Bio

Mic Crenshaw -Vocals
Rasheeda Ameera - Vocals
Lovin Logic Band:
Chris Allen -Drums/Production
Chris Harris - Bass
Kevin Ellis - Keys
DeAngelo Raines - Guitar
Prophet Noize - Engineering

Hungry Mob came together in the fall of 1994. Their first live show was in December of that year, opening up for the Fugees and Spearhead with a set consisting of a few memorized bass lines underneath lots of freestylin’.

Since then, the sound has evolved through a busy live show schedule and various self-produced releases into one that balances tight arrangements with regular improv. The type of sound that tends to give you something you can relate to, while at the same time taking you somewhere you’ve never been.

The Hungry Mob band aka Lovin Logic mixes it up in a style that fuses hip-hop, jazz and soul. Performing originals as well as popular favorites, the instrumentalists regularly collaborate with various vocalists and players from other crews and have rocked stages and studios with diverse talents such as Jazz trumpeter Thara Memory, rapper Cool Nutz and spoken word artist Rochell Hart. Holding down the frontline is emcee Mic Crenshaw, the 2001 Portland, Oregon poetry slam champion and national finalist. Mic is not only known for rockin’ stages with groups like Suckapunch and as a solo artist but also for his involvement in the community as a youth mentor, using hip-hop to connect with and inspire the next generation. Singer/poet Toni Hill also makes up one half of the female hip-hop/r&b duo, Sirens Echo and is often compared to artists like Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill when audiences experience her unique ability to deliver lyrics via soulful singing as well as rapid fire spoken word.

International artists Hungry Mob has shared the bill with include Outkast, Gil Scott-Heron, Ice Cube, Black Uhuru and many more. Locally, the Mob has rocked stages with Dahlia, Cool Nutz, Thara Memory and Pete Krebs among others.

The group’s musical vision centers around a long career with as much artistic control as possible being favored over quick riches. Constant ‘Do It Yourself’ effort is put into building a following as opposed to trying to get signed as soon as possible. Eventually,the goal is simply to take the music across the seven seas without having to water it down along the way.