Showyousuck
{{short description|American rapper}}
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| birth_name = Clinton Sandifer
| alias = Show You Suck
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|04|20}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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| genre = Hip hop
| occupation = Rapper
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| years_active = 2010–present
| label = {{hlist|Closed Sessions|Ruby Hornet}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Treated Crew|Air Credits}}
| website = {{URL|https://showyousuck.bandcamp.com}}
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Clinton Sandifer (born April 20, 1985),{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ShowYouSuck/status/1109542185383415808|title=I turn 34 on 4/20 and all I need to know is whos taking me to cicis pizza?|website=Twitter|author=ShowYouSuck|date=March 24, 2019|access-date=May 7, 2020}} better known by his stage name Showyousuck (often stylized as ShowYouSuck), is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois.{{cite web|url=http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/17467495-421/hip-hop-artist-evolves-finds-wider-audience.html|title=Hip-hop artist evolves, finds wider audience|work=Chicago Sun-Times|first=Jake|last=Krzeczowski|date=January 9, 2013|access-date=November 29, 2013}} He has collaborated with Netherfriends,{{cite web|url=http://chicagoist.com/2012/06/07/netherfriends_showyousuck_double_te.php|title=Netherfriends, ShowYouSuck Double Team Harry Nilsson (In A Manner of Speaking)|work=Chicagoist|first=Jon|last=Graef|date=June 7, 2012|access-date=November 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106015721/http://chicagoist.com/2012/06/07/netherfriends_showyousuck_double_te.php|archive-date=November 6, 2017|url-status=dead}} Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire,{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2012/10/video-showyousuck-f-mr-mfn-exquire-carne-asada|title=Video: ShowYouSuck f/ Mr. MFN eXquire "Carne Asada"|work=Complex|first=Sam|last=Weiss|date=October 23, 2012|access-date=November 29, 2013}} and The Hood Internet.{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/11/listen-showyousucks-new-song-make-out-king-produced-by-the-hood-internet-and-javelin/|title=Listen: ShowYouSuck's new song "Make-Out King", produced by The Hood Internet and Javelin|work=Consequence of Sound|first=Michelle|last=Geslani|date=November 15, 2013|access-date=November 29, 2013}} He has been a member of Treated Crew{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/redeye-chicago-rapper-show-you-suck-interview-20131126,0,2650885.story|title=The curious case of Show You Suck|work=The Baltimore Sun|first=Ernest|last=Wilkins|date=November 26, 2013|access-date=December 18, 2013}} and Air Credits.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/05/09/609444977/chicagos-air-credits-makes-dystopian-music-from-a-not-so-distant-future|title=Chicago's Air Credits Makes Dystopian Music From A Not-So-Distant Future|work=NPR|first=Jesse|last=Menendez|date=May 9, 2018|access-date=May 7, 2020}}
Career
In 2012, Showyousuck released the Loose Slices mixtape,{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagonow.com/chi-towns-finest/2012/06/show-you-suck-loose-slices/|title=Chi-Town's Finest: Show You Suck - Loose Slices|work=ChicagoNow|first=Mascarita|last=Sagrada|date=June 11, 2012|access-date=November 29, 2013}} a collaborative EP with producer Stefan Ponce, titled Girls, Girls, Girls,{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagonow.com/chi-towns-finest/2012/08/ep-showyousuck-x-stefan-ponce-girls-girls-girls/|title=EP: ShowYouSuck x Stefan Ponce - Girls Girls Girls|work=ChicagoNow|first=Mascarita|last=Sagrada|date=August 3, 2012|access-date=August 1, 2014}} and One Man Pizza Party 3: Rest in Pizza.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/12/07/show-you-suck-one-man-pizza-party-rest-in-pizza/|title=ShowYouSuck Is Dark and Edgy on 'One Man Pizza Party III: Rest in Pizza' Mixtape|work=MTV Hive|first=Phillip|last=Mlynar|date=December 7, 2012|access-date=November 29, 2013}} In 2013, he released One Man Pizza Party 4: Slice After Death.