“The Unsigned Blessings”, being released on Monday, August 17th
2009 is a project which has set out a goal to present some of the best
up and coming underground and/or independent artists to thousands of
new listeners. Lunatic, the well known journalist/publicist who has
worked with major artists such as OutKast, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross Bun B, The DOC, Warren G, Crooked I, Raekwon
and hundreds more has spent the last few months hand picking out the
finest talent which he has discovered to appear on the project.
“I am a Hip-Hop fan first” says Lunatic, who is overly excited
about the project. “Although I’ve got a chance to work with some of the
most major artists in the game, there is nothing more exciting to me
than trying to make sure the world hears what I consider the most slept
on talent in the industry.”
“The Unsigned Blessings” features 17 tracks with the only worldwide recognizable names appearing being Nappy Roots member Big V and Shady Records
in-house producer Rikanatti. “It’s great that some of the artists we
got to work with on this project were able to land features from
someone like Big V or Rikanatti, but the backbone of the project is the
fact that it was put together to represent unheard talent, and believe
me once you hear people like Ronald Porter or C-Thru, you will wonder
why you have never heard of these guys before.”
“Many of the websites I work for, our readers will be familiar
with some of the talent such as Tan-D or The Rat Pac as we introduced
them through interviews on the websites before – Many of the appearing
talent is talent which I met through interviews, but a lot of the
artists represented are also artists which I found through word of
mouth or while researching for the type of artists I was looking for.”
“The Unsigned Blessings” is a worldwide project featuring loads of talent from both USA and Canada.
M. Holmes, a Canadian based producer who acted as the projects
co-executive producer is excited about what he brought to the table.
“Although Lunatic is also Canadian, he’s real major out there in the
U.S. so when he asked me to be apart of the project, I knew instantly
that it was now my job to bring some Canadian flavor and contributions
to the table, but in a way that the style still fit with what his goals
were for the tape, and that’s what I did with artists like Brotha Loom,
Clarity, Prophecy, Injection and so on. It’s a real hot project.”
The two singles for “The Unsigned Blessings” will both premiere
this Wednesday, August 5th along with two music videos for additional
tracks debuting in the near future.
The track listing appears below:
1. Stat Quo Intro
2. C-Thru – Life Is Strange (Ft. Hana)
3. Tan-D – Keep it 100 (Ft. Big V of the Nappy Roots)
4. Clarity – Hit the Road (Ft. The Velvet Trench Vibes)
5. Prophecy – Drop the Mic
6. Tek – Work Hard
7. Brotha Loom – Double Up (Ft. Wahlee Sparks)
8. The Rat Pac – Internet Predators
9. Injection – I Think I’m In Love (Ft. Main Event West)
10. Dem Rascalz – Clap
11. Ronald Porter – Crack Commercials (Ft. D. Ross)
12. Tarek & Luss – Mind of a Maniac (Prod. By Rikanatti)
13. J. Scroll – Understanding
14. Ronald Porter – What Does It Mean (Ft. DJ LV)
15. Tan-D – My Life