Mike Ladd (musician)
Michael C. Ladd (* in Boston ) is an American hip-hop musician (lecture, vocals, synthesizer, lyrics) who has also ventured into the field of jazz.
Career
Ladd played bass and drums in various garage bands during high school and studied English literature at Boston University . He was first known as a poet. His work has appeared in various literary magazines and anthologies, as well as the book Swing Low, Black Men Writing , and he was the winner of the Nuyorican Poets Café Slam .
His first album Easy Listening 4 Armageddon was released in 1997 on the Scratchie label . In addition to other albums, he released a trilogy under the names Majesticons and Infesticons from 2000 onwards , which deals with a fictional hip-hop war between the forces of evil - mainstream - and good - underground music .
Ladd has worked with musicians and bands such as Jackson and his Computer Band , Company Flow , Saul Williams , Terranova , Cannibal Ox , Roots Manuva , Ultra Living , DJ Mehdi and Ken Ishii . With Vijay Iyer he presented a trilogy with the albums In What Language (2003), Still Life with Commentator (2006) and Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project (2013), which deals with the effects of the last wars in Afghanistan and Iraq is busy on everyday life in the United States.
Discography
- 1997: Easy Listening 4 Armageddon (with Jeff Cordero, Latasha Natasha Diggs, Bill Green, Dennis Kelly, Jessica Care Moore and Mums the Schemer)
- 2000: Live from Paris
- 2000: Welcome to the Afterfuture (with Charles Calello and Jeff Cordero)
- 2000: Gun Hill Road ( The Infesticons ) (with Don DiLego, DJ Fred, Goldenchild, Steve Hamilton, Rob Smith and Saul Williams )
- 2003: Beauty Party ( The Majesticons ) (with Keith Ailer, El-P , Murs, Hanifah Walidah and Yazeed)
- 2003: In What Language (with Vijay Iyer )
- 2004: Nostalgialator
- 2005: Negrophilia (with Guillermo E. Brown , Roy Campbell and Vijay Iyer)
- 2005: Father Divine (with Jaleel Bunton, Father Divine, Vijay Iyer and Raz Mesinai)
- 2006: The Storm
- 2006: Still Life with Commentator (with Vijay Iyer)
- 2011: Kids and Animals (EP)
- 2013: Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project (with Vijay Iyer)
- 2013: Sleeping in Vilna: Why Waste Time ( Ayler Records 2013, with Dirk Rothbrust , Carol Robinson , Dave Randall )
Web links
- Works by Mike Ladd in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ladd, Mike |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ladd, Michael C. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American hip hop musician and lyric poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston |