American rapper
Musical artist
Mike Ladd is an Americanalternative hip-hop artist. Based inParis, France,[2]The Guardian once described him as "the king of the hip-hop concept."[3]
Mike Ladd was born inBoston,Massachusetts.[4][5] As a child, he lived in India and Zimbabwe for a while.[6] He graduated fromHampshire College.[7]
Ladd's debut studio album,Easy Listening 4 Armageddon, was released in 1997.[8] He releasedWelcome to the Afterfuture in 2000.[9]Nostalgialator was released in 2004.[10] In 2005, he releasedNegrophilia: The Album, which was inspired byPetrine Archer-Straw's book of the same name.[11] In that year, he also releasedFather Divine onROIR.[12] He has also released several collaborative albums with jazz pianistVijay Iyer.[13]
Style and influences
[edit]Mike Ladd's influences range fromFunkadelic toKing Tubby,Minor Threat, andCharles Stepney.[14]
- Easy Listening 4 Armageddon (1997)
- Welcome to the Afterfuture (2000)
- Gun Hill Road (2000)(as The Infesticons)
- Beauty Party (2003)(as The Majesticons)
- In What Language? (2003)(withVijay Iyer)
- Nostalgialator (2004)
- Negrophilia: The Album (2005)
- Father Divine (2005)
- Still Life with Commentator (2007)(with Vijay Iyer)
- Maison Hantée (2008)(with Alexandre Pierrepont)
- Anarchist Republic of Bzzz (2009)(as Anarchist Republic of Bzzz)
- Bedford Park (2010)(as The Infesticons)
- Why Waste Time (2012)(as Sleeping in Vilna)
- Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project (2013)(with Vijay Iyer)
- Gain (2016)(withJeff Parker, High Priest, andTyshawn Sorey, as Illtet)
- Epiphany (2017)(with Mankwe Ndosi, Sylvain Kassap, and Dana Hall)
- La chose commune (2017)(with Emmanuel Bex, David Lescot, Elise Caron, Géraldine Laurent, and Simon Goubert)
- Visions of Selam (2018)(with Arat Kilo and Mamani Keita)
- The Dead Can Rap (2020)
- Transatlantic (2023)(with David Sztanke Soundtrack from the Netflix Series)
- EXILLIANS (2023) (with MIKE LADD, T.I.E, JUICE ALEEM)
- Vernacular Homicide (2001)
- Kids and Animals (2011)
- "Blah Blah" (1998)
- "5000 Miles" / "Planet 10" (2000)
- "Activator Cowboy" (2001)
- "Wild Out Day" / "Jet Pack" (2003)
- "Housewives at Play" (2004)
- "Shake It" (2004)
- Youngblood Brass Band - "Peace" fromUnlearn (2000)
- Mr. Flash - "Basementized Soul" fromLe Voyage Fantastique (2001)
- Thawfor - "Where Thawght Is Worshipped 2.2" fromWhere Thawght Is Worshiped (2001)
- The Opus - "Where Thawght Is Worshipped 3.0" from0.0.0. (2002)
- Terranova - "Sublime" and "Heroes" fromHitchhiking Non-Stop with No Particular Destination (2002)
- Emmanuel Santarromana - "Les Halles" fromMétropolitain (2003)
- Huge Voodoo - "NYPD Blues" fromAffordable Magic (2003)
- Sonic Sum - "Films" fromFilms (2004)
- Jackson and His Computerband - "TV Dogs (Cathodica's Letter)" fromSmash (2005)
- Daedelus - "Welcome Home" fromExquisite Corpse (2005)
- Stacs of Stamina - "Baghdad Boogie" fromTivoli (2005)
- Blue Sky Black Death - "Long Division" fromA Heap of Broken Images (2006)
- Coldcut - "Everything Is Under Control" fromSound Mirrors (2006)
- Soylent Green - "Eating People" fromSoftware and Hardwar (2006)
- dDamage - "Alphabet & Burners" fromShimmy Shimmy Blade (2006)
- Mister Modo & Ugly Mac Beer - "Machiavelli vs. Lao Tseu" and "Machiavelli vs. Lao Tseu (Remix)" fromMo' Dougly Weird Stories (2007)
