"A Love Supreme"
The first 20 people to arrive at the release party on April 1st will receive a hard copy of the album.
01. Initiation
02. Rites of Passage
03. Mood Music
04. Grind
05. Treason feat. Immortal Technique
06. This Is Your Life, Pt. 2
07. Kunta Kinte
08. Politricks
09. Apocalypse
10. Change of the Seasons feat. Hasan Salaam
11. Ressurect feat. Akua Wilder and Krystl Yardon
12. Ride 2 It
13. No Longer My Home
14. These R the Blues
15. Pedigree
16. So Much
17. Homeward Bound
18. Tropical Fantasy feat. Jean Grae
19. Legacy
20. Louisiana Purchase feat. Immortal Technique, Poison Pen and Mojo
01. Lil Boogie (Intro)
02. Memories
03. Celebrate
04. Break of Dawn feat. One.Be.Lo
05. Can't Let Go
06. Live Your Life feat. Aloe Blacc
07. Miles Away
08. Live on Stage
09. All the Way feat. Planet Asia
10. Weekdays
11. Baby
12. Sweet Melodies feat. Main Flow and Sha Dula
13. Move
14. Shine feat. Oh No
15. Daddys Little Girl feat. Sha Dula
16. Feel Good Music
17. Pay Dues feat. Abstract Rude
01. Last Ole - 2005
02. Rather Unique 2 - Instro 2005
03. Colorful Storms - Ruff Instro 2005
04. Damu - Leo The... Part 1 - 2006
05. Coffee Table - 2005
06. Ego Trooping - 2005
07. What's Next - Damu Remix 1
08. 2004 Beat Original
09. Randi - 2006
10. Work In Progress - Instro 2005
11. Pulse - Fudgemunk Instro 2006
12. To RBI - 2004
13. L.B. - 2005
14. Leo The... Part 2 - 2006
15. Colorful Storms - Final Mix 2005
16. Pulse - Fudgemunk Remix 2006
17. Rather Unique 2 - 2005
18. Work In Progress - Damu Remix 2005
19. Paranoid - Japanese LP Bonus Track
01. Dbsr
02. Crown Control
03. Look What..
04. Longlive feat. Immaculate
05. No Luck
06. Rapper Advancement feat. Opio
07. How Its Made
08. On Purpose
09. Less Human
10. Dead Lines
11. Nothing But Silence feat. Grayskul
12. Left Behind
13. Skit
14. Stem feat. Sandpeople & Step Cousins
15. We Still Work You
16. Silver Love
17. Sugar And Spice (A Song About Girls)
18. Trains Of Thought feat. Luckyiam & Immaculate
19. Plaice feat. Sleep (of Oldominion)
20. Thomas
This is the fourth video off The Grouch's "Show You The World" album. Bicasso and Scarub are featured on the track and in the video, which was directed by Matt Hobbs. Enjoy.
01. Intro
02. Change
03. Balance feat. Kombo
04. King Kong feat. Bun-B
05. Tears
06. When I Die feat. Planet Asia
07. Weight Of The World
08. 2 Step
09. Live N Breathe
10. Love Bird (Khalil's Theme)
11. Understand Me
12. Futurist
13. What You Need
14. Chace's Theme
15. Free Will
01. The Scrapbook (Intro)
02. The General (Produced By 7L)
03. Ring The Album (feat. Golden Child) (Produced By Ruckspin)
04. Monday Night Raw (Prod. By J-Zone)
05. Everything I Know (Prod. By Ruckspin)
06. Fuck The Rap Game (Prod. By Access Immortal)
07. Welcome To The Hood (Prod. By GreenSteez)
08. Culture Shock (Prod. By Ruckspin)
09. Styles Upon Styles feat. Karniege & Medinah Starr (Prod. By Nygh)
10. Acc The Villian (Prod. By Ruckspin)
11. Days Go By (Prod. By 9th Wonder)
12. The Reign feat. Oktober (Prod. By GreenSteez)
13. Million Dollar Rapper (Prod. By The Wisemen)
14. I Will Not Lose (Prod. By Lawz Spoken)
15. The Mechanic feat. Mello & Emaze (Prod. By Alchemist)
16. Resident Evil (Prod. By Vanderslice)
17. The People feat. Medinah Star (Prod. By Kanye West)
18. M.V.P. (Freestyle) (Prod. By DJ Premier)
19. DJ BMV (Freestyle) (Prod. By Pete Rock)
20. New York feat. Ph7 (Prod. By Ph7)
21. The Scrapbook (Outro)
Wanted to remind everyone that Rapper Big Pooh drops the first edition of The Delightful Bars, iTunes Exclusive this Tuesday (3.24). The North American Pie Version will be the next release, which is currently scheduled for release in stores on April 21st (4.21).
Production featuring Khrysis, Young RJ, Illmind, Oh No, Jake One, Dae One, and 9th Wonder.
