Critical Praise for Pseudo Slang:

"Pseudo Slang make the thinking fan's kind of hip-hop." - Chicago Sun Times

“When I first heard Pseudo Slang 'Yes Doubt' I was floored, and it became my #1 Song of 2008. I’ve been doing radio for 18 years but few songs ever gave me chills, 'Yes Doubt' was one of them. I can't wait for the album." - DJ 3rd Rail, Chicago DJ and Radio Legend, 89.3FM WNUR, DJ3RDRAIL.COM

The Song:

The raw jazz feel of Pseudo Slang's newest album We'll Keep Looking reaches its pinnacle with the song "Myth of the Web Slinger." The track opens with a swinging, laid-back, reminiscently lounge jazz recording. As the lyrics come in, the airy drums tighten into a more natural groove, taking on this duo's trademark hip-hop sound. Tone Atlas takes the first verse, throwing down a layer of lyrical poetry to weave in and out of the looped piano melody, setting up the theme of the song for Emcee Sick to take over.

The words speak a message of integrity and humility. Speaking to the meaning behind the song's lyrics, Emcee Sick says, "The lyrics underscore how as a person putting yourself out there in the public sphere is in itself a somewhat grandiose thing to do, but being honest about our normalcy and admitting our weaknesses can actually be the thing that can make us the strongest in whatever it is that we do." This message of modesty is accentuated by the overall production of the song. The track seems to deliberately avoid that extravagant, anthem-like quality that shows up in so much of today's hip-hop. As for the name, Emcee Sick states that, "The Spider-man from the comics we read as kids was a pretty chill guy unlike a lot of other self-righteous and self-proclaimed super-heroes, so 'Myth of Web-Slinger' is a good title for a song that deals with the little things regular people do which seem kinda heroic." Pseudo Slang's We'll Keep Looking is available everywhere now via Fat Beats Records.


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The Background:

Pseudo Slang is a hip-hop duo from the Buffalo, NY music scene. Emcee Sick of the Xtracts of Slang and Tone Atlas of the Pseudo Intellectuals teamed up about a decade ago to form Pseudo Slang - a side project that took on a career of its own. After their debut release, The Catalogue (a compilation of tracks PS laid down from 1999 to 2004), Pseudo Slang switched to full time. After being quickly signed to stalwart hip-hop label Fat Beats Records, Pseudo Slang released the single "Broke and Copasetic" in 2006. National and international tours followed, and the build towards their first complete studio release as a duo is almost at its apex: We'll Keep Looking is available now via Fat Beats Records.

Listen to the first single, "Broke & Copasetic" featuring Vinia Mojica - http://media.audibletreats.com/Pseudo_Slang-Broke_And_Copasetic_feat_Vinia_Mojica.mp3

For Pseudo Slang's bio and other goodies, please visit: http://www.audibletreats.com/download/pseudo_slang

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