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Lakutis
Aleksey Weintraub (born July 15, 1985), better known by his stage name Lakutis, is an American rapper from New York. He has collaborated with Das Racist, Hot Sugar, and Kitty. He has also toured with Le1f and Antwon. Early life Lakutis was born Aleksey Weintraub to Russian parents. He is Jewish. At the age of 5, he moved from Queens, New York to Manhattan with his mother. He worked at the Hawaiian Tropic Zone restaurant. Career In 2011, Lakutis released a 7-track EP, ''I'm in the Forest''. In 2012, he released "Hey Ma, Wassup", a collaborative single with Big Baby Gandhi, Cutty Carmichael, and DVS. ''Spin'' included him on the "5 Best New Artists for May 2013" list. In 2014, Lakutis released a 12-track mixtape, ''Three Seashells''. It included productions from Hot Sugar, Black Noise, and Steel Tipped Dove, as well as a guest appearance from DVS. ''Stereogum'' named it the "Mixtape of the Week". Style and influences Zach Kelly of ''Pitchfork'' commented that "Lakutis' real st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Seashells
''Three Seashells'' (sometimes stylized as ''3 Seashells'') is a mixtape by American rapper Lakutis. It was released on Greedhead Music on February 20, 2014. It features a guest appearance from DVS. Music videos were created for "Too Ill for the Law", "Jesus Piece", and "Body Scream". Critical reception Pat Levy of ''Consequence of Sound'' gave the mixtape a grade of B, saying, "Despite the record's relatively short runtime, so much humor, angst, and pure bohemian attitude are melded together with admirable results." Zach Kelly of ''Pitchfork'' gave the mixtape a 6.7 out of 10, describing it as "a record that suggests the person who made it spends more time listening to rap music than actually making it, a paranoid loner with a baggie of bad acid trying to translate a stack of classic 90s New York hip-hop records in his basement." He added, "Lakutis' real strong suit is the way he raps, punctuating words with a visceral intensity usually reserved for the frontman of a hardcore band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sit Down, Man
''Sit Down, Man'' is the second mixtape by American hip hop trio Das Racist. It was released as a free download by Greedhead Music, Mishka, and Mad Decent on September 14, 2010. It gained over 40,000 downloads in its first week of release. An album release show was held at Santos Party House on September 16, 2010. Production The mixtape is produced by Teengirl Fantasy, Chairlift, Diplo, Keepaway, and Boi-1da, among others. It includes guest appearances from Fat Tony, El-P, Kassa Overall, Roc Marciano, and Lakutis. Critical reception ''Pitchfork'' placed the mixtape at number 23 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2010" list. "Hahahaha JK?" was placed at number 44 on ''Pitchfork''s "Top 100 Tracks of 2010" list, as well as number 48 on ''Rolling Stone''s "50 Best Songs of 2010" list. Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes. * Sabzi – production (2) * Gordon Voidwell – production, mixing (3) * Alex Kestner – production, mixing (3) * Boi-1da – production (4) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
63/19
''63'' and ''19'' are mixtapes by Kool A.D, released as a double-album on February 7, 2013. The albums include collaborations with Pictureplane, Young L, SKYWLKR, Keyboard Kid, Trackademicks, Fat Tony, Mike Finito, Lakutis and Spank Rock as well as a beat Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys originally made for Das Racist. Critical Reception ''63'' and ''19'' received mostly positive reviews from critics. ''Vice'' described ''19'' and ''63'' as "taking the discursive and funny work he was doing with Das Racist and stripping it of any sense of structure or formula, but also work ngto free him from the label of 'Dude in Das Racist.'" ''Pitchfork'' also praised the mixtapes, calling them "organically avant-garde", giving ''19'' a score of 7.9 out of 10 and ''63'' a score of 7.6 out of 10. Afropunk lauded the albums as "challenging, vibrant, and sometimes brilliant." Contactmusic.com named ''63'' one of the ten best albums of 2013. Track listing 19 #"Knowledge Born" (prod. Kool A.D.) #"Eroik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heems
