Daily Archives: July 11th, 2008

THE UNVEILING FEATURES APPEARANCES BY VAST AIRE, VORDUL MEGA, C-RAYZ WALZ & ACCESS IMMORTAL

The covers are finally coming off The Unveiling, the debut LP from MarQ Spekt and Karniege as The Invizzibl Men. The result is a ferociously hard hitting record bristling with gunmetal beats and lyrics still dripping with spray-paint.

While others attempt to recreate hip-hop’s golden age, The Invizzibl Men reinvent hardcore east-coast hip-hop, annihilating verses over futuristic boom-bap. The collaboration might be new, but the duo has earned their stripes as solo artists; Karniege did a stint on the Definitive Jux roster, dropping the memorable “Make News” 12”, toured the world with Vast Aire several times over and kept his name ringing in the underground by popping up on projects by everyone from DJ Ese to Dub L to The Reavers.

MarQ Spekt’s lineage is equally storied if a little grimier; signed to the legendary Subverse records alongside artists like MF DOOM and The Micronauts, MarQ was prominently featured on all of Bigg Jus of Company Flow’s solo albums and the brain behind the streetwise Broady Champs ‘05 debut…Spekt has already cemented his place in the underground pantheon without stepping out of the shadows–until now.

Guests on The Unveiling include Cannibal Ox, C-Rayz, Billy Woods and the Broady Champs. Backwoodz Studioz is proud to present what we believe will be one of this millennium’s underground hip-hop classics.

Tracklisting and credits for Invizzibl Men’s The Unveiling:

1.) Introcutlery

2.) Futurama

3.) Zookeeper f/Vordul Mega

4.) HipHopPSA

5.) 52 Lashings f/billy woods

6.) Jimmy Swagger

7.) T-Rex f/C-Rayz Walz

8.) Darkroom [Red Warfare Sessions]

9.) Thin Air

10.) Mighty Broady f/Broady Champs & Vast Aire

11.) Stories of a Ghost

12.) Neon Mud

13.) Ten Years Later f/Akil NURU & Access Immortal

The Song:

Bobby Evans, producer from Brother Reade, opens Delicious Vinyl’s new RMXXOLOGY project with “Freakazoid Robotz (RMXXOLOGY Theme),” the only track on the album not to feature vocals from one of Delicious Vinyl’s pioneering classic artists. It is the “theme” of RMXXOLOGY, and it sets up the rest of the album in its spirit of flipping old classics into new beats again, adding freshness to what have become hip-hop traditions. An electro-tinged trip with an up-tempo beat, its vocoder promises to “take you back to Miami Beach,” but really, it’s also a nod to Afrika Bambaata’s “Planet Rock” from 25 years ago, with a sound street enough for hip-hop and funky enough for the clubs.

The Background:

RMXXOLOGY features Delicious Vinyl classics by the likes of Tone-Loc, The Pharcyde, Masta Ace, The Brand New Heavies, and Born Jamericans re-imagined by artists including Peaches, Eminem, Diplo, Hot Chip, Spank Rock & Amanda Blank, Phillipians, Ed Banger’s Mr. Flash, and Bobby Evans. The singles for the album have been burning up the charts in the UK and here in the US. Please post buy links if you can!

iTunes:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=280495744&s=143441