The video for “Bad/Good” takes it back to that golden age feel. With no bling, no cars, and no video girls, Diamond reminds us what it was like growing up in the hood. The simple aesthetic of the video, paired with endearing portraits of kids from around the Bronx evokes a feeling not often remembered in today’s hip-hop culture.
This track is from The Huge Hefner Chronicles, which I will provide a link to eventually.
There are only 72 hours left for fans of soulful southern Hip Hop to support one of the genre’s most impressive acts. As of next Monday (March 23rd), advance sales of the Kentucky/Georgia trio CunninLynguists’ latest offering, Strange Journey Volume One, will stop being offered as the group prepares to depart for a European tour beginning April 2nd.
"I hate to call it a mixtape – that term has been cheapened," said Kno of Strange Journey. "And it’s all original stuff… We’re not rappin’ over ‘This Is Why I’m Hot’ two years later. It’s not that… I don’t even really pitch to people that don’t wanna listen to our music [why they should buy it], ‘cause they’re gonna download it for free anyway. So I fully invite them to download it for free. Anybody who wants to hear it, I want them to download it. It’s all good. But as far as [a] sales pitch [for] the people who really wanna support CunninLynguists monetarily and the people who enjoy our music, it’s mad cheap and I stand by everything that’s on it. It’s real good music… And I think people when they’re broke, and they’re worried about their job, they need good music to pick ‘em up."
Recession-priced at $12 (which includes shipping costs), those that place their advance order by Monday will receive for their dozen dollars an autographed copy of SJV1, bonus album instrumentals, and have all in hand several weeks before the official retail release of the CD on May 26th. Appearances on the album come from the group’s QN5 fam (Tonedeff, Substantial, PackFM), as well as Slug of Atmosphere, who surfaces for the lament on being away from home during long tour trips, “Don’t Leave (When Winter Comes)”. Former group member Mr. SOS is also back in the CunninLynguists mix for Strange Journey.
“He recorded a solo track,” Kno noted. “This track [“Die For You”] is entirely him, three verses. I mean, we never really stopped working with SOS. It’s just a matter of him getting material out. He has a lot of stuff just kinda sitting on the shelf waiting to be released.”
Although their outside-the-group production plate is apparently always full, Kno and Deacon continue to keep the focus, along with Natti, on CunninLynguists’ music. The trio are already planning to unleash the second installment of Strange Journey in September to coincide with the group’s North American tour.
A grimier counterpart to its predecessor, Strange Journey Volume Two assembles an assortment of underground Hip Hop luminaries, including Sean Price and Poison Pen (who appear on the concept record about how no matter your locale you can get attacked and jacked, “Streets”), J-Zone, Bronze Nazareth, Guilty Simpson, and many more.
And after the two volumes of Strange Journey have reached the satisfied masses, CunninLynguists will unveil two more offerings for fans of that southern fried soulness.
“We’re working on an EP, and we’re working on a new studio album,” Kno revealed of the group’s planned 2010 releases. “We don’t have a title [for either] yet. But both of the records are concept records, and they kinda run into each other…We never stop working. This is a recession, [and] you’re gonna get fired if you stop.”
Strange Journey Volume One is due May 26 from Bad Taste Records.
It is truly rare to find an artist like Invincible. Her spitfire wordplay has gotten her acclaim from Hip Hop fans all across the world, while her active involvement in progressive social change has taken her music beyond entertainment, and towards actualizing the change she wishes to see. Repping Detroit, MI, many are already familiar with her work with Waajeed and the Platinum Pied Pipers, Finale, the all-female ANOMOLIES crew, Black Star, and many others. Dubbed by XXL Magazine as "every A&Rs worst nightmare" for rejecting major label deals and general industry politrix, Invincible started her own record label, EMERGENCE, self-releasing her long-awaited full length LP, ShapeShifters, June, 2008.
Invincible’s versatility shines through on ShapeShifters over production by Waajeed, Black Milk, Lab Techs, House Shoes, and more. She is part of a community on the frontline of innovating the future of music, including featured guests Tiombe Lockhart, Finale, Wordsworth, Indeed, and Buff1. Every track stands alone in style, subject matter and concept. Together, the tracks form a cohesive unit that covers issues related to self and community transformation such as: the journey of a struggling artist, J Dilla and Proof's legacies, media monopoly, love/hate relationships, gentrification, faith, and beyond. Invincible’s visual lyricism is interwoven with heavy hitting musical backdrops, creating a compelling cinematic sound-scape.
The lead 12" Single and title track, "ShapeShifters," produced by Waajeed, is a ride in itself, beginning with the urgent declaration, "Music is not a mirror to reflect reality / It's a hammer, with which we shape it." The song proceeds to take the listener to a post apocalyptic future where a time capsule of Hip Hop and cultural resistance is unearthed, sampled, and evolved for generations to come.
From Hip Hop enthusiasts to everyday people working for change, Invincible’s ShapeShifters will give hope to listeners searching for substance within their daily dose of music. Invincible has created an album for the ages to transform the way people listen to emcees for years to come.
Below are some of my favorite Invincible joints. Don't sleep!
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