- Apollo Heights - "Missed Again" fromDisco Lights (2007)
- Grand Pianoramax - "Showdown" fromThe Biggest Piano in Town (2008)
- Arsenal - "Turn Me Loose" fromLotuk (2008)
- Solex vs. Cristina Martinez &Jon Spencer - "R Is for Ring-A-Ding" and "Action" fromAmsterdam Throwdown King Street Showdown! (2009)
- Mister Modo & Ugly Mac Beer with Jessica Fitoussi - "Dirty Finders" fromModonut (2009)
- DJ Spooky - "Known Unknowns" fromThe Secret Song (2009)
- U-God - "Lipton" fromDopium (2009)
- Mister Modo & Ugly Mac Beer - "Norman Bates" fromRemi Domost (2010)
- Walker Barnard - "Ooty on Wax" and "Ooty on Wax (Iron Curtis Remix)" fromAlacazam (2011)
- Grand Pianoramax - "Domestic Bliss" fromSmooth Danger (2011)
- Birdapres - "Not the Only Man" fromCatch an L (2011)
- Busdriver - "Electric Blue" fromBeaus$Eros (2012)
- Mister Modo & Ugly Mac Beer - "Life at the 9th" fromModonut 2 (2012)
- Roberto Fonseca - "Mi Negra Ave Maria" fromYo (2012)
- Ben Muller - "The Last One to Preach" (2013)
- Mister Modo & Ugly Mac Beer - "Wild Gun Mike" fromModonut Invasion (2013)
- Dr. John - "Mack the Knife" fromSke-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satch (2014)
- Nevche - "Rendez-Nous L'Argent" fromRétroviseur (2014)
- Uncommon Nasa - "Black Hole" fromWritten at Night (2017)
- R.A.P. Ferreira - "An Idea Is a Work of Art" fromPurple Moonlight Pages (2020)
- Billy Woods - "Christine" fromAethiopes (2022)
- Enrico Macias - "Le Vent Du Sud (Mike Ladd Remix)" fromEnrico Experience (2000)
- Yo La Tengo - "Nuclear War (Version 4)" (2002)
- Antipop Consortium - "Ghostlawns (Mike Ladd Mix)" (2002)
- Yameen - "Spirit Walker (Mike Ladd Remix)" fromNever Knows More (2009)
- ^Khan, Imran (October 23, 2018)."Sci-Fi Goes Hi-Fi: 10 Artists' Foray into Hip-Hop Futurism".PopMatters. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2020.
- ^Siwek, Daniel (January 29, 2008)."Mike Ladd Nostalgialator".XLR8R. RetrievedApril 1, 2015.
- ^Simpson, Dave (July 23, 2004)."Mike Ladd, Nostalgialator".The Guardian. RetrievedApril 1, 2015.
- ^Fortune, Drew (April 25, 2008)."Mike Ladd: Sci-Fi Hip Hop Futurist".Alarm. RetrievedApril 1, 2015.
- ^Rutledge, Bryant (November 30, 2007)."Mike Ladd "Trouble Shot"".XLR8R. RetrievedApril 1, 2015.
- ^Khan, Imran (February 16, 2018)."There's a Good Ladd: An Interview with Rapper and Musician Mike Ladd".PopMatters. RetrievedJanuary 13, 2020.
- ^"A Sampling of Alumni Careers in Writing and Related Fields".Hampshire College. RetrievedFebruary 12, 2016.
- ^LeRoy, Dan."Mike Ladd - Easy Listening 4 Armageddon".AllMusic. RetrievedApril 1, 2015.
- ^P., Ethan (March 7, 2000)."Mike Ladd: Welcome to the Afterfuture".Pitchfork. RetrievedApril 1, 2015.
- ^Sawdey, Evan (January 24, 2008)."Mike Ladd: Nostalgialator".PopMatters. RetrievedApril 1, 2015.
- ^Kellman, Andy."Mike Ladd - Negrophilia: The Album".AllMusic. RetrievedApril 1, 2015.
- ^Tangari, Joe (November 13, 2005)."Mike Ladd: Father Divine".Pitchfork. RetrievedApril 13, 2015.
- ^Barton, Chris (September 10, 2013)."Review: 'Holding It Down' awakens us to veterans' dreams".Los Angeles Times. RetrievedApril 1, 2015.
- ^Bush, John."Mike Ladd - Biography".AllMusic. RetrievedApril 1, 2015.
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