Apollo Music Café, February 11, 2012.  Bronx born artists and long time friends, Phase One and Asa Buchanon, have become known for their distinctive hip-hop debut album, "Phase One & Asa Buchanon presents: Bugnanas."  The collaboration was named after a word coined by Poison Pen, and as explained on the album's intro, Bugnanas is a hybrid of 'bugged out' and 'bananas'.

This debut album featured videos and hits such as: Confunk-shun, Crystal Axe, We Goin', Cosmic Strawberries, Round and Round and has collaborations with artists Poison Pen, Tess, Lucius, Chester Gregory, and Rocki Evans.

During the last year, this New York-based emcee and producer team have performed in venues such as the Nuyoricans Poetry Club, Santos Party House, Bowery Poetry Club, SOB's, Public Assembly, UV Lounge (Reverb Nation), The Point, M1-5, Red Alert's Birthday party, Video Music Box's Xmas Party (which aired on Video Music Box), among others venues.  They both grew up loving hip-hop and developed their craft at an early age.