Iswhat?! - Big Appetite

Iswhat connect Hip Hop with Jazz, Rock and Soul music to create a unique hybrid sound. The sound is big and crisp with Grammy nominated engineers on the boards and world class musicians making the music.

Iswhat?! started out in 1996 as a renegade hip-hop trio, focusing on live performances. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the band was formed by vocalist/beatboxer
Napoleon Maddox, saxophonist Jack Walker, and bassist Matthew Anderson. The group has shared the stage with performers ranging from KRS ONE to Archie Shepp to Antibalas, and released their first album, Landmines in 1999.

Iswhat?! have recently served up their new album Big Appetite. This sumptuous feast features the first class engineering and mixing of Tobe Donohue (Bootsy Collins, DJ HiTek, Animal Crackers) and was mastered by the 1997 Grammy Award Nominee and mix/master of sound, Bob Power (Common, Erykah Badu, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest).

Hamid Drake (on drums) is as exquisite as ever! The composition and bass playing of Brent Olds (Killa O) is rhythmic and delectable, it is altogether ancient Africa and future post-hop! Jack Walker's saxophone and flute work is traditionally classic,
however, it is his wise and tantilizing "cool talk" (reminiscent of Isaac Hayes & Barry White) that brings aromatic flavor. NapoleonSolo yields a tasty platter of lyrical offerings to savor, even for the most discriminating of tastes. He is in top form on Big Appetite as a producer, song-writer and vocal performer, redefining the role of a good MC and beat-boxer.