The White Shadow of Norway Named Co-Executive Producer of World View (the album)

Although somewhat less well-known than his European bredren The Snowgoons, The White Shadow of Norway is a global hip hop legend in his own right. Not only does he produce, he’s got the DJ and mix game on lock out there.

White Shadow has worked with the likes of Supastition, Illmind (G-Unit), Wordsworth, Malik B (The Roots), Easy Mo Bee, Celph Titled, Vinnie Paz & Jedi Mind Tricks, Block McCloud & Brooklyn Academy, J-Zone, Tash (The Alkaholiks), Pace Won, Maylay Sparks, Reef The Lost Cauze, Grand Agent, Louis Logic, Krumbsnatcha, Esoteric, Slaine, Clockworx, Jamalski, Infinito 2017, and Azeem (Spearhead).

White Shadow has shown unwavering support for AWK and the World View project. This is AWKWORD’s brother from another mother. Hence, he has been named Co-Executive Producer of the project AWKWORD has called his most important contribution to hip hop (and society) to date.

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AWKWORD Live at Southpaw

On January 22, 2010, AWKWORD appeared live at Southpaw in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, alongside Jabba (a.k.a. Hip Hop Pantsula) of South Africa, Asheru (of Boondocks fame) and Umi (dead prez affiliate), for a hip hop show benefiting the fight against AIDS in Africa, as well as promoting hip hop in education.

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AWKWORD - Live at Southpaw

AWKWORD - Live at Southpaw

AWKWORD - Live at Southpaw

AWKWORD - Live at Southpaw

AWKWORD - Live at Southpaw

AWKWORD - Live at Southpaw

AWKWORD - Live at Southpaw

AWKWORD - Live at Southpaw

AWKWORD - Live at Southpaw

AWKWORD - Live at Southpaw

AWKWORD - Live at Southpaw

AWKWORD - Live at Southpaw

AWKWORD - Live at Southpaw

AWKWORD - Live at Southpaw

BY THE WAY, IF YOU SEE THEM CATS RESPONSIBLE FOR (VIDEO) FILMING THE SHOW, TELL ‘EM TO HOLLER AT US. WE WANT THE FOOTAGE!

Anti-Injustice Movement Named World View Co-Sponsor; AWKWORD Joins AIM Roster

The Anti-Injustice Movement (AIM) has been named co-sponsor of AWKWORD’s forthcoming 100% nonprofit global hip hop project World View, along with The Morgan Stanley Foundation and End of the Weak (EOW; EODub).

AIM has also recruited AWKWORD for its full-time roster of hip hop “raptivists”.

TO VIEW THE OFFICIAL AWKWORD AIM PAGE, CLICK HERE.

AWKWORD will be featured on AIM’s forthcoming mixtape “The Lyrical Warfare: Mixtape Volume One”, with previously unreleased tracks, alongside fellow AIM emcees/poets Capital “X”, Monte Smith and others.

About AIM

(As written by AIM.)

The Anti-Injustice Movement (aka The AIM) is a global movement of activists, political emcees and protest poets who are fighting together to achieve the slow but steady destruction of global injustice. We struggle via non-violent and creative means against injustices perpetrated by corrupt governments, political and fundamentalist factions of organized religion, and corporate vampires. To do this we utilize the five elements of hip-hop (knowlege being the fifth), protest poetry, and grassroots campaigning as a means of awarenes raising and political revolt. We are against Western Militarism, Political Islam, and Zionism in equal measure and will combat them all because we refuse to choose between three evils.

