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Suave x Prospek Release “Pictures With Words,” The First Single From Their Forthcoming Album, Politics of Life & Love
Succeeding their debut album, Day 2 Day Soul (2012) – a project both highly praised by independent music critics like The Indie Mine and Nerdy Boi Media and nominated for Album of the Year at the New Orleans Hip Hop Awards – this sophomore offering builds on the natural connection and complementary worldviews Nate “Suave” Cameron and Jonathan “Prospek” Bailey share. While the two currently reside in different parts of the United States, with Suave a recent transplant to The Bay Area and Prospek currently calling Cincinnati home, their ability to weave together seamlessly their creative expression has not been lost. If “Pictures With Words” is any indication, this album will continue a recent but potent legacy of soulful, expressive lyrics, inventive production, and provocative socially-relevant themes.
The single artwork for “Pictures with Words” features an image captured by New Orleans-based photographer Larry Everage of the South Rose Window of Notre Dame Cathedral. It was in these chambers that Moorish academics shared with European dignitaries (later the founders of Oxford and Notre Dame of Paris) the knowledge that would eventually influence The Renaissance that brought the Middle Ages to an end. Much like this historic view, Politics of Life & Love is a window into how unseen and often unrecognized forces shape the realities we stake our lives, loves, and identities to. – K.O.C.
Written & Arranged By: Nate “Suave” Cameron of GPNYC Records
Composed, Produced, Engineered, & Mixed By: Jonathan “Prospek” Bailey of GPNYC Records
Recorded & Mixed at: New Fidelity Studios (Cincinnati, OH)
All Work No Play’s versatile duo of Brando and Burn&Loot team up with long time musical collaborators and friends Suave and Prospek of The Guerilla Publishing Company. During a recent getaway to the Midwest, AWNP found themselves in Cincinnati, Ohio at New Fidelity Studios organically creating music with Suave and Prospek as they had countless times before back in New Orleans at various studios. Music was produced, lyrics were scribed, instruments were played, vocals were tracked, frequencies were tweaked, and the cameras were rolling the entire session.
“Keep My Rhythm” is an anthem of sorts that was created in the spirit of encouraging people of all walks of life and all different hustles to want to continue grinding harder when progress is made and success is within reach. Suave provides the soulful yet driving hook & first verse and is accompanied lyrically by Brando’s unique marriage of cadence, authenticity, and flow. Production was laid down and engineered by Burn&Loot with assistance from Prospek on the live percussion and instrumentation. Both duos have been nominees and recipients of various New Orleans Hip Hop Awards in multiple categories and look to excel to the next level in 2015 with a couple of huge things in the works and their upcoming albums. Brando’s “Bambino” (Coming Soon) & Suave x Prospek’s “Politics Of Life and Love” (Coming March 2015)
The video, directed, shot, and edited by AWNP is the raw and organic session that took place in Cincinnati, Ohio that cold October weekend these four versatile hip hop artists and connoisseurs linked back up after not doing so for over a year.
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Hip Hop Soul and Funk duo, Suave x Prospek are back with the leading single for their upcoming album, Politics of Love and Life. These New Orleans natives, recent Cincinnati transplants, and Guerilla Publishing Company (GPC) co-founders bring their award-winning blend of live, funky drum breaks, soulful melodies, and social awareness to the topic of unity among the masses. “For My People” serves to empower the independent artist community and those impoverished (especially in the the state of Louisiana) to mobilize against generational political corruption. It serves as a call to action and solidarity for those seeking equality and freedom in and out of the music industry, as well as a cease and desist letter to opportunistic music executives. And, most poignantly, it’s a notice to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and his statewide political machine of corruption that their divisive tactics won’t work against a growing population of conscious young artists and their contemporaries. The song is combined with a short excerpt from a speech given by Angela Davis in 1975 on the empowerment and fair treatment of oppressed people of the Unites States.
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Single Art:
“Black Panthers vs. New Orleans Police Department(NOPD) Standoff”
The picture, taken on November 19, 1970 by the N.O.P.D., property of, Times Picyune.
“November 1971, a month that included a shootout with the police on Piety Street, the creation of survival programs, and the daylong standoff between the Panthers and 250 police equipped with a tank in the Desire housing development. It perfectly captures the songs spirit of Rebellion, Resistance, and Revolution.” – N. Cameron
Produced and Composed By: Prospek of The Guerilla Publishing Co.
Written and Arranged By: Suave of The Guerilla Publishing Co./BFAM Music Group
Engineered, mixed, and Masted By: Prospek of The Guerilla Publishing Co.
Recorded at: G.P.C/New Fidelity Studios (Cincinnati, OH)
A collaboration between long-time creative partners and label-mates Suave and Prospek, Let Me Dream is an ode to the perseverant spirit of artists and activists alike. Speaking from experience in both roles, Suave encourages those seeking to rise above their current circumstances to continue dreaming of a “brighter day” while live instrumentation from Prospek awakens in listeners an oft-latent desire for real music from real musicians.
Download Let Me Dream on Suave’s SoundCloud page and purchase your copy of Prospek’s Polyphonic Congress – featuring Suave and the other members of GPNYC Records – on iTunes and Amazon today.
Written & Performed by: Nate “Suave” Cameron
Produced, Mixed, Mastered, Arranged by: Prospek
Drums: Prospek
Bass: Prospek
Keys: Prospek
Guitar: Coco Dank
Flute: Chuck ( of Private Pile)
Recorded at: GPC Studios (New Orleans, La)
Mixed and Mastered at: Inner Recess Studios (New Orleans, La) | New Fidelity (Cincinnati, Oh)
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Day 2 Day Soul CDs Now Available Online!
Day 2 Day Soul CDs now available online!
Suave and Prospek’s Hip-Hop Soul EP, Day 2 Day Soul, including the bonus track No Justice No Peace featuring Kam Royal, is now available on CD! Click here to buy a disc for yourself or for your retail store. Digital mp3 downloads are also still available here.
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