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Neues album von Robust & Prolyphic - Sticky Figures



In a world overwhelmed with Las Vegas-like neon and more glitter than gold, the Stick Figures hardly find it surprising that a lot of the underground's recent existing music is flashy and overbearing, just for the sake of being flashy and overbearing. Artists are trying to do too much, and failing miserably. One whack at the roots equals a thousand at the branches.

Stick Figures represent the underdog in all of us. A worthy voice for the voiceless, fed up thinkers, a breath of freshness through the smoke and mirrors of mediocrity. Prolyphic, who was introduced to the world via production and guest vocals on Robust?s internationally acclaimed debut ?Potholes In Our Molecules? (Galapagos4 2004) as well as his own solo ?An Alarm Clock Set For 9:01? (Duck Soup 2004) is sure to be announced to the forefront of underground lyricists world wide. Coupled with seasoned lyricist and pillar of unbridled honesty, Robust, the Sticks form our fiery "F that!!!" to the conformed, stale mold which threatens to destroy our culture and soul.

Stick Figures, as characters in an artwork, are a joke amongst artists. It?s child?s play; anyone could draw a seemingly simple circle for a head, and five rudimentary lines for the body. But it goes much, much deeper than that. The stick figure represents the complexities of life in a simple way, so that everyone can understand (i.e.: hieroglyphics, cave drawings). BREAKING IT DOWN, not cluttering it up. Lacking only the flashiness that is used to impress the viewer, but distracts them from the real story being told, Robust and Prolyphic profess that a snake rattles from the back but strikes from the front.

Robust and Prolyphic teamed up as Stick Figures to bring back the age old unappreciated art of keeping it raw, simple and to the point... so they made a simple, raw HIP-HOP album that went straight to the point. Going to the bare bone of it all, the roots, with no make up or fancy dress cover ups, and giving it out raw to the people and what you have when its all said is done is a stick figure. No smoke and mirrors.

To combat a world overcompensating for psychological short comings, Stick Figures emerge simply as those two skinny mother fuckers with big heads and deservedly so, as all shall soon see.

http://www.galapagos4.com/sounds/stickfig/SF_headtrip_snippet.mp3

http://www.galapagos4.com/sounds/stickfig/SF_breakdown_snippet.mp3

http://www.galapagos4.com/sounds/stickfig/SF_2ndhandlove_snippet.mp3

http://www.galapagos4.com/sounds/stickfig/SF_twodeep_snippet.mp3

bin grad beim hören von mike gao & mestizo's "blindfaith"....ist sehr interessant geworden, freunde des unkonventionellen galapagos4 sounds werden ihre freude haben

Neu ab dem 08.10.2005 auf All Natural Hip Hop:



1. Close The Door -
2. Floatin' -
3. Smoke Signals -
4. Trumpets Of Zion -
5. Yeah, Yeah We Know -
6. When We First Kissed -
7. Pose To Do -
8. Tatuduhendi (Boogie Man) -
9. Broken Wings -
10. Social Studies Part Two -
11. Off Tha Track -
12. Brain Power -
13. Midwest Grit -
14. Our Life's Passion (Ooo-lala) -
15. Wisdom (Reprise) -
16. Melody -
17. From The Go -
18. Shoutro -
19. Tatuduhendi (Reprise)

Kommen die überhaupt aus Chicago ?

^^ja, hab noch irgendwo ihr erstes Album hier rum liegen, ist ganz gut eigentlich

Im Januar 2006 soll "Blue Collar" von Rhymefest erscheinen. Auf der Gästeliste stehen Twista, Common, Q-Tip und ODB, produziert haben Kanye West, Just Blaze, Cool & Dre, Ronson und NO ID.

Komplette Meldung: http://www.sohh.com/articles/article.php/7886

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Ich kenne Rhymefest von alten Molemen-Aufnahmen als fähigen Rapper, aber der Gästeauflauf da oben schreit geradezu nach verheiztem Talent...wir werden hören...

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Neues album von denizen kane erscheint am 06.12.05:



Recorded over a year and a half span, Denizen Kane presents his brand new work “Tree City Legends: Vol. II”. This album is the sound of an on-the-run poet throwing pages over his shoulder. Subtitled “My Bootleg Life”, this long-awaited second installment bloomed in bursts of spontaneity.

