Jack Splash is a time traveler. He was there when it all began, and he made the whole planet rock with Afrika Bambaataa. He had Melle Melâs back when he was by the edge, and he used to wear them big suits with Talking Heads. And as God is his witness, or his name ainât Jack, he told AC/DC to come back in black. âMost of the stuff that Iâve always loved and have really been inspired by, even though musically and artistically it sounds way different, at the end of the day the energy behind it all is the same,â says Jack Splash, the auteur behind Plantlife.
Download Plantlife Mp3 Albumsâ On Time Traveler, set for release on Decon Records, Plantlife mixes a little bit of hip-hop, funk, rock and R&B into something new, bold, and daring. As the groupâs resident genius, Jack Splash makes future soul that defies categorization. âI wouldnât call it a hip-hop project, but itâs the energy of hip-hop that gives birth to the energy of what I do,â says Jack Splash. âItâs no-holds-barred. There are no limits. â When Plantlife first debuted in 2004 with The Return of Jack Splash, he seemed more myth than man. The album cover was a plain lime green and white sleeve with embossed lettering. The sounds were wild and exotic â" you couldnât quite place them. âIn the original release, there were no pictures [of me]. I just wanted it to be about the music, and people would both get it and dig it or they wouldnât,â he remembers. Yet despite being released on two small indie labels â" Counterflow Recordings in the U
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