Masta Ace - Disposable Arts - VINYL LP

Hip-Hop legend Masta Ace gets remixed with Earth Wind & Fire samples by remix mastermind Tom Caruana (Wu-Tang vs The Beatles / Jimi Hendrix). Tom remixes material predominantly from the Masta Ace Incorporated era, as well as other stages in Ace's career. What makes this project unique is the addition of 2 brand new tracks by Masta Ace, 'Freedom House' & 'Uncle Larry' which both see Ace in a retrospective mood. The Earth Wind & Fire material sampled is generally from their earlier releases, more raw and downtempo than the uptempo disco they are better known for. The album flows like a live show with soundbites and skits from both parties. There's tracks with Guru, Phonte, Wordsworth, Edo G, Torae, Stricklin and Large Professor. Ace and guests flow as if they were there onstage with the band creating cosmic vibes to the soundscape of kalimbas, vocal harmonies, funky basslines and banging drums! Album Tracks 1. Top 10 List 2. Born to Roll 3. The Inc Ride 4. Conflict (With Guru) 5. Slaughterhouse 6. Ladder of Success (With Phonte, Wordsworth & K-Hill) 7. Reminds Me (With Edo G) 8. Freedom House* 9. I Refuse 10. Wishing 11. Fly Wunz 12. Out Da Box (With Tony Touch, Large Professor & Pete Rock) 13. Uncle Larry* 14. Ace Radio 15. Ain't U Da Masta 16. Ya Hardcore 17. All Alone (With Torae) 18. Juanita Estefan (With Stricklin) 19. The B-Side Freestyle

Following the success of two collaborative releases (EMC InchThe ShowInch/2008 and Ace & Edo G InchArts & EntertainmentInch /2009), Masta Ace joins forces with the metal faced MF Doom for Son of Yvonne, a highly personal concept album that celebrates the life and legacy of Ace's recently departed Mother. Like his 2004 landmark Disposable Arts, Son of Yvonne is meticulously constructed with stories, settings, and characters that resonate with flesh and bone humanity. Interstitial vignettes provide a thematic backbone to the experience, and each track complements and completes the previous to form a narrative whole a sometimes visceral, sometimes nostalgic slice of Ace's young life in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Entirely underscored by MF Doom's iconic Special Herbs instrumentals, Son of Yvonne features the Juice Crew general Big Daddy Kane, new comers Pav Bundy (The Bundies), Reggie B and even MF Doom on the mic. It's Masta Ace's no frills flow, however, that looms largest above the dusty samples and digger loops that define Doom's production. Ace's photo-realistic rhymes about stick-up kids, spraycan artists and wack emcees add extra gravity to his already celebrated reputation as Inchtruly an under-appreciated rap veteran and underground luminaryInch. Like Eminem recalls in his 2008 autobiography The Way I Am, InchMasta Ace had amazing storytelling skills. His thoughts were so vivid.Inch Album Tracks 1. D Ski S Intro 2. Ninteen Seventy Something 3. Son of Yvonne 4. Da Pro 5. Store Frontin 6. Me and My Gang 7. Crush Hour Ft Pav Bundy 8. Think I Am Ft Big Daddy Kane 9. Fresh Fest Ft Reggie B 10. Hoe-Tel Leftovers 11. Slow Down 12. Home Sweet Home Ft Pav Bundy 13. Dedication 14. I Did It 15. In Da Spot Ft Milani the Artis 16. Outtakes

Double vinyl LP pressing. Sittin' on Chrome is the second and final album from Hip Hop group Masta Ace Incorporated, which includes Ace, Lord Digga, Paula Perry and Leschea. Ace followed the success of his 1994 hits InchJeep Ass NiguhInch and InchCrooklynInch (released with the Crooklyn Dodgers) with his most commercially successful album, which concentrated more on the West Coast/gangsta hip-hop sound that particularly became a popular trend among many artists nationwide since the mega-success of Dr. Dre's The Chronic. Sittin' on Chrome features the crossover hit InchBorn to RollInch (the West Coast remix of InchJeep Ass NiguhInch), which peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was originally released as a hidden track on his SlaughtaHouse album, as well as two more Hot 100 hit singles, InchThe I.N.C. RideInch and the title track.