Q: Who's Releasing '1969'? A: M9

By cobwebsandstrange on 12/21/08 5:03am
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One of my favorite rap discs from the ‘90s is the self titled Haiku d’Etat release. That group, and their lone disc, sported Abstract Rude, Mikah 9 and Aceyalone. Notably, the later two were at one time a part of the all too short lived Freestyle Fellowship, whose lone proper album released in the early ‘90s is still name checked if anyone talks about underground hip hop long enough. As a whole it’s not quite to the level of 36 Chambers or Illmatic, but some of the raps come pretty close.

Mikah 9, though has changed his name to the eerily similar Myka Nyne. That probably doesn’t demarcate some deviation in style – it just has some the letter ‘y’ in it now – that’s all.

What listeners have come to expect from Project Blowed affiliated folks – Myka Nyne being one of them – is a literate and at least passably socially conscience type of rap. Myka will not begin to disappoint here.

The new disc, entitled 1969 is slated to come out January 13th on Fake Four.

And for a preview from the disc, check out the label’s website for streaming mp3s (including the Busdriver track, which is pretty crazy). The site also clarifies who else will be appearing on the disc.

That answer is almost guaranteed to ensure the quality of the recording – Aceylone, Busdriver and Awol One are all accounted for. That list doesn’t seem odd considering that Myka Nyne has worked with most of these folks before. But that doesn’t make clear whether or not these new tracks are going to compare to The Weather – released with Busdriver and Daedelus – or Myka Nyne’s appearance on Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives. But if 1969 comes close to any disc mentioned here, it’ll be sure to end up in the every growing canon of hip hop records.

Tracklisting:
01. Real Song
02. Inner Knowing
03. Soul Beat
04. Snake Bite
05. To the Sky
06. Options (feat. Aceyalone)
07. Cadillac Nights
08. Chopper (feat. Busdriver)
09. Elevated
10. Liberty
11. Hand Bone
12. Monte Carlo
13. Good Old Smokey (My Kanine)
14. 91 Octane (feat. Awol One & Gel Roc)
15. 1969