It's Only Us is a music production duo consisting of the brothers, Kweku "Gift" Saunderson and Nana "King Black" Saunderson, the nephews of Kevin Saunderson, one of the founding triumvirate of Techno Music. Gift's musical background has a number of influences from Techno Music to HipHop to European Classical Music to Jazz. As a youth, he studied cello in the Noel Pointer Foundation. His other musical influences include Michael Jackson and a number of contemporary artists. King Black is a budding percussionist who plays several types of hand drums. He participated in a special music class for youth with the Jazz great Milford Graves at the International Center for Medicinal and Scientific Studies (ICMASS). The brothers, Gift and Black, teamed up in late 2006 and have since started Amen-Ra Records. Gift, a prolific electronic musician has compiled over 600 trax since 2005, while Black has been a wordsmith since the early 2000s. It's Only Us (I.O.U.) is a dynamic group that combines hard uptempo beats, catchy-hooks, and witty lyrical puns.
| POSTED BY: momof5pacs | POSTED ON: 11 Dec 2008 09:36 PM | ||
RadioIndy is pleased to present It's Only Us with a GrIndie Award for the CD "Feature Presentation" “Feature Presentation” is an excellent and original New York hip-hop album from brothers Kweku “Gift” and Nana “King Black” Saunderson, who perform under the modest alias It's Only Us. The Saunderson brothers both have strong musical backgrounds, and they lend this knowledge to the musical variety on this album, skillfully fusing a hip-hop foundation with r&b, jazz, techno, reggae, and pop. Both members of It's Only Us deliver great, original, and well-timed hip-hop flows with intelligent and humorous socially-conscious lyrics. The songs feature hot head-bobbing beats, catchy hooks, and great musical diversity throughout. “Feature Presentation” was produced by Amen-Ra Records, and it sounds professional and ready to hit the shelves of record stores everywhere. “Shorty (feat. Saundra Jordan)” has a catchy hook, a great beat, a jazzy trumpet line in the background throughout, and nice lyrical delivery. “Livin' in a Circus” shows It's Only Us' sense of humor with circus music in the background, witty metaphorical lyrics, and a great fun delivery. “Feature Presentation” may very well be the breakthrough album that brings It's Only Us into the mainstream, as their excellent hip-hop flows and original, musically diverse arrangements certainly put them in the category of "Dope". Fans of great New York hip-hop, don't let the name confuse you – It's Only Us is entirely worthy of your time.-Chris & the RadioIndy.com Review Team |
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| POSTED BY: momof5pacs | POSTED ON: 11 Sep 2008 06:34 PM | ||
“Feature Presentation” is an excellent and original New York hip-hop album from brothers Kweku “Gift” and Nana “King Black” Saunderson, who perform under the modest alias It's Only Us. The Saunderson brothers both have strong musical backgrounds, and they lend this knowledge to the musical variety on this album, skillfully fusing a hip-hop foundation with r&b, jazz, techno, reggae, and pop. Both members of It's Only Us deliver great, original, and well-timed hip-hop flows with intelligent and humorous socially-conscious lyrics. The songs feature hot head-bobbing beats, catchy hooks, and great musical diversity throughout. “Feature Presentation” was produced by Amen-Ra Records, and it sounds professional and ready to hit the shelves of record stores everywhere. “Shorty (feat. Saundra Jordan)” has a catchy hook, a great beat, a jazzy trumpet line in the background throughout, and nice lyrical delivery. “Livin' in a Circus” shows It's Only Us' sense of humor with circus music in the background, witty metaphorical lyrics, and a great fun delivery. “Feature Presentation” may very well be the breakthrough album that brings It's Only Us into the mainstream, as their excellent hip-hop flows and original, musically diverse arrangements certainly put them in the category of "Dope". Fans of great New York hip-hop, don't let the name confuse you – It's Only Us is entirely worthy of your time. -Chris & the RadioIndy.com Review TeamCheck out It's Only Us's music on RadioIndy.com with link to purchase and links to popular sites |
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