Their party-startin’ jams and predilection for rowdiness is legendary in circles where tight pants and guzzling Sparks is de rigueur. Since debuting in 2007, Ninjasonik has been careening towards indie greatness with a punchy brand of hilarious, hyped-up music that has left scores of pumped-up fans – and a few grouchy proprietors – in its wake. The crew of rapper Telli “Bathroom Sexxx” Gramz, DJ Teenwolf, and Reverend McFly, has rocked venues from reckless loft parties to the Whitney Museum. Their sly ode to skinny jeans pride, “Tight Pants,” was a viral hit and mixtapes like Ninjasonik Mix #1, #2 and #3, and Darth Bano have been snapped up by their increasingly rabid fanbase. They’ve collaborated with fellow troublemaking Brooklynites Matt & Kim and Japanther, and carved a space in NYC nightlife with their now-defunct Wednesday night residency at the Lower East Side bar Happy Ending.

So far the trio is owning 2010, embarking on their first European tour with Spank Rock, signing to record label Green Owl and releasing their full-length debut Art School Girls on April 20th. URB caught up with the fellas while they shot the video for their latest single, “Bars,” at some of their beloved spots in the LES and talked fame, friends and not giving a fuck.

URB: What was the recording process like for Art School Girls?
TEENWOLF: This album has been done for like over a year and a half. What’s cool about it is it’s like us in our purest form when we were working in like a busted down loft in Bushwick. I wasn’t paying the heat bill, there was no heat. We were just making like really… crazy, wild shit. It was, like, at a moment before Telli was really totally in the group. It’s really like, raw. It’s really like, kinda like representing our indie side. There some stuff you might have heard at shows but we never put out.

URB: It sounds like it’s for classic Ninjasonik fans.
TEENWOLF: I think it will fit for like, classic Ninjasonik fans. Like, if you come to our shows and know about us and watch our videos it’s gonna fit. For people who are like, “Oh this is a new upcoming hip-hop act,” I know they’re gonna listen to it and be like, “This is weird. They’re hardly rapping.”

URB: You guys rhyme but the sound is definitely not straight-up hip-hop. Even the Strictly For My Hipstaz mixtape had a lot of classic house and soul.
TEENWOLF: This album is eclectic like that. It’s all sample-free and it’s just some wild stuff that we were like messing with back in the day, like really bizarre sounds. When I listen to it I’m just like damn this doesn’t sound like anything I’ve really heard ever.

REV McFLY: For me, this album and what Ninjasonik really stands for is like that fictional character–that emotion in yourself that you’re afraid to let out. If you just listen to it you’ll be like, “Alright, what is this?” or “Alright, this is cool but I don’t understand this.” But if you see [Ninjasonik live] you can understand it and you’ll see so much diversity in the crowds that come to our shows and you’ll be like, “Whoa, alright, now I understand what Ninjasonik is.” It’s fresh, it’s organic.

URB: You’re known for really creative videos like “Tight Pants” and “Art School Girls (Remix).” One of your more inspired videos is the remix of Matt and Kim’s “Daylight” which is filmed in a truck. How did that video come about?
REV McFLY: Our friend Nick Chatfield Taylor… was moving and he said… “I got a truck, I could turn it into a house and I have an idea.” It’s just like the creativity of the friends we have. That wasn’t like a random director, it was like a friend, like “Hey, I love this song… I’m friends with you guys, this could be really awesome.” We’re like “Alright, run with your idea. We made the sound, you take the visual.”

TELLI: We ain’t shit without our homeboys. They add to the creativity that we bring with music. They finish it off. They look out for us. We take that spark and creativity and they help us set the fire. That’s why we made the record [“All Our Friends”] to pay tribute. The things that they’ve done for us, the music they make, the people they are. It’s a fucking blessing.