Traditionally, “mayday” is an attention grabbing distress signal, so, it’s … Read Full Bio ↴Traditionally, “mayday” is an attention grabbing distress signal, so, it’s no wonder that the Miami-based hip-hop group ¡MAYDAY! is generating a sound way too strong for anyone to tune out.
Starting out as a 2-man project ¡MAYDAY! has since evolved into a full-fledged 6-man band with a buzz so loud that it came to the attention of hip-hop mogul Lil’ Wayne who had to stop and take notice. He invited the band, which consists of MCs Bernz and Wrekonize, producer/guitarist Plex Luthor, bassist/keyboardist Gianni Ca$h, drummer L.T. Hopkins and percussionist NonMS, to be his on-screen band in 3 of his videos (“Get A Life,” “Da Da Da,” and “On Fire”), had them perform at his 2010 Super Bowl party, and then gave them the ultimate high-five by wearing a ¡MAYDAY! t-shirt in his “Get A Life” video and proclaiming himself the next member of the band. It doesn’t stop with Lil Wayne – as the #1 indie rapper alive, Tech N9ne quickly signed the band to his Strange Music label. So far, the relationship has proved fruitful. The band completed two US Strange Music tours, including the record breaking 90 shows in 99 days Hostile Takeover tour with Tech and Machine Gun Kelly; produced the entire Tech N9ne Klusterfuk EP which hit #1 on the indie Billboard charts; released their Billboard top 100 charting Strange debut album, Take Me To Your Leader, and most recently, released their new EP, Thirft Store Halos, which quickly hit #3 on the iTunes Hip-Hop charts on the first day of release. Numerous platinum and buzz-worthy artists and producers such as Cee-Lo, David Banner, Black Thought (The Roots), SpaceGhostPurrp, NORE, Jim Jonsin (TI, Lil’ Wayne, Kid Cudi), Ace Hood and more have stepped up to work with the ¡MAYDAY! crew.
¡MAYDAY!‘s distinctive fusion of urban and alt.rock is pushing the boundaries of music as they flex their muscles in areas of funk that hip-hop has yet to explore. Their attention to detail (they write, arrange, mix and produce all the music themselves) and explosive live show is impossible to ignore. Miami Magazine said of their performance: “¡MAYDAY!‘s musical mash-up fuels both its frenzied live shows and a new album that oozes Miami cool.” ¡MAYDAY!‘s signature style has already caught the ear of media outlets like MTV, XXL, RapRadar, HipHopDX, 2DopeBoyz and more, and as DJ Khaled proclaimed: “¡MAYDAY! is headed to the top floor.”
After premiering the video for their Cee-Lo assisted single “Groundhog Day” on Youtube, the clip achieved a record-breaking 2 million plus views in less than two days and garnered attention from The New York Times, ABC World News Tonight, NBC 6 Evening News and Inside Edition. Later that year “Groundhog Day” was featured on HBO’s Entourage. Other songs including “Watching Me” from ¡MAYDAY!’s debut album, have been used in video games (NBA Street Homecourt 2007) and television, including Stuck on an Island’s “On 2 Somth’n” which was featured in ABC Family’s popular show Lincoln Heights.
¡MAYDAY! has long been a force in the Miami underground scene. Live ¡MAYDAY! puts on an impressive show with a exhilarating party vibe. The Miami Herald said ¡MAYDAY! “…captures the electric excitement of a city on the verge of a breakthrough” and the Miami New Times called them “…one of Miami’s hardest-hitting bands.” After the release of their self-titled debut album, URB Magazine placed ¡MAYDAY! In their next 20 Artists to Watch and MTV chose them as one of the Freshmen Five giving them opportunities to travel the US performing to packed houses with a spectrum of artists ranging from Daft Punk to Big Boi to Method Man and Goodie Mob.
¡MAYDAY! is a band that fits right in, but their sound is different. It’s live, hard-hitting, future brand of music posted up somewhere between rock and a hard place, strangely familiar, yet brand new.
