Beautiful Music: Crown City ROCKERS!

Whatch'all know about this crew?

Formerly known as Mission, this quintet is one of the West Coast's finest Hip-Hop bands. There's really nothing to say...just watch the video.

Since the video two things have changed.

One, there used to be two MC's--Raashan Ahmad and Moe Pope. Moe had left the group in order to stay in Bos
ton (where the group originated from) and raise his daughter. However since his stay in Boston, he's joined two groups: Electric and Project Move (an offshoot group from Electric...like how Souls of Mischief is to Hieroglyphics) and they are both dope hip-hop groups in their own right.

Two, Kitundu is no longer their DJ.

Crown City's upcoming album for 2008 is entitled "5 Gold Stars," and they've been hard at work crafting a gem. This 2008 offering is different in that they are no longer midi sequencing their work.

What does that mean? Traditionally, the staple of hip-hop production is an Akai Midi Production Center or MPC (note: the MPC will not make you a dope beat maker). With the MPC, one is able to trigger samples through midi enabled pads and allow you to put together (or "sequence") sounds. Basically, with the MPC you're trying to create a musical collage of sounds you've discovered.--the MPC is the glue while your samples (in layman's terms known as sound snippets) are the paper.

Since Crown City is no longer creating their music off of rhythm based machines, this new album will have a total organic feel ala The Roots with "Phrenology." So for you, the listener, you get to experience something not many hip-hop groups are doing these days...playing music. So be sure to look out for "5 Gold Stars" in 2008!