Uncut Raw (Selfish & Fluent) - First Toke

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Chicago/Akron duo Selfish (rhymes) and Fluent (beats), collaborating on their debut as UNCUT RAW, bring it back to a time when "Underground Hip Hop" meant major label refugees: MF Doom's first solo single on Fondle 'em, KOOL KEITH's post-Ultramagnetics work, Rawkus Records' early output. This album draws very favorable comparisons to both Doom and Madlib, with long, dusted samples, soulful and jazzy loops, complete with album crackle coming together to form a blunted sound collage combined with a laid back vocal delivery recalling Mad Skillz (pre-"Skillz" moniker), or Dilated Peoples - definitely indy. With only one featured artist on the album, Butta Verses (as featured on every De La Soul album), this is unpretentious, pure Hip Hop. The initial self-released run of "First Toke" on Green Llama records sold out, but drew heavy internet chatter comparing it to Jay Dee and coming out on top in a side-by-side comparison to the "Madvillainy" album.

01. Intro
02. Imwityou
03. The Flyest
04. Throwback Shit
05. Some Beat
06. Tilthesuncomeup
07. Fortune Cookies
08. Heroin
09. Green
10. Crazy
11. 727
12. Interlude 1
13. Cereal
14. WWIV feat. Butta Verses
15. So Bad feat. Ton Liv
16. Anotha Beat
17. Summertime
18. Bang!
19. Interlude 2
20. Slop feat. Decay
21. All I Need
22. One More Beat
23. Interlude 3
24. Funkclub
25. Baby

*a-FILI-ated*
This is the perfect companion piece to The City Slick, fans of Madlib & J. Dilla will love this album.

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Decay And Fluent Are: The City Slick - The Antique Black

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A new era of music has arrived. The City Slick duo consisting of producer Fluent and emcee Decay aim to grab your attention by force, if necessary. Hailing from Chicago, Il, Decay hijacks listener's eardrums with gritty rhymes about real life experience drawn from Chicago streets. Fluent, an Akron, Oh native, creates vivid soundscapes that are both fresh and inspiring. Truly on another level. City Slick met in 2004 through soundclick. Even though their collaborations have been mostly been done on the internet, the chemistry found in their music has become a rarity lately.

01. Intro
02. Gold
03. Pressure feat. Tony Liv
04. Still Hated
05. Help
06. Until The Sun Comes Up Pt. 2
07. Blocks feat. Selfish
08. Too Stupid Intermission feat. Ill Don
09. One
10. Soul Blast
11. Heavyweight Agenda feat. Rhyme Scheme
12. What You Call it?
13. The Emcee
14. Black Composer
15. Fuck With Us feat. Selfish

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*a-FILI-ated*
Seriously, this is an amazing album, if you dig Madlib then you gotta check this out. Fluent is crazy ill with the beats, on some blunted soulful type shit, peep their MySpace for samples. Decay comes correct on the mic also... shout outs to Green Llama & Molemen Records.

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