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Tenacity and S.A.
Blunt Raps
Genre: Rap & Hip-Hop

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Intro
2. That's Abolition
3. Word Then
4. F... It f/Shi Dog
5. 5
6. Ahhh!!!
7. It's Just Begun
8. Oooh!!
9. Blunt Raps
10. In the Midwest
11. You Ain't Shit to Me
12. Knock em Out f/Shi Dog and Lo Key
13. Your All Stupid
14. Anotha Hit f/Kadence

CD Details

All Artists: Tenacity and S.A.
Title: Blunt Raps
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Abolitionists Projects
Original Release Date: 5/24/2004
Re-Release Date: 7/20/2004
Album Type: Explicit Lyrics
Genre: Rap & Hip-Hop
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 825346146324

Synopsis

Album Description

"Blunt Raps" is the debut album from Tenacity & S.A of Ann Arbor MI's the Abolitionists. Mixing traditional hiphop battle rhymes and showmanship with IDM-leaning beats (think Prefuse 73, Antipop Consortium), the group steers clear of cliche-infested 2004 rap. No talk about guns, bling or money here - Tenacity & S.A are more concerned with the abolition of wack rappers, as shown by tracks like "Word Then" and "You Ain't Sh*t To Me." Tracks like "Blunt Raps" and "That's Abolition" are head-nodding and DJ-friendly without sounding formulated. Guest spots are kept at a minimum, with outstanding performances from Kadence of the Abolitionists and Shi Dog of the Almighty Dreadnaughts. The backbone of the album is production by Iggy Ignotius on all of the album's 14 tracks. Overall, Tenacity & S.A's "Blunt Raps" provides a new and refreshing take on rap and hiphop production.

CD Reviews

Shaming wack emcees into permanently putting down the mic

Jay Bodley | Ann Arbor MI | 08/29/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"(...)

Thankfully, (...) Abolitionist crew standouts Tenacity and SA know how to hold down an album, and keep hip hop progressive.

From the first eight bars, this album attempts to chart a new course for Michigan's underground sound. The surprisingly ill Micro-Korg effects and bugged-out electronic beats being rapped over by Tenacity and SA come off like a cross of Rhymesayers and Prefuse 73.

One by one, the tracks gleefully unfurl as the group's heinous plot to wipe hip pop off the map are revealed: from the surging "Word Then" and "You Ain't Sh*t to Me" to the scathing "Oooh," these cats are literally trying to shame wack emcees into permanently putting down the mic. In fact, one of the album's few glitches is that it's almost all battle raps spewed over tight beats, which grows tired.

With appearances from the rest of the Abolitionists and the Almighty Dreadnaughtz fam, Blunt Raps works as yet another testament to the new blunted sound continuing to emerge from Ann Arbor's underground releases. And don't let the blunt wrap package dissuade you; its contents are dope enough to entice even the saintliest of non-indulgers. (...)"