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Massachusetts-bred, New York based rapper Termanology is finally releasing his official debut album “Politics As Usual”. The record features a who-is-who of production royalty, with DJ Premier, Hi-Tek, Pete Rock, The Alchemist, Havoc, Buckwild, Nottz and Large Professor providing tracks.
Growing up in the streets of post-industrial, predominantly Latino city of Lawrence, MA, the half-white, half-Puerto Rican MC transitioned from silly freestyles at age nine to fully fledged records by 15. Constantly traveling between Boston and New York to pursue his music business dream, he released his first 12" in 2002. Through his alliance with influential mixtape DJ (and fellow Massachusetts native) Statik Selektah, Term began earning the respect of Boston’s hip hop scene with several highly acclaimed 12" singles.
At the onset of 2006, Term caught his big break when legendary producer DJ Premier, whom he met three years earlier, finally blessed him with one of his signature, scratch-laden beats. “Watch How It Go Down” instantly became an underground classic and Termanology appeared on hip hop’s international radar. The conscious hood anthem garnered the earnest MC tons of praise, landing him in The Source’s ‘Unsigned Hype’ and XXL’s ‘Show and Prove’ columns.
Since then, Termanology has quickly climbed the industry ranks with his “Hood Politics” mixtape series and continued collaborations with DJ Premier and other big name producers. Term’s hard work resulted in a joint venture deal with Brooklyn based label Nature Sounds, which he signed in late 2007. “I decided to go the indie route to have total control of everything related to my project”, Term explains.
Nature Sounds is quickly becoming the indie home for classic hip hop. During the past couple of years the label has released projects by several artists including hip hop cult icon MF DOOM, Wu-Tang’s Masta Killa, Havoc of Mobb Deep, and most recently, Pete Rock.
(Quelle: Groove Attack, 26.9.2008)
FORMAT: CD
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