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General Steele of Smif-N-Wessun/Boot Camp Clik and Burlington,
Vermont-based producer Es-K present their collaboration album
Building Bridges. Produced mostly by Es-K, the album features
guest appearances from Buckshot of Black Moon, Smoothe Da
Hustler, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Rockness Monsta of Heltah Skeltah,
and a posthumous cameo from his late great partner, Sean Price.
As one half of Smif-N-Wessun, General Steele crashed the hip-hop
scene in the 1990s with their debut album Dah Shinin’ (named a Top
100 Album Of All Time by The Source and a Top 50 Debut Album Of
All Time by Complex). Their last release - 2011’s Monumental - was
produced by Pete Rock, and Steele has also collaborated with Tupac
Shakur, Mary J Blige, 50 Cent, Raekwon and Bounty Killer. Es-K
may be best known for his 2014 album Serenity (listen) as well as his
Spontaneous Grooves beat tape series, where every beat on each
tape was made in one sitting each. A low-key display of introspective
verses, classic cuts and jazz-inflected beats, Building Bridges stays
true to its name by bridging the gap between established artists
and rising ones alike such as VVS Verbal, Shadow The Great of
Loaf Muzik, Napoleon Da Legend, Mar’rz Atomz, Stage One,
Louie Skaggs, Boone Bixby, Supreme The Eloheem (from the
Representativz) and Coke as well as production from Hellfire Beats
and Central Parks. DMC champion DJ Grazzhoppa contributes cuts
alongside Hashfinger and Hellfire. The cover art comes courtesy
of Joe Buck, the artist behind the De La Soul Is Dead cover art.
Building Bridges will be released via Bucktown USA, the multimedia
company General Steele created in 2004 alongside partner
Cynical Smith, with digital distribution through Duck Down, including
a limited-edition pressing of 500 records. #BuildingBridges |
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