 Artist: Gym Class Heroes: mp3 download Genre(s): Rap: Hip-Hop Discography:  Greatest Hits 2007 Year: 2007 Tracks: 14  Greatest Hits Year: 2007 Tracks: 14  As Cruel as School Children Year: 2006 Tracks: 14  The Papercut Chronicles Year: 2005 Tracks: 18  For The Kids Year: 2002 Tracks: 15 Melding elements of rap, sway, R&B, and gloomy funk into nonpareil cohesive and melodic sound, upstate New York's Gym Class Heroes had diverse appeal based on their impressive musical manual dexterity. Often touring with indie rock and pop-punk bands, they didn't fit comfortably into peerless specific music genre; the quartet's music was rooted in traditional strike music, just featured live instruments or else of looped samples or beatniks. Lyrics were oftentimes socially conscious, simply too corporate temper and dry taste. The band's roots date to 1997 in Geneva, NY, when MC Travis "Schleprok" McCoy and drummer Matt McGinley became friends during high gymnasium course of study. Wanting to create a new palette for hip-hop, the duo worked with other musicians earlier Gym Class Heroes was officially born in 2001 with the add-on of guitar player Milo Bonacci and bassist Ryan Giese. The guys self-released For the Kids that same year. Touring nonstop, they recorded The Papercut Chronicles in 2003, which caught the attending of Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz in front it was even finished. The Heroes were officially gestural to his Fueled by Ramen embossment, Decaydance, by September 2004 at which point Bonacci was replaced by guitar participant Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo. The four-song teaser The Papercut EP preceded the eventual February 2005 loss of The Papercut Chronicles with Eric Roberts replacement Giese on bass. The quaternary rack up the road strong, disbursement springtime on dates with Midtown, Fall Out Boy, and the Academy Is..., along with striking the year's SXSW, Bamboozle, and Warped Tour festivals. They excessively spent share of the summer opening for ska-punks Streetlight Manifesto. A Red Hot Chili Peppers cover strain was donated to Fearless' Toughie Goes '90s compiling before their follow-up was issued in July 2006. As Cruel as School Children was produced by S*A*M (Method acting Man, the Sounds) and Sluggo (aka pedantic session bassist Dave Katz), and co-produced by Fall Out Boy vocalizer Patrick Stump. The album included respective edgar Albert Guest appearances, including The Academy Is...'s William Beckett and Arrested Development's Speech. They fatigued that summertime load-bearing the record on the Warped Tour. Gym Class Heroes' profile notably increased at the year's goal with the release of the individual "Cupid's Chokehold/Breakfast in America," which strike number four on Billboard's Hot hundred and remained in perpetual rotation on radio and MTV during the outflow of 2007. |
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