Directed by Bernz. From the ¡Mursday! album, in stores now.

Directed by NonMS. The album ¡MURSDAY! is available now.

From the album ¡MURSDAY!, available now.

From the album ¡MURSDAY!, available now.

The ¡MAYDAY! crew gives you another teaser with their first single and video for the song “Darker Shades” from their upcoming EP Thrift Store Halos out on August 7th. Directed by: Bernz & Garcia.

Directed by Bernz & Garcia, from Take Me To Your Leader. In other news, the band will release a new EP, entitled Thrift Store Halos, in the near future.

“Without rain, there would be no rainbows….” Meet Sylvester.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Lucas Leyva. DIRECTOR: Julian Yuri Rodriguez

Off their debut album, Como Se Llama, available now for free download
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Tech N9ne and Mayday as honor our troops this Memorial Day with the video to “The Noose”, from the album Tech N9ne Collabos.

Miami’s ¡MAYDAY! is a crew that has defined the art of paying dues. They first broke onto the scene with their local hit “Quicksand”, followed by their breakthrough smash single “Groundhog Day” (featuring Cee-Lo Green). The latter boasts over 2 million views on it’s first day on YouTube – much owed to the affiliation with some high-profile adult websites it was posted on. Now on their third album, ¡MAYDAY! looks to break out of the underground, with a signing to Tech N9ne’s Strange Music, a label that comes with a downright religious following.

¡MAYDAY! has a unique line-up – two emcees – Wrekonize & Bernz – backed by a live band. This lends to a much more edgy sound than the run of the mill rap group; one sure to appeal to the Strange Music fanbase. The album begins on a high note, with the catchy “Badlands”, featuring a show-stealing endorsement from their label boss, while Wrekonize shows off his varied styles of rhyme. This leads into “Death March”, a murky, but dope, headnodder that sets much of the tone for the rest of the album.

While things perk up on the almost-crossover “Highs & Lows” (feat. Ace Hood), much of the album is spent in a paced, darker territory. At it’s lengthy 19 tracks, this lo-fi sound begins to take it’s toll on the listener, as songs like “Roaches”, “Due In June”, or the rocky “R.E.M.” merely plod along. Which is a shame, because there clearly is talent here – perhaps it just wasn’t harnessed correctly.

Still, the album does hit a bit of a stride on tracks like the catchy “TNT” (feat. Dead Prez), where Wrekonize really shows off his amazingly technical rhyme style. “Hardcore Bitches” with Murs is another break from the monotony, as they lightly pay homage to their favorite ladies.

Surely the Strange Music massive will appreciate this album through-and-through, as will those fans that appreciate other outdoor, festival-esque rap bands, but in the end, despite being filled with talent, ¡MAYDAY! seems to be an acquired taste.

Here are a couple of ¡MAYDAY! videos that we missed the last few weeks. HHS review of Take Me To Your Leader, coming soon.

Remix from Take Me To Your Leader LP, available next week. HHS review coming soon….

As the day gets closer to the release of Take Me To Your Leader on March 26th, ¡MAYDAY! and Tech N9ne team up once again and leak another video off ¡MAYDAY!’s Strange Music debut for their song “Badlands.”

Second single from ¡MAYDAY!’s Strange Music LP, Take Me To Your Leader hitting March 26th.