Denizen Kane is a poet and musician born and raised in Tree City. He is one of the founders of spoken word quartet I Was Born With Two Tongues and also performed on three seasons of Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry Jam. In 2000 Denizen co-founded Typical Cats, a Chicago based hip hop collective who have released two LPs through indie imprint Galapagos4. Kane made his mark as a solo artist in 2002, with an EP entitled “Tree City Legends”. His newest LP, “Tree City Legends Volume 2”, furthers his reputation as a precocious lyricist, style innovator, and great storyteller-in-the-making.

"Lost," an elegiac ode to memory, sprang out of producer Alo's sweeping string-centered beat. A whirlwind session with Mestizo, Chicago graff heavyweight Dymz, SF’s Olive Green collective and a scorching Kip Killagain beat yielded the anthemic "Patriot Act." Other compositions such as "Killa Killa" (a tube amp banger produced by Maker) were captured in notebooks between New York and Tokyo. New school rally-rockers like "Amerika Dub" (featuring Chicago's Avery R. Young's cataclysmic vocals) are the sounds of urban explosion, new protest music. Amidst the passion, Kane does not forget the quieter hushed moments. With acoustic guitar as the backbone, "When I see Him," is a song that solemnly reflects on fragments of emotion.

A record of a year in tumult—the world spins out of orbit, the body counts rise, the underground is restless… Welcome back to Tree City.

Kane has toured from New York to Tokyo to Los Angeles, and performed with such underground luminaries as the Visionaries, Living Legends, and J-Live. He continues to create, experiment, build, and break away. Tree City Legends Never Die.

Track list:
1. Killa Killa (Featuring Mestizo)
2. Patriot Act
3. Rising Son
4. Junie’s Song
5. Years Peelback
6. Another Life
7. Lost
8. Lastchild Speaks
9. Amerika Dub (featuring Avery R. Young)
10. When I See Him

http://www.galapagos4.com/sounds/denizen/TCL2/killa_snippet.mp3

http://www.galapagos4.com/sounds/denizen/TCL2/lost_snippet.mp3

http://www.galapagos4.com/sounds/denizen/TCL2/junie_snippet.mp3

Also Tree City Legends gefiel mir nicht sonderlich, die Snippets sind so lala. Killa Killa ist mal schlecht, das soll Maker produziert haben? Junie's Song und Lost gefallen da schon mehr. Aber es gibt ja so einige Alben bei denen man nach dem Intro denkt, dass das nix gescheites sein kann und dann wirds immer besser, von daher werd ichs sicher mal durchhören


Wo hat Rhymefest denn die ganzen Connections her, erst nur mit dem Molemen Leuten und nun Kanye, Just Blaze etc.

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werd mir das erst anhören wenn ichs komplett hab, die vol.1 muss ich mir aber auch noch besorgen

"Rhymefest released his first true indie album "Raw Dawg" in 2001, which was mostly produced by a then-unknown Kanye." (www.rhymefest.com)

Das erklärt wohl das Zustandekommen der Connections, scheint über Kanye gelaufen zu sein...

@LC: Gerne...

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Mal den Thread etwas wiederbeleben, kennt jemand das hier schon? Racecar und einige Gäste wie Thaionve Davis und Longshot verrichten gute Arbeit über die durchwegs frischen, jazzigen und Abwechslungsreichen Produktionen von K-Kruz. Ein entspanntes aber nicht langweiliges Album



Modill is more than Chicago's hottest emcee and producer collective, it is a movement toward the most original and creative sounds in music, unrestricted by trends or traditions. Consisting of emcee Racecar and producer and DJ K-Kruz, Midnight Green is breaking new ground for independent hip hop listeners and connisseurs.

This debut full length album features vocals from the likes of Dave of De La Soul, Diverse, Truth E.N.O.L.A., Thaione Davis, Longshot, and Verb T. of Britain. Catch Modill at their best, and listen to the sounds of a classic in the making.

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Blackalicious - Nia Instrumentals (bzw. Cliff Hanger Instrumental) !!!

dürfte ganz nahc meinem geshcmack sein...ist ja im januar jetzt erst erschienen, oder?

Ja, ist gerade erst erschienen. Werde es mir nächste Woche wohl bestellen, hört sich vielversprechend an...

Wo bestellst du denn, könnte ich sich da vielleicht ein Euronymous einklinken?

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Blackalicious - Nia Instrumentals (bzw. Cliff Hanger Instrumental) !!!