Panda City’s ‘Under the Influence’ Is a More Refined, Conscious Take on Rap Rock

<p><img class&equals;" wp-image-5822 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;rockthepigeon&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;12&sol;12-9-18-panda-city&period;jpg" alt&equals;"12 9 18 Panda City&period;jpg" width&equals;"458" height&equals;"458" &sol;>Panda City&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;Under the Influence&&num;8217&semi; featuring Dyce is a rock-oriented&comma; deeply instrumental take on rap music out of the South Bronx&period; It was &&num;8220&semi;early 2016 as news channels showcased relations of all kinds strained across the globe&period;&&num;8221&semi; Then&comma; &&num;8220&semi;South Bronx artist Clacc brought together four musicians from different walks of life and musical backgrounds to create Panda City&period; Proving once again that music builds bridges&comma; this unit reflects a multi-racial-ethnic-musical blend that can’t be categorized in any one genre&period;&&num;8221&semi; They say&comma; &&num;8220&semi;the name is meant to reflect the make-up of the players&comma; a black guy from the South Bronx&comma; two Jewish Yankees and a NOLA redneck&period;&&num;8221&semi; These guys definitely bring a more refined&comma; conscious approach to the rap rock sound&period; It feels like some lines can definitely be drawn between these guys and a group like Deftones or the later work of POD&period; But at the same time&comma; these guys are clearly coming from a more urban&comma; traditionalist rap perspective than most nu metal or rap rock acts have&period; Rather than using elements of rap to supplement a rock approach&comma; they&&num;8217&semi;re using elements of rock to supplement a rap approach&period; Check out &&num;8216&semi;Under the Influence&&num;8217&semi; below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-soundcloud data-trackid&equals;"324456008" data-visual&equals;"true" height&equals;"400" width&equals;"730" layout&equals;"responsive"><a fallback href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;soundcloud&period;com&sol;panda-city-613561313&sol;under-the-influence-feat-dyce">Under The Influence Feat&period; Dyce by Panda City<&sol;a><&sol;amp-soundcloud><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;&lowbar;pandacity&sol;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-facebook data-href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;pandacitymusic&sol;" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400"><button overflow type&equals;"button">See more<&sol;button><&sol;amp-facebook><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pandacitymusic&period;com&sol;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Noah Zucker &sol;&sol; IG &&num;8211&semi; &commat;zucker&period;n &sol;&sol; Twitter &&num;8211&semi; &commat;zuckern13<&sol;p>&NewLine;