Back in 1996 with his self released EP - Lock Shit Down/ Gotta Get the Cream, the artist known as Dark Skinned Assassin garnered a huge buzz. With a Wu-Tang affiliation, and support from Funkmaster Flex, Dame Dash, and many other industry heavies, he was well on his way to enjoying a brilliant career when all his dreams came crashing down in the form of an "upstate vacation". After serving his 3-year term, his return to freedom was bittersweet when he found the music game had passed him by. He then resorted to non-musical career choices, but never lost his ear for Hip-Hop. A mysterious figure, rumors even emerged that he was locked up in Russia. However, during this time his artistry and name was slowly rediscovered by a new generation of fans, and his return to Hip-Hop was sparked by a new hunger to express himself. He appeared on Kay Slay tapes, and created within himself, an alter ego, Dr. Ama (Deadly Rhyme Alters Man's Attitude), which he created to represent the amount of personal drama he had been through, as well as a tribue to Amadou Diallo, the young student accidentally gunned down by NYC police in 1999. "Split Personadli-D" marks his official return to the Hip-Hop game, as he presents both his personas vying for exposure over a veritable cascade of instrumental backdrops by genius producer Falling Down (Killarmy/Lil' Flip). With strong hooks, and rugged street soundtracks, this album promises to be a classic in the history of Rap music. Guest Artists include Block McCloud (Brooklyn Academy), BlakkStarr, Fresh Jones & J Maul. Additional producers include 100 Grand (Salt-N-Pepa), and Kwiz (T.I.). Available in CD and digital formats!
Rugged Jungle Completely Unreleased Live Recordings from 1972-73, from Carnegie Hall as well as Winnipeg, Canada. This album features some of the most dark, raw late Ellington ever released.
With one foot in the Analog past and eyes firmly set on the future,El Michels Affair are among the leaders of a resurgent funk &soul movement from New York City. Led by saxophonist/organistLeon Michels and producer/engineer Jeff Silverman, El MichelsAffair began as a loose collaboration of soul session men (includingmembers of top-sellers Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, TheBudos Band, and Antibalas), releasing an acclaimed 2005 debuton their burgeoning label Truth & Soul (also the moniker for theduo as a production team). The buzz generated from that album led to Toyota (!) inviting themto do some promotional shows backing Wu-Tang Clan members,which led to more Wu-Tang gigs, which in turn led to a contract withFatbeats Records to do an album of instrumental Wu-Tang coversand interpretations.
Finally, after much waiting, producer Falling Down brings forth Untouchable Soldiers' favorite son, Elijah. The majority of this album being produced by Falling Down, Elijah really lays it down with some good old fashioned hardcore Hip-Hop just the way you like it!
The Hip Hop world has long been looking for a breath of fresh air and four legendary emcees are about to step up together, as EMC. EMC is a brand new super group consisting of the Midwest's phenom Stricklin, the widely respected Lyricist Lounge duo Punchline & Wordsworth, and the Brooklyn-bred, battle-tested Juice Crew member Masta Ace. After having extensively toured together in 2001, the four became extremely close and both they and their fans recognized their chemistry. The Milwaukee born and raised Stricklin garnered attention in the late 90's while he was signed to Tommy Boy Records and Punch and Words were integral in the success of the groundbreaking MTV program "The Lyricist Lounge Show" and have released EP's both as a group and as solo artists. All three rhymesayers caught the ear of Masta Ace before touring together and all three were featured on his two most recent albums. "The group idea was a natural progression of the relationships we all made from being on the road together", says Ace. "It's not just about the music with us, we are pretty much like brothers." EMC started a feeding frenzy in 2007 with the release of the 12" single "E.M.C." and now they are ready to finally drop their full-length album The Show. With more than 20 tracks and appearances by Sean Price, Little Brother, Ladybug Mecca (of Digable Planets), and Money Harm (of Product G & B), The Show is going to satisfy even the most Rap-hungry fan. And while the album proves to be a showcase of lyrical talents, the tracks themselves guarantee to bang with production by The Are, Ayatollah, Nicolay, Koolade, Quincy Tones, Frequency, and J. With the combination Stricklin's personality, the cleverness of Punchline and the word play and work ethic of Wordsworth, and the leadership of the Music Man himself Masta Ace, EMC is ready make some noise in the music industry. "EMC is a movement and Hip Hop should get ready for something really special", says Stricklin. "It's about to be a problem!"
Super-Producer Falling Down who recently handled the bulk of the production on Dr. Ama/Dark Skinned Asssassin's album Split-Personali-d and has done tracks for Killarmy, Inspectah Deck, Lil' Flip, Cuban Link and many others brings you another great exclusive Chambermusik compilation. Featured on this one are Beretta 9, Solomon Childs, Live Brim, Dom Pachino, Buddha Monk, G-Clef, Elijah (Untouchable Soldiers), Jus-P (Shadow Clan), and Falling's own new artists, Jek Ya Pops and Wired, among others.
Super-Producer Falling Down who recently handled the bulk of the production on Dr. Ama/Dark Skinned Asssassin's album Split-Personali-d and has done tracks for Killarmy, Inspectah Deck, Lil' Flip, Cuban Link and many others brings you Version 2.0 of his Order of Battle album. On this exclusively produced compilation album for Chambermusik Special Products, Falling Down gives two brand new exclusive Dr. Ama tracks and other bangaz by Chambermusik/Hip-Hop legends such as Inspectah Deck, Solomon Childs, Fes Taylor, G-Clef da Mad Komposa, Midaz, and The Wisemen. This compilation also included 4 remixes of classic songs.
