World's Fair

“… Sabotage Gigante has been said to be Sonic’s political album, at least in a more wide-ranging and universal way than Telicatessen’s the-personal-is-political themes, but there are so many generalities, abstractions, reappropriated slogans, moments of quadruplespeak, and pseudo-non-sequitur asides that much of the listener’s time between headphones is spent trying to untangle it all….” - Pitchfork [READ MORE]

They forgot to mention that boom bap, but whatever, that’s ok. its cool… Rob Sonic just don’t quit - bringing back his fabled “Radiohead of Hip Hop” (CMJ) a.k.a. Sonic Sum troupe via Def Jux!

From the bio…
Definitive Jux is proud to present Sonic Sum’s Films, their long-awaited follow up LP to 2000’s critically-acclaimed debut The Sanity Annex. Films is a glimpse of why this Bronx-based foursome have achieved cult status amongst the indie/underground cognoscenti worldwide. Emerging from NYC’s Ozone collective (Company Flow, Anti Pop, Mike Ladd, Saul Williams, El-P), Sonic Sum’s unique brand of hip hop reaches into the world of indie rock and comes up with something completely new. Featuring a DJ, a DJ/keyboardist, a bass player and the outsized talents of frontman/producer (& Def Jux solo artist) Rob Sonic. The album was originally released exclusively in Japan on Tri-Eight Recordings. El-P and Def Jux decided that it was time for the US fan base to finally have access to this hidden gem, Films embodies a sound whose time has finally come….

Stay tuned for more on the Sonic Sum tip, in the meantime, enjoy the focus track!

Sonic Sum - Chopper One Slow [DOWNLOAD]

Artist: Rob Sonic
Album: Sabotage Gigante
Label: Definitive Jux
Street Date: September 25th, 2007
Formats: vinyl, CD, mp3

Rob Sonic - “Rock The Convoy” [DOWNLOAD]

Rob Sonic - “Brand New Vandals” [DOWNLOAD]

Rob Sonic - “Ready, Aim, Shoot” Blockhead Remix [DOWNLOAD]

More Rob Sonic [CLICK HERE]

CONNECT: Robspace | World’s Fair | Definitive Jux

Sold Out! Check out photos from Tuesday’s show @ Myspace Secret Shows + some live videos below the awesome poster…

Aesop writes on his blog… “… thanks everyone for coming out to the free show in brooklyn! shit was very very fun. way more intimate than the irving show. irving is great, but a smaller venue is sometimes more excotomg. unfortunately i realize that meant a lot of people couldn’t get in, but i guess thats the downside of a free show at such a venue. i cant tell you how my i appreciate motherfuckers waiting out in the cold. if i could’ve brought you all in for scones and cocoa i would have, but scones are so wack and i had no cocoa….” [READ MORE]

Rob Sonic was there!

Hangar 18 was there!

CONNECT: Aesop Rock Wins | Rob Sonic | Hangar 18 | Definitive Jux

Tune in to PRI Fair Game today for an interview with Rob Sonic! Click here to tune in online.

Artist: Rob Sonic
Album: Sabotage Gigante
Label: Definitive Jux
Street Date: September 25th, 2007
Formats: vinyl, CD, mp3

Rob Sonic - “Rock The Convoy” [DOWNLOAD]

Rob Sonic - “Brand New Vandals” [DOWNLOAD]

Rob Sonic - “Ready, Aim, Shoot” Blockhead Remix [DOWNLOAD]

More Rob Sonic [CLICK HERE]

CONNECT: Robspace | World’s Fair | Def Jukies iMeem | Definitive Jux

Another smartass triple-threat (rapping, producing, not sucking) from Def Jux, another slam-dunk for independent minded hip-hop. - XLR8R [READ MORE]

Artist: Rob Sonic
Album: Sabotage Gigante
Label: Definitive Jux
Street Date: September 25th, 2007
Formats: vinyl, CD, mp3

Rob Sonic - “Rock The Convoy” [DOWNLOAD]

Rob Sonic - “Brand New Vandals” [DOWNLOAD]

Rob Sonic - “Ready, Aim, Shoot” Blockhead Remix [DOWNLOAD]

More Rob Sonic [CLICK HERE]

