Pure gratitude for simply being, without all kinds of jibber-jabber filling my thoughts.” A sentiment that tells you everything about the feeling and nothing about the sound. “When it works for me,” says pianist Morten McCoy, “it’s pure meditation, pure prayer. Bremer/McCoy recorded straight to tape so that they had as little time as possible to think about it. What were they up to? Nobody could tell-not even them. This 2LP collection presents exclusive instrumental versions of songs originally released on the Jazz Is Dead albums: Roy Ayers JID002, Marcos Valle JID003, Gary Bartz JID006 and Joa~o Donato JID007.Ī4: Aquarius (Bring Her Back Home To Me) Featuring With this project we set out to transport the listener into a world that was lush but still gritty, triumphant but still emotional and sonically diverse across the board.” Lyrically the album shows Benny reflecting on what he’s sacrificed to get here and what he’ll need to do to continue his rise to the top. Produced entirely by Harry Fraud, the Brooklyn bred producer describes The Plugs I Met 2 as “the story of a hustler who’s realized success but understands how fragile it is. Plugs 2 expands upon that mindset the same confidence, same attitude, cocky, but I still have something to prove” Benny asserts. “I came in as an underdog, to filling out my position as one of the elite rhymers in the industry. The Plugs I Met 2 is the coronation of a true G going from worker to the PLUG-and never looking back. While he has separated himself from his peers, Benny from Montana Ave knows the game is to be sold and never told and he has put all of these accolades in his rearview mirror to focus on his next lick The Plugs I Met 2. By deeming West, his chameleon persona, and iconic brand worthy of scholarly examination, this book takes us on a philosophical odyssey like no other in the modern academy.Mere months after releasing an undisputed AOTY contender for 2020 with Burden Of Proof and only three months after being shot, Benny got back on his feet (way ahead of schedule) and re-immersed in his element “back to that little pot, that little flame”. "The Cultural Impact of Kanye West is a much-needed addition in today's diluted hip-hop cultural criticism. but right on time." - Toni Blackman, US Hip Hop Ambassador Respected for his integrity as a cultural critic and archivist, it's no surprise that, like a master beat maker finding the perfect sample, he was ahead of the curve when he proposed to explore the cultural impact of Kanye West. He is humbly one part scholar and two parts philosopher, yet all hip-hop. "If Julius Bailey was a song, he would be that surprise banger DJ Red Alert drops around one in the morning as the party is at its peak. This collection lays bare the tangle of complexities and contradictions that have made the artist and the art indispensable to our era and proves that if game recognizes game, wisdom does too." - Jelani Cobb, author of The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress "Provocateur, egotist, sage, and artist, no figure in the past decade of popular culture has reflected and defined the zeitgeist better than Kanye West.
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