Sareem Poems feat. Kenn Starr - Rude Awakening (Oddisee Remix)

After a critically acclaimed original release, Long Beach native Sareem Poems is releasing an unusually comprehensive Deluxe Edition of his album Black & Read All Over. The Deluxe Edition will include all fourteen of the original songs along with instrumentals for each track. The album's most unique feature, however, might be its remixes. Sareem chose to remix the album's centerpiece track, "Lower the Boom" not once or twice, but half a dozen times. Each remixed version of "Lower the Boom" was given a different name, and each features a different producer and new guest verses.

"Rude Awakening" is the first of the "Boom" remixes, and features typically fantastic contributions from DMV super-producer and Diamond District emcee Oddisee, as well as lyrical contributions from up-and-coming rapper DMV rapper Kenn Starr. Released by Mello Music Group, the remixes simply had produced too much good feedback for the label to keep them unreleased. Michael Tolle of Mello Music Group simply had no choice- "the promotional remixes started coming back from Oddisee, Fabio Musta, and Nick Tha 1Da and garnered so much attention, had so many people asking 'what album is that on?' that we felt we had to re-release the project with them included. We really wanted to make it worth people's while since the project had already dropped, so we figured we'd give people the whole package." The whole package is about to be delivered. Watch out for digital release of Black & Read All Over: Deluxe Edition, coming December 1 on Mello Music Group.

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Low Budget Crew & Mello Music Group Presents: Kenn Starr - It's Still Real...

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Another full-length free download from the Low Budget Crew - this time from rapper, Kenn Starr. Entitled It’s Still Real..., the unmixed non-tape is a discography update of sorts - collecting the guest appearances and collaborations Kenn has done his 2006 debut, Starr Status. Included are production & appearances by the likes of 9th Wonder, Kev Brown, Marco Polo, Oddisee, Raheem DeVaughn, Wale, and more.

01. Let It Be Known feat. Hassaan Mackey & Silent Knight (Prod. by Analogic)
02. The Truth feat. Kaimbr (Prod. by Roddy Rod & Kev Brown)
03. In Check feat. Oddisee & Supastition (Prod. by Oddisee)
04. DJ Flexx Freestyle (’01 Throwback) (Live on WPGC Washington, D.C.)
05. It’s Time feat. Soulstice, Eternia & Tiffany Paige (Prod. by M-Phazes)
06. Low Budget All Stars feat. Kev Brown, Oddisee, Cy Young & Kaimbr (Prod. by Marco Polo)
07. Represent feat. Akir & Oddisee (Prod. by Oddisee)
08. That’s How We Kick It feat. J. Sands (Prod. by Chief)
09. Price 2 Pay feat. Asheru, Oddisee & Darien Brockington (Prod. by Oddisee)
10. DJ Eclipse Freestyle (’04 Throwback) (Live on WNYU New York, NY)
11. Wonder Why feat. Wale, Big Sean & Mike Posner (Prod. by9th Wonder)
12. Q&A feat. Oddisee (Prod. by Oddisee)
13. The Dropoff feat. JLaine (Prod. by JLaine)
14. Kemistree Meets Low Budget feat. Hassaan Mackey, Kev Brown & Gut (Prod. by Young Cee)
15. DJ K.O. Freestyle (’04 Throwback) (Live on WRSU New Brunswick, NJ)
16. Coming Of Age ‘09 (Prod. by Nick Tha 1da)
17. Hennessey Pt. 3 feat. Kev Brown & Raheem DeVaughn (Prod. by Kev Brown)
18. Sum Ish For Dave feat. Haysoos (Prod. by 9th Wonder)

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Kenn Starr - Starr Status

In 2001, Kenn Starr joined the Low Budget Crew, which also included D.C. locals Oddisee, Kev Brown, Critically Acclaimed, and Cy Young. His connection with producer Oddisee landed him a deal with New York-based indie label Halftooth Records, which released his debut single, "If", featuring Talib Kweli and Asheru, in early 2004. "If" and its B-side, "Walk the Walk", were included on the Halftooth Records compilation You Don't Know the Half. The single led to a number of guest appearances including The Foreign Exchange's "The Answer", Wordsworth's "Head High", and Symbolyc One and Illmind's "Guilty Pleasures".

In June 2006, Starr released The Starr Report, a mixtape featuring most of his unreleased guest appearances on albums by the likes of Supastition, Cesar Comanche, The Foreign Exchange, and Kev Brown; followed by the single "Against the Grain". On August 29, Starr's debut album, Starr Status, was released, featuring production from Illmind, Khrysis, Kev Brown, Oddisee, DJ Roddy Rod and M-Phazes.

Starr Status garnered the rapper attention from magazines including Scratch, The Source, and JIVE, who called Starr "one of the best MC's in the game"

01. Starr Status (Intro) (Prod. by Oddisee)
02. Against The Grain (Prod. by Illmind)
03. Relentless feat. Kev Brown (Prod. by Kev Brown)
04. The Same Pt. 2 (Prod. by Oddisee)
05. Mr. Nice Guy feat. Wayna (Prod. by Oddisee)
06. Middle Fingaz (Prod. by M-Phazes)
07. U Will (Prod. by DJ Roddy Rod)
08. Never Too Late feat. Sean Born (Prod. by Kev Brown)
09. Carry On feat. Supastition & Darien Brockington (Prod. by Oddisee)
10. Waitin' On You (Prod. by Khrysis)
11. Inside feat. Wayna (Prod. by Illmind)
12. Back At It Again feat. Median (Prod. by M-Phazes)
13. Nothing But Time feat. Oddisee (Prod. by Young Cee)
14. Another Day feat. Sean Born & Chronkite (Prod. by Kev Brown)
15. Know Too Much (To Go Back) (Prod. by Oddisee)
16. If feat. Asheru & Talib Kweli (Bonus) (Prod. by Oddisee)

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