2008 - 05/14 Wed. - Yo Majesty / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / Sammy Slims / MisterBradleyP - 9pm $10 adv / $12 dos
“They've coined a female equivalent of macho...” - Time Out London From the moment that YO MAJESTY's self-promoted Yo EP confronted us in 2006, we were enamored. Before we knew a lick of the story, we were absorbing the message. “Fuck dat shit” insisted the chorus of “Club Action” - the anthem that has been the group's most enduring hit to date. When your existence is touched by the forces that try to keep you down, you know what to do: fuck dat shit. As the deeper intention behind those words was revealed, we fell under YO MAJESTY's spell. Come to learn, YO MAJESTY's music encompasses one of the most time honored messages in modern art -- the one about freeing ourselves from mental slavery. In the guise of what The Onion AV Club called “party ladies from Florida,” YO MAJESTY is hip hop, hard rock, gospel, electronic and at times whatever the hell Parliament was. And how can a sound that has been quickly described as “punk-funk-crunk rap” (Mixmag) actually embody conceptual songwriting with messages of harmony, acceptance, love, faith and unbridled sexual liberation? The two ladies keeping it straight are Shunda K and Jwl. B, forcing their listeners to confront their own concept of reality from festival stages to Brooklyn loft parties. As the group's outspoken Shunda K states in an impromptu interaction with a fan on YouTube “Ain't nobody doing it like YO MAJESTY. There's no competition.”
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