PLASTIC LITTLE
SHE’S MATURE
Plastik Lital, Plastique Likul, Plazdick Lidel, or quite plainly Plastic Little, is a hip-hop group that has been performing at various music venues and art galleries on the east coast of the United States since the summer of 2001. Hailing from Philadelphia, Plastic Little is a perfect blend of party hip-hop and danc...
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PLASTIC LITTLE
SHE’S MATURE
Plastik Lital, Plastique Likul, Plazdick Lidel, or quite plainly Plastic Little, is a hip-hop group that has been performing at various music venues and art galleries on the east coast of the United States since the summer of 2001. Hailing from Philadelphia, Plastic Little is a perfect blend of party hip-hop and dancey broke pop beats is due to the impeccable production of Michael 'SQUID' Stern coupled with m.c.'ing skill of Jonthousand, PackofRats, and No Body’s Child (NBC).
2005 saw the release of Plastic Little's Thug Paradise EP on the fledgling label aNYthing Records run by downtown Manhattan's A-Ron Bondaroff. Thug Paradise received critical acclaim from Vice Magazine(10 out of 10), Fader, Beautiful Decay Magazine, Anthem Magazine, URB's Next 100 of 2005, Made Magazine, and Opulent Magazine. Even the Nike Corporation became a customer to the group when the company used Plastic Little's music for the Nike Skate DVD On Tap. The result of this being kids from Brazil and Russia sending emails to the band stating "You make good the rap music. My english not good. I like Plastic Little very so much! I try download your music, no can find on internet. Send me record? Please yes?" Thanks friends.
Plastic Little exists in a special place somewhere between Jay-Z and Star Wars, between drug filled after parties and Harry Potter, between drunken one night stands and sunday calls to momma, between Southern bounce and East Coast rap aesthetic, and between debauchery and virtue... actually, scratch that virtue shit out and let's just leave it at debauchery. Yeah, these Plastic Little kids sho' is strange. However, this strangeness has lended itself greatly to their appeal, an appeal which crosses racial borders and begins to seep into other music scenes. When one takes note of the crowd at any Plastic Little show, it can hardly be taken for just die-hard hip-hop fans alone, not even close homey. Plastic Little fans are a collection of people that range from rap nerds to indie rock kids, graffiti writers, punks, skaters, fashionistas, futurists, art school kids, cokeheads, average joe white guys in college, emo kids, ex straight edge kids who now drink, and people’s parents really dig Plastic Little. Oh, and die-hard hip-hop fans really dig them too. Plastic Little music is a party, son! Get your hand stamped and a red plastic Dixie cup; The kegs in the basement. Plastic Little part satire, part social commentary, very poignant while simultaneously managing to be trite and extremely ignorant and offensive. To quote the late Richard Pryor: "There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at." 88% of the time Plastic Little is laughing at. Word to god, son. "We just can't help ourselves." states group member No Body's Child.
On their sophmore project She's Mature, released on ToneArm Projects, Plastic Little has enlisted the talent of friend and producer Diplo, MFDoom/Viktor Vaughn producer King Honey, Hollertronix superfiend Low Budget as well as the skill of party monster emcee Spankrock to contribute to the album. She's Mature also features the return of the super solid beat production of Mike SQUID. World famous graphic artist ESPO (aka Steve Powers) contributed cover art for Plastic Little's She's Mature as well. To quote ESPO: "These guys live on my ipod." P. Little says thanks back, dawg. Plastic Little has shared the stage with M.I.A., Bun-B of UGK, Diplo, Spankrock, Hollertronix, Blockhead, and Chromeo as well as Philadelphia's own Need New Body and Man-Man.
And as always, remember the Plastic Little Motto: We’ll Bring the Hip Hop, so you don’t have to!
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