Silent Knight - Hollaburton (The Unmixed Cassette)

These days Hip-Hop isn't about quality. Just isn't man.....sorry. The huge corporations fueled by greed have successfully infiltrated our ranks and taken over using their almighty dollar. SMH....to think that some of my favorite emcee's ever would now be selling everything from Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Cigarette's, Cadillac trucks and even potato chips.....lol, to each his own, I just didn't see it coming. This new and very troubling trend within Hip-Hop has taken it's toll on many a real head....indeed, it's been taxing, that's why this next new artist is so important.

I bring you an artist you probably haven't heard reciting a scriptd sales pitch on the TV or posing in a magazine ad. Nah, not this guy. His name is Silent Knight and the Brooklyn-born, New Jersey residing, Tri-State mover and shaker, has been around New Jeru's and New York's Urban performing circuit since 1999. He's opened up for and collaborated with some of the headiest names in Hip-Hop including Talib Kweli, Sean Price, Pumpkinhead, Masta Ace, Jeru the Damaja, Immortal Technique and held his own. But besides all that great seasoning, the most important item on his considerable resume is that he's an ill emcee. Period. Wielding words in his laid back and intelligent demeanor, Silent appeals to both the soulful street poet in you as well as the inner individual that wants nothing more than to nod his head quietly while he bumps some substance in his headphones.

Silent couldn't be affiliated with a more impressive production label either. Since 2004 Elementality productions has offered artist management, artist development and music licensing services to some of the better new, up and coming artist's around. ya know, guys that might not otherwise be able to afford it. Names like Analogic, Kaze, DJ K.O. and East are all promising, fledgling artist's that have made noise in the game using their sizable talent and the imprint's services. Elementality has become synonymous with worthy underground music, it's cultivation and it's release.

True to both of their forms, Silent Knight and Elementality have joined forces to release Silent's new LP "Hollaburton (The Unmixed Cassette)", completely free. That's right, this incredibly thoughtful artist who's enlisted the help of just about every fantastic underground producer who's name is ringing out right now, is gonna let your shiftless ass download his art for free. That's a damn blessing man. I mean, this effort is extremely well put together; aurally mirroring an "Unmixed Cassette" tape (AKA analog heaven). The beats are handled by amongst others, 9th Wonder, Jake One, Oddisee, M-Phazes and Analogic, and from the Cover art to the B-side cuts, this shit knocks heavily with powerful and capturing lyricism thanks to Silent's relentless and honest penning's into American greed, Politics and hood culture. It gets no better right now.

-BIG D O






Side A:

1. “Holla Burton Intro”
2. “Regular Guy” (Produced by Illmind)
3. “Pop Culture Shock” (Produced by Jake One)
4. “Scarlet Fever” (Feat. East) (Produced by Erv Ford)
5. “Where Is It Goin?” (Produced by DJ Vadim)
6. “Be Ok” (Produced by M-Phazes)
7. “The Journey Continues” (Produced by DJ Ings)
8. “The Wager” (Feat. 8thW1 & Fresh Daily as Charlie Brown’s Field Goal) (Produced by Illmind)
9. “What Makes U” (Produced by Erv Ford)
10. “Goin’ Get It” (Produced by Analogic)
11. “Block Justice” (Produced by M-Phazes)
12. “Siren Symphony” (Produced by Erv Ford)


Side B:

1. “Here We Go” (Feat. East) (Produced by 9th Wonder)
2. “The Gathering” (Feat. Rashid Hadee, Emilio Rojas, Kaze & Oddisee)(Produced by Oddisee)
3. “What It Is” (Feat. Shabaam Sahdeeq & Fresh Daily) (Produced by Erv Ford)
4. “Get ‘Em” (Feat. Skyzoo, Emilio Rojas & East) (Produced by Illmind)
5. “Let It Be Known” (Feat. Kenn Starr & Hassaan Mackey) (Produced by Analogic)

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