Main Attrakionz

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Main Attrakionz
Origin Oakland, California
Genres Alternative hip hop
Years active 2010–present
Labels Green Ova Records, Mishka, Rad Reef, Young One
Associated acts Shady Blaze, Friendzone, Zachg, Jel, Grown Folk, Tynethys
Members Mondre M.A.N.
Squadda B

Main Attrakionz is an American hip-hop duo from Oakland, California, composed of rappers Mondre M.A.N. (Damondre Grice) and Squadda B (Charles Glover).[1][2][3][4]

Career

Grice and Glover met in the seventh grade when they were both kicked out of math class, and began recording raps together. The two have continued to collaborate and have become known as significant players in the "cloud rap" movement, which features "a splinter sound that's ethereal and often hooked around cascading synth lines and amorphous beats".[5]

Main Attrakionz released Cloudlife, a collaborative EP with Jel and Zachg, on March 2, 2012.[6] The duo released their first album, Bossalinis & Fooliyones, on October 22, 2012,[7] which was noted in Spin to have "nine-song run from 'On Tour' to 'Bury Me a Millionaire' is as impressive as anything on a rap record this year".[8] On their review of the album, Pitchfork Media said of the duo, "here are two guys who clearly love to rap and work hard at it, taking a style they can call their own, and presenting it in a more user-friendly way. More often than not, they make it work".[9]

On March 11, 2013, the duo collaborated with Montreal-based production duo, Grown Folk and Berlin dubstep artist, Kuedo to release the Cloud City EP, which SF Weekly noted as "probably one of their more out-there collaborations to date".[10]

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes

  • Best Duo Ever: The Greentape (2010)
  • Blackberry Ku$h (2011)
  • Chandelier (2011)
  • 808s and Dark Grapes (2011)
  • 808s and Dark Grapes II (2011, Mishka)
  • Tag Champz Bundle (2012)
  • Best Duo Ever: The Bricktape (2013)
  • Main Attrakionz x Tynethys (2013) with Tynethys

EPs

  • Cloudlife (2012) with Jel and Zachg
  • Cloud City EP (2013) with Grown Folk
  • Jeffro (2013)

Singles

  • "Do It for the Bay" (2012)

Guest appearances

  • Shady Blaze - "Hood Nigga" from Rappers Ain't $#!% Without a Producer (2011)
  • Sortahuman - "Stonergang" from Lysergic Bliss (2011)
  • Peaking Lights - "Marshmellow Yellow Remix" from Remixes (2011)
  • ASAP Rocky - "Leaf" from Live. Love. ASAP (2011)
  • Ryan Hemsworth - "Hyperbolic Chamber Music" (2012)
  • Lo-Fi-Fnk - "Kissing Taste (Main Attrakionz Remix)" from Kissing Taste (2012)
  • Kool A.D. - "Oooh" and "Ticky Tacky" from 51 (2012)
  • Jam City - "The Nite Life" from Classical Curves (2012)
  • Fat Tony and Tom Cruz - "Double Up" from Double Dragon (2012)
  • 100s - "Passion" from Ice Cold Perm (2012)
  • Deniro Farrar & Shady Blaze - "Fallen Soldiers" from Kill or Be Killed (2012)
  • Shady Blaze - "Fucked Up" from The 5th Chapter (2013)
  • Steel Tipped Dove - "Hyperbolic Chamber Music II" (2013)
  • !!! - "Californiyeah (Patrick Ford Remix)" (2013)

References

  1. ↑ Kelly, Zach (September 8, 2011). "Main Attrakionz: 808s & Dark Grapes II - Album Reviews - Pitchfork". Pitchfork Media. 
  2. ↑ Butler, Will (December 21, 2011). "How to Be the Main Attrakionz". East Bay Express. 
  3. ↑ Carroll, Jim (December 28, 2012). "Main Attrakionz: Bossalinis & Fooliyones Young One". The Irish Times. p. 14. Retrieved June 11, 2013. 
  4. ↑ Gale, Alex (October 27, 2012). "Bay Area duo Main Attrakionz reach for the sky with national debut". Billboard 124 (38): 27. Retrieved June 11, 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Main Attrakionz Move Beyond Cloud Rap". SF Weekly. October 24, 2012. 
  6. ↑ Goble, Corban (March 2, 2012). "Stream Main Attrakionz, Jel and Zachg cLOUDLIFE EP - Stereogum". Stereogum. 
  7. ↑ Amidon, David (December 12, 2012). "Main Attrakionz: Bossalinis & Fooliyones". PopMatters. 
  8. ↑ Soderberg, Brandon (October 25, 2012). "Rap Release of the Week: Main Attrakionz's 'Bossalinis & Fooliyones'". Spin. 
  9. ↑ Kelly, Zach (October 30, 2012). "Main Attrakionz: Bossalinis & Fooliyones - Album Reviews - Pitchfork". Pitchfork Media. 
  10. ↑ "Oakland's Main Attrakionz Tread New Territory With 'Cloud City' EP". SF Weekly. March 11, 2013. 

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