“Ya gotta see 'em. Ya gotta hear 'em. Ya'll smell this.” – George Clinton
“No doubt, Rap Battle is the hot hot shit, with that classic hip hop feel.” – Kool Moe Dee
"hiphop ain't dead, it REALLY lives in the South right now and The Smile Rays are living proof of that" – DJ Jaycee, Ludacris' DeeJay
“They better not put out their debut album without me on it.” – Akrobatik
“I was BLOWN AWAY by "The Toast". It gives me hope for real hip hop.” – DJ Scientist, Ying Yang Twins' DeeJay
“The Smile Rays: just fucking amazing. The three performers, Daisey, Therapy and DJ Batsauce, are so very obviously meant for live performance it is just impossible not to lose your mind for these cats.” – Reax Magazine
“Hands down...best MUSIC I've heard since Buhloone Mindstate (De La Soul). Listen. Love it. Repeat.” – Haji P, Brown Co.
A3C says...
Steadily winning the admiration of indie Hip-hop fans and mainstream heavyweights the likes of Ludacris' DJ Jaycee, the Smile Rays hail from the 904 area code – Duvall County, FL – a region that's emerging as the Southeast's newest unlikely True School hotbed. Coming much ruder than their sunny, upbeat name suggests, the Rays consist of: emcee Therapy (of Jacksonville's AB's crew and touring DJ for their fellow A3C alums The Perceptionists) vocalist Daisey and beatsmith Batsauce. Provided you can't cop it any sooner, the group's "A Toast" EP is a highly recommended A3C purchase.
What do you get when you take Therapy's bullet-proof cadence, a dash of Daisey's jazzy & soulful vocals and pour it all over Batsauce's bangin' beats?
The Smile Rays, y'all!
The Jacksonville, Florida based trio is a collision of talents from two different projects -- Therapy, of the AB's (formerly known as Asamov) and Daisey & Batsauce, of Heavenly Noise -- each having their own appeal to the underground urban music scene. They come together to create a unified sound with a positive and personable vocal experience over beats with a "lo-fi essence of the real." A true-school sound, that will undoubtedly take you back to your roots and leave you smiling into the future.
The Smile Rays are proud to announce their debut domestic LP "Smilin' On You", released on Rawkus/6hole Records. In 2007, the Smile Rays released a full length "Party Place" and an EP exclusively in Japan, as well as a 12" single in Germany.
The Smile Rays have many projects and ventures for 2008 and beyond. As well as promoting and touring in support of their release, Smilin' on You, the individual members of the Smile Rays are recording new solo and group material. Stay tuned...
"Now onto The Smile Rays: just fucking amazing. The three performers, Daisey, Therapy and DJ Batsauce, are so very obviously meant for live performance it is just impossible not to lose your mind for these cats. Therapy is sick. Daisey has a set of pipes on her gilded in the most polished of gold. Batsauce was just… I mean innovation was like word of the week with this man, and damn if he didn't set the most perfect backdrop for an emcee and vocalist. With an onstage "sword fight" wielding long-stemmed daisies you really get a complete show there."
A Toast
the Smile Rays
video by Batsauce
(We're Doing) Fine
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European Tour '08
video by Batsauce
Where can i buy a copy of We're doing fine? and when are the Florida shows? heard therapy was at the Lif show in Gville, wish I could've caught it. Keep doin' it!
"THE SMILE RAYS" BY CUBAN: THE SMILE RAYS IS DOPE, YES YOU NEED THE SMILE RAYS!!!----READ THIS AND OBEY!!! WHEN YOU GUYS COMING HOME! IM ON TOUR OF THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW TILL JULY, WHEN YALL GET BACK WE WILL TOAST WITH SOMETHING STANK AND ROLLED UP!! MISS YALL.
WHAT...WHAT???? no Grammy nods for A Toast...? sshhhhiii... ya'll still got "best Song of Last Year"... for This Year......NaaaaawaMeeeen??? keep rockin. wOrd fAm
The Smile Rays Baaaaaaaaabyyyyy! Whats good? I hope everything is cool with you guys... I just saw you have a show in Winterthur. If you on the road with the car make a stop in my hometown... chillin.....
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