Legendary Music is proud to announce the release of what is sure to be one of 2009’s most memorable hip-hop records, SAY G&E!. On the 14-track collection, The Grouch teams up once again with fellow Living Legends member and producer, Eligh, for a perfect balance of straightforward wordplay and high-concept rhymes. The duo’s third collaboration, SAY G&E!, features notable guests: Slug of Atmosphere, Pigeon John, Gift of Gab, Mistah F.A.B., Sage Francis, Mystic, and LA’s latest sensation, Blu, along with guest beat production from Flying Lotus, super-producer Rick Rock, and Zion I’s Amp Live, who’s received major blogospheric activity for his Radiohead guerilla remix project.
As a founding member of the original D.I.Y. collective, The Living Legends, The Grouch has been at the forefront of the west coast’s independent rap movement for over a decade. Outside the Legends, The Grouch has released 7 solo efforts including Fuck the Dumb (2000), Crusader for Justice (2003) and No More Greener Grasses (2004), and Heroes in the City of Dope (2006) with Bay Area stalwarts Zion I, among others.
For those who heard The Grouch’s 2008 Show You the World or have seen the "Bay to LA" featured in a National TV commercial for PSP/Playstation, it’s clear that this emcee will continue to be a permanent fixture on the independent music landscape. Undoubtedly, 2008 was The Grouch’s breakout year: Show You The World garnered accolades by critics at The Source, XLR8R, and URB, to name a few. In addition, the video for "Artsy” was played on MTV, MTV2, and got over 600,000 plays on Youtube.
Eligh, who produced most of the album, met Scarub and Murs in the early 90s and formed a group called 3 Meloncholy Gypsy’s (3MG). Eventually, Eligh moved up to the Bay Area, where he met The Grouch and Sunspot. There, the Living Legends officially formed. In addition to this much anticipated return of G&E, Eligh delivers another near and dear collaborative project, this one with his Mom. Eligh & Jo Wilkinson’s “On Sacred Ground: Mother & Son” is a “hybrid of music genres that infuses so many styles that you’re not sure whether to throw your hands up and say ‘ho!’ or hold hands and sing along,” according to Sage Francis. “That’s a good confusion”
Guest producers include Flying Lotus (“Old Souls”), Amp Live (“!Boom!”) and Rick Rock (“Denial”).
When I spoke with you guys at Soundset, I asked if you were coming back to Minnesota any time soon and Eligh said 'yeah this summer!!' Is this true or false?
hey Grouch'n'Eligh.. just passing by to show some love with these words. Sometimes I feel I look like a teenager but man... I'm a bloody old soul.. a lot of people are too visually orientated, expotentially guided by the mass media, just not really realizing the beauty of life surrounding them. I soppose, that's nothing new eh..
I wonder how life is in city of fallen angels these days.
YO yo Grouch, yo yo Eligh, hope yall homiez a doin superb! Gettin mad Peepz round my area on yall'z tip cuz word travelz real slow around this area. all endz come winter, so we b losin time exponetially o somthing..anyhow, keepz on keepzin on i spose, look out for snakez on planez n shit on yo travelz! btdubbz, first hip hop cd i ever owned happened to b crusader fo justice! left my whole life behind when i was thirteen to persue skateboarding as a passion, hip hop quickly hopped on board, pardon all this word play, but anyhow, yea, that was it, ha, first time puffin, ripped a b wit some ol school homiez, n we bumped it so hard, straight up crashed the car, and thats what it is right there. mad ramblin but signifigant neverdaless i think.. my generation didn't really get much of a chance to get into the game on krs,public enemy, grandmasta, bambatta, etc..yo get the idea, notin really like that. i started up wit grouch, n zion, n some ol headshotz atmosphere noise, spawn dayz stylez. real life no doubt, small townz don't have ta make small minded indivdualz yo know, n yall helped me get in n outa there like a robbery, ha once again on that word play. peace g, peace e, wit hype,respect, and overall gratitude, dylan beck
