Kuningi ukungezwani emculweni wesimanje. Ngokuvamile abalaleli banesithakazelo sokuthi i-psychedelia nengokomoya, ukwazi kanye ne-lyricism kuxubene kanjani ngempumelelo. Izithixo zezigidi zingaphila impilo enecala ngaphandle kokuyeka ukushukumisa izinhliziyo zabalandeli bazo. Kungalesi simiso lapho kwakhiwa khona umsebenzi we-Underachievers, iqembu elincane laseMelika elazuza ngokushesha udumo lomhlaba.
Ukwakhiwa kwe-Underachievers
Iqembu le-Underachievers liqukethe abafana ababili. Lona ngu-Issa Dash no-Ak. Bobabili bancane, banesikhumba esinsundu. Abafana bahlangana ngenxa yezithakazelo ezivamile. Abafana babehlala ebuntwaneni babo nasebusheni eNew York, endaweni yaseFlatbush yaseBrooklyn. Babehlala amabhulokhi ambalwa kuphela komunye nomunye, kodwa bahlangana kuphela njengabantu abadala.
Le ndawo iyikhaya labantu bezinhlanga eziningi, futhi kukhona abokufika abaningi abavela eziqhingini zaseCaribbean. Kunomoya wenkululeko emkhathini. Lokhu ukuziphatha kwe-hooligan, izidakamizwa ezithambile, umculo onesigqi. Womabili amalungu e-The Underachievers avela emindenini ecebile.
Isimo sengqondo ngezidakamizwa
Amalungu eThe Underachievers ahlangane ngesikhathi esebenzisa izidakamizwa ezithambile. Entsheni yaseFlatbush, lokhu akuwona umbhedo. U-Issa Dash uyavuma ukuthi isithakazelo sakhe esikhulu kwakuwukubhema ukhula. Ngolunye usuku umngane wakhe wamyisa kwa-AK. Abafana baqala ukukhuluma ngamakhowe, i-asidi, futhi ingxoxo yafika emculweni. Abafana bathola ulimi oluvamile futhi ngokushesha bahlukana.
Isipiliyoni somculo se-Underachievers
U-AK ube nentshisekelo emculweni kusukela ebuntwaneni. Kusukela eneminyaka engu-10-11, waqala ukuziqambela izingoma ze-rap. Esikoleni esiphakeme, umfana usevele wazama ukuqopha izingoma esebenzisa umculo womunye umuntu. U-Issa Dash waba nesithakazelo ngempela kumngane wakhe ngemva kokuhlangana naye. Wayejwayele ukulalela umculo, kodwa akazange acabange ukuzenzela yena.
U-AK wambonisa isibonelo esihle, wamqinisekisa ukuthi bangenza abakuthandayo, hhayi nje ukulalela abanye. U-Issa Dash ekuqaleni wasiza umngane kuphela, kodwa ngokushesha wathola ulwazi futhi waqala ukurepha.
Igama leqembu
U-AK, osenesikhathi eside ebambe iqhaza emculweni, waqhamuka negama elingelona iqiniso elizenzele yena. I-Underachiever ehunyushwe ngesiRashiya isho ukusala ngemuva. Lena yindlela umfana ahlole ngayo impumelelo yakhe yomculo. Wayefuna ukwenza umculo ongcono kakhulu, kodwa waqonda ukuthi wayesekude nombono.
Lapho iqembu livela, livele lengeze isiphetho -s egameni elikhona. Kubonakala njengegama elibi, kodwa abafana bayalithanda. Leli gama likuvumela ukuthi uye phambili, ngaphandle kwamaphutha. Abafana balwela ukwenza umculo abawuthandayo, futhi bangaziwa njengezithixo zokukhulekela.
Izimfuneko zokuvela kweqembu The Underachievers
Ngo-2007, u-AK wahlangana nabafana be-Flatbush Zombies. Yilo mhlangano omenze wasungula iqembu lakhe. Wayeqonda ukuthi kwakunzima ukudlula uwedwa, ngaphandle kokuxhumana. AmaZombi ayenolwazi lokuxhumana nabaculi abaziwayo. Lokhu kubenze bangena esiteji ngokuzethemba. Ngakho-ke, ukubonakala kwe-comrade-in-arms kwamjabulisa u-AK.
