Lightheaded - Wrong Way

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Throwback hip-hop is an interesting beast, too often it comes across as gimmicky and a second rate copy of the mid 90s sound created by the Native Tongues collective. But when it’s done well it is so undeniably dope you forget what year it was made and just bob your head. Kicking off the tempo is straight party jams, In The Building, Individually Wrapped and Showcase are fast paced classic hip-hop as the MCs drop fun rhymes with subtle social commentary. There are smatterings of soul samples and smoother bass lines on cuts like Timeless and Bing Pong, whilst all three MCs show their ability as storytellers on the dope Eye to Eye – the beat one of only a couple produced outside the group. Another standout is Wrong Way, a mash up of live musicians and scratching courtesy of four DJs – Rob Swift included – providing a funked up background that the MCs relish.

01. Orientation
02. Timeless
03. In The Building
04. Individually Wrapped
05. Showcase
06. Bing Pong
07. Short Stories
08. Soul Power
09. Afraid Of The Dark
10. Unconditional
11. Wrong Way
12. Uhh!
13. Eye To Eye
14. Speak Your Peace
15. Surprise Cypher

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Lightheaded - Pure Thoughts

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Lightheaded is a group consisting of 3 MC's including Braille, Othello and Ohmega Watts, who have been rocking together since 2002. Their first album titled "Pure Thoughts" is completely produced by Muneshine. The album was first released on Day By Day Ent. , but was later re-released on Hip-Hop IS Music. The first 12" single included "Never Square", "Blink of an Eye" and "Illuminate Part 1".

01. Intro
02. Lightheaded Anthem
03. PT Cruise
04. Pure With Intention
05. Blink Of An Eye
06. The Top
07. Street Corners
08. That's How It Is
09. Selfless
10. Never Square
11. Pure Thoughts
12. Poetry In Motion
13. Completion
14. Outro
15. Lah Lah Land
16. Rock-On

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Braille & Symbolyc One - Cloud Nineteen

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This duo first collaborated together on the song “Blessed Man” from Braille’s last solo record. During 2008 they stayed in touch and slowly started kicking around ideas of doing a full record together. Once both of their schedules cleared up they started creating new tracks. The chemistry was immediate and “CloudNineteen” was pushed to the forefront. After 5 months of creating material from long distance (S1 in Texas and Braille in Oregon) they finally met up in person to put the final touches together. Rather then sitting on the record, they both decided to bring it straight to the public as soon as possible.

01. Skydive
02. It’s Nineteen feat. Rob Swift
03. For Life
04. Broken Heart feat. Strange Fruit Project, Ragen Fykes & Thesis
05. That’s My Word feat. Theory Hazit & Rob Swift
06. Fill It In feat. DJ Idull
07. Skepticold
08. Heart Of God
09. Found Her feat. Shawn Lee
10. From The Pulpit
11. Megaphone Phonics feat. Vursatyl, Rob Swift & Tony Cook
12. Work That Way
13. Hardrock feat. Lighthead, Rob Swift & Pataphysics
14. Stay Together feat. Ragen Fykes & S1
15. Parachutes And Ladders
16. Frankenstein

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Braille - The IV Edition

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Lightheaded member and founder of the Hip Hop Is Music label, Braille returns for his fourth (IV) and most anticipated solo album to date. Reuniting with the label that jump started his underground career, Syntax, and understanding the need to voice responsibility with your talent in a genre that is considered one of most popular in the world, it is no wonder he takes the reins here with his spitfire lyrics and precision production from the likes of Ohmega Watts, Marco Polo, DJ Spinna, J-Zone, S1 and more! Featuring guest appearances by Mr. J. Medeiros, Mars Ill, Poems, Theory Hazit, Rob Swift and Speech of Arrested Development! H-E-A-T!

01. Beautiful Humanity
02. Submission Hold
03. Calculated Risk feat. Mr. J Medieros & Manchild
04. The IV feat. Rob Swift
05. Main Squeeze
06. Remember Your Path feat. Rob Swift
07. Constantly Growing feat. Speech, Surreal & Sojourn
08. Blessed Man
09. Many Stories feat. Barry Hampton
10. Raise the Dead feat. Poems
11. Double Dose
12. Counter Attack feat. Theory Hazit & DJ Idull
13. Mental Guards (Snitch Blade)
14. Get it Right feat. Ragen Fykes
15. Restless
16. The Cure
17. Addvice feat. DJ Bombay

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