“We want to make music that wouldn’t shame us to hear our little cousins singing it,” said Jacquelyn, one half of the experimental/Hip Hop/soul group Martin Parks. “The name originates from Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, who were both revolutionaries. We combined them for our name because that’s what we want to do with music: Revolutionize it,” said Roman Lee. In this new age of Hip Hop’s genre blending, they bear similarities to a lot of artists but still manage to bring a much needed change to music. Originating out of Joliet and Lockport Illinois, the duo met, in a spark of complete chance, while both working on their individual projects in a studio they both frequented. They said Jazz as well as hip hop are major influences musically, noting artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Kanye West, and Andre 3000 and one could hear this records such as “Hello, I’m a Stoner” and “Imagination Flow.” Roman’s Lil Wayne inspired delivery on “Hello World” was a giveaway that Wayne was once his favorite rapper and Jacquelyn’s melodic “Blast Off (Love Launch)” was reminiscent of a Gwen Stefani club banger than Fitzgerald speakeasy slow jam but is an excellent song none-the-less. If your ears are okay with progression and change, then Martin Parks’ genre pushing sound if definitely for you. They are currently working on an album aptly titled "Barefoot" and have a mix tape titled “Back of the Bus” which link can be found at the bottom of this article along with contact information.
Mixtape link: http://www.zshare.net/download/622220284a8e53f3/
http://www.myspace.com/martinparksbackofthebus
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Martin-Parks/109816500802?ref=ts
http://www.twitter.com/martinparks
http://www.twitter.com/romanlevi
http://www.twitter.com/mizzjacque
