The Undergrads Are Taking Over

SACRAMENTO, Calif.-

"So you wanna be a rock superstar?

And live large, a big house, 5 cars, you're in charge"-Cypress Hill

Walk around a college campus and what do you see?  Students studying in the library, walking from one class to another, or even lounging in the grass areas eating lunch.  But The Undergrads are in the studio making music for their fellow college students.

The Undergrads, a new hip-hop group, consists of three CSU Sacramento students.  Darren Stowes, AKA Savvy, 23, is an International Business major. Julius Wellington, AKA Spiffy, 21, is a Theater Arts major with a minor in Communications.  Last, but not least, Isaiah Alexander, AKA Zayy, 20, is a Communications major with a minor in Government.  

Savvy is one of the talented lyricists in the group. "We want to make good music and make music that people can relate to", says Savvy.  Right now, Savvy is most dedicated to his schoolwork.  One of the group's principles is for all the members to achieve a 3.0 GPA or better.  He says music is more of a passion.

Zayy is also one of the lyricists in the group.  The members of the group come with their own talents and learn from one another. Zayy never wanted to be a rapped growing up, but always knew he wanted to perform.  He's participated in talent shows growing up and now is "blessed to be in a group with two other talented gentlemen." 

Spiffy is the producer, singer, rapper/lyricist and songwriter when needed in the collaborative mix.  His dream is to make this music gig his profession.  Once he's able to generate income from the littler projects, he wants to be in the entertainment industry.  He hopes to do movies and soundtracks.  Spiffy says, "I really make masterpieces than just regular beats."

This past summer the three students thought it would be a great idea to collaborate with one another and create good music for college students.  They had all been solo artists, per say, and seen each other in the studio previous, and thought this was a great way to spread their message.

GUAP Entertainment is the management team for The Undergrads.  They help with the musical process as well as book venues for the group.  GUAP's Facebook page states, "the hottest and trend-breaking company out.  We deliver entertainment for the people.  You want, we got it!"

So far they have performed at Club 916, located in downtown Sacramento twice, and every Thursday, they perform at Pangaea Two Brews Cafe, located in south Sacramento on Franklin Rd.  Pangaea is a known lounge where spoken word is performed as well as serve drinks and lunch time specials.

Their newest achievement was to make a theme song for Iphone's newest application called, Wikkit.  Wikkit is "a qr code reader, ticket scanning app and a social networking platform".  It works on Iphones as well as Droid phones.  Go to www.wikkit.com to find out more information. 

Club Dream played The Undergrads theme song on Saturday September 25, 2010, for the Wikkit premiere.  They got such a good response from the crowd, that The Undergrads will be shooting their music video for the song Tuesday, September 28 from 7:30PM to 10:30PM at Club Dream.

So far they have produced two hits, "Unstoppable" and "One of Those Nights".  To check out more of their songs, go to http://undergrads.bandcamp.com/.