Remember that old Prego commercial that touted all the ingredients in their spaghetti sauce with the refrain, “It’s in there!”?
Shinobi Ninja is very much the Prego of party music. Thirty seconds into their club banger, “Brooklyn to Babylon” reveals a whirlwind tour of the underground: Hip-hop, reggae, funk – it all gets combined into a kinetic mélange that’s impossible not to react to. “Daps to my homies, mad love to my chicks / Hip-hop the rock I gotta get that mix,” chants the band in unison – daring you not to sing along. But the recipe doesn’t end there – front man Dave Aaron channels Mike Patton in his singing, giving songs like “Jump to This” and “Rock Hood” a metal edge with the help of some crunching guitars. We’re betting you never danced to Slayer like this.
Hailing from Hell’s Kitchen in NYC, Shinobi Ninja features a motley crew of characters with names like Baby Girl and Maniac Mike who represent a diverse cross-section of industry personas: songwriter, studio musician, producer, engineer, dancer, battle DJ and – naturally – chef. Hey, somebody needs to heat the pot and make sure the ingredients sizzle.
