El Da Sensei Relax Relate Release

Posted on 10.15.2002

El Da Sensei
Album : Relax Relate Release
Release Date : October 15, 2002
Label : 7 Heads

Review :
El Da Sensei, of the much missed duo the Artifacts, played a major role in the development of "backpack rap," the mid-’90s music of choice for many a young hip-hop head. Along with the dissolution of brother act Organized Konfusion, the Artifacts’ 1997 split dealt a blow to the genre’s vitality, and while the sound never really died, it surely went underground. Relax Relate Release, El’s first full-length release in five years, puts an updated spin on many of the same B-boy themes and mad shout-outs to New Jerusalem (a.k.a. New Jersey) that made instant classics of Artifacts’ tunes such as the graff-oriented "Wrong Side of the Tracks." Production by the likes of new-jack indie hip-hop heroes J. Rawls and Shawn J. Period reinforce the "old to the new" continuum, while the appearance of Organized Konfusion’s Pharoahe Monch and Prince Po (on the intriguing "Frontline") brings the family full circle.

Featuring J-live, Sadat X (Of Brand Nubian), Asheru, Pharoahe Monche, Shawn J Period, J Rawls (Lone Catalysts), and Ft.

Tracklisting :
1. WSVN Radio Jump Off
2. Relax
3. Speakin’
4. So Easily
5. On and On (featuring Sadat X)
6. Eternally
7. Word on the Street
8. So Think Again
9. Focus
10. Bang It Out
11. Summer Time Bluez
12. In the Lab
13. We Bouncin’
14. Be Original
15. Questions and Answers
16. Fall Back (featuring A-Drift)
17. Whatyouwando ? (featuring J-Live and Asheru)
18. Kaos Outro
19. Frontline (featuring Pharaohe Monch, Prince Po, Mike Zoot and F.T.)

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