Attention:

HipHop is done for. Not dead, mind you, just gone horribly wrong. Dirty Digital’s resident super emcee Qwazaar lets loose a few bars on the topic on “Ching Ching, ” commenting that she’s currently, uh, indisposed–”locked in the basement…getting f–k-d by them cavemen,” and though an extended session could be had with old girl…for a price, “you can never take her home.” A wry comment on the love of our lives and her freakish transition from culture to market, and a cracked window into the soul that pilots the unrepentant rebel machine known as Dirty Digital.

Qwazaar–stalwart Chicago emcee of sterling reputation and blatant nonconformist–will expound gleefully upon the ironies of the current scene, IF properly inebriated. HipHop, while at it’s most superficially gangster, is, in commercial form, a semi-retarded mainstream club music. The gangster nature of the US government has never been more clearly overstood, and now that ｩ Corporate America’s embrace of the pseudo-gangster capitalist is complete (get shot today, sell Vitamin Water tomorrow), studio rap gangsterism has lost some of its, well, balls. Qwa’s response? “Sodapopinski,” a mighty slab of electro-smash heat featuring absolutely murderous double time (with a charismatic GLC cameo, to boot) and a hearty command to “Get my Drink and Pass the Dro!”

Silence is affable, if inscrutable, befitting a production junkie who eats, breathes and sleeps the lab. Onstage, after queing virtual orchestras and basically preparing the decks for the ensuing carnage, Silence begins to rap. Forcefully but without strain, and with remarkable clarity for a man in a Freddy Krueger mask. After flurrying the crowd with lines as concise as well-trimmed bonsais, Silence brings Qwazaar to the stage. Qwa promptly leans into “Shockah”, another frenetic single that embodies the curious contradictions of Dirty Digital. An impeccably crafted sonic landscape, nervous, hyperactive drums, a percolating, danceable bassline. Qwazaar’s flow rattles through speakers, alternately hurdling, sidestepping, and sprinting in lockstep with the beat, and shifting seamlessly from syncopated frenzy to good-humored hypnosis.

There’s something bristling beneath the precision, an undeniable physicality invading the electricity. The masked/unmasked crowd, an impressively motley collection of heads, chant along, undeniably high off that…something.

“Get my drink and pass the dro.” -by DK

NOTE:

As an emcee, Qwazaar has become known for his wide-ranging subject matter and booming voice and established his prowess as a member of the super group, TYPICAL CATS, and the brilliant OUTERLIMITZ. His fan base is as expansive as his sound.

Qwa is joined by his Outerlimitz partner, Silence, to complete the makeup of Dirty Digital. While Silence can hold his own on the mic, it is his production skills that give Dirty Digital their unique sound.

Fans travel from all across the country to see Dirty Digital Rock. Press and critics have taken notice, here’s what some have to say:

“Dirty Digital is colorful music that fits into Chicago’s gestalt of style and streets with something like you’ve never heard from their peers.”

-Jake Paine, Managing Editor HipHopDX.com

“Dirty Digital are in the driving seat of ‘Industrial’ Hip-Hop, Kanye turned to Daft Punk when he should have stayed in his own city and worked with what was on his doorstep.”

-Melanie J. Cormish, Journalist Allhiphop.com

“Dirty Digital has established residency in the land of cross-genre experimental hip hop. Making renegade music that can be played at any party, be it hipster or hiphop.”

-Andrew Barber, Founder Fakeshoredrive.com

“It’s obvious that DD is poised for bigger things.”

-John Dugan, Time out Chicago Magazine

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