The Milky Way is somewhere between Fela Kuti, The Talking Heads, LCD Soundsystem and The Roots. Headed by VJC alumnus Sum, and composed of nothing but family (really, even his wife is in the band), the outfit carries the vibe of a warlike tribe from space. Gigging relentlessly in 2009 will surely lead to a recorded release in late '09 or early '10.
But we're all lactose intolerant.
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It’s an amazing era of music we live in; the world at large has pronounced hip-hop a dying artform, and the MC still has yet to be lauded as a writer. Thirty years after the craft of rhyme was recognized as a recordable form of expression, few music lovers, critics and writers have put an MC next to the likes of Jim Morrison, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan or Marvin Gaye in terms of crafting perfect and timeless songs. Everyone has pegged the MC against the wall and figured him out…. There are no more tricks a rapper can pull out of his sleeve and everybody’s bored.
It’s an amazing time for SumKid Majere (or, Sum) to introduce himself to the world.
Here we have a North Carolina native that’s a strange blend of cool Southern charm, paranoia and post-millennium urgency. He’s also one of the most intense songwriters in his class of MC. The trademark style is a perfect mirror of his demeanor; an infectious calm and quiet confidence bursting at the seams with creativity. Although the world is just now beginning to pay attention, Sum has been loping over beats since the mid-90s with his charismatic blend of bluesman, dark poet, drunken party rocker. Born in Chicago and raised everywhere between North Carolina and Oakland, his technique is infused with the sensibilities of all the nation’s major regions. The Midwest clarity, the East Coast precision, the Southern charisma and the West Coast ease all mesh together and make perfect sense in Sum. He’s performed for the last ten years across the nation with the likes of The GZA, Wu-Tang Clan, Common, Cannibal Ox, Rolls Royce, Little Brother, The Dalai Lama, MF Doom, Dead Prez, Saul Williams, Aceyalone, C-Rayz Walz, and a number of others. An insistent work ethic and desire to open minds to the world of MC/Songwriting drive him to make music that’s experimental, colorful, fundamental and entertaining. For the open-minded, Sum might just become one of the great creative forces of this era; for the more down-to-earth, he’s definitely a cat you wouldn’t mind having a drink with after a listen.
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ITA:
"Il mito è uno strumento di trasposizione della realtà, il mito e' spiegazione di un rito, di un atto formale che corrisponde a esigenze della tribù, il mito e' struttura delle credenze di un gruppo. Oggi il mito si evolve, muta, divenendo icona, icona commerciale, sexy e nello stesso tempo divoratrice di uomini, plasmatrice di luoghi comuni del pensiero. Nell'ultimo decennio l'arte si beffa della socio-cultura attraverso la raffigurazione delle nuove icone. La scelta e il richiamo ai "super-eroi", il mito antico letto attraverso la chiave moderna degli ultimi 50 anni, non deriva da un fattore estetico bensì dalla volontà di rappresentazione della vacuità dello status symbol. Una iconografia lasciva, lussuriosa, audace si abbraccia agli eroi attuali generando lo scontro etico tra il mito classico e contemporaneo."
ENG:
"Mith is a tool to translate reality, mith is the explanation of a ritual-a formal way to express tribe needs-mith is a structure from the believings of the group. Nowadays mith is evolving, changes, becames an icon, a commercial icon, sensual and "man-eater", molding common ideas and archetypes.In the last decades art mokes on social and culture through the representation of new icons. The idea of evoking superheroes-ancient mith through the modern view of the last 50 years-is not taken from an aestethic reason, is derived from the willing of represent
What up Homie. Chillin waitn' on summer to pickup, Gotta get you and tha cru up to Tahoe. My girlz bout to be here for tha summer "DOPE" and i wanna make a trip to LA. Get@me let's plan sumthin 4 tha summer. ADIOS Sum
hey there SUM!! dropping cus i felt a need 2 share some love!!
really a huge fan of 'grandmaster majere' rite now! (that and september have been on repeat in my headphones all day!) yr' real hip hop strait from the heart. deep like the river was, way back at the start. im not a critic and i don't mean2pick it apart... jus listnin. whistlin'. this tune u got stuck in my head. i'm steady taking in & thinkin' bout every one of these words that you've said. peace.love. .infinite.intimation.
