VooDoo Lounge presents
Wallpaper
with The Dance Party
- When
- Thu Jan 27, 2011
- Where
- Voodoo Lounge
- Time
- 9pm-1:30am
- Cost
- $12 - $15
- Tags
- Music, Hip Hop
Description
Early on in their career, Wallpaper got a lot of attention for spoofing some of hip hop's most ridiculous cliches. Frontman Eric Frederic made his alter ego Ricky Reed the ultimate wigger, a pimp-steppin' fool who thinks he's pretty fly for a white guy. Meanwhile, the other half of the group, Arjun Singh, clowned along in the videos for "Gettin' Drip" and "I Got Soul, I'm So Wasted." "When we started, you could call it bordering on funny," says Frederic.But the best thing about Wallpaper has always been the opt-out on the shtick--first and foremost, it's stylish, hooky party music. It never really mattered who got the joke, because the auto-tuned grooves stood up on their own. That's even more true on the group's new single "Stupidfacedd" (pronounced "stupidfaceded"), which adds a hard edge to their sound and buries any obvious chuckles in a thick layer of bangin' beats. Ricky Reed, it turns out, has a dark side. Next month, the duo drops their first mixtape, It's Got My Name on It, which includes the single and mines the same vibe throughout. "It's a thinly veiled disguise for an album," says Frederic. "We're bringing all the guns out on this." - Steve Palopoli sanjose.comMore Info
- Call
- 408.286.8636 (Box Office)
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