Starting out as a 2-man project ¡MAYDAY! has since evolved into a full-fledged 6-man band with a buzz so loud that it came to the attention of hip-hop mogul Lil’ Wayne who had to stop and take notice. He invited the band, which consists of MCs Bernz and Wrekonize, producer/guitarist Plex Luthor, bassist/keyboardist Gianni Ca$h, drummer L.T. Hopkins and percussionist NonMS, to be his on-screen band in 3 of his videos (“Get A Life,” “Da Da Da,” and “On Fire”), had them perform at his 2010 Super Bowl party, and then gave them the ultimate high-five by wearing a ¡MAYDAY! t-shirt in his “Get A Life” video and proclaiming himself the next member of the band. It doesn’t stop with Lil Wayne – as the #1 indie rapper alive, Tech N9ne quickly signed the band to his Strange Music label. So far, the relationship has proved fruitful. The band completed two US Strange Music tours, including the record breaking 90 shows in 99 days Hostile Takeover tour with Tech and Machine Gun Kelly; produced the entire Tech N9ne Klusterfuk EP which hit #1 on the indie Billboard charts; released their Billboard top 100 charting Strange debut album, Take Me To Your Leader, and most recently, released their new EP, Thirft Store Halos, which quickly hit #3 on the iTunes Hip-Hop charts on the first day of release. Numerous platinum and buzz-worthy artists and producers such as Cee-Lo, David Banner, Black Thought (The Roots), SpaceGhostPurrp, NORE, Jim Jonsin (TI, Lil’ Wayne, Kid Cudi), Ace Hood and more have stepped up to work with the ¡MAYDAY! crew.
¡MAYDAY!‘s distinctive fusion of urban and alt.rock is pushing the boundaries of music as they flex their muscles in areas of funk that hip-hop has yet to explore. Their attention to detail (they write, arrange, mix and produce all the music themselves) and explosive live show is impossible to ignore. Miami Magazine said of their performance: “¡MAYDAY!‘s musical mash-up fuels both its frenzied live shows and a new album that oozes Miami cool.” ¡MAYDAY!‘s signature style has already caught the ear of media outlets like MTV, XXL, RapRadar, HipHopDX, 2DopeBoyz and more, and as DJ Khaled proclaimed: “¡MAYDAY! is headed to the top floor.”
After premiering the video for their Cee-Lo assisted single “Groundhog Day” on Youtube, the clip achieved a record-breaking 2 million plus views in less than two days and garnered attention from The New York Times, ABC World News Tonight, NBC 6 Evening News and Inside Edition. Later that year “Groundhog Day” was featured on HBO’s Entourage. Other songs including “Watching Me” from ¡MAYDAY!’s debut album, have been used in video games (NBA Street Homecourt 2007) and television, including Stuck on an Island’s “On 2 Somth’n” which was featured in ABC Family’s popular show Lincoln Heights.
¡MAYDAY! has long been a force in the Miami underground scene. Live ¡MAYDAY! puts on an impressive show with a exhilarating party vibe. The Miami Herald said ¡MAYDAY! “…captures the electric excitement of a city on the verge of a breakthrough” and the Miami New Times called them “…one of Miami’s hardest-hitting bands.” After the release of their self-titled debut album, URB Magazine placed ¡MAYDAY! In their next 20 Artists to Watch and MTV chose them as one of the Freshmen Five giving them opportunities to travel the US performing to packed houses with a spectrum of artists ranging from Daft Punk to Big Boi to Method Man and Goodie Mob.
¡MAYDAY! is a band that fits right in, but their sound is different. It’s live, hard-hitting, future brand of music posted up somewhere between rock and a hard place, strangely familiar, yet brand new.
