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Bay Area Independent Rap Legend Lyrics Born has joined forces with New York multimedia powerhouse Decon for the sake of quality trans-national hip-hop. The multi-faceted musician plans to release his third proper solo effort, As U Were on October 26th. The lead single “Lies x 3″ is an alt-tinged synth-rocker that is a sure shot summer banger.

Blending catchy pop-synth melodies and hooks, heavy guitar riffs, sticky bass, and windshield poppin’ beats, As U Were exemplifies LB’s most adventurous production to date. Coupled with his razor-sharp humor, rhythmic baritone, and signature melodic cadence, the new album is a jaw-dropping musical experience unlike any other. Familiar fans will appreciate classic collaborations with Gift of Gab and Joyo Velarde, as well as an overdue reunion with Lateef. He also draws on the talent of recently celebrated acts such as Trackademicks, Sam Sparro and Francis and The Lights. Even beat impresarios Jake One and Headnodic snag co-production credits, hammering out beats alongside LB’s in-house team of stage musicians, the ever-funky and ambidextrous Lyrics Born Mixed Re-View.

In an emblematic and celebrated career spanning a decade, Lyrics Born has built his name, reputation, and expansive international fanbase by continually forging ahead into uncharted territory, both musically and otherwise. As a musician he has been responsible for some of the most memorable and innovative independent hits and albums of the past decade, both as a solo artist, as a member of Latyrx and as a founder of Quannum Projects, the seminal independent label he reared with DJ Shadow, Blackalicious and Lateef.

Noticing the industry shift towards digital content, the visionary entrepreneur developed one of the first artist-owned and operated internet television sites, LBTV, and the first artist-owned and operated internet radio site, LBFM. Years later, at the pinnacle of the music industry’s transformation, LB has maintained his position as one of the most successful independent Hip-Hop artists of all time. As U Were will further solidify this status. In a truly modern and unprecedented new partnership, Lyrics Born and his label Mobile Home Recordings will retain the rights to all content, including recorded masters. “I’m so excited about this right now,” LB gushes. “I’m proud and flattered to be in league with such a long-standing and creative team that understands my vision.”

“I have been a fan of Lyrics Born since the days of Latyrx and we are thrilled to add him to our diverse roster here,” Peter Bittenbender, president of Decon says. “Throughout his expansive career, he has consistently exceeded his fans’ expectations when it comes to creativity, sound, and presentation. We look forward to continue pushing those boundaries with what we hope will be the first of many collaborations”

1. Kontrol Phreak (Produced By: Lyrics Born)

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2. I Wanna B W/U feat. Lateef The Truth Speaker (Produced By: Jake One; Lyrics Born)

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3. We Live By The Beat (Produced By: Teak; Dee Underdue; Lyrics Born)

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4. Coulda Woulda Shoulda feat. Sam Sparro (Produced By: Lyrics Born)

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5. As U Were Reception (Skit) (Produced By: Lyrics Born)

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6. I’ve Lost Myself feat. Joyo Velarde (Produced By: Jake One; Lyrics Born)

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7. Lies X 3 (Produced By: Lyrics Born)

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8. Born-E-Ohs! (Skit) (Produced By: Lyrics Born)

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9. Pushed Aside/ Pulled Apart feat. Lateef The Truth Speaker (Produced By: Jake One; Lyrics Born)

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10. Oh, Baby! (Produced By: Lyrics Born)

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11. I’m The Best (Funky Fresh In The Flesh) (Produced By: G Koop; Lyrics Born)

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12. Block Bots feat. Trackademicks, Clyde Carson (Produced By: Lyrics Born; Trackademicks)

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13. Pillz ‘Lude (Skit) (Produced By: Lyrics Born)

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14. Pillz feat. Gift Of Gab (of Blackalicious) (Produced By: Lyrics Born; Headnodic)

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15. Something Better feat. Francie And The Lights (Produced By: Francis Farewell Starlite; LB)

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16. (What Happened 2 Our) Love Affair? (Bonus) (Produced By: Headnodic; Lyrics Born)

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Nineteen Ninety Now is finally here and a hip-hop renaissance is about to begin! The art form is brought full-circle through this groundbreaking collaboration between underground giant Celph Titled and production legend Buckwild (D.I.T.C.)! Showing that the lessons from the past can be combined with the innovations of the present, these two heavyweight artists have joined forces to create a neo-classic. By having uninhibited access to Buckwild’s original mid-90’s production, Celph Titled was able to select and record to over 16 unreleased D.I.T.C. bangers; bringing his charismatic flow and lyrical prowess to each one.