Laba bafana bakhule ku-rap yama-90s. Phakathi kwezithombe kwakukhona i-Hieroglyphics, i-Pharcyde, i-Souls of Mischief. Abafana babiza u-50 Cent isithonjana esingenakuqhathaniswa salo mkhuba. Phakathi kwamaqembu esimanje, abafana abanjengoFleet Foxes. Akuwona kuphela umculo omangalisayo lapha, kodwa futhi inhlangano nomoya. Kuhlale kunesasasa emakhonsathini, kune-aura yobumnandi. Abafana baphinde bagubhe umsebenzi weGrizzly Bear, Yeasayer, Band of Horses. Amakhonsathi abukhoma ahlaba umxhwele ngokukhethekile. Lona umsindo omangalisayo namandla avela kubaculi.
Isiqondiso somsebenzi
Umculo we-Underachievers uyingxube eqhumayo. Ihlanganisa ngempumelelo umsindo wendabuko we-hip-hop yaseNew York nemifanekiso yesimanje ye-psychedelic. Kukhona ukuthinta okungaqondakali kanye nobumnandi obungalawuleki. Izingoma zomculo zigcwele itimu yezidakamizwa. Izinkinga ezijwayelekile zentsha ziyaphakanyiswa.
Abafana bacula ngalokho abakuphilelayo. Yilolu hlobo lwabantu oludonsa ukunaka koquqaba. Izingoma ezilula neziqondakalayo ezinesethulo esihle ziyilokho kanye okudingwa yintsha, okuyinqwaba yabalandeli beqembu.
Ukuthuthukiswa Kwemisebenzi
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi abafana kusukela Underachievers bazana kusukela ngo-2007, baqala ukudlwengula sina kuphela ngo-2011. Ngaphambi kokukhipha ividiyo yabo yokuqala, benze ucwaningo oluningi nokuhlola, babuka izinto ezidaliwe ezidumile. Ngo-2012, ividiyo yabo ethi “So Devilish” yabangela isiphithiphithi sangempela phakathi kwabalandeli bomculo wentsha. Ingoma eyodwa ethi "Gold Soul Theory" yakhululwa ku-BBC Radio ngo-Agasti 2012.
Umdidiyeli we-Flying Lotus umeme iqembu kwi-conglomerate yase-Beast Coast. Iqembu lalibonakala limthembisa. Sekuyisikhathi eside enedumela lokusebenza nabahloli abamele impumelelo engaba khona. I-Underachievers isayine inkontileka futhi isebenzisane ngempumelelo ne-Brainfeeder.
Ngo-2013, bakhiphe ama-mixtape ama-2 ngesikhathi esisodwa. Lokhu kwaba umfutho wokuthuthukiswa okusebenzayo kokuthandwa. Ngo-2014, leli qembu lakha i-albhamu yalo yokuqala yesitudiyo, i-Cellar Door: Terminus ut Exordium, kwathi ngonyaka olandelayo lakhipha i-Evermore elandelayo: The Art of Duality. Ngo-2016, abafana banquma ukuqinisekisa impumelelo yabo nge-mixtape entsha. Futhi-ke, ibhendi ihambela phezulu. Kuze kube manje, i-albhamu yakamuva yabafana ibhekwa njenge "Renaissance," ekhishwe ngo-2017.
Ama-Underachievers enza ngenkuthalo kokubili nozakwabo nangokuzimela. Iqembu lizama ukuvusa isithakazelo esikhulu ngokwenza kuzo zonke izinhlangothi: ubuciko obucabangelayo, umculo wekhwalithi ephezulu, nokwethulwa kwemfashini kwezinto ezibonakalayo. Abagxeki babikezela intuthuko esheshayo kubo, okuyinto umphakathi ojabule ngayo.
