Member Since: 6/5/2007
Band Website: ben-vita.com
Band Members: Ben, Guests, Gadgets.
Influences: Public Enemy, Joni Mitchell, Sonic Youth, Marvin Gaye, Elvis Costello, Stevie Wonder, De La Soul, Peter Gabriel, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jungle Brothers, Midnight Oil, KRS-ONE, Eurythmics, The Marley Family, Ice-T, New Order, The Meters, Kate Bush, The Hernandez Brothers, Earth, Wind & Fire, Gang Starr, Talking Heads, Bad Brains, Def Squad, The real Havoc and the real Prodigy: Mobb Deep, The Roots, Crass, Los Lobos, Jane Siberry, Depeche Mode, Suzanne Vega, Steve Albini, Mary J. Blige, Stevie Wonder, Revs & Cost, The Kids In The Hall, Michael Jordan, Wu Tang. Wu Tang. Tony Hawk, Prince, Missy Elliott, Mudhoney, Curtis Mayfield, The Go-Gos, The Pixies, DeeLite, Last Poets, Dr. Dre, Team Dresch, Leonard Cohen, R. Kelly, Roy Smeck, Pavement, the music of Soweto, the Anthology of American Folk Music, my dad, my uncle and I'm not even getting obscure yet....Company Flow has been more of an inspiration but y'all SLEEEEEEP on them and their records came out before any of mine so I'll call them an influence.Also Butz.
Sounds Like: scuffed-up $200 sneakers
Record Label: Woodstock MusicWorks
Type of Label: Indie