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J Dub
[Wrekonize:]
Break ground on a
Not so solid surface
Rock the common turf with
Rottweillers with purpose
Moving around and now he duly get down
Draw blood and it's oozing now
My heart has been losing pounds
By the minute you play cynic like the bleeding isn't real
But the leaks that I conceal have an overwhelming feel
And it's danger
Under the ground I see saviours
Who's memories I buried with my very scary neighbours
Razors, raze the bottom line blazes
Pick and shuffle the blame
Kicking trouble for days
And I'm feeling like this bassinet is just another coffin
Heavin, coughin, reachin, often
Kicking up dust on the life I lived
You see I'm Mad Max with an axe
And I'm minus wife and kids
I'm looking for the clues that I might have missed
So if you find me in the dirt and you see I'm tryin to dig remember that
This is a dangerous time we live in
Revolutions all around
I found a dream that I was given
Down deep inside the ground
Let's, let's, let's dig it out
Put crown on her
Better better so we be on
Get a little go see me gone
I'mma let them all keep me strong
Pick it up and I'm gonna beat the pawns
Add a little bit of butter I'mma eat the fawn
I'm a illin' motherfucker with a piece of wrong
The world is on it's knees
These sane names and fame games
Get a license with the strange lane
My aims plain but ain't changed since 1983
This ain't pain but hey man
I'm trying to maintain sane
This caveman bring great fam
That's just the way it be
In a world of darkness
I'm digging for catharsis
I'm sipping on the arsenic
Just to say I'm a part of it
The media
The medium
The miniscule we make
The mediocore medicare on my mininum wage
I'm smiling but I'm not okay
I'm dialing, don't know what I'll say
I'm filing for asylum
But I'm whiling violins on that mountain plate
We walking up to take the stage
Got dirt and sand all in my face
If this here is my final play
Here's what you'll hear my tombstone say
This is a dangerous time we live in
Revolutions all around
I found a dream that I was given
Down deep inside the ground
Let's, let's, let's dig it out
1LIFEtoWIN
Mayday dont stop making music like this don't change yourselves all you guys need is more recognition this is amazing music.
martin peschardt
What a legend❤️
Still banging loud in the speakers 2021!
J Dub
[Wrekonize:]
Break ground on a
Not so solid surface
Rock the common turf with
Rottweillers with purpose
Moving around and now he duly get down
Draw blood and it's oozing now
My heart has been losing pounds
By the minute you play cynic like the bleeding isn't real
But the leaks that I conceal have an overwhelming feel
And it's danger
Under the ground I see saviours
Who's memories I buried with my very scary neighbours
Razors, raze the bottom line blazes
Pick and shuffle the blame
Kicking trouble for days
And I'm feeling like this bassinet is just another coffin
Heavin, coughin, reachin, often
Kicking up dust on the life I lived
You see I'm Mad Max with an axe
And I'm minus wife and kids
I'm looking for the clues that I might have missed
So if you find me in the dirt and you see I'm tryin to dig remember that
This is a dangerous time we live in
Revolutions all around
I found a dream that I was given
Down deep inside the ground
Let's, let's, let's dig it out
Put crown on her
Better better so we be on
Get a little go see me gone
I'mma let them all keep me strong
Pick it up and I'm gonna beat the pawns
Add a little bit of butter I'mma eat the fawn
I'm a illin' motherfucker with a piece of wrong
The world is on it's knees
These sane names and fame games
Get a license with the strange lane
My aims plain but ain't changed since 1983
This ain't pain but hey man
I'm trying to maintain sane
This caveman bring great fam
That's just the way it be
In a world of darkness
I'm digging for catharsis
I'm sipping on the arsenic
Just to say I'm a part of it
The media
The medium
The miniscule we make
The mediocore medicare on my mininum wage
I'm smiling but I'm not okay
I'm dialing, don't know what I'll say
I'm filing for asylum
But I'm whiling violins on that mountain plate
We walking up to take the stage
Got dirt and sand all in my face
If this here is my final play
Here's what you'll hear my tombstone say
This is a dangerous time we live in
Revolutions all around
I found a dream that I was given
Down deep inside the ground
Let's, let's, let's dig it out
bretesque
cannot stop listening to this. wrek kills it
Christopher Hinebaugh
love, love, love this new album! You guys are an inspiration to me and i'm sure the rest of your fans. Being a musician myself, i've really struggled with a style that i can call my own and with music like this it gives me a chance to express myself. Love everything you guys have accomplished and i cant wait to meet and see you guys perform here in Detroit
Sasha Milivojevich
Favorite song on the album along with "Due To June"....Wreckonize bro, mad props to you, i hope u can see this and will feel the love from Serbia! You're my fucking insipiration in life...
Matt S
Love this song .. Y'all killed it
rage108
Production is AMAZING!!!! Love Plex Luthor...would love to pick his brain, bet I'd find Strange Algorithms...he's such a mad scientist
Andrew Murphy
Wrek’s voice is amazing
Zach Wabason
absolutely the best track on take me to your leader