1. The Deal Maker (Produced By: Buckwild)

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2. Out To Lunch feat. Treach (of Naughty By Nature) (Produced By: Buckwild)

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3. Eraserheads feat. Vinnie Paz (of Jedi Mind Tricks) (Produced By: Buckwild)

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4. Fuckmaster Sex (Produced By: Buckwild)

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5. Swashbuckling feat. Apathy, Ryu (Of Styles Of Beyond), Esoteric (Produced By: Buckwild)

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6. I Could Write A Rhyme (Produced By: Buckwild)

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7. Hardcore Data (Produced By: Buckwild)

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8. Mad Ammo feat. F.T., R.A. The Rugged Man (Produced By: Buckwild)

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9. Tingin’ (Produced By: Buckwild)

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10. There Will Be Blood feat. Sadat X & Grand Puba (of Brand Nubian), A.G., O.C. & Diamond (of D.I.T.C.) (Produced By: Buckwild)

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11. Miss Those Days (Produced By: Buckwild)

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12. Step Correctly (Produced By: Buckwild)

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13. Wack Juice (Produced By: Buckwild)

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14. Styles Ain’t Raw feat. Apathy, Chino XL (Produced By: Buckwild)

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15. Where I Are (Produced By: Buckwild)

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16. Time Travels On feat. Majik Most, Dutchmassive (Produced By: Buckwild)

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1. The Bomb (Produced By: Herve Salters; Pigeon John)

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2. Buttersoft Seats (Produced By: Herve Salters; Pigeon John)

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3. Dude It’s On (Produced By: Herve Salters; Pigeon John)

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4. Rock Bottom Again (Produced By: Herve Salters; Pigeon John)

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5. Before We’re Gone (Produced By: Herve Salters; Pigeon John)

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6. Davey Rockit (Produced By: Herve Salters; Pigeon John)

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7. Hey You (Produced By: Herve Salters; Pigeon John)

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8. So Gangster (Produced By: Herve Salters; Pigeon John)

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9. To Do List (Produced By: Herve Salters; Pigeon John)

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10. Excuse Me (Produced By: Herve Salters; Pigeon John)

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11. Ben Vereen (Produced By: Herve Salters; Pigeon John)

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Picking up where their 2008 Grammy-nominated “Leave It All Behind” set left off, “Authenticity” is the group’s most diverse work to date, with a tight, 11-track song cycle spanning the duo’s trademark brand of lush electronic soul, to stripped down acoustic pieces that recall the heyday of 70’s singer-songwriter driven folk.

Lead single “Maybe She’ll Dream Of Me” is a playful, synth-driven hip-hop groove featuring a rapped verse from Phonte that evokes the band’s “Connected” era, while the epic opener “The Last Fall” finds Phonte singing some of his most cynical lyrics to date (”Love is at worst an excuse/at best it’s a truce…”) over a frenzied Nicolay production jammed with layers of strings, guitars, and dense choral harmonies.

“I think every band reaches that point when they come into their own and find a sound that is distinctively theirs,” says Phonte in reference to the album’s title. “The title refers to me and Nic’s journey to find our own unique space within this vast musical landscape. The biggest challenge as a musician is to find that ‘thing’ that makes you who you are. But I think we’re getting there, and we’re finding our way more and more with each record.”

1. The Last Fall (Produced By: Nicolay; Phonte)

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2. Authenticity (Produced By: Nicolay; Phonte)

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3. Eyes To The Sky (Produced By: Nicolay; Phonte)

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4. All Roads (Produced By: Nicolay; Phonte)

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5. Fight For Love (Produced By: Nicolay; Phonte; Zo!)

