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| Change - Penny for your Thoughts EP |
| Release: | Penny for your Thoughts EP |
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| Media: | [Audio CD] [Digital Download] | | Released: | 2006 |
| Recordlabel: | Skripted Sandz Records |
| Info: | The EP is released July 11th, 2006 to help raise funds for
Sphereofhiphop.com.
Production by Change, FabDaEclectic, DJ Stibbs, DJ Reyval,
Mattman (Scribbling Idiots), Sivion, PacoNaut, Skripted
Sandz Productions, BeCon Beats, Operation51 and Boss One.
1. Check One, Two - featuring BC
2. To the Top - featuring Holmskillet, CAS METAH & Shaw Bihl
3. I Gotta - featuring Sivion & Fred B.
4. Follow - featuring Motion+
5. Lonely People - featuring Kaboose & Sundance
6. Great America? - featuring Praverb
7. Real Talk - featuring Big Rec & YSG-Timothy
8. It's Hip-Hop - featuring YSG-Timothy & Beconcious (Bonus
Track available on CD only) |
| Rating: | Our users rated this release: 8 out of 10
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| | Review: | Written by LaRosa
Thursday, 05 October 2006
Change & Friends - Penny for Your Thoughts
(indie)
It's not often that the term hip-hop emcee is synonymous
with the word self-less, but this is one of those rare
cases. All year long Sphere of Hip-Hop has been running a
fundraiser to help cover the costs of running the website
that we love so dearly. In an effort to help raise money for
the Sphere, an emcee came up with an idea to put together a
project out of his own pockets and give Sphere all of the
profits. If you don't already know, I'm talking about
Change and his Penny for Your Thoughts EP, released
exclusively at the Sphere of Hip-Hop Store.
So, what exactly is Penny for Your Thoughts? It's a
collaborative effort between Change and several emcees that
frequent the Sphere forums and have been blessed by the site
over the years. Some of the guests on this project include
Motion , Sivion, Freddie Bruno, BeConscious, YSG-Timothy and
a few other emcees. This seven song EP (8 if you buy the CD
version) features Change on every track alongside a guest
emcee or two in true hip-hop boom bap fashion.
The album quickly starts off with the ever appropriate
"Check One, Two" featuring BC. This is the quintessential
boom bap track where the these emcees get the show started
and give love and several shouts to Plastic and the Sphere.
It's here that they declare that they made this "just for
you," in reference to both Plastic and the hip-hop fans.
From this point forward the album continues on without a
hitch, offering up boom bap classic hip-hop that any true
hip-hop head can appreciate, especially those who call the
Sphere of Hip-Hop home (like myself). If I had to pick a
handful of my favorites, I would have to say that "I
Gotta," "Real Talk" and "Great America?" fit the bill,
but at the same time there isn't a single track on this EP
that I wasn't nodding my head to.
There are several things that I enjoy about this album. The
first thing is hearing Change switch up his style and come
with that classic hip-hop sound, which is definitely a
change of pace from his Tuesday Mournings album. Secondly, I
loved the unity that was on this album; it was really
inspiring to see so many emcees come together to help out a
fellow brother in Christ, especially when they could have
profited from the project. Finally, I love the selflessness
of Change and his desire to put this project together to
benefit the Sphere of Hip-Hop; I doubt many other emcees
would even volunteer to do something like this, but it truly
shows that it's really about brotherhood and love at the
Sphere, and not just hip-hop (although we all love
hip-hop).
As I've already said, Penny for Your Thoghts is a very on
point project. From start to finish, I was nodding my head.
The only knock that I have on this album would have to be
the bonus track "It's Hip-Hop" featuring YSG-Timothy &
BeConscious; the mixing was a bit off on this song and I
could barely hear Be's verse because of mixing and the
guitar riff. Other than that blemish, this is a very solid
project. I absolutely urge you to pick up this album,
especially if you love the Sphere of Hip-Hop. Every penny of
this project goes directly towards helping the Sphere of
Hip-Hop stay online so that we can enjoy their services for
years to come!
4 of 5 stars
For fans of: Surreal, Braille, Peace 586
| | source: Sphereofhiphop.com, added: Oct 06, 2006 |  |
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