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AWKWORD’s “Bars & Hooks” — What the Critics are Saying
Produced by Harry Fraud and featuring Sean Price, The Kid Daytona and The Incomparable Shakespeare, AWKWORD‘s “Bars & Hooks“, the latest song off his 100% for-charity global Hip Hop project World View, dropped December 5 to immediate fanfare. The New York City posse cut world premiered on NahRight.com and quickly made its way to HipHopDX.com (5 out of 5 rating!), 2DopeBoyz.com, DJBooth.net (4.1 out of 5 rating!), AshleyOutrageous.com, BuckMarleyXXX.com, RefinedHype.com and many more of the leading Hip Hop sites, as well as Rap Is Outta Control on FM radio and Hip Hop Nation on XM Sirius. Since, the song has made the DJBooth.net Top Indie Hip Hop Singles chart and continued to get radio spins, facebook likes and tweets worldwide.
See below to listen/download/purchase the song and read what the critics have said.
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STREAM & DOWNLOAD:
Bars & Hooks ft. Sean Price, The Kid Daytona & The Incomparable Shakespeare (prod. Harry Fraud) by @AWKWORDrap
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING (Select Writeups/Reviews):
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If you tuned in for AWKWORD‘s first Booth feature, Doctor Doctor, you already know that the Big Apple repper’s all about his Bars & Hooks. On feature numero dos, the latest single off his forthcoming full-length, the emcee recruits a few equally dedicated neighbors—namely Sean Price, The Kid Daytona and The Incomparable Shakespeare—to drop hard-hitting verses over a smooth, flute-laced beat by Harry Fraud. Digging it? Then stay tuned for further details on AWKWORD’s World View LP, set to drop in 2012, with proceeds going to the Aim to Live charity.
It’s all about bars and hooks… AWKWORD is the brain, heart and soul behind World View, a global Hip-Hop project for charity, being released in 2012! Call it a revolution! Backed by the smooth sounds of Harry Fraud, AWKWORD rounds up fellow industry peers in Sean Price and The Kid Daytona for the mission with The Incomparable Shakespeare handling chorus duties!
After introducing himself to RefinedHype Nation with “Doctor, Doctor”, NYC representer AWKWORD is back with some simply dope “Bars & Hooks (Keep It Moving)”. There’s a lot to dig here. The Harry Fraud beat is solidly fundamental and The Incomparable Shakespeare delivers a nice hook, but ultimately this is a rappity rap track, so the real highlights are the rappity raps.
Seriously, I can’t remember the last time three emcees got on a track and all followed the same format – on “Two Words” they didn’t even last two verses – but Sean Price, AWKWORD and The Kid Daytona all come through with a variation of “I ain’t been the same since I ate paint chips” and “excessive e pills give you Christopher Walken mouth.” I’d love to know the story behind that, maybe AWK will fill us in below in the comments (hint, hint).
As a bonus, this is good music for a good cause. All proceeds from this track and AWK’s “World View” album, dropping in 2012, go to global hip-hop charity Aim to Live.
Check out the newest single off World View, AWKWORD’s 100% for-charity global Hip Hop project dropping in 2012. Click here for more info and to purchase/donate.
Bars and hooks have never sounded better… Word to this joint and shouts to all my peoples involved!
Dope beat with hella dope flows. This is TIMELESS. This is REWIND status. And its also for a great cause. SUPPORT! I paid $3 for this single.
Oh, maaaan…this track is hot. I mean look at that title! AWKWORD recruits a few dope emcees such as, Sean Price, The Kid Daytona and Incomparable Shakespeare for “Bars & Hooks”, a track produced by Harry Fraud. “Bars & Hooks” serves as AWKWORD’s newest single off World View, the first 100% for-charity Hip-Hop project.
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New AWKWORD Single Hits DJ Booth Indie Music Chart
We’re now at #20… Help us get to #1!
The newest AWKWORD x World View single, “Bars & Hooks (Keep It Moving)“, features guest verses from Sean Price and The Kid Daytona, plus a hook from The Incomparable Shakespeare, over production from Harry Fraud.
As noted here, NahRight.com world premiered the cut a week from today, Monday, December 5, 2011. Since, the song has been featured and raved about by the likes of:
- HipHopDX.com
- 2DopeBoyz.com
- AshleyOutrageous.com
- RefinedHype.com
- BuckMarleyXXX.com
- DJBooth.net
To help us get “Bars & Hooks” to the top of the chart, go to http://www.djbooth.net/index/tracks/review/awkword-bars-hooks/ — and play, download, rate & comment!
Click here for the DJ Booth Indie Music Chart.
About the DJ Booth Ratings
Welcome to the Booth’s Top Independent Chart! As always, your feedback has determined which songs made the cut. Each chart’s lineup is calculated using a special DJBooth Formula that takes into account member ratings and reviews as well as features’ overall popularity.
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Read Reviews of AWKWORD’s Music (Incl. DJBooth.net, RefinedHype.com, rockthedub.com, more!)
NOTE: AWKWORD’s bio will soon be updated to include a broader spectrum of reviews. Below, see all the great reviews of his latest World View single “Doctor Doctor”.