CONNECT: Robspace | World’s Fair | Def Jukies iMeem | Definitive Jux

“For some, every waking day is one blue or red pill closer to living in a George Orwell-esque dystopic nightmare. For others, we’re already there, as artists trying to create in a world that’s erased the lines between fiction and nonfiction, and as Rob Sonic might say, a world where the future has become nothing but a drug we kick. It might sound a bit cryptic but such are the ideas that Definitive Jux emcee Rob Sonic explores on his latest album, Sabotage Gigante, with all with the fervor of an lucid-dreaming insomniac at an post-apocalyptic yard sale. But even at his most dizzying, there’s a method to Sonic’s madness — a rhyme to his reason, so to speak — and the Bronx based emcee hits home with a galvanized clarity lacking in other of today’s smoke and mirror hip hop acts.

SuicideGirls caught up with Rob Sonic in Los Angeles, in a makeshift bunker beneath the Henry Fonda Theater, surrounded by cold cuts and warm beer, to talk about Sabotage Gigante, out now on Definitive Jux Records…” - Suicide Girls [READ MORE]

SG: It’s been a pretty good year for Def Jux. The label has released some very strong records — El-P’s, Aesop’s, your’s …

RS: It has been [a good year]. It’s been pretty amazing to see the level and the quality of the work that’s been coming out.

SG: You didn’t get stressed out or nervous at all, like, “Oh fuck man, my label mates are killing it.”

RS: I had heard [El-P and Aesop's records] already in stages. So I knew already. It’s one of those things, when you hear that stuff in those early stages and you know it’s going to be that powerful, you just say, “Okay, I’m not that good. So I’m going to go ahead and do to what I know how to do and stick to my guns because they’re already leaps and bounds ahead of me, so whatever.” Suicide Girls [READ MORE]

Rob Sonic - “Ready, Aim, Shoot” Blockhead Remix [DOWNLOAD]

CONNECT: Robspace | World’s Fair | Def Jukies iMeem | Definitive Jux

Takin’ no shorts, Rob Sonic climbs up to #2 on the CMJ Hip Hop charts making best bud and tour compadre Aesop Rock quiver at the thought of losing his #1 throne!

If you’ve been missing out, here are what some of the hottest hip hop DJs in the country are sayin’ -

“I can never hate on this lyrical master. He always makes ILL beats to match!” - Induce, Miami, FL

” Dude is killing shit with “Rock the Convoy.” It’s like some club shit, smacked with space rap, and I like it. The album is ridiculous.” - DJ MIC / El Keter, Urban Alternatives, Springfield MA

“This is really dope, this is progressive hip-hop without going nerd.” - Darin Gloe, KDRU, Springfield MO

“Nice heavy beats, crafty rhymes, hella delivery” - Kim Fox, WMCO

p.s. Rob just put out a fresh new remix by Blockhead - peep his Myspace!

Artist: Rob Sonic
Album: Sabotage Gigante
Label: Definitive Jux
Street Date: September 25th, 2007
Formats: vinyl, CD, mp3

Rob Sonic - “Rock The Convoy” [DOWNLOAD]

Rob Sonic - “Brand New Vandals” [DOWNLOAD]

Still on tour with Aesop Rock!
Wed - Nov 07 @ Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
Fri - Nov 09 @ Social Pavillion, Orlando, FL
Sat - Nov 10 @ Studio A, Miami, FL
Mon - Nov 12 @ Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge, LA
Tue - Nov 13 @ House Of Blues, New Orleans, LA
Wed - Nov 14 @ Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
Fri - Nov 16 @ Loft, Dallas, TX
Sat - Nov 17 @ Emo’s, Austin, TX
Mon - Nov 19 @ Cannery Ballroom, Nashville, TN
Tue - Nov 20 @ MJQ, Atlanta, GA

CONNECT: Robspace | World’s Fair | Def Jukies iMeem | Definitive Jux

New York’s Definitive Jux label and Juggaknot’s DJ Boo are nixing the trick and delivering just the treat this Halloween. Grab it now @ AOL Spinner!

DJ Boo - The Definitive Jux Halloween Candy Before Dinner Mixtape [DOWNLOAD]

Features cuts by El-P, Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, Hangar 18, Junk Science - full tracklist here!

