1773 performing at Little Brother concert 5/19/2010
1773 team up with an all star cast of Chicago’s finest Hip-Hop talents on the song “Pyramid“, the 2nd leak track from their upcoming mixtape titled Mixed Signals Vol.1 (release date 5/28/2010). Featuring guest MCs Neak, Add-2, & Sincerely Yours. Production by d.Moon the Chicago duo Soundprophets.
Download: 1773 – “Pyramid (feat. Neak, Add-2, Sincerely Yours)” below via Bandcamp
“At the end of the day, Q.B.’s clever wordplay, entertaining subject matter and unusual character are what will open the world’s eyes and allow him to introduce himself“-Tory Fredricks ( Source Magazine, Unsigned Hype 2005.)
His reputation for having one of the best live performances in Chicago, as well as his ability to pack crowds into venues with no record deal or radio play has set the stage for Que B.I.L.L.A.H.‘s entrance onto the global Hip-Hop scene.
The lead single from his upcoming still motion video album Thousand Words, “The Fresh Air Syndrome” is a light, thought-provoking anecdote bringing a combination of party-yielding hook and beat with rational questions. Que’s rhythmic accuracy is almost too easy, and the song breezes by without resistance. The messages are complex, and listening may be effortless. But pay close attention — “The Fresh Air Syndrome” addresses Que’s thematic tones of social awareness, fashion, gender inter-relational behaviors and interactions.
1773′s talent exudes in the studio and on stage. Their performance stands louder nowhere else than within the arenas of charisma and great sound replication. The members of 1773 are disciples of music, Chicago and her cultural stock. Through the sweltering thick of this city’s talent, emerged a group that calls upon the cadences of hip-hop’s truest and congruent times…
On their first full length release for 2010 titled Sound Soulstice, produced entirely by Australian producer ARKiV, Sound Soulstice will be 1773’s third project on River City Music Entertainment. The lead single “The Goodness” finds Just Jay, Wisdm O.N.E. alongside special guest, and long-time 1773 collaborator Othello spitting over a Dilla-esque banger laced with an all too obscure Bobby Lyle sample.
We said that Maker Vs. Now-Again was made “with easy synchronization in mind.” Well, to prove just how easy it is, check the above video just released by Vans to promote their OTW Collection. The song is Maker’s “Hold ‘Em.” This is about as close as any of us here at Now-Again will come to living in one of L.A.’s Case Study Houses.
Maker Vs. Now-Again is available for sale at Stones Throw’s Webstore.
In celebration of the legendary soul singer Bill Withers‘ new documentary Still Bill, 1773 is leaking their remix of Wither’s song “Make A Smile” from their upcoming mixtape Mixed Signals Vol.1 (release date 5/28/2010, hosted by Donwill of Tanya Morgan). This remix was originally released as a re-edit by Austrian beatmaker Trishes and here you’ll find 1773 meshing naturally with Wither’s heartfelt sentiment and Trishes boom-bap arrangements.
Stacking accolade upon accolade, Que B.I.L.L.A.H.’s industry presence amasses positive feedback like city-parking receipts. With the beginning of warmer seasons arrives the debut of a video single release, “The Fresh Air Syndrome” (directed by Da Visionaryz–Syleena Johnson, Shawnna, Ben One). One of six total videos, the series will be released in October 2010 as a final composite EP titled, A Thousand Words.
Check out the video on YouTube.
1773: It’s hard not to smile at something so authentic and genuine. Particles of Chicago sentiment, youth, and modern chivalry fuse and concentrate in their music, their lyricism, their performance.
On their first full length release for 2010 titled Sound Soulstice (produced entirely by Australian producer ARKiV) 1773 has brought together a string of banging instrumental beats. The first of which is the lead single “The Goodness“. On wax, this track features Michigan MC Othello but on video we’ve got a two-fer for you! Ezekiel38 (of Vertual Vertigo) drops in during the last act to drop his verse from 1773’s song “So Clear” (the 2nd single from Sound Soulstice).
Check it out on on Vimeo or Youtube! Filmed and directed by Cam Be.
1773 – The Goodness/ So Clear from Cam Be on Vimeo.
Chicago-area beatsmith Maker marks his Now-Again Records debut with Maker Vs. Now Again an entry in the same “music-library” series that saw the release of limited edition (and often not-for-sale) albums like Oh No Vs. Now-Again and Koushik Vs. Now-Again. A boom-bap era hip hop exercise in dusty drum breaks and two bar loops, this accessible series of tracks is clearly made for easy synchronization. This CD is only available for sale in Japan and comes packaged in a “mini-LP” thick cardboard “tip-on” sleeve.
Only 1000 copies of this CD were manufactured. A limited quantity are available now at Stones Throw’s webstore. Below we’re giving away a free mp3.
Download: “Come Home With Me.”
Buy: Maker vs. Now-Again.
As collectors of sight and sound, 1773 has brought together a string of instrumental beats on their first full length release for 2010 titled Sound Soulstice. Produced entirely by Australian producer ARKiV, Sound Soulstice will be 1773’s third project on River City Music Entertainment (Japan). Release date 6/2/2010. Songstress Natalie Oliveri, and MCs Othello (of Lightheaded) & Ezekiel38 (Vertual Vertigo) all lend their palettes to the album’s sonic portrait…
Check out behind the scenes photo set for Sound Soulstice’s lead single “1773 – The Goodness feat. Othello“
As with any of his other work, Que B.I.L.L.A.H. is creatively unique. “The Fresh Air Syndrome” is the first of the series’ still-image videos, carrying weight in the song’s expression over moving photos and visuals. “My decision to produce my new video with a sequence of singular images was inspired by my belief that imagery fulfills the relations of my craft and furthers its manifest” explains Que B.I.L.L.A.H. Check out the video’s behind the scenes photoset here (via flickr).
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