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We Run Shit (Feat. DJ Eclipse & KRS-One) 3:05 ░░ 02. Giants Interlude (Feat. Theo Rossi) 0:45 ░░ 03. Walk With The Giants (Feat. MC Eiht & Kurupt) 3:30 ░░ 04. Hardcore (Feat. Kassiopia & Sizzla) 3:50 ░░ 05. Salute Me (Feat. Slaine) 3:18 ░░ 06. Anthems & Icons (Feat. Raoul Max Trujillo & Yukmouth) 4:14 ░░ 07. Bravo (Feat. DJ Spice, Nems & Swifty McVay) 4:07 ░░ 08. Left, Right, Left (Feat. WC) 3:05 ░░ 09. Oh Too Well (Feat. GCasino) 3:09 ░░ 10. What's Going Down (Feat. Layzie Bone) 2:50 ░░ 11. In The Beginning (Feat. Grafh) 4:10 ░░ 12. I Ain't Looking Back (Feat. Papa J) 3:54 ░░ 13. Fallen Angels (Feat. Kxng Crooked) 3:58 ░░ 14. Runaway Girl (Feat. Jomi) 4:16 ░░ 15. Hollywood Dreams (Feat. Tony Hooks) 3:43 ░░ 16. Wander (Feat. DMC & Laetitia Eido) 4:22 ░░ 17. Stand For Something (Feat. Jon Connor) 3:23 ░░ ░░ ░░ ╔═══════════════╗ ░░ ║ N O T E S ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ╚═══════════════╝▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░ 80 Empire want you to know theyÆre aiming for world domination. ThatÆs ░░ quite a lofty goal for two brothers who hail from the suburbs of Toronto, ░░ but give them a half hour to share their story and suddenly their passion ░░ is not only palpable itÆs plausible. Ladies and Gentlemen, prepare for ░░ new rules. ░░ ░░ First: The number ô80ö in their moniker isnÆt a not-so-subtle homage to ░░ an 80Æs revival in music these days. Their songs are in fact informed by ░░ a cross generational pastiche of Pop, R&B and Club music. The ô80ö is the ░░ phonetic of ôA-D.ö As in Analog/Digital. Clever these brothers, eh? And ░░ quite appropriate. for Analog/Digital aptly describes their personalities ░░ to a proverbial tee. One, is emotional and impulsive favoring Antiques ░░ and things with age and patina (Analog), while the other is ordered and ░░ methodical with a penchant for Star Wars and all things ░░ technological (Digital). ItÆs a unique combination, just like their ░░ music. ░░ ░░ Meet Adrian and Lucas, the dual rulers of 80 Empire. The pair started ░░ making music in their teens - the creative visionaries behind their ░░ garage band in High School. While the other guys on stage were content ░░ being poseurs for popularity, the brothers were intent on making their ░░ mark as real musicians. Family trips to Miami had yielded suitcases full ░░ of cassettes of the hottest Hip Hop, R&B and Funk which they studied like ░░ the blueprint to a secret fortress, plotting their attack with every ░░ learned guitar lick or rhyme couplet. ôWe knew we only had each otherö ░░ says Adrian. It was apparent that only the brothers were impressed when ░░ American actor Forest Whittaker, then riding the success of the Charlie ░░ Parker biopic ôBird,ö parked himself in the front row of their local ░░ festival show. ôWe took it as a sign to keep going,ö shares Lucas. And ░░ keep going they did, fueled by their DadÆs enthusiasm for the duoÆs music ░░ which he shopped on his lunch hour to the club owners in Toronto where he ░░ trekked daily for work. With their eclectic tastes driving them, over the ░░ next fifteen years, the pair developed a reputation as production ░░ chameleons crafting big sounds for major record labels for some of ░░ CanadaÆs and AmericaÆs most esteemed emerging artists. ░░ ░░ By fusing influences as diverse as Jazz, Soul, Opera and Blues, they have ░░ also augmented their laundry list of accomplishments to include Juno ░░ nominations, gold and platinum albums and the scoring of music for short ░░ films. In this era of ôfast food music,ö 80 Empire represents a return to ░░ fundamentals for the duo - albeit with a ônew schoolö flair. The four on ░░ the floor influence of the funk of their youth combines their musical ░░ influences in a modern stew drawing for their love of records from ░░ Jamiroquai, Masters at Work, and Nuyorican Soul reaching back further for ░░ a dash of Spandau Ballet thrown in for good measure. ░░ ░░ Witness the first single, the bright and anthemic ôThis Nightö û As ░░ Adrian describes û itÆs like ôLet the Rodeo begin û weÆre ready to do it ░░ again!ö Lucas, who handles the bulk of the production chores shares ░░ ôitÆs this soul, funk electro thing which draws from our funk influences ░░ like D-Train and Zapp who were known for their live electronic influences ░░ married to a cool R&B vocal on top.ö Excitedly he continues, ░░ ôand donÆt forget House music. There are all different types of House, ░░ with different influences. Personally, we were drawn to the soulful house ░░ sounds.ö ░░ ░░ ░░ So there you have it. 80 Empire. Two brothers ready to conquer the world ░░ building upon a foundation of real music combining the best of the past ░░ with the best of the present to create something fresh and new. IsnÆt it ░░ time for some new rules? ░░ ░░ Ripper's note: this one tagged correctly. ░░ ░░█ ░░███ ░█ ░░░░██ █▓█ ████░ ░░░░░██ y o o v e e y o o █████ █████ ░░░░░░██ g o t t h e ▒████░ ██▒▒██ ░░░░░░░█ ░ ██▓██ ▓█▒██ ░░░░░░░█ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███ ████ ▒▓███ ▒███ ░░░░░░░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ █░█ █░█ ░███████ ████░ ░███ ░░░░░░░█ ░███░███░█ █░███░███ █████████▒ █████ ██ ░░░░░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░░░█ ██████████████ █████ █ ░░░░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ██████████████████ ████▓ ░░░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ████████████████████▒ ░░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ▓██████▒▒▒▒███████░ ░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ▓█████▒███████████ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ █████▒▒░████████ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ██▓██▒██▓███▒ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░░░█ ██████████ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░███░█ ░███ ▒███████ /─────────────────────────\ ░░░██ ███ ░| learned from vets |░ ░░░░██ ████ ░| and they |░ ░░░░░██ █████ ░| ain't pet doctors |░ ░░░░░░███ ████▒ \─────────────────────────/ ░░░░░░░▓▓█████████████▒ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ https://www.deezer.com/us/album/268895412