Himanshu Kumar Suri (born July 6, 1985), better known by his stage name Heems, is an American rapping, rapper from Queens in New York City. Best known for being part of the alternative hip hop group Das Racist, Suri is also the founder of Greedhead Music, an independent record label. In 2012, Suri released his first solo mixtape, ''Nehru Jackets'', on his Greedhead imprint and in conjunction with SEVA NY, a community-based organization from Queens of which Suri is a board member. In August 2015, Heems announced that 20th Century Fox, Fox had bought his story rights for a potential sitcom, and that he was working on the pilot. He is currently a member of Swet Shop Boys along with actor and rapper Riz Ahmed, Riz MC and producer Redinho. Early life Born and raised in Bellerose, Queens, New York, Suri graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 2003, where he was the vice president of the student council when the September 11 attacks happened two blocks away. Suri then attended Wesleyan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greedhead Music
Greedhead Music is an independent record label founded by Himanshu Suri of Das Racist. Initially, Suri founded Greedhead Music as a management and recording company in 2008 to manage Das Racist. Greedhead's first releases were the group's 2010 mixtapes, ''Shut Up, Dude'' and ''Sit Down, Man''. Das Racist's first commercially available album, ''Relax'', was also the first commercial release on the Greedhead imprint. Greedhead has since released solo mixtapes by both Kool A.D. ('' The Palm Wine Drinkard'' and '' 51'') and Heems (''Nehru Jackets''). The label has also released works by Dash Speaks, Weekend Money, Keepaway, Lakutis, Big Baby Gandhi, Le1f, Antwon, and Meyhem Lauren, as well as non-hip-hop acts like singer Safe, Scottish bhangra act Tigerstyle, and comedian Joe Mande. On July 9, 2015, Suri announced that he would be effectively shutting down Greedhead. He claimed that the cost of releasing and promoting free releases for the label's roster left him more than $10,000 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nehru Jackets
''Nehru Jackets'' is the first solo mixtape by rapper Himanshu. It was released on Himanshu's own Greedhead label on January 17, 2012. ''Rolling Stone'' named the song "Womyn" the 36th best song of 2012. About Himanshu released ''Nehru Jackets'' in collaboration with SEVA NY to draw attention to the redistricting battle in Queens, New York. Guests on ''Nehru Jackets'' include Despot, Danny Brown, Childish Gambino, Fat Tony and Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire. In an interview with ''Rolling Stone'', he explained the creation process: "with Mike inito I just kind of let him do his thing. I told him I wanted Indian stuff, and he cooked it up. Mike just gave me, like, 40 beats and I fucked with whatever I liked." The mixtape has received positive reviews, including a score of 8/10 from ''Spin'' magazine. The mixtape's cover is a parody of the packaging of Parle-G biscuit A biscuit is a flour-based baked and shaped food product. In most countries biscuits are typically hard, fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Water Kingdom (mixtape)
''Wild Water Kingdom'' is the second solo mixtape by American rapper Heems. It was released on Heems' own Greedhead Music label on November 14, 2012. Background ''Wild Water Kingdom'' features production from Harry Fraud, Keyboard Kid, Crookers, Beautiful Lou, Le1f, and Lushlife. Guests on ''Wild Water Kingdom'' include Childish Gambino and Lakutis. Heems contrasted the style of ''Wild Water Kingdom'' with that of ''Nehru Jackets'', noting that on ''Nehru Jackets'', "the beats were aggressive and the bars were laid back. This time, the beats are a little laid back and the bars are aggressive." Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''Wild Water Kingdom'' received an average score of 71, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Jonah Bromwich of ''Pitchfork'' stated that "''Wild Water Kingdom'' is the most substantial solo project full-length associated with Das Racist Das Raci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Sugar (musician)
Nick Koenig, better known by his stage name Hot Sugar, is an American record producer from New York City, New York. He is the owner of the Noise Collector record label. He starred in the 2015 documentary film ''Hot Sugar's Cold World''. Career In 2011, Hot Sugar released his debut EP, ''Muscle Milk''. In that year, he produced the Roots' song "Sleep", which was included in their ''Undun'' album. In 2012, he released the ''Moon Money'' EP, as well as the ''Midi Murder'' EP. In 2013, he released the ''Made Man'' EP. In that year, he produced Kitty's song "Barbie Jeep". In 2015, his debut studio album, ''God's Hand'', was released on Break World Records. He starred in Adam Bhala Lough's ''Hot Sugar's Cold World'', which received an honorable mention at the 2015 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. In 2017, he released a studio album, ''The Melody of Dust''. Hot Sugar's music has been used in ''Broad City''. He has collaborated with Antwon, Lakutis, Heems, Big Baby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Das Racist
