Guerilla Funk Projekte:
HARD TRUTH SOLDIERS COMPILATIONS
Hard Truth Soldiers compilations will be released this year, and Volume 1 promises to make considerable noise. Already committed are Paris, Public Enemy, The Coup, Dead Prez, Immortal Technique, T-KASH, Kam, The Conscious Daughters, MC Ren, and Zion-I, with more to come.
THE CONSCIOUS DAUGHTERS
Paris has re-teamed with The Conscious Daughters. For their debut album, The Conscious Daughters (TCD) approached Paris, who signed them to Scarface Records, his first independent venture. Ear to the Street went on to sell over 300,000 copies. Their second effort, Gamers, was released shortly thereafter and sold over 200,000 copies, entering the Billboard Chart with a bullet.
Now The Conscious Daughters again are poised to bring heat on Paris’ latest venture, Guerrilla Funk Recordings, with their third effort, The Nutcracker Suite, which features themes of self-empowerment and sisterhood with their signature hardcore edge. By featuring world-class guest appearances and raw-edged production work by Paris and Rick Rock (producer to Jay-Z, Ice Cube, 2Pac), The Nutcracker Suite is packed with head-noddin’ beats that compliment TCD’s in-your-face style of rhyming.
A necessary compliment to the Guerrilla Funk family, this crew of dope female MCs provides a sorely-needed female perspective in hip-hop that rarely gets the attention it deserves.
T-K.A.S.H. (AS SEEN AND HEARD WITH THE COUP)
Guerrilla Funk has signed T-KASH to release his debut album, Afterparty Music. After honing his skills on Bay Area revolutionary hip-hop group The Coup’s projects Steal This Album, Steal This Double Album and Party Music, T-KASH is set to unleash his magnum opus, Afterparty Music, on a world now weary of commercialized gangsta fables and the prostitution of hip-hop.
Featuring production work by Paris, Afterparty Music employs verbal assistance from both The Coup and Paris, among others, and stands as a project that promises to play an essential role in the resurgence of quality hip-hop outside of the corporate box.
PUBLIC ENEMY
Guerrilla Funk has reached an agreement to manufacture and distribute an exclusive, Paris-produced Public Enemy album entitled Rebirth Of A Nation. As many of you know, Public Enemy rewrote the rules of hip-hop, becoming the most influential and controversial hip-hop group last century and, for many, the definitive rap group of all time. Selling millions of records along the way, Public Enemy pioneered a variation of hardcore hip-hop that was musically and politically revolutionary.
Public Enemy has had many major successes, but it was their 2002 release Revolverlution which found the long overdue pairing of the group with fellow revolutionary hip-hop artist Paris on the remix of their lead single. That effort set the tone for the collaboration between Public Enemy, Paris and Dead Prez on Paris’ current album project, Sonic Jihad.
-- On August 24th, Hard Truth Soldiers: Volume 1 hits the
streets. Featuring new music from Paris, Dead Prez, Kam,
The Coup, Mc Ren, T-Kash, The Conscious Daughters, Shorty
from Da Lench Mob, Immortal Technique, and Zion-I, among
others. Additional information will be available soon at
www.guerrillafunk.com. Be sure you are subscribed for
updates!
-- On September 7th, T-Kash’s debut album, “Afterparty
Music,” hits the streets. As seen and heard with
revolutionary rap icons The Coup and featuring production
work by Paris, “Afterparty Music” stands as a project that
promises to play an essential role in the resurgence of
quality hip-hop outside of the corporate box.
-- On September 14th, The Conscious Daughters again are
poised to bring heat on Guerrilla Funk with their third
effort, “The Nutcracker Suite.” By featuring themes of
self-empowerment and sisterhood with their signature
hardcore edge and showcasing world-class guest appearances
and raw-edged production work by Paris and Rick Rock
(producer to Jay-Z, Ice Cube, 2Pac), The “Nutcracker Suite”
is packed with head-noddin’ beats that compliment TCD’s
in-your-face style of rhyming.
-- Guerrilla Funk’s first DVD, “Hard Truth Soldier,” is
currently in production and features all of Paris’ videos,
select live performances, commentary, special features,
bonus videos of “Bush Killa,” “Coffee, Donuts & Death,” and
select tracks from “Sonic Jihad.” Also includes new music.
It is a career-spanning mini-movie, and promises to raise
the bar for musical offerings in the DVD format.
-- Public Enemy’s “Rebirth Of A Nation” is also in
production and is RAW. Stay tuned.