Mixed Blood Majority

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Mixed Blood Majority
Origin Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Genres Hip hop, alternative hip hop
Years active2013-present
MembersCrescent Moon
Joe Horton
Lazerbeak

Mixed Blood Majority is an American hip hop group from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The trio includes producer Lazerbeak of Doomtree, and rappers Alexei "Crescent Moon" Casselle of Kill the Vultures and Joe Horton of No Bird Sing. [1] [2]

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Star Tribune critic Chris Riemenschneider described the band as "innovative, gritty hip-hop" whose music "raises relevant, bleak social issues without bringing the party down." [3] The group has shared stages with well-known artists such as Sage Francis, P.O.S, Aceyalone, and Slick Rick. [4]

History

Mixed Blood Majority began in 2012 as two separate projects, with Lazerbeak working individually with each rapper, before they decided to join forces on realizing that their shared interest in dark, propulsive hip-hop was a good fit with each other. [5] Music writer Jack Spencer of City Pages wrote that the move to a trio with two rappers trading verses "removed some of the weight of carrying entire songs, which allowed for expressions and styles that the rappers' main projects would not have conjured." [6]

The trio released their first album, Mixed Blood Majority, in 2013. [7] It featured guest performance by rappers Cecil Otter of Doomtree, Toki Wright and Kristoff Krane. [8] Mixed Blood Majority was named one of the best Minnesota records of the year by the Star Tribune, which called it "dark, dense and devilish." [9]

Their second album, Insane World, was released in 2015. [10] The album was released by the Minnesota label F | X, which also put out albums from Moon & Pollution and Kill the Vultures. Insane World was named No. 15 in a list of the top 20 Minnesota records of 2015 in the Star Tribune's survey of Twin Cities music critics. [11] The Star Tribune's review said that the album "wildly offsets the seething, bleary-eyed view of race relations and socioeconomics of co-leaders Crescent Moon and Joe Horton with some of the rowdiest, liveliest, most dance-floor-ready beats of producer Lazerbeak's career. It's as fun a record as it is scary, as visceral as it is provocative." [12] Amoeba Music called Insane World "essential hip hop listening." [13]

Discography

Albums

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References

  1. ↑ Riemenschneider, Chris (November 24, 2015). "Minneapolis rap trio Mixed Blood Majority enters 'Foxes Den' ahead of Dec. 4 album release". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  2. ↑ Safar, David (January 18, 2016). "Album of the Week: Mixed Blood Majority, 'Insane World'". The Current. Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  3. ↑ Riemenschneider, Chris (2016-01-25). "Another eclectic Current affair". Star Tribune . Minneapolis–Saint Paul. p. E8.
  4. ↑ "Mixed Blood Majority". F I X | Hip-Hop Collective. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  5. ↑ Riemenschneider, Chris (2015-12-11). "Mixed Blood Majority". Star Tribune . Minneapolis–Saint Paul. p. E4.
  6. ↑ Spencer, Jack (January 23, 2013). "Mixed Blood Majority team up - New local supergroup release an EP combining their hip-hop talents". City Pages . Minneapolis–Saint Paul.
  7. ↑ Elabbady, Ali (January 24, 2013). "Mixed Blood Majority Review". Reviler. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  8. ↑ Riemenschneider, Chris (January 8, 2013). "Lazerbeak, Crescent Moon, Joe Horton mix it up as Mixed Blood Majority". Star Tribune . Minneapolis–Saint Paul.
  9. ↑ Riemenschneider, Chris (2013-06-28). "Best local albums of the year (so far)". Star Tribune . Minneapolis–Saint Paul. p. E1.
  10. ↑ Green, Loren (October 10, 2015). "With Insane World, Mixed Blood Majority set out to make 'shit that cuts'". City Pages. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
  11. ↑ Riemenschneider, Chris (January 1, 2016). "Twin Cities Critics Tally: Best in Local Music: 'Ones' is No. 1". Star Tribune . Minneapolis–Saint Paul. p. E1, E3-4. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
  12. ↑ Riemenschneider, Chris (2015-11-29). "The Five Spot: Our five faves at the moment". Star Tribune . Minneapolis–Saint Paul. p. E2.
  13. ↑ "Moon & Pollution - The Box Borealis". Music We Like. Amoeba Music. Spring–Summer 2016. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
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