Twenty20- two unique styles, two separate messages, somehow meshing together to find a medium. The duo has identified the possibility of being mistaken as a novelty group due to the public perception of their races. Granted it would be extremely simple to exploit the fact that they are a black/white Hip-Hop duo (City is actually Italian in descent) but why bother? Twenty20 continues to show and prove that they dont need a gimmick to be recognized. Their undeniable talent and unique sound almost guarantees recognition.Smash and City were knighted twenty20 in January 2003 but had been an unofficial group since 1996. Starting out as a battle of wit and rhyme on a borrowed karaoke machine, the duo would freestyle for hours on the one single instrumental they had available. This hobby suddenly turned into a passion that would spark the duo into a direction that would launch them into their respective careers.It wasnt until City began writing and performing skits for local artists which resulted in twenty20 finally catching a buzz. It was City who voiced the now infamous Thurgood Jenkins skits amongst others (Oddballers: Perversion 4.0) that would lead to the meeting of DJ Dmil (Stereotype Click/SP style) who would produce the necessary opportunity for twenty20 to shine.Taking full advantage of the opportunity and recording equipment, Smash and City began writing and recording and havent stopped since. The progression of twenty20s music and talent is obvious (to those that are able to obtain early unreleased material) and apparent. The music they produce and put forward to the public comes across as second nature to the duo. The vastness of twenty20s potential is so great that even they have yet to fully tap into it, yet they provide constant reminders through bars and verses that there is no subject they are intimidated by or cant write about.
