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  Double Vinyl

Blackalicious

Imani

''We're older we're wiser we're more mature' MC Gift of Gab nee Timothy Parker says of 'Imani Vol 1' Blackalicious' first new album in a decade 'It's better now because we've grown as people and artists Each one of these records is a chapter in our lives and we put our complete heart and soul into it' agrees Gab's longtime musical partner CJ producer Chief Xcel aka Xavier Mosley 'We live these records' The pair is joined by such guest performers as Afropop diva Zap Mama who's featured on the title track Amde Hamilton of legendary '60s rap progenitors the Watts Prophets on the albumopener 'Faith' eclectic singersongwriter Imani Coppola on 'The Sun' underground hiphop duo LifeSavas on 'That Night' neoblues auteur Fantastic Negrito on 'Love's Gonna Save the Day' Myron of retrosoulsters Myron and E on 'On Fire Tonight' and the allstar hiphop combo of Lateef Lyrics Born Monophonics and DJ D Sharp on 'Alpha and Omega'

Tracklist

• 1. Faith (Feat. Anthony Hamilton)
  2. Blacka
  3. Ashes to Ashes
  4. On Fire Tonight (Feat. Myron Glasper)
  5. Escape
  6. The Sun (Feat. Imani Coppola)
  7. That Night (Feat. The Lifesavas)
  8. Inspired By (Feat. Bosko)
  9. We Did It Again
  10. I Like the Way You Talk
  11. Twist of Time
  12. The Blow Up
  13. Love's Gonna Save the Day (Feat. Fantastic Negrito)
  14. Alpha and Omega (Feat. Lateef)
  15. The Hourglass
  16. Imani (Feat. Zap Mama)