South West Quest

South West Quest (SWQ) is a hip-hop music group that is laced with club dance, funk, and comedy. The group began in Winter of 2004 with original fulltime members Jasey Jas (Jason Ketchmark), Aj (Andy Ryan), Matty Matt (Matt Sproch), Ice Tea (Teagan Pastiak). Other members to join the group over time are LuLu (Lucy Ramirez), and CamCam (Cameron Abraham). Jasey Jas was, and still is, the lead mc of the group. Jasey is the only member of the group to appear on every SWQ cd and single.
The original and ongoing concept of the group was to mesh together non-hip hop influenced Caucasian individuals; molding their mc personalities into professional and catchy sounding music with intentions to mock the “overnight” rap celebrities and the top-chart sound of sell-out pop music. “Basically I wanted to form a group who’s members weren’t ever involved with Rap and Hip Hop before, and had a physical image that was the complete opposite of the Rap/Hip Hop image stereotype” said Jasey Jas (2007 Before the release of their third CD: Black, White & Disco Lights), “Trust me, this was, and still is a trick to get everything sounding on beat and musically bearable. But after more than 40 songs, the hints of amateur flow have vanished in our music and especially on our third and most likely final CD. This CD will show the world how much our talent and music has grown, and what a little blood and sweat can do.. But, even though we sound much-much better, and our image has grown more serious over time, our music and ideas still have the same butt shaking mockery from the very beginning”. The goal of South West Quest is to reach a level in the music industry where they are played on pop tv and radio channels such as MTV, and to obtain a following that spans the world. This will then frost the SWQ cake and acknowledge that anyone can become a pop superstar if they work for it. Before the group was officially formed, Jasey Jas and Aj originally worked on the single “Juiced Out Ride”. Juiced out ride began to play at local house parties, where it gained a small following of fans. Jasey and Aj received many requests to work on more songs. Both mc’s took the requests into consideration and began collaboration on more songs, which later lead to the first South West Quest self-titled album. This cd contained music composed by Jasey Jas on instruments such as keyboards, guitar, voice, and drums (ranging from drum sets all the way to “pounding” on countertops)...( Read More )
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