We have no overall political affilation as a movement although one could say our flavour is distinctly libertarian, but what we do share is a determination to create a just, tolerant, and equal society which values both human and animal rights. We will fight against all forms of oppression and discrimination because we believe that regardless of one’s sex, race, sexual preference, religion, or culture, we should all have the same basic universal rights (this includes freedom of speech and expression). We are against the US death penalty, the ‘allies’ oil driven wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and for freedom in Palestine. Nevertheless we oppose the barbaric Islamic regimes in countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia, and stand with the people against these militant religious oppressors. We are a secular organization that is comprized of people of different theological beliefs but we are all for the seperation of religion and politics, and vehemently oppose political and fundamentalists elements of organized religion. Thus we protest against Sharia and other faith based laws, faith schools, and any religious practices which are discriminative, intolerant, or violate human or animal rights. We seek to maintain freedom of religion and also freedom from religion. However we contend that human and animal rights trump religious expression because they are essential to the foundations of any civillized and just society.

We also oppose corporate amorality in it’s many forms and stand up for animal rights, equal rights in the workplace, environmental ethics, fair trade and against child and forced labour. We boycott and raise awareness about any companies who are engaging in any forms of unethical practice.

We will also attempt to deprogramme the minds of those who have been lulled into sedation by the soothing lies that surround us because apathy is no longer an option. The time has come to stand up, throw your fist in the air and pledge to take AIM for the ethical revolution.

[AIM uses Campaigning, Direct Action, Underground Hip Hop, Protest Poetry, Academic Articles, Awareness Raising and Networking to peacefully combat the rise of theocracy within secular democracies; Sharia and other faith based laws; female inequality within religions and the wider society; homophobia within religion and the wider society; racism within religion and the wider society; the indoctrination of children through faith schools; discrimination against those who reject religion; all forms of animal cruelty, and particularly vivisection; and corporations and companies who engage in unethical practices (against humans, animals or the environment).]

AWKWORD Featured on RealHipHopForever.com

The good folks at HipHopForever featured your boy AWKWORD in a recent post entitled “Awkword – ‘See The Light’ Album (World View Revolution)”, showcasing my upcoming project, amongst other dopeness. Special thanks!

CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE…

About HipHopForever

(As written at realhiphopforever.com.)

This is a community of real hip hop heads from all walks of life who come together to represent the hip hop culture and all that is represented by this term, to share our passion for hip hop, and to make others more aware of underground hip hop, real hip hop and good music.

Most people here listen to underground, golden age, and old school hip hop, among other forms of great music, and see hip hop as both a representation of the society around them and a vehicle for social change. Our goal is not to wipe out mainstream rap music, but rather to balance the airwaves and make people more aware of the great hip hop artists that get little to no attention. We demand that underground emcees, conscious emcees, lyricists, experimental hip hop artists, etc., get the same amount of airplay as their (currently) more popular counterparts.

This movement began in early 2007 when DJ Just One, a DJ from Bronx, New York opened our YouTube group and began inviting members. From here we rapidly grew in numbers and started expanding our operation. We started by opening a MySpace page, a Facebook group, and eventually our first website. It was apparent at this point that RHHF was more than a social network; we were a movement.

It quickly became apparent that a large group of our founding members, who had once felt a responsibility solely to advance hip hop, began realizing a goal that was much more grand in scale: promotion of the civic responsibility of hip hop as a vehicle for social revolution.

As many of our members grew more aware of this goal, they began to form opinions on topics such as politics, economics, etc., and eventually a libertarian socialist (anarchist) ideology became dominant amongst our founders. This would explain the structure of our site.

RHHF is a collectively-managed social network and movement that operates on an entirely democratic basis and maintains the goal of bringing light to aspects of hip hop culture and music that are otherwise shunned in the mainstream culture around the world. We represent hip hop as a vehicle of social change and hold to anarchist principles (though we do not require members to become anarchists) as a platform for change within hip hop, business, and eventually society as a whole.

VIDEO: AWKWORD - “Before” ft. PaceWon and Block McCloud (prod. The White Shadow of Norway)

Posted by the big homie White Shadow on his youtube channel. Song appears on his album “Victory”. The remix, produced by Anno Domini and featuring surprise guests, will appear on AWKWORD’s World View.