CONNECT: Definitive Jux

Rob Sonic’s “Brand New Vandals” was KEXP’s Song Of The Day on Tuesday this week!

Read a recent interview with Rob @ Philaflava!

“How does one describe perfection in human form? Some would say Michaelango’s statue of Michael is true perfection, but those people never met one Rob Sonic or Rob Sonique as he is called in small Parisian town he grew up in. Rob has gone on to master the art of the raps and the producings which is evident on his new record Sabotage Gigante now available from on Definitive Jux records.” - Philaflava [READ MORE]

Rob Sonic - “Rock The Convoy” [DOWNLOAD]

Rob Sonic - “Brand New Vandals” [DOWNLOAD]

Still on tour with Aesop Rock!
Thu - Oct 25 @ Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
Fri - Oct 26 @ Commodore, Vancouver, BC
Sat - Oct 27 @ Nightlight, Bellingham
Sun - Oct 28 @ Showbox, Seattle, WA
Tue - Oct 30 @ Wow Hall, Eugene, OR
Wed - Nov 07 @ Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
Fri - Nov 09 @ Social Pavillion, Orlando, FL
Sat - Nov 10 @ Studio A, Miami, FL
Mon - Nov 12 @ Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge, LA
Tue - Nov 13 @ House Of Blues, New Orleans, LA
Wed - Nov 14 @ Warehouse Live, Houston, TX
Fri - Nov 16 @ Loft, Dallas, TX
Sat - Nov 17 @ Emo’s, Austin, TX
Mon - Nov 19 @ Cannery Ballroom, Nashville, TN
Tue - Nov 20 @ MJQ, Atlanta, GA

CONNECT: Rob Sonic | Aesop Rock | Def Jukies iMeem | Definitive Jux

Aw yeah… the tour continues!

Big Wiz - scratch solo Pt.1 - Live @ Irving Plaza, NYC

Big Wiz - scratch solo Pt.2 - Live @ Irving Plaza, NYC

Aesop Rock, Rob Sonic, Big Wiz, Blockhead, etc.
10-10 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
10-12 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
10-13 Phoenix, AZ - Clubhouse
10-14 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
10-15 Durango, CO - Abbey Theatre
10-18 Denver, CO - Cervantes
10-19 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
10-20 Ft. Collins, CO - Aggie Theatre
10-22 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
10-25 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
10-26 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
10-27 Bellingham, WA - Nightlight
10-28 Seattle, WA - Showbox
10-30 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
11-07 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
11-09 Orlando, FL - Social Pavilion
11-10 Miami, FL - Studio A
11-12 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
11-13 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
11-14 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
11-16 Dallas, TX - The Palladium Ballroom
11-17 Austin, TX - Emo’s
11-19 Nashville, TN - Cannery
11-20 Atlanta, GA - MJQ Concourse

CONNECT: Definitive Jux | Website | Aesop Rock Wins

Oh snap, that’s the brand new vandal, rockin’ the convoy side by side with co-conspirator Aesop Rock on tour right now! Turn it up loud and put your speakers to the ear and you just might learn something about the “Sabotage Gigante” all around us that just might save your mental one day… September 25th to be exact…

Rob Sonic - “Rock The Convoy” [DOWNLOAD]

Rob Sonic - “Brand New Vandals” [DOWNLOAD]

Y’all might have read about Aesop’s dedication to “practice, practice, practice” in reference to the lengthy rehearsals he goes thru to prepare for his hella tight live shows… Well, we got a hold of some rehearsal tapes that, um, might suggest more tomfoolery than you might have expected! (or if you watched Rob throwing ninja stars @ MTV then here’s more confirmation of just what you’d expect!)

Rob Sonic, Aesop Rock, Big Wiz Are “3 Tha ‘Tard Way” [WATCH]

On the other hand, Gear Jukies may rather enjoy this panoramic tour of Rob Sonic’s immaculate recording studio, where he produced his own albums, as well as portions of Aesop Rock’s current block rocker “None Shall Pass”

Rob Sonic - “This Is Where I Rap… Normally” [WATCH]

CONNECT: Rob Sonic | Aesop Rock | Def Jukies iMeem | Definitive Jux