FIRE ON THE DANCE FLOOR

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Remember that old Prego commercial that touted all the ingredients in their spaghetti sauce with the refrain, It’s in there!?

Shinobi Ninja is very much the Prego of party music. Thirty seconds into their club banger, Brooklyn to Babylon reveals a whirlwind tour of the underground: Hip-hop, reggae, funk “ it all gets combined into a kinetic mélange that’s impossible not to react to. Daps to my homies, mad love to my chicks / Hip-hop the rock I gotta get that mix, chants the band in unison “ daring you not to sing along. But the recipe doesn’t end there “ front man Dave Aaron channels Mike Patton in his singing, giving songs like Jump to This and Rock Hood a metal edge with the help of some crunching guitars. We’re betting you never danced to Slayer like this.

Hailing from Hell’s Kitchen in NYC, Shinobi Ninja features a motley crew of characters with names like Baby Girl and Maniac Mike who represent a diverse cross-section of industry personas: songwriter, studio musician, producer, engineer, dancer, battle DJ and “ naturally “ chef. Hey, somebody needs to heat the pot and make sure the ingredients sizzle.