We worked hard on this one and I got 9 songs out of 13 on this one. Buy it, or Listen to It or Recommend it but let me know what you think of it people!
Posted by Strada | Posted in Strada | Posted on 15-12-2009
4 Wordsmith and Chubb Rock: Bridging the Gap (Unruly)
When one of Baltimore’s most prolific verbal gymnasts teamed up with one of hip-hop’s golden age MCs, it wasn’t an effort to revisit a bygone era when the music and the message intertwined into an instantly memorable feel-good jam. Instead, Wordsmith and Chubb Rock offered a crisp reminder that such heady hip-hop isn’t gone, merely less pimped than its trap/thug kin. Bridging the Gap’s 13 tracks might recall the late ’80s/early ’90s with its jazzy vibe and casual attitude, but both MCs rhyme about the now with clear-eyed precision, never more so than on the witty “Clay Davis,” which turns Isiah Whitlock Jr.’s signature sheeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiit into a vocal hook around which the two MCs offer a verbal snapshot of today’s hip-hop nation: “We do it for the Browns, we do it for Simpsons/ We do it for Obama and Hillary Clinton/ We do it for the heteros safely screwing, alternative lifestyles and how you doing?” (Bret McCabe)
Posted by Strada | Posted in Strada | Posted on 05-08-2009
Bridging the Gap is a strong showing from both the old timer and the newcomer. Both dudes are at the top of their spit game and the production is top notch!
Strada’s work on “Bridging the Gap” provides the kind of funk bass samples that Dr. Dre mastered before he went into seclusion as well as a production highlight for the record.
Its been a few weeks since I last posted the video and info from the Bridging the Gap project. I want to share with y’all what comes out of it….
Our first single, Old 2 the New, is the most added to reg. rotation records on college/indy radios in US/CANADA!!!!!(Rap Attack Lives and Record Breaker charts)!!!!!!! Real happy with this one.
We doing the Jimmy Kimmel show on the 15th of June (on ABC) Thats the second date we have, since Eminem did like 3 nights there so we got pushed back.
Here is the mixtape prior to the album, let me know what you guys think, Drop your 2 cents please!!!!
01. Back In f. Kimia Collins (Produced by Strada)
02. Our Luv (Produced by Strada)
03. Wordsmith - Conversation with My Soulmate (Produced by Strada)
04. I’m Here Now f. Kontact & Black Knight (Produced by Street Level)
05. Another Party Joint (Produced by Strada)
06. The New Street Kings f. Articulate & Black Knight (Produced by Strada)
07. Top of the World f. The NU Revolution Camp (Produced by Street Level)
08. Music for the Millennium f. Soulstice (Produced by Capish)
09. Virtual Relaxation f. Kontact & Black Knight (Produced by Professa)
10. Letters through Time f. Kontact & Black Knight (Produced by Professa) 11. Bonus Album Snippet: Bridging the Gap (Produced by Strada)(one of my fav joint from the album)
After the 2 behind the scene videos we released here is the long awaited video for the Old 2 The NEW single off the Chubb Rock & Wordsmith Bridging the Gap album dropping June 16th!!!!!
New joint off the HipHopDX Presents A Crack in the Bridge mixtape, dropping 05.12!!!!!!
Chubb Rock & Wordsmith- Another party joint produced by Strada
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