At least for me personally, Joey Bada$$ and Flatbush Zombies are the people that when I would listen to them as a kid I was like, ‘I want to rap, I want to make hip hop music,’” Hartman said. “Honestly, SpringFest is such a wild opportunity. To perform at SpringFest, Juicebox had to win UVM Program Board’s Battle of the Bands, which consisted of two rounds, Lathrop said. The band lives together in Rathaus, a student apartment with a tradition of hosting local music, located on Hyde Street. Kevin Slafsky ’18 and junior Jacob Hartman are the group’s vocalists. Juicebox is made up of junior Thaya Zalewski and graduate student Tim Foley on saxophone, junior Michael Dunham on bass, junior Julian Lathrop on drums and senior Sam Atallah on the keyboard. Skis were packed into a back corner, several opened jars of peanut butter spilled out of cabinets and ripped newspaper and postcards were scattered around the living room. Juicebox, the SpringFest opener, was about to start rehearsal on a snowy April 9 night. Some sat on couches, some sat on the floor. In a dimly lit living room on Hyde Street, the seven student musicians that make up Juicebox crowded around a coffee table. Juicebox, is a “funky, jazzy-type, rappy group,” vocalist Jacob Hartman, a junior, said. SpringFest opener Juicebox rehearses their signature sound in a Hyde Street basement April 10.

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