01. Spellbound 02. Rockin’ For My Hometown 03. Everybody Knows Me 04. Speed Blocks 05. Fugitive 06. Tales From The Crack Side 07. Your Mom’s In My Business 08. Real Solo Please Stand Up 09. Renee – Renee 10. Solo Rocks The House 11. The Messenger 12. Drums Of Death BONUS TRACKS 13. Fugitive (Super Extended Remix)* 14. Fugitive (A Capella)** 15. Your Mom’s In My Business (Remix 1)* 16. Your Mom’s In My Business (Remix 1 Instrumental)* 17. Your Mom’s In My Business (Remix 2)* *First time on CD / **Previously Unavailable “When I was younger I was in a group with Parrish (of EPMD). He was the [With ‘Spellbound’], I wanted to come out in the industry with something DJ in the group and I was the emcee. He grew up and came into his own totally different. I knew that the kids needed something to pick up on too, recording deal. He always remembered that I was good, and then he heard and I figured why not let them pick up on something that they can probably me one day during the time after I got released. He heard some lyrics and read, and at least try and stress that they should learn how to read in a rap before you know it we were in the studio. We cut the whole thing for the record, and do it in a funky way, and I was successful in doing it.” summer in 1990.” Considered severely underappreciated by many a Hip Hop aficionado, “Tell Available for the first time since it’s initial release is K-Solo’s certified Hip The World My Name” was a perfect marriage of signature EPMD production Hop classic, “Tell the World My Name”. The man who was introduced to the paired with exceptional writing from K-Solo. A well-rounded emcee, Solo world on EPMD’s masterful second album, “Unfinished Business”, is didn’t just make a 12-track-deep braggadocio LP, but instead also deservingly given deluxe reissue treatment, packed with bonus liner notes, introduced listeners to his gifted story telling abilities. On “Tales From The audio and artwork. Crack Side” Solo plays the role of a crack head who’s mind is playing tricks on him as his life goes down the drain, while “Renee-Renee” is a message Upon receiving critical acclaim for his guest appearance on EPMD’s “Knick to a particular lady who’s growing up disrespecting her body. Knack Patty Wack” in 1989, K-Solo returned in 1990 with the full length record. Receiving a great push from the group that put him on, the bulk of the Two of the most popular cuts on the album, which also happened to be album’s production was handled by Parish “PMD” Smith, with the successful concept tracks, were released as singles, “Fugitive” and “Your Mom’s In My lead single, “Spellbound”, being produced by Eric Sermon, making “Tell The Business” (as a promo single). The previously unreleased “Fugitive” (A Capella), World My Name” in fact the first “Hit Squad” group project. as well as two very rare remix versions of “Your Mom’s”, have been included. PRE-ORDERS ON THIS ITEM ARE DUE BY MAY 12th Format: CD — Cat. No: TEG 75509 — Label: Traffic Ent. — Available: JUNE 2nd 39 Broad Street, Suite 4, Quincy, MA 02169 Phone: (617) 845-0088 — Fax: (617) 845-0090 www.trafficent.com LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS “My World” 1) Do You Love Me 2) Love Comes And Goes 3) Honey Dove 4) Money I$ King 5) My World Is Empty 6) Expressions Theme 7) My World 8) Ladies 9) These Moments 10) The Only One Loving You 11) Last Ride Lee Fields is a bona-fide, 100%, unadulterated, pure, gut-bucket soul singer. While the crate-digging funk and soul community bestowed "legendary" status upon him due to his undeniably solid series of rare 7" singles (and one LP) recorded and released on his own independent labels in the 70s, he's never been one to sit in a dusty corner. New York label/production team Truth & Soul, are ready to bring him to light with a brand new album of beat-heavy, deep soul ballads that will show soul-revivalists the world over what real soul is. After his rediscovery in the mid 90s, his faithful have featured him on a slew on singles, a full-length on Desco Records entitled "Let's Get It On', a full-length on Soul Fire entitled "Problems", and on Sharon Jones's critically acclaimed album, "Naturally". Most recently, he has featured on a number of tracks by French house producer, Martin Solveig. Suprisingly, many of of those songs have become top ten hits for Solveig and have turned Lee Fields into a bonafide celebrity in France and other parts of Europe. Yet, outside of a rabid cult following, his story remained untold in America. When Truth & Soul rose from Soul Fire's ashes in 2004, the first mission of label owners/producers Jeff Silverman and Leon Michels, was