Dan-E-O: Dear Hip Hop: 20 Years Later - COMPACT DISCS

Dan-E-O: Dear Hip Hop: 20 Years Later - COMPACT DISCS

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Dear Hip Hop: 20 Years Later

Artist:

Dan-E-O

Label:

Urbnet

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

724165395428

Genre:

Rap/Hip Hop

Release Date:

2019-03-01

Number of Discs:

1

On November 5, 1996, Toronto-based label, Beat Factory released the seminal Canadian hip-hop compilation, Rap Essentials Volume One. Helping to further energize the already-established careers of such north-of-the-border lyrical heavyweights as Kardinal Offishall, Choclair, Ghetto Concept and Rascalz, the album is also credited for launching the career of Scarborough lyricist, Dan-E-O. With his featured single, Dear Hip Hop, Dan-E-O immediately cemented himself as one of Canada's premier MCs. A quasi-love letter to the music and culture he adores, the Scam-produced single has stood the test of time and has garnered itself classic status in the annals of Canadian hip-hop history. With his fourth album, Dear Hip Hop: 20 Years Later, Dan-E-O both commemorates the two decade milestone of the release of his legendary debut and pays tribute to a long list of inspirations. The artists I pay tribute to on this album by including them as guests helped pave the way for me to become the artist I am, says Dan-E-O, But they themselves have also enjoyed the last 20 years or so of invigorating hip-hop culture. So this new album is as much about celebrating Canadian hip-hop as a whole as it is about my first single. Really, I'm just a chapter in a much bigger story. Among the honoured guests on the album are URBNET label mate, Moka Only, Northern Touch legend, Thrust and the Godfather of Canadian hip-hop himself, Maestro Fresh Wes. They all appear on the posse cut and lead single, League Of Legends, which is produced by Scam - reuniting Dan-E-O with the producer of Dear Hip Hop 20 years after it's release. Dear Hip Hop: 20 Years Later is a unique combination of re-mastered gems recorded during the mid-90's and brand new golden era-esque bangers, which include Rap Essentials, an ode to the compilation that started it all with alumni, Mathematik and Deuce Deuce of Concrete Mob and a symbolic tribute to J Dilla entitled Spit featuring the late legend's brother, Illa J.

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