Meanest Man Contest

Meanest Man Contest
OriginSan Francisco, California
Los Angeles, California
GenresHip hop
Electronica
Years active2002 - Present
LabelsSneakmove
Gold Robot Records
Plug Research
RCRD LBL
MembersEriksolo (Eric Steuer)
Quarterbar (Noah Blumberg)
WebsiteOfficial Website

Meanest Man Contest is a hip hop and electronic music duo based in San Francisco, California. The members are Quarterbar (Noah Blumberg) and Eriksolo (Eric Steuer).

As college roommates, Noah Blumberg and Eric Steuer started making lo-fi rap songs on a 4-track, then recruited friends to create the Santa Barbara hip-hop crew mic.edu.[1][2][3] The duo formed Meanest Man Contest after a move upstate to Oakland, where they searched through stacks of flea market records looking for samples. From this effort came a series of short tracks that would form MMC's collage-like first single, Contaminated Dance Step. MMC's first LP, Merit, included jazz samples and live guitar.[4][5][6] More recently, the duo has expanded its musical approach with releases like the off-kilter pop EP Some People, the electro-tinged single Throwing Away Broken Electronics,[7] and the hip-hop releases Split[8][9] and Partially Smart.[10] In 2013 the group released Everything Worth Mentioning.[11][12]

Discography

Albums

Year Title Label
2003 Merit Plug Research
2013 Everything Worth Mentioning Gold Robot Records

EPs

Year Title Label
2007 Split (split CD with Languis) Sneakmove
2007 Some People (digital only) Plug Research
2008 Partially Smart (digital only) RCRD LBL
2008 We Blame You (digital only) Gold Robot Records

Singles

Year Title Label
2002 "Contaminated Dance Step" Weapon-Shaped
2004 "I Was Only Kidding" (split 7-inch with The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up) Weapon-Shaped
2007 "Throwing Away Broken Electronics" Gold Robot Records

Compilations

Year Title Label
2002 45 seconds of: simballrec
2007 Incite 50 XLR8R
2007 Sneakmove Minicomp 2 Sneakmove
2009 Designed Entropy 1 Gold Robot Records
2009 Leaders Briefcase Rockers

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Bogdanov (2003). All Music Guide to Hip-hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-hop. Backbeat Books. pp. 316–. ISBN 978-0-87930-759-2.
  2. ^ DJ Fisher. "mic.edu interview". Urban Smarts.
  3. ^ Luke Muyskens (2011-07-06). "Eric Steuer". UGSMAG.
  4. ^ Jascha Hoffman (2003-04-24). "Meanest Man Contest: Merit". Pitchfork.
  5. ^ The Milk Factory - Reviews - Merit Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ East Bay Express - CD Reviews
  7. ^ Blake Gillespie (2013-10-17). "Meanest Man Contest discuss re-recording "Throwing Away Broken Electronics"". Impose Magazine.
  8. ^ Dominic Umile (2007-04-05). "Meanest Man Contest/Languis". Phoenix New Times.
  9. ^ "RCRD LBL: Meanest Man Contest". Archived from the original on November 10, 2011. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
  10. ^ Chris Martins (2010-01-18). "Watch: Meanest Man Contest, "Partially Smart"". LA Weekly.
  11. ^ Renato Pagnani (2013-09-10). "Meanest Man Contest: "In the Dark"". Pitchfork.
  12. ^ Kathleen Richards (2013-11-06). "Hip Hop's Gloomy Sons". East Bay Express.