La Coka Nostra member Slaine releases a trailer in support of oeThe Boston Project, which is schedule to drop in March.
On the heels of La Coka Nostra’s 2012 release, Masters Of The Dark Arts, and his own 2011 solo effort, A World With No Skies 2.0, Slaine will release The Boston Project in March of 2013. The Boston native is partnering with Suburban Noize to put out the album under the Commonwealth Records imprint. You can view the trailer for the album below.
The Boston Project is slated for a March 19 release, with the Amadeus and Moroney collaboration, “Cocaine & Whiskey,” serving as the lead single. For more information, visit NoSkies.com or SuburbanNoizeRecords.com.
1. Evolution Of The Kid
2. Nothin' But Business (Feat. BR & V Knuckles)
3. Bloodthirsty (Feat. 357 & Phinelia)
4. Loyalty (Feat. Kali & Twice Thou)
5. Buildin' With Edo (Feat. Edo G)
6. Polaroid Picture (Feat. J The S, Dutch Rebelle & Cyrus Deshield)
7. Cocaine & Whiskey (Feat. Amadeus the Stampede & Moroney)
8. Zombie Land (Feat. Rite Hook)
9. Bible Pages (Feat. Big Kurt, Shizz Vicious, Lateb, Esoteric & Moroney)
10. Rats Maze (Feat. Newz and Lecks Get It On)
11. Coke Money Jones (Feat. Easy Money & Chilla Jones)
12. Bad Guy (Feat. Millyz & Smoke Bulga)
13. Something To Believe In (Feat. Lou Armstrong, Patrick Starr, Moroney & Blanco)
14. Back Where I'm From (Feat. Piff & Singapore)
15. The Fuckery Hotel ( Feat. Kali & Reks)
16. Faster Than Time (Feat. Dre Robinson & DL)
17. Hero (Feat. Jaysaun & Checkmark)
The brand new single from Slaine of La Coka Nostra featuring Kali and Twice Thou. "Loyalty" will appear on next month's Slaine album "The Boston Project."
HipHopDX Premiere. A brand new track featuring Kali and Reks off Slaine's "The Boston Project" album dropping April 16th via Suburban Noize / Commonwealth.
Am ascultat albumul! E tare! Iniţial era să spun că sunt prea multe colaborări... Dar m-am prins că e collabo album, nu are rost să-l compar cu A World With No Skies 2.0!
Şi îmi place vocea lui Rite Hook de pe piesa Zombie Land.
"The Boston Project" is a solid album with versatility that does what Slaine set out to do: represent Boston Hip Hop in a positive light.
With hopes of giving back to Boston, Massachusetts, Slaine set out to make a statement. On The Boston Project, Slaine has taken the spotlight off of himself. This highly anticipated Slaine album comes with many features, perhaps more than some fans may have wanted. In a statement, Slaine explained his goal with this album.
"I wanted to create a record that highlights what this city has to offer musically and show how diverse the talent is,” he said. “This record embodies something much larger than just a Slaine record.” Knowing this, fans should be warned not to expect too much of Slaine the soloist on the project.
Still, Slaine shines when he makes an appearance. He also further explains why this album means so much to him. “My story ain’t a fairytale, it’s really real,” he rhymes on “Evolution Of The Kid.” “Ain’t had a chance, I had nothing I could barely feel / All’s I had was these neighborhoods I know very well…” This type of vulnerability is refreshing from Slaine, more of which can be found on “Zombie Land,” where he describes being six years old while finding “dope bags” in “mommy’s hand.” More introspection lies in “Hero.” Behind a hook that says, “The kids, they want to be like me now / But they don’t know the madness inside of me…” Slaine admits that he’s “never seen a clean week” after “20 years of getting high.” But despite any such madness, his leadership as an emcee on The Boston Project shows peers look up to him too.
His collaborators end up bringing versatility to the project. For instance, “Cake, Money, Jones” is a solid, hard-hitting, traditional boom-bap styled track with Ea$y Money and Chilla Jones providing quality verses. Jones stands out with punches stating he’s “on point off top like a sky scraper.” “Nothin’ But Business” is also a highlight with an infectious bounce and hook to match. “Buildin’ With Edo” is another gem, this one finding Ego G on a solo cut. “Loyalty” is yet another bright spot about friendships and deception that many can relate to. With all of these guests, perhaps the only criticism that can be made is that the album lacks cohesion and consistency at times (example, “Bad Guy”). But that tends to happen with so many features on one project.
Still, for the most part, The Boston Project is a solid album with versatility that does what Slaine set out to do: represent Boston Hip Hop in a positive light. “They said I’d never make it,” he rhymes on “Back Where I’m From.” “Disagreed with ‘em / All the doubt they threw at him was really only feedin’ ‘em.” That type of hunger is still apparent on this album and that type of hunger is likely why Slaine has become a known, respected emcee and a budding Hollywood star. With The Boston Project, he may have given up some of his own shine but he has also managed to bring the spotlight to Boston.
La Coka Nostra member Slaine releases a trailer in support of oeThe Boston Project, which is schedule to drop in March.
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