"With slammin’ poetry, precise beats, and DIY authenticity, Czarnik is an inspiration to young MC’s everywhere."
-Claire Ashton, Bitch Magazine (United States)
"Her unique style is a powerful mix of singer songwriter Hip Hop combined with jazzy instrumentation by the Eric Mire Band. 'Strawberry Cadillac' is really one of my favorites."
- Jeannette Petri, Anattitude Magazine (Brussels, Belgium)
"A fruitful musical offering...Czarnik's smooth voice and smart rhymes bump 'Strawberry Cadillac' to the top shelf."
-Molly Snyder Edler, Onmilwaukee.com (United States)
"Her musicality is inclusive enough to envelop folk, jazz and pop sensibilities in loops and live instrumentation...Czarnik may not be out to set the world ablaze as a female counterpart to Eminem, but she'll fire up listeners to grab notebooks and microphones and set their observations to sounds not beholden to any commercial R&B radio format."
- Jamie Lee Rake, Shepherd Express (United States)
Melissa Czarnik with Eric Mire (guitar) & Brad Bloom (sax)
BIO
Czarnik's 17 track, Strawberry Cadillac, is the product of a year long project which focuses on issues of social justice, relationships, and the struggle that goes along with the two. Mixing her interests in poetry and Hip Hop, her song diversity exemplifies a strong influence of artists such as Lauryn Hill, Ani Difranco, and French songstress, Edith Piaf.
Her style is a powerful mix of poetry, precise delivery, and conscious content in a voice that ranges from sweet and playful to in your face and commanding. She has a unique flow that separates her style from the usual biter rappers, and leaves each song on the album sounding diverse from the other. The music that backs her up is the product of producer Eric Mire, a classically trained composer and pianist with decades of experience in both classical and popular mediums. Together, Mire and Czarnik have founded Hyperdrive Motivator Productions, a label that prides itself on delivering conscious, original, and innovative music to it's listeners.
BUY STRAWBERRY CADILLAC HERE: iTunes, MODA3 (Milwaukee), Woodland Pattern Book Center (Milwaukee), The Exclusive Company (Milwaukee, Treehouse Records (Minneapolis), Fifth Element (Minneapolis), Arise (Minneapolis).
Fa sho! Haha! I'm gonna come check ya out at Quarters on the 4th! I ain't been there in a minute! My girl Shugga be spittin too, but you're WAY more dope!! She's from the Mil, but she stays in Chi now, but it ain't no contest! You might actually know her.. But yeah, I plan to be there on the 4th, and I'm gonna spread the word bout ya!
thanks for reaching out Mel......We should trade some shows sometime! chicago vs Beer town ish!!! diggin the first track on the player too! real coffee shop cool!
thanx 4 the add. go to myspace.com/johndoe414 n check out my music page. send a request n leave a comment about the track u like the most. thanx n njoy!!!!
I moved to Dunsmuir in May. I am moving to Mt. Shasta in two weeks. Life is crazy when you don't know where you're going next, but it seems to keep working out. Art exchange and west coast tour sound awesome!
Hey girl! How's the music thing going? Can't wait for the new album. If you are up by the I-5 between San Fran and Portland ever I can get you a gig or three. I'm not in Milwaukee anymore and Nor' Cali' is looking like more and more of a permanent thing. This is my new account. There were email access issues with the other one. I can't even log into it to delete it. I'm still doing art, although not much in the last few weeks except for the little automatic writing thing I did Friday evening, of which I have posted pictures. lol.
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