Greg hammer emcee
Created over the course of a year between Detroit and NY, the duo creates a singular fusion of art rap and punk-funk.
Recommend for musically adventurous Hip Hop fans.ĭownload/Stream (released October 29, 2020)ĭon’t Play It Straight is the debut LP from Small Bills, a collaboration between NY rapper ELUCID and Michigan producer/multi-instrumentalist The Lasso. While the 17-minute improvisation “I Got Your Password” is the inspiration and obvious centerpiece, the compositions Serengeti and Greg Saunier created to turn their synergistic improv piece into a full-length project are all great. Not for everybody maybe, but those with an appreciation for live drums, funky and jazzy vibes, and stream-of-consciousness type flows are in for a treat. With Greg From Deerhoof definitely is a piece of music unlike anything else you’ll hear this year. All the lead vocals for the tracks on this album were done this way.” Each time Serengeti received a new track in his inbox, instead of listening to it first, he would immediately press record and record his verses. While Serengeti wrote lyrics, Greg produced some classical-and-Broadway-inspired tracks. When Greg sent Serengeti the completed track a few weeks later, they liked it and decided to make a full-length album. In April 2020, Greg asked Jonas for the audio from the session. Despite having no practice or prearranged plans for the session, they performed the 17-minute “I Got Your Password” to an audience of recording engineer Jonas Verwijnen and a few other PEOPLE musicians sitting in the control room. One day they coincidentally signed up for the same slot in one of the recording studios facilitated by PEOPLE organizers. In the summer of 2018, Cohn and Saunier were surprised to see each other at the PEOPLE residency in Berlin. That September, Deerhoof brought WHY? and Serengeti on an east coast tour. Bandcamp blurb: “Two of rap and indie-rock’s most bountiful imaginations team up: Serengeti (AKA David Cohn) and Greg Saunier first met when Serengeti opened for Deerhoof at Chicago’s Bottom Lounge in May 2009.