Three Ninjas
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Three Ninjas came to my attention through one of the ballsiest e-mails a musician's ever sent my way. "You need to write about me," Three Ninjas demanded. "I'd go so far as to say I can save the world with music." The missive prompted me to post something about the cat on Line Out with the headline "Today in Delusions of Grandeur." You can dispute Three Ninjas' claims, but he did get me to write about him. Here's yet more ink: Three Ninjas' new CD, Smarter Than a Lettuce, is a sporadically interesting and stylistically varied nerd-rap opus that wears its heart on its tattered sleeve. If you can imagine Lou Barlow circa early Sebadoh rapping over Prince Paul outtakes from MC Paul Barman's It's Very Stimulating (how about rhyming "libido" with "Dan DeVito"?), you're getting close to the appeal of Three Ninjas' pugnaciously brash underdog persona. DAVE SEGAL - The Stranger
Discography
2010 - Smarter Than A Lettuce
2009 - Make Sleepstophers
2008 - Welcome to Boyzone
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Bio
I was born in New Orleans and migrated to Seattle by way of Hurricane Katrina. In Seattle I discovered the joys of underground rap and computer music, and became Three Ninjas. Now I rap about science, atheism, and romantic ineptitude over romantic, artsy, bouncy beats. I've worked with members of L.A.'s Project Blowed and I recently opened up for Ceschi and AWOL ONE of Fake Four at Seattle's Chop Suey.
According to Dave Segal of the Stranger, I have a "pugnaciously brash underdog persona." He's right.
In 2011 I added braindance musician Tangentbot to my live show to make things extra nerdy and bouncy. Ladies love it, along with several small dogs.
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