AWKWORD, Rickie Jacobs, more on RTD #onlybuilt4hulksharelinx

Rock The Dub:

This project has been a thing of comedy. It should’ve been out before 2012 even hit, but I was looking for either proper versions of tracks or promised jawns. Had to let this one go – the idea was too good. I broke the (skewed) science behind the title in the liner notes, and won’t go into it all here. Featured artists include Rhymageddon, Mr. Fickle, Rickie Jacobs, AWKWORD, BURNTmd, Touchphonics, Daniel Joseph, Dutch New York and more. A hair under 45 minutes or so. Fucked up part is, hulkshare wasn’t letting me upload a .zip (or a .rar!) to their site, so the punchline got merked. Sharebeast, thank you.

TRACK LIST:

1. Rhymageddon – Suck-A-Clip (prod. Edobeci)
2. Rickie Jacobs ft. Arctic – Gift x Curse (prod. Brainiac Beats)
3. Mr. Fickle ft. Fel Sweetenberg – No Apologies (prod. !llmind)
4. AWKWORD ft. GuessWho? – Doctor Doctor (prod. Major R.E. [Malaysia])
5. Dutch New York – I Don’t Know Y’all (prod. Broadway)
6. BURNTmd ft. Main Flow & DJ Grazzhoppa – Brain Tumors Part 2 (prod. Simmer)
7. Superlinks – Baraka O’Baman
8. Grey Granite & 90lbs – Critical Mass
9. Nato Caliph ft. Prince Ea & Sadat X – Identity Crisis (prod. STLLegend)
10. Chels – HIIIPOWER (Chels’ Account)
11. Touchponics ft. The Ragga Twins – Ragga Style
12. KRK! & Daniel Joseph – Right To Be Ill (prod. KRK!)

Click here to download the full compilation.

Click here for Rock The Dub’s review/post of AWKWORD’s World View record “Doctor Doctor”.

New Single Cover Art for REQUIEM from SweatShop NY

#Requiem THIS week…
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New Single Cover Art by Andreis Costa for SweatShop NY. 

AWKWORD Soundcloud followers [click here, then click the 'follow' button] can hear “Requiem” NOW:

AWKWORD ft. SoulStice, Ess Vee & CuzOH! Black – “Requiem” (prod. ATG)

AWKWORD, Roc Marciano, more on Distrito Apache [Spain]

Distrito Apache:

Sucesión de temas candentes, con Asher Roth, Venomous 2000, Nickelus F, Will Brennan, Rymz, Kap Kallous, Awkword, Brown Bag AllStars, Rockin’ Squat & Mac Tyer, Union & Roc Marciano, Redman & Ready Roc, Ras Kass & Doc Hollywood, Akrobatik…

Click here to download the podcast.

AWKWORD, Jadakiss, J. Cole and more on TrackBlasters Radio

The week of Feburary 27, on Germany’s TrackBlasters Radio, DJ PR mixes 17 of the hottest and newest Hip Hop records coming out of America, featuring Fabolous, Jadakiss, Joe Budden, Mobb Deep, J. Cole, Sean Born, Kaimbr, Hassaan Mackey, AWKWORD and many others.

Click here to hear and download DJ PR’s entire show.

TRACK LIST:

1. 50 Cent ft. Tony Yayo – I Just Wanna
2. Too Short ft. 50 Cent – I’m A Stop
3. Teyana Taylor ft. Fabolous & Jadakiss – D.U.I.
4. The-Dream ft. Casha – Kill The Lights
5. Usher ft. Joe Budden – Climax (Remix)
6. Drake ft. Rihanna – Take Care
7. Drake – Practice
8. Estelle ft. Busta Rhymes – Thank You (Remix)
9. Prodigy ft. Havoc & Estelle – Getting Closer
10. AWKWORD – Thank You (A Tribute To My Mommy)
11. Sean Born ft. Kaimbr, Toine (of DTMD) & Hassaan Mackey – 12 12
12. Swerve & SYG – Stress
13. Swerve & SYG – Growin’ Up
14. J. Cole – Grew Up Fast
15. Hodgy Beats – Higashi Loves You

Switzerland’s Vinyl Digger Joins World View Movement

It’s in the name itself: World View is all about the global connections we make through Hip Hop music x culture. So, it should come as no surprise that we considered every continent when looking for the person/team to mix & master this important project. We went no further than Switzerland’s Vinyl Digger.

Vinyl Digger:

scratchin, blendin, cuttin, jugglin. remember hot 90s mixtapes? dats how i do!

And it doesn’t hurt that Vinyl Digger has the co-sign of two trustworthy World View participants, emcee Tenacity and Brown Bag AllStar-affiliate producer Tranzformer, each of whom describe Vinyl Digger as, simply, “dope”.

AWKWORD Talks Music, Politics & Death with HipHopDependency

HipHopDependency.com:

AWKWORD has a lot on his mind these days. He has been very busy pushing his music from the forthcoming album, World View. He has released single after single building the buzz for his 100% for charity project, letting us know, it’s not all about the Benjamins.

