Check out Junk Science on Myspace
www.myspace.com/junksciencerap
08.01.2006
Embedded teaming up with Def Jux to bring
more fans the Nerve Tonic!
"We're happy to introduce
MC Baje One and Producer/DJ Snafu and their new album Gran'dad's Nerve
Tonic to the Jukies. Their album is a clever patchwork of tightly conceptual
tracks woven together by the theme of the Tonic itself and the duo's signature,
intentionally dusty, lo-fi sound. GNT features guest appearances by Cool
Calm Pete, Loer Velocity and more, plus a remix by Daedelus! Did we mention
that there's a custom Gran'dad's Nerve Tonic beer being brewed as well?
Under exclusive license from Embedded, Gran'dad's Nerve Tonic hits stores
Oct. 23rd."
Read
the whole release on the Def Jux site.
03.25.2006
Allhiphop.com review
"Melodic emcee Baje One matches
wit and personality with versatility and wordplay, while producer DJ Snafu
lays down harder-than-Debo drums and swirling, atmospheric samples; killing
it with that lethal combination platter over a rarely faltering 14 proper
tracks."
Read
the whole reviw here.
02.15.2006
XLR8R Review
"On Feeding Einstein, the
Brooklynite's (Baje One) fluid rhymes seamlessly fit DJ Snafu's earthy
production, a style that has the nose of a crate digger yet sticks to
the traditional kick-snare thunk." - Cameron McDonald
Read
the whole reviw here.
12.03.2005
Praise for Junk Science rolls in...
"The hip-hop of everyday life
is rare these days--that is, unless your "everydays" are spent
hustling, bullet-dodging and achieving mythic sex. For the rest of us,
an unpretentious record like Feeding Einstein is just the prescription."
- The Dallas Observer
Read the article here.
"Junk Science get busy with
regular-dude stories, the sort of stuff you don’t need piles of
cash to relate to... If these cats remain in hip hop’s ‘underground,’
it isn’t their fault." - Time Out New York
"Snafu’s highly percussive and often minimally melodic MPC work is a perfect match for Baje... a welcome reprieve from the doom, gloom, and glumness of independent hip hop peers." - Beautiful Decay
11.21.2005
Junk Science "Feeding Einstein"
in stores NOW!
10.03.2005
Tour dates with Cool Calm Pete and The Perceptionists
just announced!
Check
out the dates here.
10.02.2005
Spitkicker.com feature
"Can underground Hip Hop that
dwells far from the mainstream radar still surprise, impress and enliven
the scene?"
Read the article here.
09.20.2005
URB Album Review
"We were up on Nuclear Family members
Baje One and DJ Snafu before they cleaned-up some Scion
contest, got their video made by Andrew Gura (MF DOOM, Madlib) and dropped
this superb record of simple times raps and beats. Now it's everyone else's
turn to know." - URB
09.12.2005
Debut album coming soon
Junk Science, Brooklyn locals with an incredible
debut album, the most recent signees to Embedded Music. Check back soon
for more leaks and eclusive tracks.
Potentially informative information about Junk Science
& Gran'Dad's Nerve Tonic:
Junk Science is Baje One on the mic and
DJ Snafu on the beats. Simple. These two young gentlemen
met in high school in Brooklyn in the mid-nineties (when Baje One stole
a handful of tapes from Snafu's backpack, including a cassette containing
original beats that were "dope") and started making lots of "not-that-good-but-definitely-interesting"
music together on half-days and weekends. Not that much happened between
then and 2003-ish. At that point, they moved in together and started working
on their debut album, Feeding Einstein, “an
intelligent blend of DJ Snafu’s dusty collages and Baje One’s
thoughtful commentary.” -Spitkicker.com
In early 2005, they caught Scion’s attention when they won the car
company’s NextUp Song Contest with their track “Roads,”
a victory by popular vote which earned them a marketing deal that included
a fully funded and fly music video directed by Andrew Gura (Madlib, MF DOOM,
Nas etc.) The success of their video and the quality of their then-finished
debut LP in turn grabbed the attention of DJ Ese, the man behind Brooklyn’s
Embedded Records, who released Feeding Einstein in November of 2005 to critical
acclaim. Now they’re famous. That was easy.
Their sophomore record, Gran'Dad's Nerve Tonic, is due out in October on
Definitive Jux (licensed from Embedded). The album is pure Junk Science;
a clever patchwork of tightly conceptual tracks woven together by the theme
of the Tonic itself and the duo's signature, intentionally dusty, lo-fi
sound. According to emcee Baje One, "It's not a record about alcohol
or alcoholism per se, as much as the record itself is the drink that me
and Snafu needed and couldn't find anywhere on the shelves." In promotion
of the record, and in keeping with Junk Science and (Embedded CEO) DJ Ese's
love of beer, the three have teamed up with up-and-coming Brooklyn brewery
Six Points Craft Ales to create a limited-release brew to coincide with
the release of the album. The beer will be available in a limited bottling
and on tap in bars and restaurants around NYC.
And now, some FUN facts about Junk Science:
• Baje One and DJ Snafu are both members of Brooklyn’s oft-celebrated
crew: NUCLEAR FAMILY aka Nuk Fam.
• Baje and Snaf share the same birthday, March 15th, which is coincidentally
also The Ides Of March, the date in 44 BC that marks the assassination of
Julius Caesar. Perhaps one day Baje One will kill Snafu or vice versa. Only
time will tell.
• Both members share a love for video games (Snafu was a game critic
for years), craft beers, and intelligent stupidity.
Junk Science
Gran'Dad's Nerve Tonic
(Oct. 23rd, 2007 - Embedded/DJX)
Junk Science
Hey!!
(out now)
1. Hey!!
prod by Snafu
Junk Science
Pop Rocks maxi-Single
(out now)
1. Pop Rocks
prod by Snafu
2. The Junk Off
prod by N.E.M.C. (J. Howells Werthman)
3. Do It Easy
prod by Snafu
4. Two Minutes hate
prod by Snafu
(exclusive)
Junk Science
Feeding Einstein
1. Intro
prod by Snafu
2. The Junk Off
prod by Snafu
3. Roads
feat. Scott and Probe
prod by Snafu
4. Just One Thing
prod by George Langford & N.E.M.C.
listen
5. Ice Age
feat B. Eazy
prod by Snafu
6. That's The Way
prod by Snafu
7. Dreams (skit)
prod by Snafu
8. You Never Know
prod by Snafu
9. The Blaze-O
feat. Cool Calm Pete
prod by Snafu
listen
10. Mashed Topatoes
feat. Raad Haider
prod by Snafu & Deeroc the A.C.
11. Words From The Krayo
feat. Krayola
prod by Snafu
12. Speaking
feat. N.E.M.C. and Tony Tank Top
prod by Snafu
13. Keep Oiling Cell Phones (skit)
prod by Snafu
14. House Wigger
prod by Snafu
15. WhereGo?
feat. Raad Haider and Scott
prod by Snafu