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Member Since	11/30/2006
Band Website	http://www.myspace.com/TheCrimeSyndicate
Band Members	Johnny K. - Vocals Jim The Truth-Seeker - Music, Beats, Production
Influences	Ice Cube, John Legend, Craig David, NIN, God Lives Underwater, Wired All Wrong, Dr. Dre, Tha Dogg Pound, Snoop, Cypress Hill, Westside Connection, WC, Mack 10, The Black-Eyed Peas, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Krazie Toones, Nate Dogg, Public Enemy, Papa Roach, The smashing Pumpkins, Everclear, Robin Thicke, Pharrel, Shifty, Crazy Town, Filter, STP, Naughty By Nature.
Sounds Like	A mix of G-Funk, R&B, Alternative Rock, Electronica, Rap, and Dance. Picture The Black-Eyed Peas playing rock, or the Dogg Pound singing R&B.
Type of Label	Major

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We're looking for a rapper who's not a fuckin' sucka/wack, and a female singer. Hit me up if you're interested.

BIOGRAPHY

“I couldn’t bear the thought of guys and girls everywhere not wanting to shag to my music,” said Jim The Truth-Seeker, the mastermind behind L.A. based Hip-Hop group, The Crime Syndicate, “I used to be a rocker, but this ‘Alt-Rap’ thing makes a lot more sense.”

The Crime Syndicate boldly lingers in arenas once feared by the toughest of hip-hoppers. If you chopped Nine Inch Nails, Dr. Dre, The Barenaked Ladies, and The Black-Eyed Peas into pieces and threw them into a blender, the odd-tasting, blood-colored smoothie would taste a lot like The Crime Syndicate. Their inter-mingled genre, dubbed “Alt-Rap” blends the G-leads of speed/production of West Coast rap, the snuggle factor of R&B, the Juke-Joint feeling of Midwestern dance music, and the bite of alternative rock in one incessantly hook-ified package.

The Crime Syndicate comes from humble beginnings, starting off at a small private university in Chicago Illinois. Lead singer, Johnny K. and producer/musician/beat-maker Jim The Truth-Seeker ended up sitting next to each other in a week-long art class. The two instantly hit it off one day while Jim was fighting the flu of his life. He had passed out on his desk, and according to Johnny K. was snoring loud enough to wake the dead.

“I gave him a little shove, because he was drooling on his computer,” Johnny relates, “When I told him that he was snoring, he just said, ‘You think that’s loud, you should hear my beats!’”

After that, the two were an inseparable music machine. Jim, who had managed publicity for a few of Chicagoland’s oddest bands and performers moved to Los Angeles to work in the music biz. After enduring months of Emo and wack MC’s, Jim decided to call up Johnny K. He had been listening to “Cali Iz Active,” by the Dogg Pound, and had an idea. Johnny K. and Jim decided to start a group that would feature an MC, a Fergie-esq female singer, the smooth vocals of Johnny K., and the music, beats, and production of Jim Markunas.

“I wanted to make the music that I wanted to hear,” said Markunas, “What we came up with sounds like what would happen if you made The Black-Eyed Peas play Alternative rock, or if you made the Dogg Pound play R&B; it’s quite phat!”

What’s next for The Crime Syndicate?

“Stay Tuned to find out!” said Johnny K., “We’ll put out an album sometime in 2007-2008.”

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Tha Trapp on twitter.com/thatrapp	Dec 2 2006 11:39 PM THA TRAPP shot a video for the song "BLOCK MUSIC" feat: WC The video will be featured on DJ Crazy Toones DVD to his classic mixtape CT Experience COMING SOON!! The DVD will also feature exclusive new video's from: Ice Cube, WC, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, The Dogg Pound and many more..... THA TRAPP signed a deal with (Westside Connection’s) WC for Dub’s own imprint label Big Swang Records witch is backed by Ice Cube. Log on to THA TRAPP’s website to hear there new single “Ridin On Chrome” and there street anthem “Block Music” feat: WC. Also check out THA TRAPP’s video interview with special guest WC. http://www.myspace.com/thatrapp
Sarah Hethcoat	Dec 2 2006 7:28 PM Thanks Guys!! Sarah :)

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