Member Since: 6/15/2005
Band Website: http://lenzmen.com
Band Members: The Lenzmen (Dynamics Plus, Doctor Strange and Earthadox)
Influences: So then growing up, who were some of your musical influences?Centri: For me personally I’ve never really been influenced by one particular person or group. I’ve been ---more influenced by particular songs of certain albums like Nas’s verses on live at the barbeque or ----X-clan’s 1st album. I gotta admit though everybody was influenced by Raekwon’s Cuban Links.
Sounds Like: Excerpts from platform8470 review
Welcome to the world of The Lenzmen, a dimension somewhere between the deserted Company Flow galaxy and the Cannibal Ox milky way, close to the planet of Dr Octagon, and surrounded by The Atoms Family’s atmosphere. A universe that is charachterized by sci-fi soundscapes and ditto lyrics. 'Album 2' is actually two concepts: 'Magnify Lenz' and 'Scientific Community'. The first part of the album focuses on the group itself and let us get acquainted with their mind state and philosophy. The second part is a tale of NY hip-hop being attacked and the only saviors is the underground scene.
Twisted, hypnotical and outerspacious is 'Devotion': lyrics go from critic on society 'I’m a product of generation X, raised by disfunctional family and television sets' and today’s music industry 'they say I’m too creative, they say I’ll never make it, they say I need to be more crime-, sex- and drug-related, I never be rich but talent becomes a hobby when you need to pay the rent'. The Lenzmen not only rap just about fictional stuff like movies, legends and their own created reality but they also refer to actual facts, contemporary deficits of society.
Creative lyrics twisted over beats that yet have to be discovered like the moon in the fifties. This ain’t your ordinary hip-hop: The Lenzmen are craftsmen who know how to write lyrics and make dope music. Since Company Flow, there’s a movement goin on that cannot longer be denied. The Atoms Family, Cannibal Ox, and others have yet received much props, now it’s time for these cats to bring it to the forefront. Fans of the genre will love this.
Record Label: Dynamica Music/Uncommon Records(Uncommonmusic.net)
Type of Label: Indie