Bamboo Bros. (Dave Dar x Kurious) upcoming album on Benchmark Music “American Jibaro” will feature appearances from Pete Rock (“Beyond The Sensation”) & Talib Kweli (“Let It Go”). “American Jibaro” showcases 12 tracks spanning 45 minutes that’ll become the perfect soundtrack to this summer. The album is stepped in the traditions of Hip Hop including digging for those old Soul records we heard at the block parties, cookouts and house parties back in the days. “American Jibaro” is as much a celebration of New York & the urban Latino experience as much as it is a celebration of Hip Hop and the DJ. I’ve been listening to this album for close to a year now and I can’t wait for the rest of the Hip Hop listening audience to finally experience it, too…
01. Stay High feat. Robert Brentley
02. Make A 4Tune
03. Beyond A Sensation feat. Pete Rock & Mighty Buda
04. When I Bleed
05. Celebrate Life (Up In The Heights)
06. Pain Killer
07. Ring Master feat. L Fudge
08. Let It Go feat. Talib Kweli & Kendra Ross
09. Sunny (The Good Light) feat. Vonqwest
10. I Heart Thee feat. Prince Power & Fire
11. That 70?s Song feat. Kelly Valentin
12. Home
13. American Jibaro
14. Bienvenido (Bamboo) feat. Mr. Flores
DESCRIPTION
Producer Adamatic has given Rifleman a different kind of backdrop of beats to work with, and as Rifleman has shown in the past, he can adapt to any style the beat calls for. Very solid release. Featuring guest appearances by Luckyiam PSC, Big Arch, Riddlore, Pterradacto and NgaFsh.
CREDITS
Produced and mixed by Adamatic.
TRACK LISTING
1. On My Way
2. The Leader
3. Califormula (feat. Gajah (Acid Reign) / Luckyiam (PSC))
4. Go Getta (feat. Big Arch)
5. Grown On
6. Still Coming Up (feat. Riddlore / NgaFsh)
7. Maximum
8. Hip Hop Veteran
9. A Clear Thought
10. Holy Scriptures
11. Hip Hop Kclan (Hoooo) (feat. Pterradacto)
12. On Some
13. Get Bizzy
14. Message In The Music
15. The Speaker
Bay Area emcee Kirby Dominant and Canadian producer Factor have both been at it for a decade plus, putting out consistent quality material on their respective fronts. In 2001, they found common ground, began recording together under the moniker Paranoid Castle and eventually released their
debut collaboration One Way Ticket on Side Road Records in 2004.
Kirby’s path to the fruits of the now was. By the age of 17 he had already been selling dope, locked up and shot. He was able to drastically shift gears and move forward at UC Berkeley, where he spent his financial aid checks on making an album. A string of successful releases on Rapitalism Records along with his Dominant Mammals collabo with Moka Only brought Kirby to the forefront of west coast indie rap and drew praise from the likes of URB Magazine and the San Francisco Guardian.
Factor has produced full-lengths for a who’s who of underground talent ranging from Awol One to Moka Only to Gregory Pepper in addition to his own lush, melodic solo endeavors. His larger-than-life palette incorporates bone-shattering drums spliced with meticulous samples and live instrumentation. From the virtual obscurity of Saskatoon to sought-after super-producer status, Factor’s travels have included working and touring alongside Kool Keith, Tha Liks, Sadat X, Aesop Rock and Buck 65.
2011 finds the duo of Kirby Dominant and Factor reunited as Paranoid Castle with their most focused collaboration to date. The years between the group’s releases gave them the opportunity to explore disparate musical avenues while still building chemistry as a crew with Kirby featuring on all of Factor’s solo projects. Champagne Nightmares, the duo’s debut on Fake Four, delicately careens between playful party anthems and introspective treatises on loss and being lost. While sections of the record find Kirby popping bottles and toasting to the good life, something in the way of Factor’s piercing aural brilliance brings out the vulnerable side of the NorCal rapper via bangers such as
“Orca” and “Some Place Else.”
#1 Champagne Intro
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#2 Orca
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#3 Feeling Inside
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#4 Stacey’s Doing WAY Too Much
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#5 The Mature Life
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#6 Audacity Of Me
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#7 Champagne Interlude
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#8 Little Girl
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#9 D.U.I.
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#10 Weed Man
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#11 Some Place Else
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#12 You Dont Understand
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#13 Champagne Nightmares!
