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Music has magic beyond the aural. Yet, the way listeners digest sound has changed in the digital age. The days of hunting down a record, reading the credits, and absorbing the full packaging experience has been reduced to a download link and a minimal, square graphic. Acknowledgment of that fact comes in no way as complaint. The evolution of digital distribution of music prompts opportunity to explore new ideas. While online consumption of music isn't dying, new experiences are still possible. My new agency, All Is Fair is predicated on recovering the magnetic pull of album packaging and amplifying the allure of music's physical product. The first project under BAU Music / All Is Fair Agency is an amazing boxset concept, produced by The Alchemist and Budgie (UK), which is housed in a faux book wrapped in leatherette featuring gold foil printing. Al and Budgie's two separate, mostly instrumental, albums are built exclusively from gospel samples. The resulting beats, incredibly unique and original, provide a canvas for collaborations from Action Bronson, Blu, Prodigy, Roc Marciano, and others. A true collector's piece, "The Good Book" shares the near religious experience many of us draw from hip-hop. Raw, secular sounds informed by powerful, communal songs. This is the first step in a journey that began when I anxiously peeled the plastic off BDP's "By All Means Necessary" tape in the summer of 1988. I'm excited to continue to find new and exciting ways to experience and share music.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1: Alchemist - 'Joyful Noise'
1. Joyful Noise Intro
2. The Spirit of God
3. Lord Pity Us All
4. Make My Own Decisions
5. Holy Ghost Broom
6. The G Code
7. Ball of Clay
8. Thru The Eyes of Christ
9. Lucifer
10. Praise Him
11. Telling Folk
12. In Heaven's Home
13. We Expect You
14. The Good Deacon
15. Who Is He? (I Believe)
16. Little Guy, Not A Midget
17. Everything
18. My God Is
19. Judgement Day
20. To Me
21. Beyond The Years
22. Going Home
23. Thank Jesus
24. ALC Bonus Beats Part 1
25. ALC Bonus Beats Part 2
Disc 2: Budgie - 'Sweet Sweet Spirit'
1. The New Messiah
2. The Baddest
3. Brother Elijah
4. Heavenly Spirit
5. Church On Shrooms
6. Higher Than Before
7. With My Soul
8. The Trees and the Sky
9. Forgive Me
10. Came To Praise
11. This Is Your Life, Or Is It?
12. A Thief In The Night
13. Don't Need No Doctor
14. What You Want Me To Be
15. An Un-Holy Truth
16. Soul On Fire
17. So Good To Me
18. The Breakthrough
19. Party At The Tabernacle
20. Going Away
21. The Word Is $
22. Do Me Like Jesus
23. Sweet Sweet Spirit
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