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Title: The Class Of '89
Release date: 28 July, 2006
Record label: independent
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Official website: Mr. Long
Buy at: Amazon
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Tracklisting
1. Intro
2. To the Beat Ya’ll
3. Make it Take it
4. Quality Time
5. Change the Game
6. (Interlude)
7. Lickin & Stickin
8. Sugar & Spice
9. I Wish You Would
10. My Introduction
11. (Interlude)
12. Hands Up
13. Rubber & Glue
14. Understanding
15. Only In The Summer
16. (Interlude)
17. A Black L.U.V. Message
Mr. Long - The Class Of '89
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The former “Mista Lawnge” of the 90's Hip Hop Group Black Sheep is challenging today’s rap artists to be more creative and diverse – somebody change the style up, please!
With the release of his new album The Class of ’89, and the revised stage name of Mr. Long, he promises to bring back the style of the late 80's and early 90's which was so prevalent among his generation of artists – Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, KRS 1, Gangstarr, Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, DAS EFX and EPMD.
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Mr. Long’s new album is not only a tribute to the past – when Hip Hop music imparted knowledge, causes and lyrical creativity – but a promotion for major shifts among today’s Rap Music.
Black Sheep’s 1991 release A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing charted three times on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Plan because fans were driven to more than a good beat. They wanted to embrace the life choices and implications behind the songs to hits like The Choice is Yours and Strobelite Honey.
Mr. Long has taken the past decade to reflect on his career, looking to New York’s toughest streets to mentor up-and-coming artists. All the while, he has maintained a steady connection to his roots as a Hip Hop artist, doing select club dates and national tours with Black Sheep.
Mr. Long felt compelled to come back to the music scene with The Class of ’89 because he believes that without strong intervention, today’s Rap music will continue down a collision course. Producers, DJ's and Hip Hop fans are calling this new album a “revival” featuring tracks like “I Wish You Would,” “Lickin’ and Stickin’” and “To The Beat Y’all.” Mr. Long is convinced Rap Music has promise beyond violence, drugs and materialism. For today’s generation, he hopes to infuse a more positive direction for rap music with a blast from the past in The Class of ’89.
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