to record a sweet soul record that would be modeled after the near perfect formula that bands like The Moments, The Delfonics, and The Stylistics had created. In a nutshell - the duo wanted an album full of music that was both tough as nails and sweet as honey. They wanted ballads laced with lush strings and smooth vocal harmonies layered over a hard-hitting rhythm section. Michels and Silverman enlisted the service of a the group of New York studio musicians that have provided the back drop for records by The Dap Kings, Amy Winehouse, Bronx River Parkway, El Michels Affair and TV on The Radio. Those musicians include Leon Michels, Homer Steinweiss, Quincy Bright, Nick Movshon, Thomas Brenneck, Toby Pazner, Aaron Johnson, Dave Guy, Michael Leonhart, and members of legendary doo-wop group, The Del-Larks. Four years later and Lee Fields & The Expressions have successfully created a unique and personal sound that can hold court with the bands they set out to emulate. However, what they’ve created in the process goes beyond just a carbon copy of a sweet soul music from the 60's and early 70's. The formula has remained the same but the style has been adapted for the ears of youngsters whose experiences with soul began with Amy, not Al, Otis and Marvin. Thirty years of retrospection has colored this cross-generational melding of the minds. It sounds odd on paper, but the results are classic: hip hop-reared record collectors come full circle to produce an album of beautiful soul music with one of the progenitors who made it all possible. FORMAT: CD & LP —— CATALOG NUMBER: TS 007 CD BARCODE: 1 76601 70072 1 — LP BARCODE: No barcode LABEL: Truth and Soul Records —— AVAILABLE: June 2nd 2009 1. Intro 2. Suicide Music 3. The Age (Fish) 4. Bang 5. 4 Cornered Room 6. Connector Man 7. TKO feat. Phonte, Chaundon & Sean Price 8. Policia 9. The Greatest feat. Dasan Ahanu 10. Fly So High 11. Looking Glass 12. 14 Grams It’s been over four years since the release of his debut album, the cult classic entitled Project Mayhem. During those years L.E.G.A.C.Y. (Life Ends Gradually And Changes You) fed starving fans with a slew of monstrous guest appearances, insane live performances and album-worthy mixtapes. The obvious black sheep of the Hall of Justus Music Group finally returns with his highly anticipated sophomore release. The long awaited comeback has resulted in his brand new masterpiece known as Suicide Music. It’s a dark and strange ride with cutting edge wordplay being backed by beats created solely by underground superproducer Khrysis, who has worked with everyone in the Justus League, Rap legend Masta Ace, Jean Grae, Helta Skelta, among others. The fire fueled by the lead single “The Greatest”, which co-stars NC spoken word sensation Dasan Ahanu, is the perfect invitation to a truly insane album. Boasting features from Foreign Exchange frontman Phonte, H.O.J. co-hort Chaundon, Mela Machinko and Bootcamp wordsmith Sean Price, the word ‘cult’ may never be added, since Suicide Music will simply be known as a classic. PRE-ORDERS ON THIS ITEM ARE DUE BY MAY 12th Format: CD — Cat. No: HJR 5005 — Label: Hall of Justus — Available: JUNE 2nd 39 Broad Street, Suite 4, Quincy, MA 02169 Phone: (617) 845-0088 — Fax: (617) 845-0090 www.trafficent.com Distributed in the USA by The Orchard, 23 E. 4th St, NY, NY 10003 • tel: 212-979-6410 • fax: 212-979-7372 CARLOS NINO & MIGUEL ATWOOD- FERGUSON “Suite For Ma Dukes” 1. Find A Way 2. Antiquity 3. Fall In Love 4. Nag Champa Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Carlos Niño and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson have been working together on a wide variety of projects for several years now. They produced albums for Build An Ark (Kindred Spirits,) Mia Doi Todd (City Zen,) Grace Woodroofe, Ariana Delawari (alongside David Lynch,) as well as a duet album entitled Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Fill the Heart Shaped Cup (Alpha Pup). They have been a virtual production powerhouse. The colloboration started when Niño hired Atwood- Ferguson’s string quartet, Supernova, to perform on Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio’s “Love is the Answer” (Ninja Tune) in 2004. On that same Dwight Tribble album project, Niño met and then licensed a track from one of his heroes, James “Jay Dee/J Dilla” Yancey. After his Dilla’s untimely death only two years later from Lupus related complications, Niño and Atwood-Ferguson chose to pay tribute to Dilla by continuing the musical conversation that he had started, but in the contemporary chamber music style that Atwood-Ferguson had been developing.