UGLY DUCKLING
EVENT : UGLY
DUCKLING,XL RECORDINGS(LIVE)
VENUE: THE
LIMELIGHT,ORMEAU AVE,BELFAST
DATE: WEDNESDAY,24TH
OCTOBER,DOORS 9PM
TICKETS:£7
FROM KATY DALYS,BACKBEAT RECORDS
THE
LIMELIGHT WELCOMES ONE OF AMERICA’S FUNKIEST HIP-HOP CREWS TO THE
CLUB FOR AN OLD-SCHOOL BLOCK PARTY JAM, THE ONE AND ONLY UGLY
DUCKLING.
COMPRISING OF MC’S ANDY
CAT AND DIZZY
BACKED BY THE SUBLIME TURNTABLE SKILLS
OF DJ YOUNG
EINSTEIN THE GROUP HAVE EARNED THEIR REP.AS LEADING
PLAYERS ON THE WEST COAST HIP-HOP SCENE WITH AN INFECTIOUS FUSION
OF DANCEFLOOR-FRIENDLY BEATS MIXED WITH SOCIALLY AWARE AND SOMETIMES
COMICAL LYRICS.
TAKING INSPIRATION FROM OLD-SCHOOL LEGENDS SUCH AS,GRANDMASTER
FLASH,DE LA SOUL,TRIBE CALLED QUEST AND
THE PHARCYDE,UGLY
DUCKLING HAVE STRIVEN TO RETURN HIP-HOP TO ITS ORIGINAL ROOTS WITH
SONGS THAT REFLECT EVERYDAY LIFE IN TODAYS AMERICA OFTEN TAKING A
SIDE SWIPE AT CALIFORNIA’S MORE FAMOUS CARTOON STYLE OF “GANGSTA RAP”
STARS.
THE GROUP’S RELEASES ON RECORD HAVE RECEIVED RAVE REVIEWS FROM
PRESS AND PUNTERS ALIKE AND HAVE MANAGED TO CROSS THE DIVIDE BETWEEN
THE HIP-HOP COMMUNITY AND MORE MAINSTREAM MUSIC FANS.
THEIR LATEST ALBUM “JOURNEY
TO ANYWHERE” HAS KICKED UP A STORM BOTH IN AMERICA
AND IN EUROPE WITH THE INSTANTLY INFECTIOUS “A
LITTLE SAMBA” ABOUT TO BE RELEASED AS THEIR NEXT SINGLE
IN THE UK AND ITS ALREADY GETTING MAXIM EXPOSURE ON RADIO
ONE AND MTV.
ALONG WITH THEIR OTHER CALIFORNIAN CONTEPORIES,JURASSIC
5,PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS AND DILATED
PEOPLES,UGLY DUCKLING HAVE TAKEN THE BEST BITS FROM CLASSIC HIP-HOP
AND MERGED THEM WITH LYRICS WE CAN ALL RELATE TO WHETHER WE LIVE IN
BELFAST OR THE BRONX ADDED A TOUCH OF HUMOUR AND A SPLASH OF FUNK
AND THE MIX ADDS UP TO A GREAT NIGHT OUT-SO CHECK’EM OUT AT THE LIMELIGHT
WEDNESDAY THE 24TH OCTOBER.
