Dj Wildchild
“Actually there is about as much point to introducing an artist as well known as Wildchild as there is to publicly introducing a tidal wave or a national epidemic. After all, there aren’t many people who won’t recognize his name, or that of his group Lootpack, and no one-nobody at all-who will be able to place one of their platters on a turntable and merely listen.
Lyrical spontaneity is the spark that fires the music of Lootpack, and this is especially true of the Wildchild. As all stages of time exist openly in music, Wildchild’s lyrics are reliant on the past, aware of today, and curious about the future. Full of drive, clamor, brashness, sadness, and elation of the city, it is hip hop music without any unnecessary trappings.
Wildchild is now a lyricist’s lyricist, but for all his incredible technical ability, his outstanding quality as an MC is the warmth and joy he communicates through moment to moment creation.”
- DJ Cinnamon Underpants, San Francisco, CA, 2002
PERCEE P
PERCEE P came up in the Patterson Houses Projects of the Bronx, NY. He started hearing the precursors of hip-hop out of his windows before he was in kindergarten, around 1973. By ten, Percee had a mic in his hand. He debuted in 1988 with homeboy D-Nique on “Let The Homicides Begin” (Gotham City Records, 12” single). A few years later, his freestyles on the hugely influential Stretch & Bobbito radio show on WKCR parlayed into what should have been Percee’s big major label breakthrough, 1992′s “Lung Collapsing Lyrics” (Atlantic/Big Beat, 12” single), the now legendary Fast Rap masterpiece. Though the record established reputation as one of the best rappers in the field, his break never came.
For most of the rest of the 1990s Percee P laid low, working in retail and as a messenger, dropping only the occasional indie single and a few guest verses. Percee wasn’t gung-ho about the rap game again until the late ’90s, when he truly went for self and began his own guerilla distribution campaign, selling his CDs face-to-face to patrons outside of New York’s Fat Beats Records, establishing himself as something of a local landmark.
Percee’s pavement pounding around Fat Beats did more than keep him fed – it introduced him to a new generation of hip-hop collaborators, cats like Aesop Rock, Jedi Mind Tricks, C-Rayz Walz, Wildchild, Edan and Jurassic 5 among others. All of these emerging underground artists sought contributions from Percee P – not only because they considered him a bona fide legend and Fast Rap pioneer, but also because they regarded him as a peer, hustling his trade with the same hunger as them.
Percee met his future label execs out on the street as he sold them CDs. Stones Throw’s Peanut Butter Wolf and Egon met with Percee during a series of NYC visits, and, impressed by his constantly evolving lyricism, brought him to Los Angeles, leading to appearances on albums by Wildchild and Jaylib in 2003. They signed him to an album deal shortly thereafter.
Percee P’s debut on Stones Throw has been anticipated for 3 years, through selective guest appearances, the Chrome Children world tour and a handful of singles. Embodying the term Perseverance in both name and spirit, Percee P followed the grass roots path throughout his career.
“No other MC has waited as long to record a debut, but what Percee’s done in the meantime has made him a legend” – RESONANCE
“Percee P is one of the most important rappers to never get his due. His style has been cited as a major influence on the likes of Pharoahe Monch (that’s him on the ‘Lung Collapsing Lyrics’ intro) and basically all of DITC (via Lord Finesse, who he battled in ’89). He’s cut records with everyone from Kane & Kool Keith to Aesop Rock & Jurassic 5 and outshined just about all of them. That’s his voice on DJ Shadow’s ‘Napalm Brain, Scatter Brain’. I could go on… In short, aside from Big Daddy Kane, he’s the illest quote unquote fast rapper to ever touch the mic. But because he’s only recorded about 18 verses in as many years, not a lot of heads know what’s up.”
La MELODIA
MC Melodee and DJ/Producer I.N.T. , together also known as hiphop duo “La Melodia”‚ bring you witty wordplay combined with production that is rich in detail. Together the duo represent the city of Amsterdam, where they settled by way of Eindhoven about 10 years ago.
Stepping onto the scene in 2004 with their first official collaboration on 12″ vinyl of the single Dough/For You; the duo kicked off what was, and still remains a journey of unity and growth. Establishing their distributions to independently release their music, they were rapidly picked up by Rush Hour Records to distribute their work internationally that same year. Also La Melodia signs with bookingsagent Missin’ Link Artist, which lead to the pair being added to theStones Throw 2005 Massacre Tour. The tour included noted recording artists Percee P, Wildchild and Oh No just to name a few, with shows in cities including Paris, London, Berlin, Prague and Manchester.
This great experience became the official kick off of their international career. In 2006 a record deal with Japanese label Handcuts Records/Universal Japan is sealed, which leads to the release of their debut record “Vibing High”.In 2007 “Vibing High” is picked up by European label Pias, who makes the record internationally available and accessible through I tunes and releases it in the Benelux. Dutch music channel MTV/TMF facilitates the video of the albumsingle “Time” through their project Kweekvijver, (a project which supports unique, talented up and coming Artists on the scene) and generates La Melodia’s exposure in Holland.
With their fanbase growing, La Melodia continues to tour around the world performing on festivals including North Sea Jazz, Sonar, Popkomm, Soul Nation and Capetown jazz. A performance at New York‚”Open” at Santo’s, (2009) hosted by Rapper/Producer/DJ Q-tip and DJ/Producer Rich Medina also leads to performances on NY‚s CMJ (Music Marathon) and Music, Film & Interactive Conference South by SouthWest (2010) in Austin, Texas. In 2010 it even results in a new 7 inch vinyl release on record label “Record Breaking Music” called “Chemistry b/w Working on it”.
That same year La Melodia is also selected by the European Music Office to be a part of the ambitious three-year European project Diversidad (www.diversidad-experience.com). Next to that, La Melodia is currently back to kick up more dust with their 2010 September release of the mini album “Electronic Love” on La Melodia Records. In this ever changing music business, the duo decided not to release any full length albums, instead they planned to frequently release “mini” albums to establish frequent exposure. Electronic Love therefore presents you with 7 tracks on vinyl (+ a bonus track). Introducing the groups’ definition of sexy hiphop, the record presents itself with a continuance of synthetic electronic feel and lyrics that cover different topics of love. The album is distributed digitally with the help of Holland’s biggest Blogger Nalden (www.nalden.net)
Maintaining to pursue innovative and creative ways to craft and release their music, La Melodia continues to cement their spot in hiphop, both national and internationally. Hereby they ingeniously leave fans with the anticipation for an other venture, record or performance, shaping their unique style along the way!
