Dilated Peoples 20/20

Posted on 02.21.2006

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Dilated Peoples
Album : 20/20
Release Date : Feb 21, 2006
Label : ABB records

Dilated Peoples are planning to release their next album, "20/20," in 2006 which will feature a diverse collection of styles. The first single from the album will be the track "Back Again."

"We weren’t worried about the whole album...if we had two love songs and one party song," group member Evidence explained. "We just banged it out. It was just about making music."

The album will also feature classic sounding Dilated Peoples tracks like "Alarm Clock Music." "We make sure that Babu is there with us and gets the equal shine because the DJ is the backbone of the culture," said Rakaa. "20/20" will feature a collaboration with Capeton on the reggae themed track "Firepower (The Tables Have to Turn)." "I’ve always got to give respect to Jamaica and to reggae music for creating Kool Herc and ultimately creating Hip-Hop," Rakka continues. "Without reggae music, there is no Hip-Hop."

Production on the album will come courtesy of Alchemist, Joey Chavez and Bravo, as well as Dilated Peoples’ Evidence and DJ Babu.

"With this record, we wanted to really get back to a real, uncut pure vision and get back to the pure, boom-bap sound that really made us all get together," Rakaa said.

Tracklisting :

1. Green Trees (w/ Dr. Greenthumb)
2. Back Again
3. You Can’t Hide, You Can’t Run
4. Alarm Clock Music
5. Olde English (w/ Defari)
6. Kindness For Weakness (w/ Talib Kweli)
7. Another Sound Mission
8. Rapid Transit (w/ Krondon)
9. The Eyes Have It
10. Satellite Radio
11. Firepower (The Tables Have To Turn) (w/ Capleton)
12. The One And Only
13. 20/20