Scars & Stripes
Scars & Stripes | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 11, 2011 | |||
Recorded | 2010–2011 Brightlady Studios Board Room Studios Raleigh, North Carolina | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 58:39 | |||
Label | Jamla Duck Down | |||
Producer | Khrysis | |||
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Scars & Stripes is the fourth album by North Carolina hip hop duo The Away Team, it was released on October 11, 2011, on 9th Wonder's label Jamla Records and Duck Down. The album's entirely produced by Khrysis, featuring contributions from their labelmates Big Remo, Heather Victoria, Actual Proof, HaLo, Rapsody and GQ as well as Evidence (of Dilated Peoples), King Mez, Talib Kweli, among others. Unlike their previous albums, this also features the group member and producer Khrysis as an emcee.
Track listing
[edit]- "Intro" (1:29)
- "Bad News" (featuring King Mez & Blue Raspberry) (S. Evans, C. Tyson, W. Ricks III) (3:11)
- "Scars & Stripes" (3:04)
- "4 the People" (C. Tyson) (1:07)
- "Cheers" (featuring Heather Victoria) (S. Evans, C. Tyson, H. Gavin) (2:54)
- "What Is This" (featuring Evidence) (S. Evans, C. Tyson, M. Peretta) (4:16)
- "The Road to Redemption" (3:56)
- "Drift" (3:15)
- "Set It Off" (featuring Talib Kweli & Rapsody) (S. Evans, C. Tyson, T.K. Greene, M. Evans) (3:08)
- "Happenin’ Today" (1:30)
- "Hot Potato" (featuring HaLo & Sundown) (S. Evans, C. Tyson, A. Holmes, S. Fullenweider) (4:34)
- "I Ain't Mad" (featuring Jay Rush) (S. Evans, C. Tyson, J. Jennings) (3:56)
- "Paid" (Featuring Laws & Big Remo) (S. Evans, C. Tyson, M. Maldonado, R. Cash) (4:20)
- "Proceed" (featuring Enigma) (S. Evans, C. Tyson, S. Hendricks) (4:17)
- "Get Down" (featuring GQ) (S. Evans, C. Tyson, Q. Thomas) (3:47)
- "Picture This" (featuring Kelsy Lu) (S. Evans, C. Tyson, K. McJunkins) (4:04)
- "See U Later" (featuring Phonte) (S. Evans, C. Tyson, P. Coleman) (5:41)
Personnel
[edit]- Khrysis: Production, Vocals, Recording engineer, Mixing, Mastering
- Sean Boog: Vocals
- Zo!: Keyboards on "See U Later"
- Executive producer: The Away Team, 9th Wonder
- Associate executive producer: Dru Ha and Buckshot
- Photography: 7545 Photography
- Art direction & design: Warren Hendricks, Jr.
- Additional artwork: Skrilla
Samples
[edit]- "Bad News"
- "God Save America" by Congress Alley
- "4 The People"
- "Road To Redemption"
- "I Want You" by Marvin Gaye
- "I Ain't Mad"
- "Without Love" by Peter Brown
- "Picture This"
- "The Lady in My Life" by Lou Rawls
- "See U Later"
- "See You Later" by Truth
References
[edit]- ^ O'Brien, Jon. "Scars & Stripes". The Away Team album. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
- ^ ""Scars & Stripes" credits". The Away Team album. allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-01-21.