Das Racist was an American alternative hip hop group based in Brooklyn, composed of MCs Heems and Kool A.D. and hype man Ashok Kondabolu (a.k.a. Dapwell or Dap). Known for their use of humor, academic references, foreign allusions, and unconventional style, Das Racist has occasionally been hailed as an urgent new voice in rap but often dismissed as joke rap. After rising to Internet fame with their 2008 song "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell", Das Racist established themselves as rappers with the release of their 2010 mixtapes ''Shut Up, Dude'' and ''Sit Down, Man''. ''Spin'' picked Das Racist as one of fifty acts to watch at the 2010 SXSW festival, and in April 2010, MTV Iggy selected Das Racist as one of the "25 Best New Bands in the World". ''Rolling Stone'' declared the song "Hahahaha jk?" from ''Sit Down, Man'' one of the fifty best singles of 2010. In September 2011, Das Racist released their first commercial album, ''Relax'', which was named in many year-end "best of" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitty (rapper)
Kathryn-Leigh Beckwith, also known as Kitty Ray (born February 25, 1993), known professionally as Kitty, is an American rapper. She started her career in music as a teenager, uploading original songs to her Tumblr blog under the names Kitty Pryde and ♡kitty♡. Between the years of 2011 and 2014, Kitty released several singles and extended plays. In May 2012, she uploaded the homemade music video for her song "Okay Cupid" to YouTube; the song became viral and ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the hit single as number 17 of ''50 Best Songs of 2012''. Later that year, in June 2012, Kitty collaborated with American rapper Riff Raff on the song "Orion's Belt". Kitty released her debut, full-length pop album, ''Miami Garden Club'', in 2017. In 2019, Kitty released ''Rose Gold'', and the album charted at number 9 in Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums charts. Since 2011, Kitty has demonstrated versatility in artistry through her diversified discography, which includes projects spanning genre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meyhem Lauren
Meyhem Lauren (born May 14, 1983) is an American rapper from Queens, New York. He is a founding member of the Smart Crew collective. He has collaborated with the likes of DJ Muggs, Alchemist, and Harry Fraud. He stars in ''Fuck, That's Delicious'' with Action Bronson, Alchemist, and Big Body Bes. Career In 2007, Meyhem Lauren released a collaborative album with J-Love, titled ''Acknowledge Greatness''. In 2010, he released "Got the Fever", a tribute song to graffiti culture. It was included on ''Complex''s "25 Best Songs About Graffiti" list in 2012. The music video for the song has received a million views on YouTube. Meyhem Lauren's debut solo album, titled ''Self Induced Illness'', was released in 2011. In 2012, he released ''Respect the Fly Shit''. It was included on ''Spin''s "40 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2012" list. In that year, he also released ''Mandatory Brunch Meetings''. In 2014, he released a collaborative album with Buckwild, titled ''Silk Pyramids''. It was included o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Village Voice
''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, John Wilcock, and Norman Mailer, the ''Voice'' began as a platform for the creative community of New York City. It ceased publication in 2017, although its online archives remained accessible. After an ownership change, the ''Voice'' reappeared in print as a quarterly in April 2021. Over its 63 years of publication, ''The Village Voice'' received three Pulitzer Prizes, the National Press Foundation Award, and the George Polk Award. ''The Village Voice'' hosted a variety of writers and artists, including writer Ezra Pound, cartoonist Lynda Barry, artist Greg Tate, and film critics Andrew Sarris, Jonas Mekas and J. Hoberman. In October 2015, ''The Village Voice'' changed ownership and severed all ties with former parent company Voice Media Group (VMG). The ''Voice'' announced on August 22, 2017, that it would cease p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
