| Member Since | 5/12/2006 | | Band Website | www.myspace.com/publicdefendaz | | Band Members | 
j4rd, TakicaL, Tha Oktapu$, Royal, Iyayi Da Cali Kid, DJ 1Breeze,
| | Influences | Little Brother, Crown City Rockers, Jamiroquai, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Black Sheep, Madlib, M.F. Doom, J-Live, Kanye West, John Coltrane, Chaka Khan, George Kranz, Damon Castillo, Siko, Atmosphere, DJ GreeNuts, Breakestra, Hank Shocklee & the Bomb Squad, Zion-I, Doves, Pete Rock, DJ Mark Farina, Garrett, Ayesac, Tupac, Queens of the Stone Age, Parliment/Funkadelic, Rick James, Prince, Leaders of the New School, People Under The Stairs, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Return To Forever, Floetry, Jill Scott, The Roots, Musiq, Omar, D'angelo, Common, Erykah Badu, Outkast, Ludacris, Jamie Foxx, Jamie Cullum, Micheal Buble, Kurt Elling, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Billie Holliday, Stevie Wonder, System of a Down, Count Basie, Count Bass-D, Kade, Igor Stravinsky, Eric Wittacre, James Miley, George Stone, 311, Slum Village, Hiero, Biggie, Black Moon, The Pharcyde, Jurassic 5, Portishead, Radiohead, Buckethead, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Street Corner Symphony, Mike Patton, Eric B. &; Rakim, Goapele, E-40, Joe Henderson, Human No Longer, Bootsie Merango, The Pathetics, Weapon Of Choice,...this is getting out of hand. | | Sounds Like | "Public Defendaz debut album, Speedy Trial Vol. 1, is a hard hitting yet richly poetic dose of straight up hip hop. The beats and instrumentals throughout are solid and would keep your head bumping on their own and when combined with unforgiving and largely thought provoking lyrics that just keep coming at you, it is clear that Public Defendaz are on a mission. Challenging the all too prominent and often misguided stereotype that hip hop is all about money and flash, this five man group takes on not only issues of race, equality, poverty, current events, and the current political stage but they also rightly call out other more mainstream artists for becoming complacent and embracing the selling stereotype. In the proud tradition of groups like Public Enemy and DEAD PReZ (hell, lets not make this just a hip hop thing and include Bad Religion and Rage Against the Machine), Public Defendaz are out to make their voices heard and make a difference." Review by Peter Fedewa | | Record Label | Indie |
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