Download/Listen: Kool A.D. -“51' Mixtape”
Last week we shared a tune from
Kool A.D.’s 51 Mixtape, the follow up to
2011’s The Palm WineDrinkard. The Das Racist
member dropped the complete 51 today which is free-to-download HERE. Paying
homage to his Bay Area roots, Kool A.D. offers up a very California-esque
delivery with the help of San Francisco rappers Main Attrakionz, the Coup's
Boots Riley, and numerous other California producers and rappers. Some more on
the project via Mishka…
"The Greedhead/Мишка Records/Veehead world takeover
continues, this time with another salvo from the bodaciously bearded baron of
brainy braggadocio and one half of Das Racist, Victor Vazquez AKA Kool A.D. The
Kool one is back with a new mixtape called 51, and it’s here for your eager
consumption fresh on the heels of January's The Palm Wine Drinkard.
For a change of pace, Victor recorded all of these tracks in Oakland - way on
the other side of the country from DR's NYC home base. Landing on the left
coast after visiting family in Cuba, Kool A.D. was inspired to make a set of
tracks featuring production from almost exclusively California artists, and
numerous guest spots from some of the Bay's best up and comers.
The main producer is Amaze 88, who played with Victor in a hardcore punk band
in high school, and also happened to take his sister to prom. They've obviously
buried the hatchet on that one though, as Amaze is behind eight tracks on 51,
and is joined by other producers like Young L, Trackademicks and
Kechphrase.
There's also frequent guest spots from some of our favorites, like MondreM.A.N.
and Squadda B from Main Attrakionz. They link up on four of 51's tracks. And if
that wasn't enough, Himasnhu, Meyhem Lauren, Trackademicks and even Boots Riley
of the legendary Coup all lend guest verses. But, as expected, the star of the
whole thing is Kool A.D., whose gloriously laid back flows consistently impress
with their humor and wit, languishing in greenery depicted on the cover."
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