Meanest Man Contest

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. 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. 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, and the hip-hop releases Split and Partially Smart. In 2013 the group released Everything Worth Mentioning. 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. DJ Fisher. "mic.edu interview". Urban Smarts. Luke Muyskens (July 6, 2011). "Eric Steuer". UGSMAG. Jascha Hoffman (April 24, 2003). "Meanest Man Contest: Merit". Pitchfork. The Milk Factory - Reviews - Merit Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine East Bay Express - CD Reviews Blake Gillespie (October 17, 2013). "Meanest Man Contest discuss re-recording "Throwing Away Broken Electronics"". Impose Magazine. Dominic Umile (April 5, 2007). "Meanest Man Contest/Languis". Phoenix New Times. "RCRD LBL: Meanest Man Contest". Archived from the original on November 10, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2008. Chris Martins (January 18, 2010). "Watch: Meanest Man Contest, "Partially Smart"". LA Weekly. Renato Pagnani (September 10, 2013). "Meanest Man Contest: "In the Dark"". Pitchfork. Kathleen Richards (November 6, 2013). "Hip Hop's Gloomy Sons". East Bay Express. Meanest Man Contest