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Copter Records are proud to announce the release of the new Planet Asia album "The Sickness Pt.1". The album contains 12 new tracks featuring appearances from Strong Arm Steady, Killah Priest, Rasco, and more. The album features production from Jake One, Amp Live (Zion I), Protest, and Haj.
Planet Asia is well known throughout the hip hop community. As a solo artist and one half of the duo Cali Agents (with Rasco), he has been tearing up airwaves and stages around the globe. Numerous banging single releases including "Definition of Ill" (Stones Throw, 1998), "Place of Birth" (ABB, 1999), "Pure Coke" (Interscope, 2002), and "The Golden Age" (Threshold, 2003) have ensured his place in hip hop history. In 2001, The Source Magazine named him 'First Round Draft Pick' and gave him and Rasco 'Independent Album of the Year' credit for Cali Agents' "How The West Was One".
That year, Planet Asia's fire and drive landed him a record deal with Interscope Records. Not many people out of Fresno, California make it to a huge record label - especially one that is home to some of the biggest artists in the world including 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, and Eminem. But being signed to such a large label definitely had its drawbacks. Interscope, with many artists on its roster and a huge bureaucracy to deal with, could not focus properly on the release of Asia's album. Even though Planet Asia was arguably the hottest name in the underground. Despite the fact that Asia was nominated for a 2002 Grammy Award for his collaboration with hip hop diva Mystic on "W" and even though he was called upon by multi-platinum selling, rock super group Linkin Park for his vocal skills on their song "Ppr:Kut" on the highly successful "Re-Animation" LP, Interscope still could not find the time to release Asia's record. Asia also had collaborations with everyone from Black Thought of The Roots, BT, the Dub Pistols, Talib Kweli, and Ghostface Killah. After waiting three years for his debut album to be released, Planet Asia decided to take his future into his own hands. He walked away from the hottest major label in the business. It took confidence. It took determination. But most of all it took courage.
Within days, Asia had a brand new contract. Early 2004 saw the release of Planet Asia's much anticipated and highly acclaimed debut LP "The Grand Opening" securing yet another 'Independent Album of the Year' credit in The Source Magazine. In November 2004, he founded Gold Chain Music with Walt Liquor and took his show on the road with the 26 day 'Gold Chain Music Tour' in Europe.
Now his sophomore effort "The Sickness Pt.1" is finally ready to be released in early 2006.
Tracklisting:
1. Intro
2. Potency
3. Boo Boo Weed
4. I'm So High Freestyle
5. Block Love
6. Act Like You Know
7. Black Bandannas Low feat. Killa Ben & Mitchy Slick
8. Baby Food feat. Sav Skills & Tri State
9. Knowledge
10. Gangsta, Gangsta
11. Gold Chain General feat. Nonstop
12. Fight The Flow feat. Rasco and Dusk
13. Time After Time feat. Moka Only
14. I Do This feat. Avyee
15. Moonlight Melodic Pt. 2 feat. Fili Stylz
16. Fe La's Thought
17. Murder Time feat. Madd Dogg
18. U Betta feat. Killa Ben & Tri State
19. Rock That
(Quelle: PR | Groove Attack, 29.11.2005)
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