AWKWORD is a social advocate and a musician. With each release he puts out it becomes more and more apparent that his name deserves to be recognized for the talent he possesses. But more than that, Awkword is a son, a son who lost his mother earlier this year. He talks below about the special relationship he shared with his mother and his music. Enjoy…

Click here to read the full conversation.

AWKWORD, Reks, The Kid Daytona, more on TrackBlasters Radio

The week of Feburary 19, on Germany’s TrackBlasters Radio, DJ PR mixes 17 of the hottest and newest Hip Hop records coming out of America, produced by the likes of DJ Premier, Statik Seletkah, Damu The Fudgemunk and Vice Souletric. Emcee features include The Kid Daytona, KRS-One, MF DOOM, Action Bronson, Brother Ali, ScHoolBoy Q, Stalley, Dom Kennedy, Apathy, Curren$y, Nas and AWKWORD.

Click here to hear and download DJ PR’s entire show.

TRACK LIST:

1. Reks – Autographs
2. J. Cole – Grew Up Fast
3. AWKWORD ft. KRS-One, Dug Infinite & Brimstone127 – Radio 2.0 (prod. Vice Souletric)
4. Action Bronson & Statik Selektah – The Rainmaker
5. Erick Sermon ft. Sheek Louch – Dodge This
6. DJ Premier ft. Apathy & Nas – Regeneration (Remix)
7. Union ft. DOOM – Coco Mango (Damu The Fudgemunk Remix)
8. Prodigy – That’s Nasty
9. Prodigy – Look In My Life
10. Brother Ali ft. Aby Wolf – Haunted Housebroken
11. Common – Gold
12. Common – Windows
13. Swerve & SYG – She’s Gone
14. The Kid Daytona – Angela’s Sister
15. 38 Special ft. Sean Hayes – Gone
16. ScHoolBoy Q ft. Dom Kennedy & Curren$y – Groovline Pt. 1
17. Stalley – Mind Made Up

[For additional production credits, we recommend DJ Booth.]

Rainy Daze Featured by You Heard That New, 2 Dope Boyz, more

A week ago, Thursday, February 9, Buck Marley XXX world premiered “Rainy Daze“. The newest single off AWKWORD‘s DJBooth.net-sponsored 100% for-charity global Hip Hop project World View, “Rainy Daze” features guest 16s from Main Flow of Mood, You Heard That New freestyle alum Rickie Jacobs and Dujeous frontman Mojo the Cinematic, backed by beats from ASCAPlus Award-winning production team The Aqua League.

Within two days, #RainyDaze had accrued more than 2,000 plays off AWKWORD’s soundcloud player alone. The song has also been critically acclaimed, earning features from a number of leading Hip Hop sites, including You Heard That New (5/5 Stars), 2 Dope Boyz (37 thumbs UP, 5 thumbs down), Eastside Morales, The Bee Shine, Baltimore’s Very Own, 1134 Mix Show, Spellcast Radio, Streets Crack, Definition of Fresh, Jewish Hip Hop and Germany’s Trackblasters, as well as DJ Booth (4.1/5.0 Rating), Kevin Nottingham, rock the dub and Trap Rock Radio (see reviews below).

SOUNDCLOUD SONG STREAM/DOWNLOAD:

BANDCAMP NAME YOUR PRICE:

Download (highest-quality [.wav] sound file) — and donate 100% to World View’s charitable recipient Aim to Live, a 501c3-registered nonprofit dedicated to ending street violence through the Hip Hop-inspired education of at-risk youth.

REVIEWS:

Trap Rock Radio:

This track is too Dope! NYC hip-hop artist “AWKWORD” drops “Rainy Daze” featuring Main Flow, Mojo (of Dujeous), and Baltimore’s Own “Rickie Jacobs”. The word was passed that this song will be featured on Awkword’s project called ‘World View’. And guess what, Every last bit of the proceeds will go to charity. Now how trill is that? This is the first I’ve heard of someone doing so. Big Shout out to Rickie Jacobs for being apart of this historic masterpiece.

rock the dub:

This is the latest single from AWKWORD’s World View project, and it features the Bmore boy Rickie Jacobs (who also sorted out that Charlie Brown-tinged artwork) and others. BuckMarleyXXX got the world premiere on this, and I’m just hoping I avoid the rain. Or snow. I think it’s going to snow. This might actually be something dope to watch snow fall to. Fly shit.

Kevin Nottingham:

Another banger from AWKWORD! This time he enlists the help of Main Flow (of Mood), Rickie Jacobs, Mojo (Dujeous frontman) and the production of The Aqua League for the single “Rainy Daze.” You will be able to find the single on the upcoming DJBooth.net sponsored, 100% for-charity global Hip-Hop project from AWKWORD entitled World View.

