BEAT THIEF & iLLVIBE FEAT. L.S. – CAFE JASS
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Featuring the lead video single “LAST SONG”
CAFE JASS is a jazz hip-hop concept album dreamt up by Canadian emcee iLLvibe after he and L.S. met DowntownSoul producer Beat Thief whilst on a guerilla tour of Europe in 2010. Melding a live jazz ambience, Beat Thief’s trademark soul-infused hip-hop sound, and mature rhymes from the two indie hip-hop vets, this is a cohesive album for the discerning listener.
With features on the album including US emcees Kwote1 (Chicago) and Yello Blac (Cali), as well as Canada’s Mer and Rk ParX, not to mention DowntownSoul affiliates Non Applicable and Sam Steele, this is truly an international affair, with recording begun in London and since completed in Toronto and Hong Kong. Taking the idea of a live night at the vibrant but run-down Cafe Jass, the songs have an organic feel, interspersed with comedic snippets from a legendary Richard Pryor show.
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DowntownSoul Records Ltd, 2012
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iLLvibe is a Canadian emcee who was nominated for the Toronto Independent Music Awards’ Best Rap Act in 2010, off the back of his “Sex, Love & Hip-Hop” album, and performances on the same bill as the likes of Pharoahe Monch, Pete Rock, Slaughterhouse, Method Man, Lloyd Banks, Obie Trice, Busta Rhymes and even Sean Paul. Having also worked with established artists such as Slakah the Beatchild and soul singer Lani Billard, Vibe has coordinated two tours, the WeAllKings tour of East Canada, and then Hip-Hop Revolution tour of Europe alongside L.S. Known for his prodigious work ethic, Cafe Jass represents Vibe’s fourth full release since the beginning of 2011, following “In the Streets of iLLydelfya”, “Just Around the Corner” and the well-received “Blunts & Roses”. “Last Song” is his 19th video for a released track.
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L.S. is a Canadian hip-hop artist, community activist and former professional snow-boarder. Releasing “All in Time” back in 2006, followed by 2008’s seminal “In This Life”, he has since spent time living in New Zealand and, alongside iLLvibe, launched the “Join the Hip-Hop Revolution” tour in 2010, independently touring the UK, Belgium, Holland and France. Most recently L.S. has turned his hand to his local community in Barrie, Ontario, leading the local “Occupy” movement and holding talks with the town’s Mayor to reengage the youth generation, as well as running local artistry centre Unity Market & Studios.
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Beat Thief is a London-based hip-hop and soul producer whose previous work includes full-length releases with Wolftown Records’ Manny Moscow (“Russian R3volution” and “The Fusion”), and Poetic Pilgrimage (“Star Women”), as well as work with Jay Diamond, OC Jigga, River Nelson and Ethneezy among others. Alongside a forthcoming collaboration with Mohammed Yahya, this year he is also set to drop work with DowntownSoul’s Non Applicable, and Senegalese emcee Diabolo; as well as executive producing River Nelson’s sophomore album, due this Summer.
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