“AWKWORD’s “Doctor Doctor” is Too Ill to be Saved” – A Refined Hype World Premier!!!…
Select Reviews:
Every rapper claims to keep it real, but most are so lost in fantasy they don’t even know their own reality anymore. Not AWKWORD. A New York City emcee who’s dedicated himself to the lost art of pre-Giuliani hip-hop, everything you need to know about the man’s music is contained in new single “Doctor, Doctor”. Making its world premiere on RefinedHype, in addition to a subtly addictive beat from MajoR R.E. and a guest verse from GuessWho?, “Doctor, Doctor” is the kind of rap that’s not afraid to truly let listeners inside.
“Doctor, Doctor” is off AWKWORD’s upcoming album “World View”, which has a dope background: all proceeds from the album, which includes features from Joell Ortiz, KRS-One and more, will go to Aim to Live, a 501c3-registered nonprofit dedicated to educating and empowering urban youth. Fucks yeah, it’s bigger than hip-hop.
Don’t let the stage name fool you—when it comes to rocking the mic, Booth newcomer AWKWORD is anything but. As proof, I present the NYC repper’s current single, Doctor Doctor; premiered over on RefinedHype, this record finds Malaysian beatsmith MajoR R.E. cooking up a funky, sampled beat to back AWK and guest emcee GuessWho as they demonstrate just how ill (both literally and figuratively) they are. Digging it? Keep it locked for all the latest tunes leading up to the arrival of World View in 2012.
Here’s another cut from AWKWORD’s World View album; if you missed the Refined Hype premiere of this, for shame. Without creating alters, AWK breaks down his ills to the doctor on this one, with GuessWho? alongside for the ride. I do this a lot, but usually inside my own mind, or in text via twitter… or this blog. We all have problems and stress, it’s just in how you handle that shit. Real talk on this one, with beats from Malaysia. Malaysia! Hip-Hop is global, pricks!
I have seen this name floating out there for some time. This is my first time really sitting down to listen to Awkword though. I like what I hear from this single off his yet to be released album, World View. Therapy music…
Crazy fat swollen shouts to AWKWORD and Guess Who… for this ill joint. Recognize the realness or fall back!
Free Stream & Download:
AWKWORD ft. GuessWho? – Doctor Doctor (prod. MajoR RE [Malaysia]) by GYMRblogFor the DJs:
The “Doctor Doctor” Dirty/Clean DigiPak
Original World Premier Link:
http://www.refinedhype.com/hyped/entry/awkword-doctor-doctor/
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AWKWORD’s “Doctor Doctor” is a DJBooth.net Breaking Feature [Review + Stream + Download]
The East Coast newcomer calls up his licensed medical professional on the Refin8edHype-premiered current single off his forthcoming LP.
Super mega shoutout to DJ Z and team over at DJBooth.net for making this heartfelt single a Breaking Feature — and for writing such a great review!
Don’t let the stage name fool you—when it comes to rocking the mic, Booth newcomer AWKWORD is anything but. As proof, I present the NYC repper’s current single, Doctor Doctor; premiered over on RefinedHype, this record finds Malaysian beatsmith MajoR R.E. cooking up a funky, sampled beat to back AWK and guest emcee GuessWho as they demonstrate just how ill (both literally and figuratively) they are. Digging it? Keep it locked for all the latest tunes leading up to the arrival of World View in 2012.
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AWKWORD featured on Revolutionary Riot Report Vol. 15 from DJBooth.net & RevoltRadio.com
The Revolutionary Riot Report Vol. 15 has been released. It is mixed and blended by DJ Nominal and sponsored by djbooth.net and revoltradio.com.
Tracklist:
01. Black Knight – Intro
02. Kontact & Black Knight – Free [prod. Benny Rome]
03. Jelks – Moment of Silence
04. Marcus Medley – No Idea
05. Nukky Grissom – You Can’t Buy Cool
06. Bobby Creekwater – Bravo (ft. Kardinal Offishall)
07. C.Clark – True Confessions (Freestyle)
08. King And The Cause – Hit’em Up
09. Black Knight – Intermission
10. Jones Andrews – Tunnel Vision (All Black Everything)
11. Nasty Nat – I Don’t Play
12. Slanted Eyed Assassins – The Dojo
13. AWKWORD – Mr. President (The Wisconsin Song) (ft. Y-Love) [prod. The White Shadow]
14. RTTR (Mike Mass, Miss Bronx, Atwaters)
15. Savant & Big Meridox – The Beast & the Beast (Clavesythnes Aglofellaz Remix)
16. Black Knight & WhiteFolkz – Revo’s Back (Remix)
17. Black Knight – Outro
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100% of the proceeds from World View will be donated to Guns 4 Cameras (G4C) (a.k.a. Aim to Live), a 501c3-registered nonprofit dedicated to eradicating street violence through the Hip Hop-inspired education and empowerment of our urban youth.
Hip Hop/Rap artist & activist AWKWORD is the mastermind behind World View, the first-ever 100% For-Charity Global Hip Hop project, sponsored by DJBooth.net, End of the Weak (EOW) & The Morgan Stanley Foundation.
World View is mixed by Switzerland's Vinyl Digger and executive produced by AWKWORD and The White Shadow of Norway.
