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Gravity Sample Track

Continuing on with or addition of more old school albums to CTR’s archives here’s the highly acclaimed sophomore LP from Da Bush Babees. I personally only discovered these cats about one or two years ago, but they seem to fit right in with the rest of my listening patterns. Gravity, which is probably the first LP to master the art of blending hip-hop and reggae in a way that leaves no emptiness or further craving for either respective genre, features tracks blessed by Native Tongues gods Q-Tip and Posdonus and as credited with being the first major exposure for Blackstar’s Mos Def as an emcee. Like Group Home, Black Sheep, Black Star or Brand Nubian? Cliche yes, but you’ll love Da Bush Babees.

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Sample Track

1 “Intro” Shawn J. Period Mos Def
2 “Gravity” Ali Shaheed Muhammad Da Bush Babees
3 “Wax” Mr. Man Da Bush Babees
4 “The Beat Down” Rahzel Rahzel
5 “Maybe” Mr. Man Da Bush Babees
6 “3 MC’s” Ali Shaheed Muhammad Da Bush Babees, Q-Tip
7 “S.O.S.” Mr. Man Da Bush Babees, Mos Def
8 “God Complex” Shawn J. Period Da Bush Babees
9 “The Ruler” Mr. Man Da Bush Babees
10 “The Ninth Presentation” Mr. Man Da Bush Babees
11 “The Love Song” Posdnous Da Bush Babees, Mos Def
12 “Rock Boots” Sharles Harrison *Interlude*
13 “In Meh Dreams” Mr. Man Da Bush Babees, Muntcho Leo
14 “Melting Plastic” Mr. Man Da Bush Babees
15 “Outro” Shawn J. Period *Interlude*

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