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Souls of Mischief, the Oakland, CA quartet and members of the mighty Hieroglyphics Crew, are proud to announce the first-ever vinyl of their fifth album InchMontezuma's Revenge.Inch Notably, the album's striking cover featured a fifth member of the group the legendarily innovative producer Prince Paul, who executive produced the LP, handling most of the beats and overseeing the musical direction of the album from start to finish. Emcees A-Plus, Opio, Phesto, and Tajai take turns showing off the multisyllabic flows, witty similes, and smooth lyrics that have made the crew a household name in rap for over 30 years. Souls' trademark juxtaposition of complex, multi-syllabic lyricism against laid-back Cali flow remained as strong as it was in 1993 on InchMontezuma's Revenge,Inch and Paul's magic touch on production took the Souls' sound to a new level. While the aforementioned and unmistakable SOM sound remains very much intact, Paul's vision and risk-taking come through on the finished product. Tajai was comfortable from the start in working with the visionary producer InchPaul is a perfectionist and so are we so we took time with the beats and subject matter. This album to me is a great insight into who we are as people and how important it is to progress stylistically, yet it retains a classic, timeless feel.Inch Album Tracks 1. Intro 2. Won1 3. Postal 4. Tour Stories 5. Skit 6. Proper Aim 7. You Got It 8. Hiero HQ 9. Poets Skit 10. Poets 11. Mr. Freeman Skit 12. Fourmation 13. Dead Man Walkin' 14. For Real Y'all 15. Lickity Split 16. Home Game 17. Outro 18. La la la