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This was the last song Praverb was working on with longtime collaborator LX before his untimely passing. RIP Praverb.

On September 17, 2014, the Hip Hop world was stunned and heartbroken by the loss of one of their own, Earl Patrick McNease aka Praverb aka P the Wyse, known not only for his truth-telling rhymes but for his graciousness, honesty, kindness and humility.

His death sent shockwaves across the industry, with Hip Hop heavyweights such as 9th Wonder, Diamond D, J. Live and Mello Music Group paying tribute to our fallen soldier. Boston emcee M-Dot paid tribute to Praverb the day after his death, and now long-time Praverb affiliates AWKWORD, Kev Turner, DJ Grazzhoppa and LX Beats join Praverb for his last song “All A Dream”, a tribute to P featuring the man himself, with all proceeds going to benefit his widow and their young son. As AWKWORD puts it: “Once we learned of P’s death, I rewrote and recorded a new verse for the song to pay tribute to my friend, and LX reached out to another longtime Praverb collaborator DJ Grazzhoppa for cuts for the chorus.”

The song below will appear on the forthcoming Praverb Tribute Album, coming soon.

On a personal level (Stix), I never got to meet Praverb being based in the UK, but he showed me and the site a whole lot of love, whether it was including HHLAT on his list Top Hip-Hop Blogs for Artists Without an Online Presence or his emails of encouragement, appreciation and Knowledge. He was a selfless giving man and if you are an aspiring artist wherever in the world you are you really should check out his site where he dishes out some great advice… http://praverb.net/ There’s not a day that passes when HHLAT doesn’t get a referral from his page and for this we are eternally greatful RIP Brother!