James Brown meets Kool Keith who is cousins with Jimi Hendrix who runs into the Roots who hang with Radiohead who than buys L.O.N.S. a free steak dinner courtesy of Faith No More's bar tab that the Heiroglyphics crew offers to take care of as a favor to Fishbone after they spent a night together at a Lootpack show.
Trials and Tribulations. Written by Cary Kanno, Abitight, and Abstract Giants
“Picture a violin wailing as three MCs spit semi-automatic bursts of rhymes
and you'll begin to envision the draw of Abstract Giants, an eight-piece> hip-hop band that draws as much from Tito Puente as it does from The Roots.
When the band performs, their origins are evident. They seem like a
post-integration, suburban version of Fat Albert's Junkyard Gang.”
----Chicago Sun Times
Hip hop band. It's not too common to see those three words written in that
order, is it? When you do, more often than not you'll be reading about
Philly innovators The Roots. You can understand my excitement when I
realized that we've now got our own version of that legendary group right
here in our backyard. ‹.. [the abstract giants] all immensely talented,
and upon first listen, you'd think the band has been playing together
forever. Amazingly, it's only been about two years since the group's
inception.
Ladies and gentlemen, there's finally a reason for you to take that copy of
The Low End Theory out of your CD player. The golden era of hip hop may be
long gone, but the Giants are truly the next big thing.
---Spencer Lokken, Chicago Innerview magazine
July 11! Hell yeah! we go see you every year at the art fair, cuz it's the only time you ever seem to be in madison... I am stooooked! See you then :-)
"Before success comes in any man's life, he is sure to be met with much temporary defeat, perhaps some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one when success is almost within reach." - Napoleon Hill
"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor." - Truman Capote
I found my credit car in my purse...apparently I was too drunk to remember closing it out, whoops.
Anyways, I had an awesome time Friday night, I dug your sound! You kids should come down to St. Louis sometime and shake things up in this dusty little town!
Hey absTRACT giANTS, our Mondays keep getting better... We now have professional film director P. Noble setting up shop every Monday Night.
Mixtape Mondays Every Monday at The Spoken Word Cafe 4655 S King Dr. (47th n King) 9 pm - 2 am (except battle nights) $5 all night Hope to see you this and every Monday, AwoL
First off thank you absTRACT giANTS for 6 months of success at Mixtape Mondays at The Spoken Word Cafe. We are only as good as our customers and ya'll brought the talent, love and respect every Monday night. Right now we are currently looking for a new venue that shares a similar vision and is willing to give us more support. Jimilita Tillman who owns the Spoken Word is making it virtuously impossible to continue there. Again thank you for the support and we will keep you posted on a new night. Sincerely, AwoL from Oregano Recording Studio, JBILLZ, and your host Notrydo
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You guys were ill at the Abbey, much better than the band you opned for-no disprespect NASA fans-I'm just not that into techno...or dancing mascot-sized aliens.....didn't ingest enough mescaline or hairspray, or whatever it is peeps are doin these days. *Rant Refrainment* Truth is, my ride an I were pussy-footin around an missed the majority of your show so I can't wait to be there-early mind you-for Reggies. Be like water
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