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2013/07/12/showyousuck-has-the-edge|title=ShowYouSuck has the edge|work=Chicago Reader|first=Leor|last=Galil|date=July 12, 2013|access-date=November 29, 2013}} In that year, he also released the Dude Bro EP.{{cite web|url=http://thesource.com/2013/11/26/exclusive-interview-the-rad-god-showyousuck-teaches-you-how-to-keep-it-all-wavy-everything-on-dude-bro-ep/|title=Exclusive Interview: The Rad God, ShowYouSuck, Teaches You How To Keep It "All Wavy Everything" On Dude Bro EP|work=The Source|first=Bryan|last=Hahn|date=November 26, 2013|access-date=November 29, 2013}} It featured contributions from P.O.S and Unstoppable Death Machines.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/showyousuck-dude-rebuilding-exchange-savagelands-wing-low-face-strange/Content?oid=11591343|title=Gossip Wolf: One-man pizza party ShowYouSuck celebrates his debut EP|work=Chicago Reader|first1=J.R.|last1=Nelson|first2=Leor|last2=Galil|date=November 23, 2013|access-date=November 29, 2013}}
In 2016, Showyousuck teamed with The Hood Internet to form Air Credits,{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/06/the-hood-internet-and-showyousuck-form-air-credits/|title=The Hood Internet and ShowYouSuck form Air Credits|work=Consequence of Sound|first=Ben|last=Kaye|date=June 15, 2016|access-date=December 29, 2016}} billing themselves as "music from the not too distant future, when the planet’s water supply has all but ceased, the landscape turning to desert, the desert turning to wasteland."{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/aircredits|title=Air Credits|website=SoundCloud|access-date=December 29, 2016}} Showyousuck and STV SLV of The Hood Internet later joined Sims of Doomtree on Sims' More Than Ever tour.{{cite web|url=http://www.doomtree.net/2016/09/13/tuesdays-with-lazerbeak-265/|title=Tuesdays with Lazerbeak|website=Doomtree|date=September 13, 2016|access-date=December 29, 2016}}
Discography
{{See also|Air Credits#Discography|l1=Air Credits discography}}
=Mixtapes=
- One Man Pizza Party (2011)
- One Man Pizza Party 2: Mo Slices, Mo Problems (2011)
- Loose Slices (2012)
- One Man Pizza Party 3: Rest in Pizza (2012)
- One Man Pizza Party 4: Slice After Death (2013)
=EPs=
- Pentagrams in Bathrooms (2010)
- Girls, Girls, Girls (2012)
- Andre Findley (2013)
- Showyousuck Raps Over Toro Y Moi Songs (2013)
- Dude Bro (2013)
- Alf Fan 420 (2015){{cite web|url=https://mishkanyc.bandcamp.com/album/showyousuck-alf-fan-420|title=ShowYouSuck - Alf Fan 420 {{!}} MishkaNYC|website=Bandcamp|access-date=May 7, 2020}}
- Extra Most Bestest Vol. 1 (2017)
- I Went into Quarantine and All I Got Was This Damn Swag Vol. 1 (2020)
=Singles=
- "Rap Game Karate" (2013)
- "80's Boobs" (2013)
- "Makeout King" (2013)
- "The Ring" (2014)
- "Gucci Mane" (2014)
- "Pizza $" (2014)
- "Cool" (2017)
- "Heavy Metal Love" (2018)
- "Mentally Healthy" (2018){{cite web|url=https://showyousuck.bandcamp.com/music|title=Music {{!}} Show You Suck|website=Bandcamp|access-date=May 7, 2020}}
=Guest appearances=
- Isaiah Toothtaker - "Talkin Bout" from Sea Punk Funk (2012)
- Retrospect - "Abella Remix" (2012)
- Gzus Piece - "Made" from Fuck Y'all, the EP (2012)
- Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire - "Carne Asada" from The Man in the High Castle (2012)
- Supreme Cuts & Haleek Maul - "Simon Sayz" from Chrome Lips (2012)
- The Hood Internet - "Nothing Should Be a Surprise" from FEAT (2012)
- Woof - "The Thrill of It All" from The Thrill of It All (2013)
- Oreo Jones x DMA - "Dukes of Zimbabwe" from Highway Hypnosis (2013)
- Retrospect - "Can I" from The Breakout: Part One (2013)
- Ultrademon - "Automatic" (2013)
- Mishka & Rad Reef - "Hyperbolic Chamber Music II" (2013)
- Nick Catchdubs - "Drop" from Smoke Machine (2015)
- Celine Neon - "Plz Party (Remix)" (2015)
- Ultra Suede - "Diamonds" from Ultra Suede (2018)
References
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External links
- {{SoundCloud}}
- {{Discogs artist|Showyousuck|Showyousuck}}
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