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L.A. Symphony Give a good listen to Call It What You Want, the brilliant major debut album from L.A. Symphony, and you'll walk away feeling like youıve spent the last hour hangin out and getting to know eight new friends. Through their unique, upbeat brand of fun, honest, quality hip-hop music, the Southern California-based group warmly invites you to step into their world.
Whatever is on our heart, whether it be laundry, girlfriend or God, we just speak it and donıt try to hold back, explains Pigeon John, one of L.A. Symphonyıs eight members. ³We try to be as honest as we can, and we try to connect with the common man - from the dude thatıs 14 who has a crush on a girl in Carson, to the executive sniffing cocaine who wants to stop, and to the little cheerleader girl in Arkansas. We want them all to relate. We want it to be that universal. We want to make a difference in somebodyıs life by creating music that moves you.
Thus, L.A. Symphonyıs refreshing vibe - thought provoking without taking themselves too seriously - is a far cry from the bling-bling fantasy world populated by bejeweled cartoon characters that is so prevalent in todayıs rap mainstream. And thankfully, the relevant topics and personal subject matter found on Call It What You Want is just as equally distant from the superscientifical-metaphysical babble of the backpack-rockin rap underground. But forget labels and divisions, this is quality hip-hop music here. Period.
L.A. Symphony is made up of eight undeniably talented MCs and producers: CookBook, Flynn, bTwice, Joey the Jerk, Sharlok Poems, Uno Mas, J-Beits, and Pigeon John (with DJ J-Boogie and Noah the Manager also on deck). All in their early-twenties, theyıve grown up in Los Angeles famed underground hip-hop scene, hailing from various L.A. suburbs like Long Beach, Inglewood, Paramount, Hacienda Heights and Sherman Oaks. Before L.A. Symphony formed in 1997, its individual artists were active members of said local scene as smaller groups and soloists.
In the mid-ı90s, they all met up through constantly running into each other while performing at the same venues. They eventually formed a bond of friendship after realizing that they shared a common vision of creating good music that nobody else was doing. Though the eight rhyming and beatmaking parts of L.A. Symphony may have different styles and approaches (with a crew that deep, there has to be creative differences), they still possess the same heart. And like a symphony, as their name implies, the various instruments of the group come together to create a nice harmony. Moving ahead as one solid force, L.A.S dropped its first album, the independently released Composition No. 1, in 1999, and despite its spotty distribution, people began to take notice.
Similar to fellow creative L.A. rap outfits like Jurassic 5, the Pharcyde and Black Eyed Peas, L.A. Symphony bring back that fun essenceı to hip-hop. This is as evident in their energetic live shows as in their from-the-heart rap tunes. Over upbeat, party-rockin joints and jams, L.A.S lyricists donıt hold back expressing their true feelings on Call It What You Want, talking about everything in their daily lives from girls and relationships to cell phones and trips down to San Diego. And unlike many young hip-hop groups, L.A.S doesnt simply churn out assembly line beats & rhymes. Instead, they bring a high standard of songwriting to their music, giving attention to the whole spectrum - production, lyrics, cadence, song coordination, concept, etc. L.A. Symphony handles the bulk of the production on Call It What You Want, with assists from beat genius Prince Paul (De L.A. Soul, Handsome Boy Modeling School), Will I Am (Black Eyed Peas), Mario C (Beastie Boys) and The Gourmets. Guest vocals come from Fatlip (formerly of the Pharcyde) and Black Eyed Peas.
When you put Call It What You Want in your CD player and press play, there will be eight hands reaching out to shake yours. So go ahead and make some new friends today. After all, how many of your pals can you truly call honest, creative, lyrically skilled and musically gifted?
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hell yea man these guys are hard...they got some tight shit...people sleep on them way too much...even peeps here dont really know about them...thats too l.a. underground for em
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Quote from: S.G.V. on October 14, 2002, 12:52:59 AM
thats too l.a. underground for em
Not for me and you know that
But I don't really like there music...
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