ARTIST: Aja West
TITLE: The Olympian
LABEL: Mackrosoft
GENRE: Hip-Hop
BITRATE: 167kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 36m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-01-24
RIP DATE: 2007-02-21
Track List
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1. Goonie Birds 4:34
2. The Olympian 3:25
3. In Preparation 2:27
4. Soccer! 3:05
5. Whippin' Hustler 3:28
6. Snakes And Harpies 4:23
7. Psychoactive Suicide 4:21
8. God Made Me Funky 3:45
9. Manhood Tookin' 3:12
10. Animals (Death) 4:00
Release Notes:
The Greastest Funk, Jazz, Hip-hop, Disco album since 1976.
Aja West is best known as the composer and producer behind the funk/hip-hop/jazz
super group, The Mackrosoft. "The Olympian" finds Aja West bearing his blue soul
in this atlas of the hustling game.
Pimping, psychedelics, drowning, redemption and girl's soccer are the subjects
stirring in these waters of hybrid funk. Aja West has been called "the Captain
Beefheart of hip-hop" (All Music Guide) for his creative use of auto tuned
vocals and his tremendously wide and strange vocal range. Minimalist drum beats
and deconstructed bass lines mix with a full choir of backup singers, call and
responding to Aja West's roughneck falsetto. As with every Mackrosoft release
prestigious guests like Money Mark (Beastie Boys) and Reggie Watts
(Maktub/Soulive) join the groove to great effect.
"The Olympian" let's you slide deep in the groove sounding like an omelet of
"Off the Wall" era Michael Jackson, Oukast, Talking Heads, and Frank Zappa.
You'll have to decide for yourself what genre it belongs under. Six videos from
the upcoming Olympian DVD are currently available at www.mackrosoft.com!