Click here for a free stream and download of the brand-new song featuring AWKWORD, “Memory Lane” by Southern rapper Curtessy with South African producer Curtessy.
Featuring Madchild, Chris Webby, Kid Ink, Bun B, Hoodie Allen, Ras Kass, Guilty Simpson, Hopsin, Iggy Azalea, Mike Posner, Prodigy (Mobb Deep), Wiz Khalifa, Angel Haze, MURS, Fashawn, Mac Miller, Substantial, A$AP Mobb, Flatbush Zombies, Voli, J. Cole, Sir Michael Rocks (The Cool Kids), Casey Veggies, and AWKWORD.
With “Throw Away The Key (No More Prisons)” world premiering on The DJ Booth this coming Monday, July 30, and the video being shot less than a week later, now is the time to share the befitting single cover art by ThroatChopU (The Mad Bloggers), as well as the hard-hitting lyrics from this anthemic socio-political record off AWKWORD’s 100% for-charity global Hip Hop LP, World View.
As a last-minute addition, also featured is a brand-new radio interview, recorded live from the UK, with AWKWORD about prisons, injustice, racism and the NO MORE PRISONS song — plus, a RADIO RIP of THE SONG itself!
CLICK HERE for a FREE Stream/Download.
Cover Art
We actually received two dope designs from ThroatChopU and had a difficult time making our selection, but after conferring with artist friends and DJ Booth Editor-In-Chief DJ Z, we confidently went with the below.
Before you read the lyrics, click HERE for more information on America’s (in)justice system — and AWKWORD’s grassroots hands-on work in prisons and prison alternatives, with inmates, former inmates and at-risk youth.
Now, click HERE and scroll down to read AWK’s song lyrics.
Dope: The Kid Daytona - Angela’s Sister (prod. 6th Sense)
My friend and Bars & Hooks collaborator The Kid Daytona links up once again with producer 6th Sense for a smooth, laid back, introspective track sampling the great Bob James. Look out for more free downloads and The Interlude III mixtape from Daytona, plus future records from him, myself and Harry Fraud.
Stream and download “Angela’s Sister” here, via World View host/sponsor DJBooth.net.
We’re now at #20… Help us get to #1!
The newest AWKWORD x World View single, “Radio 2.0”, features guest verses from KRS-One, Dug Infinite & Brimstone127, over production from Vice Souletric.
As noted here, DJBooth.net world premiered the cut January 19, 2012.
DJ Z, Editor-In-Chief, DJ Booth:
Great old school, 90’s era hip hop feel on the record, which is solidified by the legendary vocals of KRS.
To help us get “Radio 2.0” to the top of the chart, go to http://www.djbooth.net/index/tracks/review/awkword-radio-2.0/ — and play, download, rate & comment!
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About the DJ Booth Ratings:
Welcome to the Booth’s Top Independent Chart! As always, your feedback has determined which songs made the cut. Each chart’s lineup is calculated using a special DJBooth Formula that takes into account member ratings and reviews as well as features’ overall popularity.
Click the image above to read the full interview. See below for the questions I answer, in typically bizarro fashion.
- For those who aren’t yet up on you, how would you introduce yourself?
- Your “World View” project is scheduled to be dropping soon. Can you explain what it is, who’s involved and your motivation behind it?
- Your music is very influenced by your social views and your activism. How important is it for those passions to be conveyed in your music?
- Do you see your music as having a particular goal or is it more about communicating what’s inside you?
- You’ve done a number dope joints with Harry Fraud who is blowing up crazy. How did you two initially link up?
- Who are some of the artists who have inspired you and who you look at as role models in the game?
- Any new artists that you’re feeling lately and are looking to work with?
- What’s on the horizon for 2012 for you?
AWKWORD ft. KRS-One, Dug Infinite & Brimstone127 - “Radio 2.0” (prod. Vice Souletric)
Check out the newest single off AWKWORD’s 100% for-charity global Hip Hop project ‘World View’, a DJBooth.net Top Song of the Week (see below), produced by Ohio’s Vice Souletric, and fittingly featuring KRS-One, the legendary Bronx emcee behind the Stop The Violence movement, Chicago’s iconic rapper/producer Dug Infinite and fellow Jewish emcee/activist Brimstone127 of Miami.
Soundcloud Stream/Download
Radio 2.0 ft. KRS-One, Dug Infinite & Brimstone127 (prod. Vice Souletric) by AWKWORD (@AWKWORDrap)
Bandcamp NAME YOUR PRICE
Download (highest-quality [.wav] sound file) — and donate 100% to Aim to Live, a 501c3-registered charity for urban youth.
Youtube Slideshow Video
Special Shout Out to DJBooth.net for WORLD PREMIERING “Radio 2.0” last night. Click HERE to read the great song review and show support by rating/commenting!
DJ Z (DJ Booth):
Great old school, 90’s era hip hop feel on the record, which is solidified by the legendary vocals of KRS.
