Yea Big + Kid Static Head East for Spring '08 Tour
Yea Big + Kid Static Head East for Spring '08 Tour
Posted & written by Soma
"Who the f*** is this dude running through the street course with a mic? We're trying to demo... hmmm...DAMN sounds good though! Sounds REAL good !!"
At that point, the demo slowed down a bit and heads started bobbin'.
That was the scene back in January, when YB+KS did their thing at Midwest Skatefest 08, an annual skateboarding/music fest in the Chicago area. They had us bumpin ! Some groups have good flow but lack presence. Some groups have gimmicks and no flow. These cats were just plain Good. It amazed me how they could be running all over the place (thanks to wireless mics) and not just rapping but throwing down some heavy lyrical skills on top of some of the most creative Hip-Hop beats i've heard in a long while.. one even had on some 80's gym shorts.. SIMPLY AMAZING.
Yea Big + Kid Static are blowing up. Their video for the single "The Life Here" has been a featured video on both YouTube and at 2008's SXSW Film Festival. The duo's self titled album has received rave reviews and was recently featured by such industry gurus as Pitchfork Media, URB Magazine, XLR8R and Buzzgrinder. They also caught a high when recently rated "Buzzworthy" by MTV.
Hype Promotions is making it possible for the upcoming Yea Big + Kid Static East Coast Spring tour where they'll surely have heads talking. Talking about that wild duo that not only was all over the stage, crowd, ceiling and floor but did it sounding better than most groups studio sessions do...
Long live creativity in Hip-Hop and those with the guts to be themselves.
www.myspace.com/yeabigkidstatic
www.myspace.com/hypepromoschicago
May 1 BACKBOOTH Orlando, Florida
May 5 JACK RABBITS Jacksonville, Florida,
May 7 NEW BROOKLAND TAVERN W. Columbia, South Carolina
May 9 ECLECTIC WEAR New London, Connecticut
May 10 WTF FEST Chatham, Massachusetts
May 10 After Party @ DY High S. Yarmouth, Massachusetts
May 11 OXFAM CAFE Medford, Massachusetts
May 12 UNION HALL Brooklyn, New York
May 14 GARFIELD ARTWORKS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 15 TBA W / THE 8-BIT REVIVAL Dayton, Ohio
"Who the f*** is this dude running through the street course with a mic? We're trying to demo... hmmm...DAMN sounds good though! Sounds REAL good !!"
At that point, the demo slowed down a bit and heads started bobbin'.
That was the scene back in January, when YB+KS did their thing at Midwest Skatefest 08, an annual skateboarding/music fest in the Chicago area. They had us bumpin ! Some groups have good flow but lack presence. Some groups have gimmicks and no flow. These cats were just plain Good. It amazed me how they could be running all over the place (thanks to wireless mics) and not just rapping but throwing down some heavy lyrical skills on top of some of the most creative Hip-Hop beats i've heard in a long while.. one even had on some 80's gym shorts.. SIMPLY AMAZING.
Yea Big + Kid Static are blowing up. Their video for the single "The Life Here" has been a featured video on both YouTube and at 2008's SXSW Film Festival. The duo's self titled album has received rave reviews and was recently featured by such industry gurus as Pitchfork Media, URB Magazine, XLR8R and Buzzgrinder. They also caught a high when recently rated "Buzzworthy" by MTV.
Hype Promotions is making it possible for the upcoming Yea Big + Kid Static East Coast Spring tour where they'll surely have heads talking. Talking about that wild duo that not only was all over the stage, crowd, ceiling and floor but did it sounding better than most groups studio sessions do...
Long live creativity in Hip-Hop and those with the guts to be themselves.
www.myspace.com/yeabigkidstatic
www.myspace.com/hypepromoschicago
May 1 BACKBOOTH Orlando, Florida
May 5 JACK RABBITS Jacksonville, Florida,
May 7 NEW BROOKLAND TAVERN W. Columbia, South Carolina
May 9 ECLECTIC WEAR New London, Connecticut
May 10 WTF FEST Chatham, Massachusetts
May 10 After Party @ DY High S. Yarmouth, Massachusetts
May 11 OXFAM CAFE Medford, Massachusetts
May 12 UNION HALL Brooklyn, New York
May 14 GARFIELD ARTWORKS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May 15 TBA W / THE 8-BIT REVIVAL Dayton, Ohio
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Hype Promos says:
You are the man Soma!
Thanks for the piece...big ups to Noise Problem Booking on getting the guys where they need to be location-wise as well!
They do the damn thing, and do it well!
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