By MF Shalem & DJ Silly Kid
Featuring Grip Grand, Vince The Bard, Richie Cunning & Fab Deuce

Rob Rush - “Childhood Hero” CD (Rec-League Records, 2006)
Produced By Rob Rush, Samix, Grip Grand, Proe, Cumulus, Richie Cunning, Blake 9, Coley Cole, & DJ Dahi
Cuts By DJ Silly Kid
Featuring Grip Grand & Cumulus

Cumulus & Rob Rush “Please Go Back: Operation Free Flow” CD / Vinyl EP (Rec-League Records, 2003)
Produced By Cumulus & Rob Rush, Additional Production By P. Soup
Featuring Vince The Bard, Grip Grand & Ma$ie

Cumulus & Rob Rush “Chump Change Pt. 2″ Quadruple Maxi-Single CD (Haystack Records, 2002)
Produced By Cumulus, Rob Rush, P. Soup
Featuring Proe, Ko. Device, Matty eye, Vince The Bard, P. Soup, tinMan, Nate Lieby, IPOD, & Grunge

Rob Rush - “Misproportioned” (Castlemont Records, 2001)
Produced By Rob Rush, Ronamus, P. Soup
Featuring tinMan, Cumulus, Matty eye, Grunge, Ex-i, Ko. Device, Johnny 5, Nate Lieby, Micah, IPOD, P. Soup, Optimus Rhymes, Noetic Retina, Ex-i, Auto-Flo, Odd Apostle, BMB, & Kefr 1)

Appearances:
Mister Sayre - “The Most I’ll Confess” CD (Rec-League Records / Grad School 2006)

• “Hello” (feat. Ashkon & Rob Rush/Produced By Richie Cunning)

Q’m - “Dreams Work Mixtape” CD (Rec-League Records, 2006)

• Q’m - “Check Out My Melody” (feat. Rob Rush)
• Q’m & Rob Rush “Waking Up” (produced by Coley Cole)

Quiet Money - “Wine Women & Song Mixtape” CD (Gradschool Muisc, 2006)

• “The Potion” (feat. Mr. Sayre & Rob Rush)
• “We’re Live Son” (feat. Rob Rush/Produced by Samix)
• “We Didn’t Go To The Bar” (feat. Rob Rush)
• Rob Rush - “Diamond Girls” (produced by Richie Cunning)

Various Artists - “The Late Pass” CD (Gradschool Music, 2006)

• Rob Rush - “People Like Me” (produced by Blake 9)
• Rob Rush - “Average Type” (produced by P. Soup)

Halfby - “Green Hours” CD (Second Royal Records, 2006)

• Cumulus & Rob Rush - “Bring It Back” (produced by Halfby)

Halfby Feat. Cumulus & Rob Rush - “Bring It Back” 12″ Single (Second Royal Records, 2006)

• Cumulus & Rob Rush “Bring It Back” (produced by Halfby, B-Side Remix produced by Collette)

Rec-League All-Stars - “Rec-League Mixtape Vol. 2” (Rec-League Records, 2005)

• Rob Rush, Proe, Richie Cunning, & Grip Grand—”You’re Gonna Rec Me“
• Cumulus & Rob Rush - “RecSet“
• Rob Rush & Mr. Sayre - “Hate It Or Love It“
• Rob Rush & Proe - “How’m I Gonna Get Home?“
• Rec-League All-Stars “The Symphony“

Various Artists “Rec-League Season One” CD (Rec-League Records, 2005)

• Rob Rush - “People Like Me” (produced by Blake 9)
• Rob Rush, Sayre & Coley Cole “To All Of The…” (produced by Samix)

Rec-League All-Stars - “Rec-League Mixtape Vol. 1” CD (Rec-League Records, 2003)

• Grip Grand & Rob Rush - “The Makeover/Like Whoa“
• Rob Rush - “Funk It Up“
• Rob Rush - “Gimmie The Beat”
• Rob Rush - “Rob Bass“

Duce Company - Public Transmit (2002)

• “We Like To Rap” (feat. Cumulus, Rob Rush & P. Soup)

Cumulus & Matty eye “Chump Change Pt. 1” (Haystack Records, 2002)

• “Tunnel Vision” (feat. Rob Rush/Produced by Optimus Rhymes & Ma$ie on Guitar)
• “Battle Box” (feat. P. Soup, Odd Apostle, Rob Rush & Noetic Retina)

The Moonies - “Dundee Orange Marmalade” Vinyl EP (Rec-League Records, DMR, 2002)

• “Legi Bro Happy” (feat. Rob Rush)
• “Downtime” (feat. Rob Rush)

The Moonies - “Dundee Orange Marmalade” CD (Haystack Records, 2001)

• “Legi Bro Happy” (feat. Rob Rush)
• “Downtime” (feat. Rob Rush)
• “In A World” (feat. Rob Rush)