VIDEO / FREE AUDIO: AWKWORD - “That’s That Shit” ft. Shi 360, L.I.F.E. Long & IDE (prod. The White Shadow of Norway)

Posted by the big homie White Shadow on his youtube channel. Song appears on his album “Untouchable”. The ‘Shit Aint Sweet Remix’, produced by Amsterdam’s MistaSweet and featuring Access Immortal, Cans and L.I.F.E. Long, will appear on AWKWORD’s World View.

To download the original for free…

To listen to the remix…

AWKWORD Named to Top 10 Volunteers of 2009 by Morgan Stanley

Each year, as part of the What A Difference A Day Makes initiative, Morgan Stanley recognizes its top 10 volunteers.

In 2009, AWKWORD donated 625 hours to his World View project, the earth’s first 100% nonprofit hip hop project co-sponsored by End of the Weak (EOW), The Anti-Injustice Movement (AIM), and The Morgan Stanley Foundation.

On Wednesday, March 10, 2010, AWKWORD’s named appeared on New York City’s 1585 Broadway “electronic ticker tape” that streams across the building as seen in the image above.

World View is scheduled to drop later in 2010. All proceeds from the album are being donated to Guns 4 Cameras (a.k.a. Aim to Live), a 501c3 recognized nonprofit, led by survivor Hezues R’ (and hip hop icon Pharoahe Monch), that is dedicated to eradicating gun violence through the hip hop-inspired education and empowerment of our inner-city youth.

For more information on World View, please click here.

To become a member of the Guns 4 Cameras (a.k.a. Aim to Live) cause, please click here (you must be logged in).

Music Monday: LEAK: AWKWORD - “The Black Book” (prod. by Blended Babies) [Rare. Circa 2005.]

FAN PHOTO: AWKWORD Sticker (2nd Generation) Sighting - Route 121 (NY)

Received via e-mail by AWKWORD. E-mail read: “You are everywhere.”

“New York Minute (World View Remix)” Featured on “2dopeboyz Presents The Wrap Up v.19 (Mixed by DJ Slimm)”

SHOUT TO THE BIG HOMIES SHAKE AND MEKA FOR SHOWING CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR AWKWORD, HARRY FRAUD AND THE FAM!

Click the album cover below to read the post and download the mixtape.

01 Self Scientific – Designer Music
02 Thr33zy McFly – Hypnosis pt.2
03 Crooked I – On to the Next Shit
04 Mos Def – 24 Hour Karate School
05 Gilbere Forte – Stakes Is High Freestyle
06 Kida – Ain’t Nothin’
07 Rapper Big Pooh – When I’m Gone
08 Young Chris – New Wu Freestyle
09 Guilty Simpson – Before the Verdict
10 Cassidy & Jag – I’m Ill
11 Jay Electronica – Glass Everywhere
12 Wu-Tang – Clap 2010 f. Raekwon, Ghostface & Method Man
13 Raekwon & Method Man – Meth Vs Chef pt.2
14 Senor Kaos – Real Hip Hop For Real People
15 Gilbere Forte – T.R.O.Y. Freestyle
16 Dessa – Mineshaft
17 Raashan Ahmad – 2010
18 MC Lyte – The Block
19 Lessonday – BANG!
20 KRS-One & Buckshot – Oh Really (rmx) f. Talib Kweli
21 Havoc – The Warm Up
22 Problem – Way Up
23 Terrace Martin – No Bullshit f. Problem
24 Jadakiss - New York Minute (World View Remix) ft. Punchline, Vast Aire, S.O.U.L. Purpose, AWKWORD
25 Dom Kennedy – Hard Work (rmx) f. Rich Boy
26 Young Chris – Popular Demand Freestyle
27 Nametag – The Product
28 DJ Slimm & Tariq Star (LiveSoul) – Pardon Self

PLEASE NOTE: THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE UPLOAD OF THIS ALBUM, SO “NEW YORK MINUTE” WILL NOT BE DOWNLOADED IN FULL UNLESS YOU DOWNLOAD THE TRACK INDIVIDUALLY BY CLICKING THE SONG TITLE IN THE TRACK LIST ABOVE.