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Raise Ya Hands (Feat. Jean Grae) (Prod. Illmind) 5:47 ░░ 02. Raise Ya Hands (Clean) (Feat. Jean Grae) (Prod. Illmind) 5:47 ░░ 03. Raise Ya Hands (Instrumental) (Prod. Illmind) 6:07 ░░ 04. Raise Ya Hands (Acapella) (Feat. Jean Grae) 5:08 ░░ 05. What's The Buzz (Feat. Will Tell) (Prod. Black Milk) 3:41 ░░ 06. What's The Buzz (Clean) (Feat. Will Tell) (Prod. Black 3:43 ░░ Milk) ░░ 07. What's The Buzz (Instrumental) (Prod. Black Milk) 3:37 ░░ 08. What's The Buzz (Acapella) (Feat. Will Tell) 3:42 ░░ 09. Weight Liftin' (Prod. Beat Brewers) 4:50 ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ╔═══════════════╗ ░░ ║ N O T E S ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ╚═══════════════╝▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░ This class focuses primarily on Brooklyn Academy, one of underground ░░ hip-hopÆs most celebrated groups and a staple of New York hip-hop for ░░ more than a decade. While the group, composed of emcees Block McCloud, ░░ Pumpkinhead and Mr. Metaphor, has been around since 1995, the summer ░░ release of their debut album Bored of Education makes this class as ░░ essential and relevant now as ever. ░░ ░░ Course History: Pumpkinhead, Block McCloud and Mr. Metaphor all grew up ░░ in the same area of Park Slope, Brooklyn submerged in music and hip-hop ░░ culture. There had been random quasi-encounters here and ░░ thereùPumpkinhead and Met attending the same junior high school, Block ░░ hearing about PumpkinheadÆs battling abilities through a friend, etc.ùbut ░░ it wasnÆt until an arranged freestyle battle between Block and Pump in ░░ 1995 that the two officially met. (Looking back, one will quickly concede ░░ defeat to the other but youÆll have to ask who beat who.) Around the same ░░ time, Block, Metaphor and producer Will Tell formed Word AÆ Mouth, whose ░░ ôFamous Last Wordsö (over a dusty Tom Waits loop) unanimously became the ░░ highlight of the much-lauded Lyricist Lounge, Volume One. In 1996, the ░░ trio came together to release classic underground singles like ôBlind ░░ Furyö and ôRussian Rouletteö and a movement was born. ░░ ░░ Not too many rappers are left from that era, yet the three Brooklyn ░░ emcees have all consistently released singles and albums to a ░░ still-hungry fanbase. Mr. Metaphor released the self-produced Metropolis ░░ in 2005 and was picked to the Rawkus 50, who put out 2007Æs The Evolution ░░ of Marc Bars. In addition, his Remarcable Entertainment has been holding ░░ down the NYC party scene for a minute, coordinating and promoting parties ░░ around the city. ░░ ░░ After destroying any emcee that battled him in ciphers, Pumpkinhead ░░ gained widespread notice with ôDynamic,ö a ferocious single that was on ░░ every backpackerÆs cassette tape back in the day. A born battler, the ░░ emcee has won countless competitions such as Braggin Rites and End of the ░░ Weak before releasing a string of solo albums and guest appearances. The ░░ rapper has released numerous solo albums including 2001Æs The Old ░░ Testament, 2003Æs Beautiful Mind and 2005Æs Orange Moon over Brooklyn. ░░ ░░ Block McCloud has been a stalwart on the scene, in various incarnations, ░░ for a minute. In addition to emceeing, the ôCaptain Hookö of the group ░░ (so named for supplying the chorus to many of BAÆs tracks, as well as ░░ recent collaboration with Jedi Mind Tricks, Sean Price, & Jean Grae), has ░░ earned a name for himself in music through his melodic singing voice and ░░ knowledge behind the boards, producing and engineering numerous hip-hop ░░ albums including Jean GraeÆs critically-acclaimed Attack of the Attacking ░░ Things. He released his debut album, Spittin Image in 2005. ░░ ░░ Web only EP release featuring a couple tracks from Bored Of Education, ░░ plus a non-album cut. ░░ ░░ RIP PH. ░░ ░░█ ░░███ ░█ ░░░░██ █▓█ ████░ ░░░░░██ y o o v e e y o o █████ █████ ░░░░░░██ g o t t h e ▒████░ ██▒▒██ ░░░░░░░█ ░ ██▓██ ▓█▒██ ░░░░░░░█ ███ ███ ███ ███ ███ ████ ▒▓███ ▒███ ░░░░░░░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ █░█ █░█ ░███████ ████░ ░███ ░░░░░░░█ ░███░███░█ █░███░███ █████████▒ █████ ██ ░░░░░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░░░█ ██████████████ █████ █ ░░░░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ██████████████████ ████▓ ░░░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ████████████████████▒ ░░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ▓██████▒▒▒▒███████░ ░░░██ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ▓█████▒███████████ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ █████▒▒░████████ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░█ ██▓██▒██▓███▒ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░█ █░█ ░░░█ ██████████ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ░░░█ ░█ ░█ █░███░█ ░███ ▒███████ /-------------------------\ ░░░██ ███ ░| shouts 2 all the groups |░ ░░░░██ ████ ░| putting o u t |░ ░░░░░██ █████ ░| quality m u s i c |░ ░░░░░░███ ████▒ \-------------------------/ ░░░░░░░▓▓█████████████▒ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