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6. Maybe She’ll Dream of Me (Produced By: Nicolay; Phonte)

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7. Don’t Wait feat. Darien Brockington (Produced By: Nicolay; Phonte)

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8. Make Me a Fool feat. Jesse Boykins III, Median (Produced By: Nicolay; Phonte)

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9. Everything Must Go (Produced By: Nicolay; Phonte)

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10. Laughing At Your Plans feat. Chantae Cann (Produced By: Nicolay; Phonte)

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11. This City Aint the Same Without You feat. Yahzarah (Produced By: Nicolay; Phonte)

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Death Is Silent, the solo debut from CunninLynguists’ producer and emcee Kno, is set to be released on October 12th 2010. While handling nearly all of CL’s production since the group’s inception in 2001, his emceeing has more recently taken a backseat to his beats — and it has shown. Fueled by Kno’s lush production techniques, A Piece of Strange currently ranks as the #8 release of 2005 (and the only hip-hop release in the Top 30) at high traffic web community RateYourMusic.com, Dirty Acres was awarded “Album Of The Year” honors by UndergroundHipHop.com for 2007 and both of 2009’s compilation releases, Strange Journey Volume One and Two, were given “Top Ten Albums” honors at 2DopeBoyz.com.

After amassing only 4 verses over the CunninLynguists’ last four releases, the Atlanta-based artist is set to step out from behind the boards on Death Is Silent, both producing the entirety of the record and handling the majority of the vocals. The record’s concept involves the inevitability of death and its impact on love, life, family and friends. The artwork was realized by Argentinian visual artist Diego Fernandez.

Kno will still see plenty of activity on the production side of things, as the next 6 months will see the release of Oneirology, CunninLynguists’ newest studio album in 3 years, Chico and The Man, the long-awaited concept album with fellow QN5 Music artist and longtime friend Tonedeff as well as MacheteVision, a joint project with emcee Marq Spekt.

While all of these releases will be produced entirely by Kno, his production will also be featured on upcoming projects by Freddie Gibbs, 9th Wonder signee Tom Hardy as well as the album Niggaz With Latitude, a group project from CL’s own Deacon The Villain and Sheisty Khrist.

1. Death Is Silent (Produced By: Kno)

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2. If You Cry feat. Natti (of Cunninlynguists) (Produced By: Kno)

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3. Loneliness feat. Nemo, Deacon The Villain (of Cunninlynguists) (Produced By: Kno)

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4. La Petite Mort (Come Die With Me) (Produced By: Kno)

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5. Rhythm Of The Rain feat. Thee Tom Hardy, Tunji (Produced By: Kno)

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6. Spread Your Wings feat. Deacon The Villain (of Cunninlynguists) (Produced By: Kno)

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7. Smile (They Brought Your Coffin In) (Produced By: Kno)

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8. Graveyard feat. Sheisty Khrist (Produced By: Kno)

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9. I Wish I Was Dead feat. Tonedeff (Produced By: Kno)

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10. They Told Me feat. Deacon The Villain (of Cunninlynguists) (Produced By: Kno)

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11. When I Was Young feat. Natti (of Cunninlynguists), Substantial (Produced By: Kno)

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12. Not At The End feat. Tunji (Produced By: Kno)

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13. The New Day (Death Has No Meaning) (Produced By: Kno)

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A personal and definitive collection of songs by Canadian avante garde rapper Ira Lee released by Endemik Music! No fan will want to be without this considering two prior albums Cafeteria Food with producer Factor, and Die the double disc CD with Critical Mass are now out of print. Comes with your choice of one out of two free full length Endemik promo CD’s including Soso’s Tinfoil on the Windows or Santiago’s Steel Yourself.

