Champaign-Urbana, IL - Musician, producer, composer, audio designer, and DJ Larry E. Gates II has played hundreds of stages across the nation and has shared those stages with the likes of Chuck Berry, G. Love & Special Sauce, 30 Seconds To Mars, Local H, Superdrag, Trombone Shorty, Brother Ali, The Nappy Roots, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, Illogic, and many others.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 9:01AM Mary Mallon (also known as Typhoid Mary) was identifited as the first healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the U.S. She spread the disease to dozens of people via her cooking. Fast foward to the present and we find Hail Mary Mallon, a hip-hop trio consisting of Aesop Rock, DJ Big Wiz and Rob Sonic. Their new album, Are You Gonna Eat That?, is available on Rhymesayers. Interesting since Aesop has been a long-time Def Jux staple - but considering that labels recent instablitiy, can't say I blame him for jumping on the hottest camp in hip-hop.
Watch these weirdos just flexin' round the camp fire. Way gone.
Aesop Rock, DJ Big Wiz, Def Jux, Hail Mary Mallon, Rhymesayers, Rob Sonic, Video in Way Gone Wednesdays Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 9:02AM MF Doom (now known simply as, DOOM) is Way Gone. Anyone who's heard the masked one knows this already. Back in 2008, he collaborated with The Mighty Underdogs - a supergroup consisting of Gift of Gab (from Blackalicious), Lateef the Truth Speaker (from Laytrx) and producer Headnodic (of Crown City Rockers). Oddly enough, this single was put out by New York underground label Def Jux. The wild west themed video (directed by Ben Stokes) itself is 100% certified Way Gone.
Ben Stokes, Blackilicous, Crown City Rockers, Def Jux, Gift of Gab, Headnodic, Lateef, Laytrx, MF Doom, Video in Way Gone Wednesdays 