9TH WONDER & TALIB KWELI - INDIE500 ALBUM [11.06.2015] *UPDATED WITH STREAM*

[TheDarceKnight]

@TheDarceKnight Can you shed some light on who Amp is? I see on the CD that he created the artwork and obviously he is producer. What's the word?

For sure man. So 9th Wonder has a collective of producers called The Soul Council. It's 9th, Khrysis, Eric G, AMP, Fatin, E. Jones, Kash, and they just added Nottz who obviously has been around forever.

But AMP originally was the third member of a group signed to 9th's label called Actual Proof. It was 2 rappers (Sundown and Enigma) and then AMP. But Soul Council started doing the production and AMP still produced for them but not exclusively. He mostly just has produced for Jamla so far (9th's label) but it looks like he's starting to get some more work outside of that.

He's known for DJ Premier being his big inspiration. I've seen some people say he straight up jacks/bites Premier's style. Premier has cosigned him, and I like a lot of his stuff. He definitely makes the hardest/grittiest joints in Soul Council. Nottz may have him beat now that he's there, but AMP is good. Lots of scratch hooks like Premier too. He has a beat tape called AMP on The Beat Like. I'll post some beats he's done, footage of him making beats, and a video on Soul Council (from 2010 before Eric G and Nottz were added)

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[Hades]

 

[Roland Coltrane]

I'm a 9th Stan

used to be a Kweli Stan but now I hate him, I know a lot of people had high hopes for dude and this nikka blew it. the last album which I legitimately liked was Eardrum, and even at THAT point he hadn't released anything real ill since the first RE album(Quality was just meh to me)

are the beats on this jawn good enough for me to overlook Kweli?
are the guest spots dope enough for me to ignore kweli and go ahead and cop it?

 

[wild100sboy]

For sure man. So 9th Wonder has a collective of producers called The Soul Council. It's 9th, Khrysis, Eric G, AMP, Fatin, E. Jones, Kash, and they just added Nottz who obviously has been around forever.

But AMP originally was the third member of a group signed to 9th's label called Actual Proof. It was 2 rappers (Sundown and Enigma) and then AMP. But Soul Council started doing the production and AMP still produced for them but not exclusively. He mostly just has produced for Jamla so far (9th's label) but it looks like he's starting to get some more work outside of that.

He's known for DJ Premier being his big inspiration. I've seen some people say he straight up jacks/bites Premier's style. Premier has cosigned him, and I like a lot of his stuff. He definitely makes the hardest/grittiest joints in Soul Council. Nottz may have him beat now that he's there, but AMP is good. Lots of scratch hooks like Premier too. He has a beat tape called AMP on The Beat Like. I'll post some beats he's done, footage of him making beats, and a video on Soul Council (from 2010 before Eric G and Nottz were added)

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I just checked out that AMP beat tape and wow it's fire

 

[Black Cac]

Lol I just made a thread about this nikka the other day. Didnt see this

 

[Black Cac]

Someone edit this with her holding tetsuo and youth

 

[SemiEnlightenedBum]

this album twas super dope,surpassed my expectations by far..

this is thine personal favorite collection of 9th beats,he's grown a lot as a producer,wonder how much his Soul Council team has to do with this surge..

Kweli's pen game for this album twas exceptional,guess i shouldn't be so surprised cause that fukk The Money free mixtape had some good joints,but this twas Blackstar/Train Of Thought/Kwelity good,which is saying a lot,most of the guest spots were flames too,Talib got a good A&R ear,Rapsody,Niko Is,Tef Poe,Chris Rob,MK Asante,and that Jessica Care Moore broad dropped a jaw dropper,Problem&Bad Lucc aren't bad either..

prolly gonna end up in my personal top 10

 

[Hades]

Talib has a gang of releases and rereleases in the coming months:

The Black Star Fix Up/ You Already Knew Star shaped 7- inch is still out there.
Gravitas 2XLP vinyl rerelease (Blue/ White splatter): Available now.
Gutter Rainbows 2XLP vinyl re-issue (Black): 11.13.2015
Lost Lyrics, Rare Releases & Beautiful B- Sides Vol. 1 2XLP vinyl: 12.11.2015
F u c k The Money (CD): 12.11.2015
F u c k The Money 2XLP vinyl (with etched Side D): 01.29.2016

I used this for the dates and checked them against other retailers and they all matched up.
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[TheDarceKnight]

this album twas super dope,surpassed my expectations by far..

this is thine personal favorite collection of 9th beats,he's grown a lot as a producer,wonder how much his Soul Council team has to do with this surge..

Kweli's pen game for this album twas exceptional,guess i shouldn't be so surprised cause that fukk The Money free mixtape had some good joints,but this twas Blackstar/Train Of Thought/Kwelity good,which is saying a lot,most of the guest spots were flames too,Talib got a good A&R ear,Rapsody,Niko Is,Tef Poe,Chris Rob,MK Asante,and that Jessica Care Moore broad dropped a jaw dropper,Problem&Bad Lucc aren't bad either..

prolly gonna end up in my personal top 10

He's said before that them all making beats (often in the same studio) and all being in NC (minus Nottz) has made him step his game up and be more competitive.

 

[QU Hectic]

"Every Ghetto" stayed on rotation on my way to work this morning. Haven't even gotten to the rest yet.

 

[Ukbrotha]

I want Kweli to win. Gonna check this out.

 

[FlyRy]

fire. He finally got some good beats

 

[El Jefe]

KWELI AND 9TH IN 2015



dunno whether to give this the time .. or r y'all backpack heads gas sin the f outta this of nostaglias sake ..

 

[Ronnie Lott]

Pay Ya Dues

Problem and Bad Lacc spit some fire

 

[Ronnie Lott]

No black Dante on the album