Low Pros are a musical duo consisting of Canadian DJ

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and American hip-hop producer

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. They released their first EP, titled ''EP 1'', on May 6, 2014.

History

In early 2014, while on vacation in Atlanta, A-Trak met with Lex Luger. The two had several studio sessions, resulting in the first Low Pros' records. Their first release, the song "Jack Tripper" was well received by critics.

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described it as "a sweaty, swaggering banger down to the last swift beat" and Max Weinstein of ''

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'' called it "one hell of a recipe." Low Pros' second release, "100 Bottles" was placed at number five on Consequence of Sound's Top 10 Songs of the Week in February 2014, who compared the duo to

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. On March 14, 2014, Low Pros performed at the Fool's Gold Showcase at Empire Garage in Austin, Texas, during the

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festival. After previewing several tracks during 2014, Low Pros released their debut EP on May 6, 2014, on

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. The seven track record features co-production from High Klassified and Brillz, and guest appearances from

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, Juvenile,

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, Que and PeeWee Longway. Miles Raymer of

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described the EP as "the best kind of team-up record, where two artists with two very different aesthetics get together and find common ground by throwing everything they have against the wall." ''

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'' commented that the EP " indscommon ground between Luger's booming trap beats and the festival-ready electronica A-Trak excels at." On May 20, 2014, OG Ron C released a chopped not slopped remix of ''EP 1''.

Discography

Extended plays

References

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