Peace... Thanks for checkin' out my art! This album is a long time in the making. After I left the "industry" in 2000 I have been on an independent quest to release my own material, my own way. This quest has landed me in Burlington Vermont where I pay the bills as a hip hop musician, DJin' 3 times a week and rhyming 2-3 times a month. This album began as I first arrived in Burlington In 2004, in fact some of the lyrics and beats are from that time frame. Most of these vocals were recorded in my living room with my trusty Korg d1600 and MPC 1000 at the end of last year, 2008. (since then, I've switched to Pro Tools, the next album is fuego! due out in Early 2010! lol). Some lyrics were written under the Bush regime but still feel relevant even though we have a new president who may change that... jurys still out on that one.... I mean... I like the guy but... he is a politician... anyways.... I called this album "The Album B4 The Album" because in the current state of hip hop, everybody and they mama got a mixtape out, but its they album. So I decided to just call it what it is. It's an introduction to what I'm bringing into existence on this planet, my truth. Hard work is what got me here and people can hear it in my works.
Although this is my first album by no means am I a rookie at what I'm doing. When I played industry politics I was involved in the creation of bonafide hip hop classics. Even then I did it my way but always had to answer to industry politrix. Some of the classics... I recorded and mixed Mobb Deep's "Quiet Storm" Peter Gunz & Lord Tariq's "deja Vu (Uptown Baby)" to name a few. If your really interested in my hip hop track record hit my myspace.com/nasteeluvzyou or nasteeluvzyou.blogspot.com. You can even google me. Put IN "DJ Nastee". Isn't that nutz? I'm in wickipedia for cr*ss-sakes! The world sure has changed since the golden era of hip hop...... With this album I wanna bring back that feeling of when you spit what you felt, hopin' others felt the same way, ya dig? All the songs are produced by me and for the most part written by me. I got my brother Konflik on there. He's locked up but I got his album in the smash ready to release. He's a beast!. His myspace is myspace.com/themightykonflik. I also got my homie Juggla on there and my fellow VT Union bredren, Dakota. Big up to those who bought the VT Union Albums on CDBaby, "THe MIxtape' & "The Return". Big ups to everyone for checkin' out ya boy Nastee.. "The Album B4 The Album" September 2009! 1luv
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