Website:
http://www.filtheeimmigrants.com
Whether the
reactions have been those of praise, criticism or simple
shock, for the last five years the name F.I.L.T.H.E.E.
IMMIGRANTS has been raising many eyebrows and generating
curiosity worldwide. Most of the intrigue has stemmed from
the acronym F.I.L.T.H.E.E. witch stands for " Forever In
Love Thanking Highest Eternal Existence". This acronym
highlights the group’s spirituality as the forefront of
their motivation. The word "Immigrants" represents the
group’s social/political forum and the struggle of any
person or group working to make life better for themselves
and future generations.
One of the most amazing aspects of the group has to be their
uncanny ability to network and move within circles that
average Hip Hop artists are not often found. This may stem
from the fact that their sound has begun to merge three very
important and crucial markets within the music industry, the
first of those being conscious mainstream and underground
Hip Hop in the fashion of artists like The Fugees, Public
Enemy, and The Roots, which the group embodies with their
lyrical content and overall message.
Brought together in 1997 and bonded by their love for
Hip-Hop culture and the desire to preserve it’s foundation
while striving to push it’s boundaries, the group has set
out to craft their sound into the type of music that would
embody all of their diverse influences while staying true to
it’s Hip Hop roots. With members from Venice Beach Ca,
Phoenix Az, and Harlem Ny, consolidating that diversity has
not only been a somewhat tough task, but also an incredible
journey that has begun to gain the group incredible amounts
of recognition from not only the underground music scenes,
but from main stream media and popular music scenes as well.
It was this focus on diversity and artistic challenge that
drew veteran rocker Tommy Lee to approach the group to pen a
song for his debut solo project entitled "Methods of
Mayhem". What ensued was a mosh-pit favorite entitled
"Proposition Fuck You", that helped launch Tommy’s project
to gold status, selling upwards of 750,000 copies worldwide.
The group was subsequently invited to open for Tommy and
Crazy Town on their coast-to-coast tour. Performing in front
of sellout crowds created an incredible buzz for the group
who have since gone on to perform with Tommy Lee on many
Ozzfest dates. This pushed the group into high visibility
status allowing the IMMIGRANTS to share the stage with such
luminaries as Dilated Peoples, Busta Rhymes, Mos Def, Kanye
West and Big Pun.
One of the main aspects seperating F.I.L.T.H.E.E. Immigrants
from other bands in music today, has to be the infectiously
eclectic, sound styling and beat programming provided by the
group’s in-house producer/co-writer, “Rif”. Growing up on
the shores of Venice Beach Ca, he was raised transcending
many fine lines between urban cultures like Hip Hop, Punk
Rock, Reggae, and basic L.A. street life.
Filthee
Immigrants drop their new album May 11th, available at Tower
Records online. Visit their official website for more
details. |
