Hip Hop
Tampa Bay
That's us
Lyrically poetic, radically forward thinking, nothing less than a statement of purpose and a call to arms for every hip hop head who's tired of the sameness and crass commercialism that's blanketed the mainstream for far too long. We're tryin' ta ride the crest of hip hop's new wave. Abandoning tired cliches, rejecting recycled concepts and uninteresting production while the more close-minded denizens of the underground rally the wagons 'round dubious ideals like "purism,"...
We're lookin' for music's true vanguard, patently ignoring any and all sonic segregation to mine precious jewels heretofore unknown. Expect the unexpected and start gettin' hell bent on making an impact.
...of course all that being said, we're just tryin' to do our thing. We live in Florida (paradise right?), we work crap jobs, we make music. Pretty simple.
We work at, and promote out of a club called the Orpheum. Any artists wanna trade shows just hit us up. We're always down to put somethin' together!
Lazy hosts a radio show called
"Hip Hop Flavors" on WMNF 88.5
We'll be on the road as much as possible so come out and check us if we're ever in your town. Look for us on THE CODE OF THE CUTZ / WARPED 2005 TOUR in August.
The tampa Tribune's Curtis Ross wrote somethin' nice about us after we opened for the Roots recently:
"Tampa's Red Tide opened, and while they rely on more typical hip-hop tools such as samples and turntables, the trio was no less exciting for it.
MC B.C. was impressive when he busted his socially conscious rhymes while producers 2% and DJ Lazy backed him with powerful beats and tracks that hid punk-rock fury under a smooth hip-hop cover."
Punk Rock Fury under a smooth hip hop cover...we like that!
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