Gnarls Barkley ‘The Odd Couple Out Today!

the Grammy-winning, genre-wrecking partnership of artist/producer Danger Mouse and soul sensation Cee-Lo, will release their new album The Odd Couple a couple of weeks early.

Initially slated for an April 8th release, The Odd Couple will now be available at various online and physical music retailers across the week of March 18th.

“They felt the timing was right to just go for it,” said an unnamed spokesman for the band. “With the shifting seasons, furtive romantic entanglements and fierce college basketball rivalries, the latter half of March can be confusing. People need to be soothed and inspired now.”

The Odd Couple arrives in the wake of Gnarls Barkley’s international success with the 2006 LP St. Elsewhere. “Run,” the propulsive first single from The Odd Couple, is already a radio staple, and its inventive video is gaining worldwide attention for its absurd humor and its controversial effects.

TRUTH UNIVERSAL SET TO RELEASE DEBUT, SELF DETERMINATION, ON 4-8-08

TRUTH UNIVERSAL SET TO RELEASE DEBUT, SELF DETERMINATION, ON 4-8-08

 

DEBUT FEATURES APPEARANCES BY WISE INTELLIGENT (POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS), DOODLEBUG (DIGABLE PLANETS) & STIC.MAN (DEAD PREZ)

 

Born in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Truth immigrated to the U.S. in 1977 with his parents at the age of 4. Growing up in New Orleans, LA, Truth learned early lessons of respect, discipline and perseverance from his working-class Caribbean upbringing.

TU was exposed to large amounts of Calypso, Soca, Reggae, Jazz and R&B at a very early age and as the years passed, he and all of his friends became heavily involved in hip-hop. At age 9, his family moved to the New Orleans East 9th Ward, and Truth began to immerse himself in the multiple roles of B-Boy, DJ, Producer and Emcee. Over time, he would become an energetic showman, with a veteran stage presence and crowd control.

In early 2006 Truth approached Paris with his work-in-progress debut album project and impressed Paris so much he quickly became a member Paris’ Guerrilla Funk family (Truth’s sophomore LP, Decolonization, is slated to be released in October 2008 on Paris’ Guerilla Funk label). Fully embodying Truth Universal’s social and political awareness, Self Determination, is a tour de force which showcases his DIY attitude and his West Indian and New Orleans backgrounds.  Self Determination encourages dialogue on topics that trouble communities of color across the planet.  Truth touches on self-hatred, the struggle New Orleans residents to attain the right to return to their homes “post Katrina, “culture theft, policies of “the George Bush regime,” the Prison systems inequities and big business mentality.

Even with such serious topic matters being addressed, Truth always keeps his eyes on the prize with Self Determination and delivers his insightful and informative verses in an entertaining (edutainment) fashion and that is verified by collaborations with Wise Intelligent (formerly of Poor Righteous Teachers), Digable Planet’s Doodlebug and Dead Prez’s Stic.Man.  Further, Truth enlists a top-notch assortment of producers as well; including Panik from The Molemen, S1 of Strange Fruit (S1 has previously worked with Little Brother and Erykah Badu), Nick Tha 1da (who works with Raheem Devaughn) and Bass Heavy who has worked with BG, Soulja Slim and is an in-house producer @ Mannie Fresh’ Fatboy Records.

Truth Universal’s debut, Self Determination, will be released on 4-8-08 by Dragon’s Breath Records.

Tracklisting and credits for Truth Universal’s Self-Determination:

1.) S-E-L-F Determination Intro (produced by Andino)

2.) Resistance Recital (produced by S1)

3.) Black Culture f/Wise Intelligent and Doodlebug (produced by Panik)

4.) Gotta Luv It (produced by Nick Tha 1da)

5.) Angola 3 (produced by Panik)

6.) Something Awful (Produced by Nick Tha 1da)

7.) Work (produced by Natural Born)

8.) Heat!!! (produced by Natural Born)

9.) Feminine Melanin f/Tondrae Kemp (produced by Gensu Dean)

10.) Beautiful Child Interlude (produced by Dan Freeman)

11.) The Best part (produced by S1)

12.) What It’s Bout f/Stic Man of Dead Prez (produced by Bass Heavy)

13.) Freedom(e) Or Death f/Sula of Zion Trinity (produced by Dan Freeman)

14.) Serve & Protect (produced by Bricks)   ****Bonus Track

Foul Mouth Jerk New Album

FOUL MOUTH JERK RETURNS WITH HIS FOURTH FULL-LENGTH LP, STREETLIGHT MUSIC, ON APRIL 22^nd 2008

 

STREET LIGHT MUSIC FEATURES APPEARANCES BY MASTA ACE, MURS, EL DA SENSAI and GRANDMASTER CAZ

 

 

Once again back is the incredible rhyme animal known as the Foul Mouth Jerk.  Foul Mouth Jerk is an independent Hip-Hop artist raised in northern New Jersey. Growing up in the late 80’s & early 90’s, he participated in what is often referred to as Hip-Hop’s “Golden Age.” FMJ began rapping in 1988 and he spent his high school years battling fellow emcees in parks, school cafeterias and street corner cyphers. Later he would cut his teeth on stage at open mic’s in Newark & Manhattan and perform at various parties around NJ & NYC.

 

 Not long after graduating FMJ decided to see as much of the world as possible and began traveling the country, earning gas and food money as a street performer, freestyling over the hand drums of his traveling partner. This vagabond journey took FMJ to numerous cities around the US, from Burlington VT, to Miami, from Boulder Colorado to New Orleans famous French Quarter.

 

 It was along these travels that Foul Mouth met the people with whom he would later form the hip hop/funk collective GFE. In 1997 the group based itself out of the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina & began recording as an eight piece live band. The band began touring nationally shortly thereafter playing in nearly every state in the union, at clubs, colleges & festivals. They opened for such legends as Run DMC and P-Funk, as well as current stars such as Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Atmosphere. The group has also recorded with such heavyweights as George Clinton, Eric Krasno of Soulive and Tame One.

 

Foul Mouth has maintained a steady work ethic throughout his ten-plus years as a professional musician, touring & recording with GFE and as a soloist.  He currently has four full length albums with the band and after three-years is about to drop his forth solo outing, Streetlight Music, which will be released on 4-22-08.  

 

Streetlight Music is an homage to the earliest days of Hip-Hop, when jams were thrown in the park and electricity was boosted to power the turntables, amps and equipment.  The content of the LP is both a throwback to the days when originality was king and a push towards new styles and developments; which is reflected by the inclusion of rap legends Masta Ace, Murs of Living Legends, El Da Sensai of The Artifacts and one of Hip-Hop’s original godfathers Grandmaster Caz of the Cold Crush Brothers; its blue collar Hip-Hop for blue collar fans laced with intelligence and FMJ’s sharp cynical wit.

 

Tracklisting and credits for Streetlight Music:

1.) Streetlight Music

2.) The Jerks Theme

3.) NJ Transit f/El Da Sensai

4.) Small Town USA f/Masta Ace

5.) Tryin To Eat

6.) One Room Shack

7.) Neighborhood Drug Dealer

8.) Day one f/Grandmaster Caz and TopR

9.) The Decider

10.) Culture Of Life

11.) Played Out

12.) Lost In The Sauce f/Breez Evahflowin

13.) Mr. Green f/Hardy Cooper

14.) Take The Money And Run

15.) The Hard Part (Remix) f/Murs and G.Cutty

16.) Monopoly (Remix)