Animal Farm

Animal Farm is one of the newest groups to burst upon the northwest hip-hop scene, creating a significant buzz in just a year after joining forces. The group has quickly developed a large regional following after performing live with legends from KRS 1 to GZA from Wu-Tang Clan to Brand Nubian, and many more. Animal Farm’s MCs, Hanif Wondir, Gen.Erik, Fury, and Kenny Wilson, have gained recognition due to their extremely energetic live show, which combines serious lyricism with a lighter side of comic relief. The group is a collaboration of MCs from Portland and Eugene, OR, and was also named the Eugene Weekly’s best local hip-hop ensemble in a recent fan vote. The “True School” hip-hop sound is well described in a recent issue of Portland’s Willamette Week newspaper, “The group takes simple, catchy loops and cranks the bass up a bit, achieving back-to-basics, rhyme-driven hip-hop that gives props to the simpler days of the artform.”

The much anticipated debut album will be released in Winter 2007 and will feature some great surprises and collaborative efforts, including the legendary KRS-One. Some of the songs expected to be found on the album are “Ragtime Gal”, a great throwback to the 1920s, “Mean Streaks”, a humerous track about bad tempers, “All Out”, and many soulful tracks often produced by group member Gen.Erik.