Video: Meanest Man Contest : Throwing Away Broken Electronics

I think if hip-hop is going anywhere – if it wants to think new, think different, think outside the bun – it would do well to take a few hints from Meanest Man Contest . The Bay Area duo of Quarterbar and Eriksolo are constantly tweaking and redefining what we think hip-hop should be. I like that I've been challenged to think about hip-hop in a new way with how MMC fiddles with beats and rhymes in a very electro-pop sort of fashion. They craft beats; they don't cop 'em. [...]

• Meanest Man Contest - Throwing Away Broken Electronics (Mochipet remix f/ DJ Lion)

Here's a new video from San Francisco's Meanest Man Contest (MMC). This is a great vid that accompanies a really thumpin' beat. It's more than just throwing away broken electronics, it's really more about smashing the shit out off them. Smashing stuff is fun!

I'm not one to often use exclamation points to get my point across (OK, maybe sometimes ). But I think after watching the new video for Meanest Man Contest's Throwing Away Broken Electronics , you'll be pretty amped up, too. What's not to like about the video, directed by Greg Tuzin ? Slow motion. Women in bikinis with boomboxes for heads. Destruction of electronics with baseball bats and sledgehammers. Women in bikinis with boomboxes for heads destroying electronics with baseball bats and sledgehammers. And, oh, the song is pretty dope, too (but [...]

• Meanest Man Contest - Throwing Away Broken Electronics

Gold Robot Records has just released their first proper video, and I'm excited to share it with you. Directed by Greg Tuzin of On the Fly Films , it features Meanest Man Contest doing the title track from their Throwing Away Broken Electronics release. Check out the dancers wearing cardboard boombox heads, the slow-mo shots of shattered televisions, and the enviable dance moves of MMC. ::: Meanest Man Contest - Throwing Away Broken Electronics You can buy the vinyl/digital EP here . [...]

Gold Robot Records has just released their first proper video, and I'm excited to share it with you. Directed by Greg Tuzin of On the Fly Films , it features Meanest Man Contest doing the title track from their Throwing Away Broken Electronics release. Check out the dancers wearing cardboard boombox heads, the slow-mo shots of shattered televisions, and the enviable dance moves of MMC. ::: Meanest Man Contest - Throwing Away Broken Electronics You can buy the vinyl/digital EP here . [...]