Hot Venom

by Rebirth Brass Band

Overview

The release of Hot Venom finds the Rebirth Brass Band adding a definite rap element to the traditional brass band music indigenous to New Orleans. Rebirth is successful in combining the community-based traditional brass bands (which have always been a street art, featuring music that is used for parades, burials, celebrating) and injects the current urban sensibilities of rap and hip-hop, creating a potent brand of hot venom. While brass band purists may find this new direction appalling, it is the next logical step for the younger musicians to keep the form from dying, or, worse, becoming a museum piece. A word of caution: this may be the first brass band album to contain a parental advisory sticker. The abrasive lyrics on Hot Venom may turn off some listeners; however, if you can get past that (it's worth it!), it doesn't take away from the overall party groove the Rebirth band delivers. ~ Al Campbell

Product Details

Release Date:	03/06/2001
Label:	Mardi Gras
UPC:	0096094105325
Rank:	114097

Tracks

1. New Orleans Music
2. Rebirth Melody/ Casanova (Medley)
3. You Don't Want to Go to War
4. Rockin' on Your Stinkin' Ass
5. Pop That Pussy
6. Hot Venom
7. Thinking About Ya
8. Let's Do It Again
9. Doing Bad
10. Let Me Do My Thing

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rebirth Brass Band   Primary Artist
Cheeky Blakk   Primary Artist
Soulja Slim   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Derrick Shezbie   Trumpet
Philip Frazier   Tuba
Glen Andrews   Trumpet
Ajay Mallery   Drums (Snare)
Keith "Bass Drum Shorty" Frazier   Drums (Bass)
Stafford Agee   Trombone
Revert Andrews   Trombone
Tyrus Chapman   Trombone
James Durant   Sax (Tenor)

Technical Credits

Soulja Slim   Performer
Curtis Mayfield   Composer
Jerry Embree   Producer
Rebirth Brass Band   Composer,Producer
Glen Andrews   Composer
Steve Reynolds   Mixing,Engineer
Warren Hildebrand   Executive Producer
Cheeky Blakk   Performer