Songs
Featuring Jerry Douglas on dobro
- 1 The Only Way Out Is Through
- 2 Good at Being Bad
- 3 Obligatory Braggadocio
- 4 Up High Do or Die
- 5 Mother
- 6 Sankofa
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- artist:Gangstagrass
- featured artist:Gangstagrass (R-SON the Voice of Reason, Dolio the Sleuth, Rench, and more)
- region:North America
- release year:2024
- style(s):African-American, Americana
- country:USA
- formats:Audio File / Digital, CD (Compact Disc), LP / Vinyl
- record posted by:Gangstagrass
- label:Rench Audio
- publisher:Rench Audio
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The Blackest Thing on the Menu marks the band’s seventh full-length album, and the band's second #1 Billboard bluegrass charting album.
With over a decade of shattering barriers and touring globally, this rebellious collective has achieved unparalleled success, crafting an innovative sound deeply rooted in historically significant heritage.
Bringing together American musics that the record industry in America often defines as totally separate -- bluegrass and country are played on different radio stations and placed in different sections of music stores and on different playlists -- Gangstagrass skillfully blends the traditional sounds of fiddles and banjos
with contemporary hip-hop beats. This distinctive fusion and artistic ingenuity have catapulted Gangstagrass to global acclaim. Praised by esteemed outlets such as The New York Times, Forbes, Rolling Stone, NPR, Vice, HipHopDX, and The Wall Street Journal, the band has also been featured on national television and radio broadcasts including PBS in the United States and the BBC in the United Kingdom.
Gangstagrass has played for tens of thousands of people at festivals around the world, including WOMAD, Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival, Rudolstadt, Cambridge Folk, Montelago Celtic Festival, Calgary Folk, Smukfest, Colours of Ostrava, and many more.
And the band is excited to make that list a lot longer! Let's talk. Send our manager Sleevs Emily Messner a message in the app or find us through our UK-based booking agency Midnight Mango or, better yet, come say hi at our showcase at Torni Stage Thursday night!! We would love to meet you.
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“Gangstagrass is certainly among the most engaging and provocative acts in and around bluegrass music…It may be jarring at first to followers of either part of this genre blend, but they do it with such skill and panache that it really works on both levels.”
— John Lawless, Bluegrass Today, February 1, 2024
“Melding bluegrass and hip-hop, urban and rural, fiddles and rhymes, Gangstagrass manages a hard feat: creating something that sounds like a completely new genre.”
— Chris Griffy, No Depression, February 19, 2024
“Gangstagrass’ reputation has been built on a clever and never corny mashup of bluegrass instrumentation and fire-spitting hip-hop...new song ‘Good at Being Bad,’… a rewarding curveball from the band that ups anticipation for new album ‘The Blackest Thing on the Menu.’”
— Addie Moore, Wide Open Country, March 8, 2024
“Gangstagrass have solidified their status… through sharp musical chops and even more impressive hip-hop
flows… their skills are strong enough to appeal to fans of all the genres they cover, making them a true melting
pot of a group.”
— Glide Magazine, May 9, 2024
“The world’s foremost outfit combining bluegrass with rap, hip-hop, R&B, and more. We’ve been fans of Gangstagrass at BGS for years.”
— Ed Helms, Bluegrass Situation (“Good Country”), June 5, 2024