The U Crew

With song titles like "Party Party Drink," The U Crew is something of a lone bastion of hip-hop at Seattle University. The group, made up of Seattle U's Josh Gummersall or J. Gumbo and two UW students (known as Spike and Mr. Bahawma) is about "having fun and staying positive," said Mr. Bahawma. Indeed "the mantra has always been to knock the haters and have a blast," according to the group's website. The U Crew has a fairly large Internet following already, so the band members are looking forward to expanding their local audience. Much of what they write about is based in the Greek system (Spike is a member of a UW fraternity), so their music may not seem immediately relevant to the Seattle U audience. One of the group's songs, "Frat Anthem" speaks to the sort of youthful carpe diem image the band projects. Indeed, the chorus of one of their more popular songs "we are only kids, we ain't got a clue… what do you expect us to do," may say a lot about what the group's message is, but it belies the underlying reality that The U Crew is one of the more organized, professional seeming bands to play on the student stage this year.