Meanest Man Contest
Meanest Man Contest is a hip hop and electronic music duo based in San Francisco, California. The members are Quarterbar (Noah Blumberg) and Eriksolo (Eric Steuer).
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Origin | San Francisco, California Los Angeles, California |
Genres | Hip hop Electronica |
Years active | 2002 - Present |
Labels | Sneakmove Gold Robot Records Plug Research RCRD LBL |
Website | Official Website |
Members | Eriksolo (Eric Steuer) Quarterbar (Noah Blumberg) |
As college roommates, Noah Blumberg and Eric Steuer started making lo-fi rap songs on a 4-track, then recruited friends to create the Santa Barbara hip-hop crew mic.edu.[1][2][3] The duo formed Meanest Man Contest after a move upstate to Oakland, where they searched through stacks of flea market records looking for samples. From this effort came a series of short tracks that would form MMC's collage-like first single, Contaminated Dance Step. MMC's first LP, Merit, included jazz samples and live guitar.[4][5][6] More recently, the duo has expanded its musical approach with releases like the off-kilter pop EP Some People, the electro-tinged single Throwing Away Broken Electronics,[7] and the hip-hop releases Split[8][9] and Partially Smart.[10] In 2013 the group released Everything Worth Mentioning.[11][12]
Discography
Albums
Year | Title | Label |
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2003 | Merit | Plug Research |
2013 | Everything Worth Mentioning | Gold Robot Records |
EPs
Year | Title | Label |
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2007 | Split (split CD with Languis) | Sneakmove |
2007 | Some People (digital only) | Plug Research |
2008 | Partially Smart (digital only) | RCRD LBL |
2008 | We Blame You (digital only) | Gold Robot Records |
Singles
Year | Title | Label |
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2002 | "Contaminated Dance Step" | Weapon-Shaped |
2004 | "I Was Only Kidding" (split 7" with The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up) | Weapon-Shaped |
2007 | "Throwing Away Broken Electronics" | Gold Robot Records |
Compilations
Year | Title | Label |
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2002 | 45 seconds of: | simballrec |
2007 | Incite 50 | XLR8R |
2007 | Sneakmove Minicomp 2 | Sneakmove |
2009 | Designed Entropy 1 | Gold Robot Records |
2009 | Leaders | Briefcase Rockers |
References
- Vladimir Bogdanov (2003). All Music Guide to Hip-hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-hop. Backbeat Books. pp. 316–. ISBN 978-0-87930-759-2.
- DJ Fisher. "mic.edu interview". Urban Smarts.
- Luke Muyskens (2011-07-06). "Eric Steuer". UGSMAG.
- Jascha Hoffman (2003-04-24). "Meanest Man Contest: Merit". Pitchfork.
- The Milk Factory - Reviews - Merit Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
- East Bay Express - CD Reviews
- Blake Gillespie (2013-10-17). "Meanest Man Contest discuss re-recording "Throwing Away Broken Electronics"". Impose Magazine.
- Dominic Umile (2007-04-05). "Meanest Man Contest/Languis". Phoenix New Times.
- "RCRD LBL: Meanest Man Contest". Archived from the original on November 10, 2011. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
- Chris Martins (2010-01-18). "Watch: Meanest Man Contest, "Partially Smart"". LA Weekly.
- Renato Pagnani (2013-09-10). "Meanest Man Contest: "In the Dark"". Pitchfork.
- Kathleen Richards (2013-11-06). "Hip Hop's Gloomy Sons". East Bay Express.