Since first emerging in the dark and dreary underground several years ago, Sun Rise Above has never lost sight of his artistic vision. Even as hip hop has continued to grow more heavily commercialized and debased, Sun R.A. has stood fast to his promise to delivery rhyme with reason, pioneering his own sub-genre called “Hiphopraganda.”

Sun Rise Above officially broke onto the scene in 2003, with his debut album Global Warning. The soulful, and at times dark album made Sun's burgeoning critica...