Credits
Guitar, Bass - Petit Big (tracks: 9)
Producer - Critical Mass (8) (tracks: 16) , Factor (2) (tracks: 15) , Funken (2) (tracks: 2, 6) , Ira Lee (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 10 to 12, 14) , Mattr* (tracks: 13, 15) , Ryan Stinson (tracks: 4) , Scott Da Ros (tracks:

1 All The Places We Did It 2:41
Vocals [Featuring] - Linakim
2 Your Little Sister’s Bike 2:36
3 Ballad Of A Liar 3:51
4 Other People’s Bathrooms 1:39
5 Montreal 4:28
Rap [Featuring] - Khyro
6 Mike Brown 3:13
7 Die (Remix) 2:47
Cuts [Featuring] - DJ Heywood Jablome??
8 The Pigman 3:30
9 She’s Only Twelve Years Old 2:50
10 Donna Jones (Remix) 3:59
11 Ruthie 3:39
12 Keep On Trying 3:26
13 A Man Is Nothing 2:30
14 Henry 2:58
15 I Love My Mom 2:51
16 My Man Matt (Outro)

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Atlanta Flavor Over Detroit Drums - Brown Study is a Complex Mix of Poetry & Pride. Brown Study is a rare vintage of Hiphop that chronicles Atlanta emcee Boog Brown’s walk through life. Behind the boards is Detroit producer Apollo Brown (The Reset) crafting head nodding beats reminiscent of Pete Rock in his prime. Boog drops universal jewels throughout her heavily textured rap poetry. Brown Study is the soundtrack for anyone living the beautiful struggle

1. Marinate (Produced By: Apollo Brown)

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2. Master Plan (Produced By: Apollo Brown)

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3. Friction feat. Miz Korona, Invincible (Produced By: Apollo Brown)

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4. Just Be (Produced By: Apollo Brown)

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5. My Love feat. Poodie The Byz (Produced By: Apollo Brown)

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6. Friends Like These feat. Kam Moye (aka Supastition) (Produced By: Apollo Brown)

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7. Carpe Diem (Produced By: Apollo Brown)

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8. Shine (Produced By: Apollo Brown)

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9. Blink (Produced By: Apollo Brown)

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10. Play The Game feat. Kenn Starr (Produced By: Apollo Brown)

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11. U.P.S. (Produced By: Apollo Brown)

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12. Understanding (Produced By: Apollo Brown)

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Group Home is widely considered one of the most important groups to come out of hip-hop’s revered “golden age.” Recognized as origina­tors in the culture, Group Home (cumulative career scans over 150,000 units), have proven over their 20 + year career that they are a force to be reckoned with. After his 2008 solo album “I.A.DAP,” Lil Dap returns with Melachi The Nutcracker to pay tribute to his longtime friend and collaborator, the legendary, and recently deceased Guru (Gang Starr). And with one of the most distinct and unique voices in all of Hip-Hop, Dap and Group Home are poised to pass on their knowledge, experience and pas­sion, from the 80’s and 90’s into the second decade of the millenium.

1. Intro (Produced By: Swiss Boy)

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2. G.U.R.U. feat. Jeru The Damaja (Produced By: DJ Idem)

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3. Pay Attention feat. Guru (of Gang Starr), Smiley the Ghetto Child (Produced By: Lil Dap; Guru)

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4. Get Out The Car (Produced By: DJ Rad)

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5. Ghetto Soldiers feat. Young Luchiano (Produced By: DJ Lord Ron)

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6. Up Against The Wall feat. Lord Jamar (of Brand Nubian), MC Ace (Produced By: DJ Lord Ron)

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7. Ears To The Streets feat. Young Luchiano (Produced By: DJ Lord Ron)

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8. Bodega (Produced By: DJ Lord Ron)

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9. You Got It (Produced By: Swiss Boy)

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10. Bright Lights (Produced By: Group Home; E Water)

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11. Brooklyn (Produced By: E Water)

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12. The Realness 2010 feat. Blackadon, Black (of Brainsick Mob) (Produced By: Cash Flow)

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13. The Legacy feat. Guru (of Gang Starr) (Produced By: DJ Premier)

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14. Be Like That feat. Blackadon, Guru (of Gang Starr) (Produced By: Lil Dap; Agallah)

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15. Sista Love (Outro) (Produced By: Swiss Boy)

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