Hazard Mouse & Jemini are set to lastly launch their long-delayed 2004 album ‘Born Once more’.
The producer, musician and songwriter (actual title Brian Joseph Burton) teamed up with Brooklyn rapper Jemini (aka Jemini The Gifted One) to make the collaborative report virtually 20 years in the past.
Consisting of 10 beforehand unheard tracks, ‘Born Once more’ is because of arrive on August 25 by way of Lex Information (pre-order/pre-save right here). It’ll coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the duo’s debut LP, the hip-hop cult traditional ‘Ghetto Pop Life’ (2003).
At the moment (August 3) Hazard Mouse & Jemini have shared the upcoming album’s vibrant lead single, ‘Brooklyn Basquiat’. You’ll be able to hearken to it right here:
‘Born Once more’ may even embody the songs ‘Locked Up’, ‘Knuckle Sandwich II’, ‘The place You From’, ‘Expensive Poppa’ and ‘World Music’ – take a look at the complete tracklist beneath.
01. ‘All I’
02. ‘Locked Up’
03. ‘Me’
04. ‘Knuckle Sandwich II’
05. ‘Born Once more’
06. ‘Brooklyn Basquiat’
07. ‘Stroll The Stroll’
08. ‘The place You From’
09. ‘Expensive Poppa’
10. ‘World Music’
Hazard Mouse & Jemini started engaged on ‘Born Once more’ shortly after ‘Ghetto Pop Life’ was launched, however the undertaking was shelved indefinitely.
Per a press launch, the LP “retains most of the parts of Hazard Mouse and Jemini’s debut – most notably the fun-loving, shit-talking innocence – but in addition adopts a markedly extra introspective and confessional tone”.
It continued: “This time, along with lighthearted matters akin to being an unimaginable artist, dwelling giant and being a magnet for consideration, Jemini additionally delivers highly-personal and sometimes devastating lyrics about missed alternatives and redemption, his time in jail and complex relationship together with his father.”
Hazard Mouse – who’s produced albums by the likes of Gorillaz, Beck, Purple Scorching Chili Peppers and A$AP Rocky – reunited with James Mercer of The Shins final yr for a brand new Damaged Bells report, ‘Into The Blue’.
He additionally joined forces with Black Thought on ‘Cheat Codes’, a collaborative 2022 album that includes Run The Jewels, the late MF DOOM, Raekwon, Michael Kiwanuka, Joey Bada$$ and extra.
