SHUNDA K Takin Ova Da World, Like Da Jheri Curl!!! SHUNDA K is the down n' dirty, ruff n' ready, Lord and lady-loving original voice of Yo! Majesty.
SHUNDA K's Yo! Majesty debut, Futuristically Speaking... Never Be Afraid", was released by Domino Records in 2008.
The Most Wanted, Shunda K's debut solo album will be released by Fanatic Records with distribution by EMI/Caroline in 2010.
Attention aspiring DJs and Producers! Here's your chance to remix tracks from SHUNDA K's mixtape The Best Eva Written... Outkast! Go HERE for details and links to acapella vocal stems.
Check out the playlists below for more current SHUNDA K music and releases!
Stream the SHUNDA K & DAMP HEAT "DA BACKWOODS" EP NOW!
Pick up the new Electrosexual and Scream Club 12" featuring Shunda K on the track "Screaming & Crying" now!
Shunda K Bio:
She landed on the NME's “Cool List” in 2008, but 2009 was all hard work and hard play for the hip-hop wonder woman, Lashunda Flowers, professionally known as Shunda K. Hailing from "Itty Bitty" Plant City, Florida and dedicated to "keepin' it movin'" at any cost, Shunda maintains a non-stop pace of collaborations in the studio and on-stage, logging time with producers and lyricists throughout the US and around the globe.
As a quick talking MC, serious songwriter, and ambitious entrepreneur, Shunda has managed all of this through her undeniable ability to entertain and communicate with her audience at the same time. Both overtly spiritual and sexual, her sheer force of will, perseverance and patience are also vital touchstones that have played key roles in her success.
Shunda came to prominence as the down n' dirty, ruff n' ready, Lord and lady-loving original voice of Yo! Majesty (Domino Records) and spent much of 2009 launching a solo career by releasing two EPs with female French DJ Flore in the UK, a dizzying 42 original tracks spread across two mix tapes made available to fans for free download at her website shundak.com, and recording and performing with like-minded electro superstar, Peaches.
Shunda takes the credit as the most notorious openly gay hip hop artist on the planet and the support of her community and fans has given her a cushion for growth into knowing and becoming more secure with who she is: Gay with so much love for God. “It has been a struggle up to dis point, where honestly, I still wasn’t 100-percent comfortable with myself. I prayed to God. I was mistreating myself and had to do something about it.”
Before her career in music, Shunda was on the road to sports stardom. “Shunda K, all the way” is what the cheerleaders used to chant when Shunda shined on the basketball court. Now the fans just swamp the stage, take it by force, and cheer her on in their own way. Nothing stops Shunda from bringing that enthusiasm out in her fans.
Shunda K believes she has a responsibility to the people. To lead and to minister, but also to always tell the truth. No matter what and with no excuses, Shunda says “I can’t be out here faking it to make it jus because that’s what a muthafucka tell me I gotta do to make it in this industry. Da devil is ah liar!”
And so the hard work continues for Shunda K as, like any true superstar, she's no overnight sensation. To the contrary -- Shunda gets hers through sweat equity -- and that's just what will land her on "hot" lists in 2010 when the release of her debut solo album The Most Wanted shows that's exactly what she is.
Shunda K Press:
Shunda K makes the NME's "Cool" list. Check it out HERE.
Shunda K praising the president on da BBC: www.bbc.co.uk
In Tandem Magazine has an extensive interview with Shunda K with some incredible photos by Claire Curran Corbett and Linda Jaquez. Read it HERE and download a PDF of the piece HERE.
Outhiphop.com checks in on Shunda K in Denver. Read about it HERE.
New press from Remix Magazine (LINK), Stop Smiling Magazine (LINK) and Blender Magazine (LINK). Check 'em out!!!
Some recent press out of Italy about Shunda K! Check it out HERE and HERE.
Press quotes about Yo! Majesty:
"...their groove theory sounds mad, bad and dangerous." - Black Book
"In a sea of bands trying to be different, Yo Majesty couldn't blend in if they tried. Futuristically Speaking has been a long time coming, and is full of electro-rap gems" - NYLON
"...imagine Salt-N-Pepa as lesbians from Tampa rapping at the speed of light" - Elle
"(Yo! Majesty) make hip-hop fun again without compromising substance or a distinctive identity. Think Fannypack with soul. A Fergie-esque sound that's not annoying. Gnarles Barkley showmanship, rooted in feminist ideologies." - GO!
"Imagine a J.J. Fad gone bad or Kathleen Hanna as a strip-club evangelist, and you've begun to approximate Yo! Majesty's sexually empowered sound." - SPIN
"Quite simply saved the festival's last day. The two lesbos from Tampa got onstage and tore a giant vagina into the Norweigian landscape." - BPM
"Yo Majesty came out and embraced the crowd with the kind of glowing appreciation you cannot fake." - BPM
"Yo! Majesty is poised to take over the world, one dance floor at a time." - UR Chicago
"I've seen the future of leftfield hip-hop and its name is Yo! Majesty." - XLR8R
"The Tampa Twosome mix crunk with electro, Miami bass and a heavy dose of unabashed lesbian sexuality on one of the years' standout releases." - Big Shot
"While so many rappers grope vainly for realness, Yo Majesty brashly flash their freakiness in your face." - SPIN
"[Yo Majesty's] sound bumps like nuclear crunk." - SPIN
"...A debut that's fresh on originality and and raw enough to make Uncle Luke and Joan Rivers blush." - Big Shot
"Florida's awesome-as awesome as anyone might expect from any act with a song called 'Kryptonite Pussy' - Yo Majesty doesn't traffic in nostalgia. It's music is very much of the here and now, especially the way it subtly blurs the distinctions between then and now." - Time Out Chicago
"Sexual, Spiritual and buoyantly unrestrained." - Reax
"...The music's positvie, live-and-love-your-own-way message rings through in any context for those willing to listen." - Reax
"Yo Majesty wears the crown as the only lesbian rap group that spits the word of god, and even non -believers are listening." - Bust
"Absolutely timeless... they sound like Gangsta Boo over JJ Fad tracks... Brilliant. You need this." - Vice Magazine
"First amazing surprise of SXSW07: The glorious electro-rap of Yo Majesty, three party ladies from Florida... Think ESG meets The Geto Boys. Or something. Beautiful." - The Onion AV Club
"Our current get-up-and-go-out soundtrack. 'Fuck that shit' is as much as we can memorize on our favorite cut 'Club Action,' but we're alright with that. Your DJ nights need this track: - Stereogum
"Yo Majesty take their cue from ESG and bang out hip hop infused new wave disco jams." - DJ Magazine
"At last punk-funk-crunk rap!" - Mixmag
"They've coined a female equivalent of macho that is far removed from the hypersexualized come 'n' get it attitude." - Time Out London
"Regular rhythmic shifts, an abundance of pop smarts and a soulful aggro." - Plan B Magazine
"'Daaaamn!' That's all we can say when we listen to the rap riot that is Yo Majesty, three freaky Florida femmes with rhymes spicier than Salt -N-Pepa and bombastic beats that'd make J.J. Fad proud (eat your humps out, Fergie). This old-school girl trio may be naughty — check out the choppy synth bobs and bossy braggadocio of "Kryptonite Pussy" and "Hustle Mode" — but the fierce delivery makes it come off fresh, never forced." - LA Weekly
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