PureVolume

Members: Epic, Illekt, and Jasson Perez

"BEST NEW MUSICAL GROUP 2010" –CHICAGO READER

""BB WHO?" […] MIGHT BE EVEN MORE ENERGETIC THAN ITS PREDECESSOR, DRIVING AHEAD ON MILITANT PERCUSSION INTO ITS EXPLOSIVE CHEERLEADER CHORUS." –PITCHFORK.COM

"ON THURSDAY AT THE STUDIO AT WEBSTER HALL, BIN LADEN BLOWING UP [BBU], FROM CHICAGO, STOMPED THROUGH A SET OF QUIRKY, QUASI-POLITICAL JUKE-HOUSE-INFLUENCED HIP-HOP." - NY TIMES

"YOU'RE NOW OFFICIALLY GROOVING TO A BONA FIDE SUMMER JAM." – PITCHFORK.COM

"CHICAGO OUTFIT BBU TURNS IN ONE OF THE YEAR'S MOST CRIMINALLY OVERLOOKED TRACKS. THE GROUP'S NAME (IT'S SHORT FOR BIN LADEN BLOWIN' UP) MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS."– WASHIGNTON POST

"BBU SHOWCASE A RAW ENERGY AND CALIBER OF ORIGINALITY AND SKILL THAT HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE CHICAGO'S OWN COOL KIDS, LUPE FIASCO, AND DARE-I-SAY, KANYE WEST." – PRETTY MUCH AMAZING

"MORE INFECTIOUS THAN H1N1" – TIME OUT CHICAGO

"A TRIO OF POLITICALLY MINDED MCS – ILLEKT (MICHAEL MILAM), EPIC (RICHARD WALLACE) AND JASSON PEREZ – ARE BEHIND ONE OF THE BEST SINGLES RELEASED THIS YEAR." –CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"BBU MAKE SOME OF THE BEST DANCE-FLOOR HIP-HOP IN CHICAGO" – CHICAGO READER

"BBU'S CURRENT INTERNET SMASH, "CHI DON'T DANCE," WITH ITS GOODIE MOB INSPIRED HOOK, HAS BEEN PULLING ATTENTION THANKS TO ITS SIMPLE TWO-STEP SNARE AND WHIMSICAL SYNTH."–URB

"JUST AS APT TO SEND A SHIVER UP YOUR SPINE AS THAT THUNDERCLAP BEAT IS TO POSSESS YOU INTO DANCING THE PENATRADA. (IT MAKES SEX LOOK LIKE A CHURCH!)" - AMFMPM