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SUBSTANTIAL The Past Is Always Present In The Future KEY SELLING POINTS • Appreared online on MTV, DJBooth, Ebony, HipHopDX, Okayplayer, Washington City Paper, and on print in Black Beat Magazine, Blast Magazine (Japan), The Source, The Baltimore Sun • Sponsored by Ford Motor Company and ran ad’s in the US Mid Atlantic region for a campaign for the 2017 Ford Fusion • UBER licenses music from Substantial • Collaborated with former Lady Gaga producer/DJ, Chew Fu to write and perform a song for Bentley Motors • Collaborated with Gene Simmons & Bruce Kulick of KISS, Bootsy Collins, Eric Roberson, Oddisee, Nujabes, CunninLynguists, GRAMMY nominated artists Carolyn Malachi, Wayna & more • Performed with or opened for artists such as Lupe Fiasco, Slick Rick, Pharaoh Monch, Kool Herc, Rass Kass, Kindred Family Soul, Masta Ace, Sean P & others DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Substantial Intimate and laid back, this newly released contemporary hip-hop TITLE: The Past Is Always Present In The Future gem features visceral beats and cunning lyrics that enlighten and CATALOG: l-HIP064 inspire. New songs and new arrangements of earlier songs from his LABEL: HiPNOTT Records recent EPs, taking listeners on a journey through the past, present GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap and future. The Past Is Always Present In The Future cements BARCODE: 602573297551 Substantial’s musical legacy as one of Maryland’s proudest and FORMAT: 2XLP most prolific sons. RELEASE: 6/30/2017 LIST PRICE: $24.98 / CT TPIAPITF includes production from DC producer, Oddisee, Seattle producer and 1/2 of Bop Alloy, Marcus D, Mello Music Group TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) producer, Gensu Dean, label mates The Other Guys & JSOUL, 1. Exposition Algorythm of The Stuyvesants and Good Compny Drummer, 2. Made In Maryland Jon Laine. Substantial’s fourth solo album also features guest 3. No Turning Back appearances by QN5 Music’s Tonedeff, fellow Nujabes collaborators 4. MLK (Dream Big) Cise Starr of CYNE and Uyama Hiroto, GRAMMY nominated singer/ 5. Follow The Master songwriter Wayna and more. 6. The Sub Way 7. Party With Purpose 8. Black of All Trades (V2) 9. No Better Time 10. PTXD 11. In My Daughter’s Eyes 12. It Could Happen 13. The 4our Fors 14. Tony Stanza 15. Lasting Impression 16. Wish U Were Here 1 7. Always PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM.

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