Gift of Gab
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November 3rd, 2009 - San Francisco
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Download the Free MP3 track " Dreamin (Aqua Sawtooth Remix)" from the new album!
Join Gift of Gab at Amoeba San Francisco for the release of Escape 2 Mars on November 3rd. Gift of Gab, best known as the technically adept frontman of Blackalicious, unleashes the follow-up to his much-lauded solo debut. Escape 2 Mars signifies the next groundbreaking voyage in the career of an MC who is nothing short of iconic.
Production on Escape was placed mainly in the hands of the Bay Area's talented DNAEBEATS, with a few tracks also helmed by Headnodic, from Gab's most recent star collabo project The Mighty Underdogs and Crown City Rockers. Del the Funky Homosapien and Brother Ali, another two undeniably iconic MCs, are featured on "Dreamin'," one of the record's stand out cuts. Gab also recruited some of the talent from the Quannum Collective he helped pioneer, including Joyo Velarde, Lateef The Truthspeaker, and Honeycut's vocalist Bart Davenport.
His hopes of keeping things close to home set the stage for the album's inspiration. "People are gonna think this is about Martians, but it's not," Gab explains. "It's more so about taking care of the planet we're on. We might have to escape to Mars or somewhere else if we keep taking the planet we live on for granted."
"I'm not trying to preach to anyone," he continues. "I just think it's important for us to raise the level of consciousness and consideration of these things." On songs like "Electric Waterfalls" and the title track, lyrically he journey's into these topics directly. Musically speaking, it was also a space age inspiration that led him to break some new personal ground.
"Some of the more electronic feeling songs were new territory me," Gab states. "I didn't really connect with much of that until we went out and did some shows with Bassnectar and I saw the culture shifting in front of me and thought it was a great thing."
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Gift of Gab is also performing at Amoeba Hollywood on November 5, 2009 at 6pm. More info.
Download the Free MP3 track " Dreamin (Aqua Sawtooth Remix)" from the new album!
Join Gift of Gab at Amoeba San Francisco for the release of Escape 2 Mars on November 3rd. Gift of Gab, best known as the technically adept frontman of Blackalicious, unleashes the follow-up to his much-lauded solo debut. Escape 2 Mars signifies the next groundbreaking voyage in the career of an MC who is nothing short of iconic.
Production on Escape was placed mainly in the hands of the Bay Area's talented DNAEBEATS, with a few tracks also helmed by Headnodic, from Gab's most recent star collabo project The Mighty Underdogs and Crown City Rockers. Del the Funky Homosapien and Brother Ali, another two undeniably iconic MCs, are featured on "Dreamin'," one of the record's stand out cuts. Gab also recruited some of the talent from the Quannum Collective he helped pioneer, including Joyo Velarde, Lateef The Truthspeaker, and Honeycut's vocalist Bart Davenport.
His hopes of keeping things close to home set the stage for the album's inspiration. "People are gonna think this is about Martians, but it's not," Gab explains. "It's more so about taking care of the planet we're on. We might have to escape to Mars or somewhere else if we keep taking the planet we live on for granted."
"I'm not trying to preach to anyone," he continues. "I just think it's important for us to raise the level of consciousness and consideration of these things." On songs like "Electric Waterfalls" and the title track, lyrically he journey's into these topics directly. Musically speaking, it was also a space age inspiration that led him to break some new personal ground.
"Some of the more electronic feeling songs were new territory me," Gab states. "I didn't really connect with much of that until we went out and did some shows with Bassnectar and I saw the culture shifting in front of me and thought it was a great thing."
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Gift of Gab is also performing at Amoeba Hollywood on November 5, 2009 at 6pm. More info.
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