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Last update: 05/12/12 13:22:23
Account: Artist Quota
Location: AMERICA NORTH: USA: Massachusetts (MA)
Signed up: 09 Mar 2010 02:25 PM
Members: Tom Williams, Matt Reyes, & Bill "DJ Day Late" Ierardi
Genre: Hip-Hop
Influences: KRS-ONE, James Brown, Mantronix, Toots & The Maytals, The Art Of Noise, Funkadelic, Elvis Presley, Jack Kerouac.
Website: http://www.TYPE4.biz
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Biography
Medford, MA/ Dedham, MA
TYPE 4 has been around in one form or another since 1990. They started out as a simple rap group with two lead vocalists, inspired by a shared love of hip-hop from its glory years of 1985-1989. Several releases followed on cassette and vinyl. Over the years, they evolved to include live instruments, and to include funk, reggae and rock touches in their music. This combination of sound was best heard on the album "Trailmix", released on CD in 1997. The album was extensively and positively reviewed in magazines and played on radio stations across the country.
With this positive feedback spurring them on, they took to the road in the summer of 1998, buying a schoolbus, ripping out the seats, putting in bunks and a bike rack and touring all over the country. Starting in Boston at The Middle East and Mama Kin, then to New York's CBGBs, they went on to play all over New England, out to Colorado, Utah, Arizona, California, spreading the word of "Trailmix" wherever they went.
Upon returning home, they recorded a new album, "For Sale", which started a turn back to more traditional hip-hop production. Playing on the road with seven members of a band had turned out to be a bit complex at times. This evolution toward simplicity was accelerated by the loss of one of the lead vocalists in 2001, and their drummer a year later. Recovering and restructuring followed, and the result is the sound of their current album, "As Is" - available for download at iTunes, Amazon, etc.
This is not the end of their musical evolution. They're already working on a new album, "Written In Red", due for release in 2010. In the meantime, listen to their back catalog on last.fm, become a fan on Facebook, or visit their website www.TYPE4.biz to check out a couple decades' worth of cool Boston hip-hop funk from TYPE 4!
TOM WILLIAMS (voice) is from Medford, MA. Like most Bostonians his age, he was initially exposed to hip-hop through breakdancing, but quickly grew to love the music behind the style. Growing up literally on the other side of the (commuter rail) tracks, he found a lot to relate to in the rap music of the day. His "South Bronx" was South Medford, his version of "The Bridge" was the Ball Sq. Bridge. An award-winning freestyle BMX competitor, he would often do bike routines to tracks from Mantronix or D-Nice. His biggest musical influence has always been KRS-One and BDP, though Public Enemy, NWA and De La Soul can be heard in his headphones to this day. With a self-deprecating sense of humor delivered with more charm than swagger, Tom's raps are a refreshing break from all that bling-bling, "I'm this, I'm that, and you're not" stuff out there now. Tom is all about the anti-bling.
MATT REYES (music) has been involved in the Boston hip-hop scene since 1985, when he and his Dedham home studio / production house World One played an integral role in the development of many local rap acts. Fans of Boston's first rap radio shows "Lecco's Lemma", "Street Beat" and "Rap Explosion" heard Matt's music on tracks from White Magic, Diamond 2, and COD Crew. He's since produced tracks for Nabo Rawk, 7L & Esoteric and Akrobatik. He was profiled in Ric Kahn's article "Suburban Rap Attack" in the March 4 1988 issue of the Boston Phoenix, and recently bookended that by contributing to, and being mentioned in, Mickey Hess' reference tome Hip Hop In America: A Regional Guide. Matt has never, and will never, allow an autotuner anywhere near his music.
BILL "DJ DayLate" IERARDI started off as the biggest T4 fan on the planet, and now he's DJing for them. This is kind of step down for him, considering he used to be the webmaster for Skunk.com. But Tom and Matt are glad to have him around. He pretty much saved T4 from extinction by creating a TYPE 4 website, sparking an online buzz and spreading the music to a whole new generation of fans worldwide. Oh and the reason he's "DayLate" is because Tom's always a "DollarShort"...
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