DJ Booth:

Fresh off earning reader plaudits for Radio 2.0, the third release off his DJBooth-sponsored, 100%-for-charity mixtape, AWKWORD returns to our pages with leak number four off the highly-anticipated project. On Rainy Daze, The Aqua League serve up a cinematic, string/piano instrumental as the Big Apple underground spitter trades lyrically on-point bars with Main Flow (of Mood), Rickie Jacobs and Mojo the Cinematic (frontman of Booth-approved crew Dujeous). World View has yet to receive a drop date, but those who like what they’re hearing can keep it locked for more fresh tunes off the project.

EXCLUSIVE NEWS:

There is a Rainy Daze Part II. It features AWOL One, Bisc1 a.k.a. Bisco Smith & broke MC. It is produced by Cletus a.k.a. Romablaster of Rome, Italy. It will be available on World View, ONLY VIA DJBooth.net. Stay tuned for more news. Album drops 2012.

New AWKWORD Interview with WeGoinIn

Click the image above to read the full interview. See below for the questions I answer, in typically bizarro fashion.

1. For those who aren’t yet up on you, how would you introduce yourself?
2. Your “World View” project is scheduled to be dropping soon. Can you explain what it is, who’s involved and your motivation behind it?
3. Your music is very influenced by your social views and your activism. How important is it for those passions to be conveyed in your music?
4. Do you see your music as having a particular goal or is it more about communicating what’s inside you?
5. You’ve done a number dope joints with Harry Fraud who is blowing up crazy. How did you two initially link up?
6. Who are some of the artists who have inspired you and who you look at as role models in the game?
7. Any new artists that you’re feeling lately and are looking to work with?
8. What’s on the horizon for 2012 for you?

BREAKING: New Sponsor/Host of AWKWORD’s ‘World View’ LP Named

Made official by an announcement on sister-site Refined Hype and then set in stone a few days later by the new partner itself, AWKWORD has entered into an exciting agreement for the sponsorship, promotion AND HOSTING of World View, his 100% for-charity global Hip Hop project dropping in 2012.

Congratulations to AWKWORD and the one-and-only… DJBooth.net!

About AWKWORD

AWKWORD, ‘The People’s Champ’, is the Writer, Hip Hop/Rap Artist and Activist behind World View, the 1st-ever 100% For-Charity Global Hip Hop Project, featuring contributions from every continent, approximately 20 countries and every United States region. Brought to you by DJBooth.net, End of the Weak (EOW) and The Morgan Stanley Foundation, the album boasts production from Domingo, Harry Fraud, The White Shadow, Tranzformer, ATG and many more, as well as guest emcee appearances from the likes of Joell Ortiz, Sean Price and KRS-One… AWKWORD — who is donating all proceeds from his World View project to Aim to Live, a 501c3-registered nonprofit dedicated to educating and empowering urban youth — has appeared on/in Urb Magazine, XXL, The Source, Hip Hop DX, Nah Right, DJ Booth, 2DopeBoyz, Vlad TV, The Hip Hop Chronicle, Kevin Nottingham, IndieHipHopNet, Ashley Outrageous, Refined Hype, BuckMarleyXXX, Rap Is Outta Control Radio, Hip Hop Nation Sirius XM, Revolt Radio, Israel National Radio, Daily Kos, The Nation, Huffington Post, and many more! For more information on AWKWORD and World View, visit http://AWKWORDrap.com. To talk to AWKWORD, like him on facebook — http://facebook.com/AWKWORDrap — and/or follow him on twitter — http://twitter.com/AWKWORDrap.

The World View Singles

As of Thursday, January 19, 2012.

• AWKWORD – “Thank You (A Tribute To My Mommy)” (prod. ATG)
• AWKWORD ft. ILL BILL, El Gant, Tenacity & Blame One – “Metal Music” (prod. Tranzformer)
• AWKWORD ft. Sean Price, The Kid Daytona & The Incomparable Shakespeare – “Bars & Hooks (Keep It Moving)” (prod. Harry Fraud)
• AWKWORD ft. Sha Stimuli & Viro the Virus – “The World Is Yours” (prod. Dominant1 [Malawi])
• AWKWORD ft. GuessWho? – “Doctor Doctor” (prod. MajoR R.E. [Malaysia])
• AWKWORD ft. Jade Foxx – “The Dating Game – Revisited” (prod. Flam & Aksim [Finland])
• AWKWORD ft. Punchline, Shabaam Sahdeeq & Beretta 9 (Killarmy) – “The People’s Champions” (prod. Harry Fraud)
• AWKWORD ft. C-Rayz Walz & Reks – “Imperialism” (prod. Jonny Lupo [Moldova])

Click here to listen/download/purchase.

For AWKWORD Soundcloud Followers ONLY. (Coming Soon!)

1. “Requiem” ft. SoulStice, Ess Vee & CuzOH! Black; pr. ATG
2. “Radio 2.0” ft. KRS-One, Dug Infinite & Brimstone127; pr. Vice Souletric