Team Facelift is a New York City-bred rap group consisting of three rappers: Machine, Fat Jew, and Fonda (aka Ginger Ale), and one producer, Tommy Mas. Our aim is basically to do to rap what Elton John did to being gay. We are in full support of: not giving a fuck, our moms, silent investors, groupies, transvestites, Jews, Asian men with delicate feet, dancing, knife fights, getting attention, dust, Spanish girls, Dr. Malachi York, public access television, manicures, sponsors, dropping out of high school, going to college, our albums, love, dressing like Ray Romano, getting fucked up, New York, 109 and Second, 101st and Lex, 94th and cracksterdam, 89th and Madison, hating on tourists who live in Brooklyn, friends, godbodies, our legal team, the gutter, Dominique Wilkens's flat-top, loofahs, heavy eye contact, Philipinos, getting dusted, tangerine bathrobes, looseys, reading the Post, shitty rap, meeting up with people to talk, sniffing blow, pinky rings, dames, piss, mechanical parts, starched collars, learning new things, rap music, blood sweat and tears, dudes who weep, white people, Claw Money, slam dancing/mosh pits, selling drugs, exciting activities, shame, trust falls, beating up other rappers, people who listen to our music, parents, thugging it, hustling everything from nude photos to overpriced bags of crystal, frantically screaming at relatives, lying to girls, babes, David Dinkins, tasteful floral arrangements, stealing, gonzo pornography, Belgium, loosey spots from seven deuce to two fifth, emotions, hitting anyone with a bottle, firing managers, touching, hiring lawyers to review criminal cases, being charming, Central bookings in all five boroughs, wearing powdered wigs, selling out, riding horses in the nude, AIDS jokes, embarrassing our families, sweating/vomiting profusely, hypocrites, Israeli discotheques, regal riding jackets, anyone selling CD's and DVD's off of a blanket,, the whole Park Ave., moral bankruptcy, believers/fans, dance all night get depressed and undress, strip malls, vasoline, people who want to get put on because they think we will be famous, idiots, eating things you're supposed to drink, frenzied behavior, old-timey stuff, Jewish girls from Long Island, shrimp in baskets, bowties, depression, cheap champagne.
From Encyclocentral.com
Team Facelift is a New York City trio best known for their unconventional and eerie aliases. The trio consists of Machine also known as the Big Bopper, Fonda whose real name is Alden F Fonda and Fabrizio Bonaducce who is called Fat Jew. The trio indulges in fake names and talk about fake places that they dwell in such as a Tel Aviv discotheque and the shampoo aisle.
The Team Facelift trio originally comes from Upper East and West sides of Manhattan. They never disclose their real ages. The team was first created as a graffiti crew. Despite of not being grave to their lifestyle they became stern with their music and eventually committed to a career in music. Their music genre is Rap and they are very confident in what they do. They add an uncanny substance to their songs and express it through videos.
Team Facelift is unique and they tend to be rigid with their ideas. They are gratified with physical pleasure and their concept of Dipping Chicken is inferred from it. Their concept of music is ludicrous but still they tend to excite their fans. The trio has a mission to revolutionize rap music and make a mark in history as the coolest rappers around. They mix their music with rock, dance and sometimes techno grooves.
Team Facelift has influenced many other bands and shows such as the comedy show in TV one from New Zealand. The show contains a half hour of sketch comedy involving rubber puppets and portrays political characters and their involvement with politics. The trio is time and again bombarded with hefty criticism for their explicit lyrics but they carry on their work in a clever and contained manner. Their shows on MTV are watched by many and highly appreciated.
Apart from making the rap music astounding Team Facelift also indulge in spicing up their music videos. The overdramatic and bizarre acts are well esteemed by the fans. They conform to the media but sometimes go over the top with their sarcastic remarks and unusual jokes. The trio do not break any laws but they do not obey any either. Sometimes they appear absolutely nude on screen and they never explain as to why they do that.
Team Facelift is the voice raised against being emotionally trapped. They give rhetorical messages to the questions asked by critics and gain much popularity from doing so. They tend to spread the message of extreme partying and no sleep just to attract the teens. They are profound artists and unlike the predictable bands they have a tendency of going overboard with their theatrics. The trio have influenced rap music and comedy as a whole.
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