About World View

ABOUT WORLD VIEW - THE MIXTAPE (First Quarter 2010)

“AWKWORD & DJiPerfection present: the World View mixtape”, hosted by PaceWon and Block McCloud, a free download, will feature today’s hip hop greats, like Apathy, Devin the Dude, ILL BILL, Immortal Technique, Joell Ortiz, Josh Martinez, Masta Ace, Naledge of Kidz in the Hall, Nas, Pharoahe Monch, Raekwon, Royce da 5′9″, Sean Price, Sha Stimuli, Skyzoo, Soulstice, Styles P., Talib Kweli, The Cool Kids, Vinnie Paz (Jedi Mind Tricks), Wale, Wordsworth and more.

ABOUT WORLD VIEW - THE ALBUM (First Quarter 2010)

AWKWORD is the mastermind behind World View, the earth’s first 100%nonprofit global hip hop project, brought to you by The Morgan Stanley Foundation and the world-famous EOW (End of the Weak; EODub).

All proceeds from World View, the album, will be donated to Guns 4 Cameras (a.k.a. Aim to Live), a registered 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to eradicating gun violence through the hip hop-inspired education/empowerment of our inner-city youth. The organization’s founder, Hezues R’ was shot at 22 times at age 22 — and survived to re-dedicate his life to saving the streets. The organization’s Spokesperson is hip hop icon Pharoahe Monch; he and Hezues travel the country speaking to the youth about hip hop and making the right choices.

With World View, AWKWORD is continuing that tradition of using hip hop music to connect people for positive change.

AWKWORD stands behind a decade-plus in the music business. His first release, “the Sub-Way mixtape,” featured such hip hop icons such as Raekwon, Killah Priest and Remedy of Wu-Tang, ILL BILL and Necro, Tragedy Khadafi, GURU of Gang Starr, Scram Jones and others, and received rave reviews industry-wide. According to Elemental Magazine, AWKWORD showed the most heart on the album, while Juicy Magazine said standing out from Eminem would be easy…

The AWKWORD solo debut, “See the Light” (an Exit 97.7 Top Album of 2008), was the inspiration for World View, which is growing as a phenomenon on a daily basis. As AWKWORD puts it:

“When my solo debut dropped in August 2008, I began receiving ever more frequent requests for acappellas for remixes. So, I decided to hold the World View Remix Mixtape Contest for producers around the world, from Malawi to Malaysia, New York City to Norway. The plan was for the best remixes to comprise an AWKWORD remix album, but I received about 100 submissions before I cut off the contest. So, after a few listening parties, and with the help of some friends, I cut the track list down to the top 20, representing every continent on earth. Together, these tracks provided a survey of the world of hip hop, through the eyes of AWKWORD and some of our greatest hip hop composers… But that wasn’t enough — so I asked some of the dopest MCs in the game to join me. And, with that, World View, the Album, was born.”

Throughout 2009, AWKWORD recorded tracks for World View (as well as for other projects, such as the World View promotional mixtape, dropping a month before), with artists such as Jadakiss, KRS-One, Skyzoo, Sha Stimuli, ILL BILL, Pace Won, Main Flow, AWOL One and Josh Martinez, amongst many others. He appeared on the hit single “New York Minute,” produced by Harry Fraud and featuring Jadakiss, Vast Aire, Mazzi (S.O.U.L. Purpose) and Punchline. And in January-February 2010, the official World View / Guns 4 Cameras / BloomBars collaboration single (prod. by Harry Fraud) will come to fruition, featuring AWKWORD, Asheru, Jabba (South Africa), Sha Stimuli, Lil Cease, G Fella, and surprise guests.

When World View drops in First Quarter 2010, it will feature production from 15+ nations and every continent on earth — along with a number of befitting MC cameos (as referenced aboved). “New York Minute” and the World View / Guns 4 Cameras / BloomBars collabo will appear on the album, which is being digitally distributed worldwide.

THIS is the FIRST time anything like this has ever been done in hip hop. AWKWORD is a revolutionary. And WORLD VIEW is just the beginning of his (our) revolution.