Thought I'd never get into the whole tweet thing til' my good friend mentioned getting the HHA site back on social media after quitting on what seemed like a useless Facebook. Twitter's been cool and most recently was scrolling through the follows when I noticed a Chuck D tweet about the record above. The cover of Evolutionary Minded took me back to the covers of Gil and Brian Jackson's Midnight Band First Minute of a New Day LP. Was especially glad to see the names featured including the likes of my all time favorite duo dead prez, Martin Luther, Gregory Porter, Bobby Seale, Killah Priest, and many others including Chuck D... And then of course it being an ode to the legendary and always on time Gil Scott-Heron plus the headline involvement of none other than Brian Jackson and what's being referred to as The New Midnight Band. Had listened to the record a number of times before deciding on the track ((Opponent)) featuring dead prez for rotation. Sending that one out to the families with close ones incarcerated, to the youth of the Voices Behind Walls program, and to the most recent release of Herman Wallace + Marshall Eddie Conway. It's also important to note the name at the top of the list musician Kentyah Fraser as this is his debut to the world. One for the collections and definitely one to further on the legacy of Gil Scott-Heron. Make sure to check this record out.
Also the CD comes with a dope vinyl-cover-sized poster for the wall. Got mine up at work! I ordered a copy through Amazon.com. Included below is Kentyah's link for more information on the project.
In addition to the ((Opponent)) track we also included rotation from one of my favorite producers out now and of all times... Damu the Fudgemunk and a track called "New Generation" from the Spare Time Re-inspired project.
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