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All Genres > Hip Hop/Rap > Alternative Hip Hop > THE 100TH MONKEY: Looking At My World

The 100th Monkey is a Seattle/Tacoma based hiphop group that plays live hiphop with real instruments. The group played it's first show in January of 2000 and has been rocking the Northwest ever since. The current lineup features MC Dave Devereaux, Miss Loretta on vocals, Brian Binning on keys/samples, DJ Cladd on the wheels, Rob on electric bass, and Jay D'Lay keeping the beat. The 100th Monkey has played shows throughout the Northwest at places like I-Spy(RIP), Chop Suey, and the Sunset Tavern and has been featured live on 90.3 KEXP as part of the Live Room and Audioasis. The band has played with many great northwest groups(Optimus Rhyme, The Rebelz, Organic Produce) as well as a few nationals(MC Paul Barman).

Reviews:

The Tablet
"The show is also a record release party for the Tacoma band 100th Monkey, who do a pretty live job of mixing their hip-hop influences with a live band. Their new album Lookin' At My World is sure to open some eyes. They take some influences from groups like The Roots and Source of Labor and do their own thing with it. One thing I dig is they talk about relevant content, like their lead single 'War.'"

Technopunkmusic.com
"This is hip-hop at its most versatile. The 100th Monkey have the advantage of not being artistically limited...or conveniently pigeonholed in any one style. This is hip-hop infused jazz, rock-based urban sounds, professional instrumentation edged over with vocal poetics, lounge music roughed up for the streets and young cockiness surrounded by mature professionalism. It all combines to make The 100th Monkey a completely unique entity of potent, pleasing and fully rounded brilliance."

Splendid E-zine
"...Dave Devereaux's dynamic vocals end up stealing the show. Also known as Dave the Dopeman, Devereaux has a knack for raising and lowering his voice to be either lighthearted ('Dave the Dopeman') or serious and persuasive ('License to Kill'). As he does so, clever rhymes and addictive melodies give everything a natural flow."

Check out the artist's website:
http://www.narcofunk.com

Track List:
1. Bump
2. Ain't Quite the Hills
3. War
4. Fields of Grass
5. Wanna Get You High
6. Looking At My World
7. Help Me
8. I Don't Know
9. Damn It Feels Good
10. Lost City
11. Can't Let Go
12. Not Divine But Demonic
13. What They Believe
14. What We Have Accomplished

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