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RAP/COMEDY SUPER GROUP ARE "NEATO" Three Loco Drop Debut Single With Hip-Hop making a major comeback in 2012 (especially Trap music) the internet can be targeted as the primary jump-off for many artists who have sky rocketed in the new Indie Age of music.  Two rapper / comedy stalwarts of the past decade who have continuously gone viral, Andy Milonakis and Simon Rex aka Dirty Nasty, have teamed up with Riff Raff to form the LA based group Three Loco.  A week ago the boys released their first single and video for the Nik Nikateen produced "Neato" which has already passed 700,000 views in 6 days! Over the years, Milonakis, best known for his classic MTV show, has been finding new ways to reach his fan base (twitter, auctioning art) while colaborating with the likes of Diplo, Kreayshawn and other "it" members of the entertainment community.  Dirt Nasty has continually popped up in movies (Scary Movie 3 & 4) and the radio with songs like "I Can't Dance" with LMFAO.  Riff Raff took a reality show casting (MTV's From G's To Gents) and flipped it into a Rap career thanks to songslike "Jose Cansaco".  Despite a combined twitter following of over 500,000 and youtube hits well into the millions, the 3 have never crossed the threshold of success they should have.  Three Loco seems to be the answer. A backpacker style Hip-Hop track, "Neato", takes us back to the good old 90's when lyrics were king and punch lines didn't seem to have hash tags in front of them.  Milonakis and Riff Raff enlisted LA's Nik Nikateen to do a track and when the 3rd verse was vacant, Nik suggested Dirt Nasty to complete the song.  The chemistry was obvious at that point and the group was born.  As a result, the crew are finishing up their debut album which is rumored to have tracks from big names including Diplo which should make it a massive blog magnet upon release.  The "Neato" video was helmed by another underground comedy favorite, Mike Clattenburg, director/writer of the cult film favorite Trailer Park Boys.  Check out the video below and stay tuned for more info on the album release. - Dominic Painter  FOLLOW THE BOYS ON TWITTER: ANDY MILONAKIS @AndyMilonakis DIRT NASTY @dirtnasty RIFF RAFF @riffraff_sodmg NIK NIKATEEN @niknikateen THREE LOCO  -  NEATO

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