The Grand Skeem

Track Listings

1. Party Time

2. In-N-Out

3. Baby Got Back

4. Shorti

5. It's Like That

6. Pimpin' Ain't Easy (featuring Slick Rick)

7. Get Up on Me

8. Rock Like This

9. Hit-N-Run

10. High

11. Yo' Girl

12. So Right

13. For Life

14. B.D.F.B

15. Shorti-Remix

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
You gotta figure a band that can claim Reverend Run from the legendary Run-DMC as their personal mentor must have something pretty special going on for themselves. And inspirational phone calls from one of the biggest hip-hop artists of all time is just the beginning when it comes to New York City’s THE GRAND SKEEM.

Led by up and coming vocalist, songwriter, producer, and remixer Ali Dee, THE GRAND SKEEM combines a delicious rock and pop assault with old school hip-hop stylings for a sound so infectious, they should probably start handing out penicillin at shows.

"I wanted to combine everything I loved about hip-hop with some brutal guitar playing, slamming beats, and killer pop hooks," Ali says of THE GRAND SKEEM vision.

The hip-hop part of the equation was easy. While barely out of his teens, Ali Dee was already racking up production credits with the likes of Public Enemy’s BOMB Squad, Eric B. and Rakim, and Big Daddy Kane.

Ali found the rock power he was looking for in the form of guitarist Vinni Alferi, a Long Island native who had been annoying his parents for years while mastering his favorite punk rock songs in the family basement. Locking themselves inside a Midtown practice space, Ali and Vinni began writing songs together and soon after enlisted the skills of bass player Rich Liegey, a veteran of the New York hardcore scene and former member of the pop rock act Wheatus. Skins pounder John Zakis was smuggled from suburban New Jersey in order to complete the lineup.

In true D.I.Y fashion, the four young men began plotting THE GRAND SKEEM world domination. Not content to simply confine themselves to the local New York club scene, the quartet piled into a beat up Winnebago and put as many miles behind them as their coffee, candy, and alcohol-fueled bodies would allow and began winning fans, or "Skeemers" as they have come to call themselves, throughout the United States. When not on the road, the band holed themselves up in the recording studio they built themselves to lay down tracks so impressive, noted mix engineer Brian Malouf (Everclear, Michael Jackson, Luna, Madonna) jumped at the chance to lend his skills to the project.

Released on the band’s own GrandDee Records label, THE GRAND SKEEM’s self-titled debut is one of those albums you’ll want to crank on your car stereo and completely disregard traffic laws while singing along with every word, no matter how many people give you strange looks at stoplights. In addition to their own hits, the band puts THE GRAND SKEEM touch on Sir Mix-a-Lot’s "Baby Got Back" and enlists the skills of none other than Slick Rick on their smoking version of the hip-hop classic "Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy."

Take one listen to THE GRAND SKEEM and it won’t be hard to figure out why everyone from Busta Rhymes to O-Town has been asking Ali Dee and his boys to pay them a visit in the recording studio lately. Still, the Grand Skeem feels most at home when they’re tearing it up live with the Skeemers.

Then again, maybe guitarist Vinni puts it best. "We live to play and we play to live," he explains. "I will die with my six string in my arms and my band by my side."

Product Description
Long awaited debut album from NYC hip-punk rockers, The Grand Skeem. Featuring the smash hits, "Baby Got Back" and "In-N-Out."

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Aaron Carter's Mentors?
This rocks me!!!
AMAZING.....
Love It !!!
Watch for Grand Skeem in 2003!!!!

The Grand Skeem

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007KQ6I
Release Date: 2002-12-14

Tracks:

Party Time
In&Out
Baby Got Back
Shorti
Its Like That
Pimpin-Ain't-Easy. Featuring Slick Rick
Get Up On Me
Rock Like This
Hit-N-Run
High
Yo' Girl
So Right
For Life
B.D.F.B.
Shorti. Remix

Album Description

What is the Grand Skeem? It's like the perfect birthday cake. Follow me-the cake would be the hip-hop foundation upon which the beats are based; the icing would be the rock frosting spread evenly upon its surface; and the punk nuances serve as the filling, completing the tasty dessert. Within each bite there's that taste of hip-hop, rock and punk.

Customer Reviews:

Aaron Carter's Mentors?.......2004-01-05

I am a fan of Aaron Carter and bought this album because Aaron recorded Grand Skeem's "Shorti" as "My Shorty". Aaron Carter's version is quite close to the original on track 4 of this album. Track 15 is a remix which sounds completely different. This is sort of like an adult Aaron Carter album, which I am surprised did not include a "Parental Advisory" label. Sadly it will be difficult to get radio airplay because the government prohibits the use of the "F-Word". This is some great party music. So far my favorites are the remake of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back", "Party Time", "In-n-Out", "Hit-n-Run", and "Shorti". There is reference to a girl named "Shorti" throughout this album. Obviously the folks at Jive records have been paying attention to this band. Aaron Carter's recent material sounds a lot like this record. Lead vocalist Ali Dee even sounds like Aaron Carter.

This rocks me!!!.......2003-02-08

I got my Grand Skeem online a few weeks ago, and then saw them live in Philadelphia, (actually King of Prussia), and I have to say this album rocks me like nothing else.....I have not stopped listning to it since I got it, and after seeing them live I have to say this is the best pop/rock/punk group I have seen or heard....Sorry Blink, I still love ya! Buy this cd, then go see them in concert and I bet ya you will not turn this cd off for a long time........

All my best,
Felicia

AMAZING............2003-02-06

Only good words come to mind when I think about this album. Every track has got something too it, that you cant find anywhere else...These guys have worked so hard for this and look at the results, an AMAZING album for your hearing. I'd recommend you pick up your copy today.Every song will have you up and out of your seat, and while your buying your copy, why not stop off at a show, it only gets better there. This album is deffenitly by far one of the best of 2003.

Love It !!!.......2003-01-03

Hey just wanted to say that I got my Grand Skeem album last week and I love it. This is a must have record.....I saw these guys in Dallas last April and could not wait for their album to be released. Hope they get to Dallas again sometime soon......You guys ROCK.
With Love,
Fiona

Watch for Grand Skeem in 2003!!!!.......2003-01-02

The Grand Skeem rocks! They are fun, bumpin', and rockin'. I saw the guys at a show and they rocked. My boyz and I couldn't wait to get the CD. The remake of Baby Got Back is smokin. The album is sorta like Blink but better!!!!!

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spread the skeem

Baby Got Back
The Grand Skeem
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000066RN8
Release Date: 2002-05-14

Customer Reviews:

spread the skeem.......2002-06-27

being that it's only a single i'm giving it four stars. I have an album with more of their songs that I got at a concert and it's really great. The grand skeem is awesome and people should get this album. If not this album, go buy "The Animal" soundtrack where their songs are featured. So buy their stuff and request them at your local radio stations and spread them around coz thier gonna be big.

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