Eyedea & Abilities’ By The Throat is due July 21st on Rhymesayers. Pre-order this here or here. After seeing these two live I’m definitely buying this. Check this track out.
After a five year break exploring new sounds and building their personal repertoires, the dynamic duo of Eyedea & Abilities return with the follow up to their 2004 critically acclaimed sophomore album E&A. With biting guitars, fuzzy keyboards, melodic choruses, and some of their most intricate turntable work to date, By The Throat cuts right to the vein and advances far beyond Eyedea & Abilities battle tested history (winners of HBO Blaze Battle, Rocksteady, Scribble Jam and the DMC’s).
Throughout the nineties the duo played an important role in the development of the emerging underground Hip Hop scene alongside friends Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, EL-P, the Living Legends, Sage Francis, Blueprint and more. Always pushing the boundaries, Eyedea & Abilities have not only grown but have elevated their talents and once again successfully brought them together with By The Throat.
I’ve been waiting for this release for a while now. I’m glad it’s finally here. I became a fan of Toki Wright when I saw him perform at the Paid Dues festival this year. Well, actually when I saw Brother Ali. I talked about it here when I found his former group The C.O.R.E.’s album. Definitely check this release. Here’s a track featuring Brother Ali you can sample. Tracklist is after the jump.
The many of you who’ve been following us here at CTR for a cool minute now are aware of how much of a Brother Ali fan I am, so you have to know I completely geeked out when I saw this after I got off of work last night. Now, of course I pre-ordered this from fifthelement ages ago, but I couldn’t help but give it a listen before I get my hands on the physical copy. I think this album is great way to come out The Undisputed Truth, while maintaining the same implicit political undertones that he still managed to make the theme for his 2007 release, this EP manages to take bring back more of the soulful sound that was found in Shadows on the Sun and Champion EP. One of the highlights of this project is supposed to be Philistine David as it was featured on a documentary by Johnathan Demme based on the life of president Jimmy Carter, but out of all nine tracks it was the one I was feeling the least (the sound just didn’t fit in with the other 8 tracks IMO). Still, I thoroughly enjoyed all of the other tracks from the opening Real As Can Be in which Ali speaks on being on tour so much that when he wakes up at home in his bed with his wife he feels like he’s in a strange place (he also touches on his newfound friendship with Rakim and his new baby) to the track Little Rodney in which Ali takes it back to the days of Soul Whisper and kicks a little forward in Arabic (Can we please get a translation? I had to listen to it 4 times in a row). Other highlight include Palm The Joker & The Believers Slug (the only feature on the EP). Yeah, I’ll admit it, I’m somewhat of an Ali Stan, but for good reason. I mean he is the undisputed truth, for goodness’ sakes. I def recommend this to fans of Brother Ali, cats who’ve never listened to Brother Ali, and people who hate Brother Ali (it’s not too late to change your mind). With another Ant produced full length LP slated to drop the fall, my faith in 2009 has just arrived.
Edit: Begin Here is by far the best track.
Major shouts to Claw @ 5M for bringing this release to our attention. If you’re on 5M def hit the thanks for this guy.
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Note: Dunno how many of you noticed it, but we have a new page set up where you can submit posts to CTR. Here’s the first submission we’ve received from Silvaboombaye. Very much appreciated mayne.
Brother Ali is one of the most gifted and talented emcees of our generation.
When we reflect on this era in Hip-Hop music, he is likely to be in the
forefront of the discussion as one of the realest and nicest to ever do it.
With the download of this album, I encourage you to purchase and continue
to purchase his albums from your local record distributor or off of Itunes.
When he is in your area I encourage you all to check out his live shows.
You will not be disappointed.
Support the arts and this beautiful culture we live daily.
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Man, oh man. After hearing this track I can’t say how excited I am about Jake’s new Rhymesayers release (White Van Music due out October 7th). For those who don’t know Jake One has been the man behind the boards for everybody from MF Doom and De La Soul to 50 Cent & Nas. I mean damn… who didn’t love Rock Co. Cane Flow? His album is slated to feature underground & mainstream legends alike and with his ability to get cats who would have otherwise never worked together on the same track, this is going to be ill. Check this track out for a taste of what I’m talking about. Ill ass collabo. Fucking crazy…
Got a request for this one a little while ago. Any fan of Atmosphere or the Rhymesayers fam should have heard of this one (although I had some trouble finding it). If you’re familiar with any of the Headshots series (or even just the widely popular Headshots: Se7en) you’ll know most of the cats on this project… Of course there’s Slug of Atmosphere and Beyond (who later became Musab) as well as old school Rhymesayers junkies, Self One (aka I Self Divine) & Swift (who I have no idea what happened to). Apparently this was the first and last actual LP that was done by the group so, Iif you like the Headshots series & Deep Puddle Dynamics you’ll love this one… if you just like Atmosphere you’ll at least enjoy it.Like it? Buy it here.
Bought this album (Rhymesayers) a while ago. Good stuff for those who are fiending for the game to have more female rappers and even those who aren’t really looking. No Lil’ Kim/Lil’ Mama type bullshit here. Another Chicago native puttin’ it down… Continue reading »
As any of you who know me can tell, Brother Ali is one of my favorite two MCs of all time (just look at my last.fm page). Unlike most artists I listen to, I didn’t get into Ali from listening to his first album because when I started listening to him the album was near impossible to find. Thanks to somebody who order one of the first 300 copies of Ali’s 2004 Champion EP, Ali’s Rites of Passage finally started to pop up all around the internet late last year. If I had never heard of Ali before I would’ve thought this album was made in the early-mid 90s… which is a good thing, a really good thing. This album takes you back to the time of Brand Nubian, Black Sheep, Black Moon, Tribe and De La Soul from Ali’s lyrics, to his production (he produced this album), even to the interludes. Rites of Passage is a masterpiece of an album, so please don’t sleep on it for your own sake.
Okay, just to clear things up I upped these when I was “working” for another site, but I wouldn’t really call myself affiliated with them any longer so please disregard the password and tags and if you’re looking for a new website to join get at the MS fam instead at Muzik Supremacy.
Entire Atmosphere Sad Clown Bad Dub Series (1-12) In regards to the dub series in particular:
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First of all heres the new album by former Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member Bizzy Bone called A Song For You. This is a really dope album. One might say its a lil bit too spiritual and soft/emotional but If you appreciate music that artists put a lot of work into you will love this album. Oh and as a bonus I added two ASFY cuts: That Good feat Trina and Back In The Highlife feat Chris Notez. Enjoy!
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