W._Ellington_Felton-Blutopia-2003-WHOA

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2003-12-03

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▓█     LABEL          -                                                   
█▓█    RIP QUALITY    -   192k
▓█     RIP DATE       -   11/25/2003
█▓█    RELEASE DATE   -   00/00/2003
▓█     GENRE/STYLE    -   R&B
█▓█    PLAYING TIME   -   71:03
▓█     RELEASE SIZE   -   97MB
█▓█    RIPPED BY      -   Team WHOA     
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██      WHOA PRESENTS: W. Ellington Felton - Blutopia      
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█▓█  01  2:23  welcome to blutopia                                                                                      
█▓█  02  5:28  run                                                                                                      
█▓█  03  4:39  how dare you                                                                                             
█▓█  04  6:03  equally                                                                                                  
█▓█  05  3:45  making me                                                                                                
█▓█  06  3:51  beer for my miss                                                                                         
█▓█  07  5:57  --                                                                                                       
█▓█  08  3:05  feels like                                                                                               
█▓█  09  3:55  definition one                                                                                           
█▓█  10  5:05  definition two (for toni smith)                                                                          
█▓█  11  4:20  comfort blanket                                                                                          
█▓█  12 10:05  noitulover                                                                                               
█▓█  13  4:40  in the cloud (penny)                                                                                     
█▓█  14  7:47  pops rock                                                                                                
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        Another HOT Release from WHOA!
        
        One love enjoy!
        It's tempting to describe W. Ellington Felton with slashes:
        "He's a singer/poet/actor/emcee." Crowned the "future
        folk-soul hero" by Complex Magazine for his vocals on Prince
        Paul's Politics of the Business CD, Ellington is using every
        weapon in his arsenal to resuscitate soul music.
        "He's a real talented brother, a Renaissance cat, who
        paints, writes, does books. He's one of those Sammy Davis,
        Jr. types, but on kind of a millennium style," Prince Paul
        says of W. Ellington Felton, or "Dub Ell," as he's known in
        his native Washington, DC.
        
        Ellington knows that poems often make the best songs. His
        hip-hop rhapsodies paint vivid images that engage, and
        sometimes unnerve listeners. He croons lazily in a dark,
        almost operatic baritone. He emcees with ease, spitting
        shrewd rhymes in which compelling tales unfold.
        
        Ellington, son of legendary jazz pianist Hilton Felton. A
        former student activist, Ellington slips in socio-political
        jabs between beats-an effort to shake things up a world he
        calls "so predictable." "The world is just so obvious right
        now," he says. "There's no element of originality, or
        surprise, or spontaneity. The only thing I try to
        consciously do with music...is try to figure out ways to
        push the buttons."
        
        And of course, he writes lots and lots of stories about
        love-falling in it, getting over it, and making it work.
        Rather than the sappy, clichΘ-ridden variety, Ellington's
        songs address the complexities of love in real life. On the
        track "Love is Somethin' More" from his 2002 CD Soul Sonnets
        he admonishes, "Love is somethin' more/Than love songs, love
        poems, and temporary highs."
        
        People are taking his music to heart. "I get very specific
        comments in terms of the individual," Ellington says of his
        fans' reactions, which range from "you saved my marriage"
        and "you helped me get over a divorce" to "how did you know
        what I was thinking" and "I don't ever want to make you mad,
        because I don't ever want you to talk about me in a song."
        
        Ellington ventures beyond hip hop and soul for a sonically
        expansive experience on his latest release Blutopia. The
        avant-garde project dabbles in Funk, Jazz, Drum and Bass,
        and Latin rhythms while he explores his heart and soul at a
        deeper level. On "Equally", he sidesteps baby-mama drama,
        opting to build a loving future with his expectant lady.
        "Let's act like grown folks," he demands. He taps
        Persian-French singer Lou Lou, of Thievery Corporation fame,
        for help on the samba "Noitulover". He scores with the
        underdog hip hop anthem for nerdy kids everywhere,
        "Definition One": "We're the weirdoes/Slash major
        zeroes...Quietly we were your heroes."
        
        When he's not making music, Ellington commands the spotlight
        as a classically trained actor. He studied theater for four
        years at Carnegie Mellon University. In 1999, he starred in
        the critically acclaimed hip-hop play Rhyme Deferred,
        performed at the Kennedy Center, the National Black Theater
        Festival, and the Nuyorican Poets CafΘ. Ellington also
        graced the silver screen in Breakfast at Ben's, part of
        Spike Lee's 2000 Afrocentricity compilation of short films
        by aspiring African American directors. In 2002, Ellington
        played the starring role in Source Theatre Company's
        production of Amiri Baraka's The Dutchman. 
        
        Whether rhyming, singing, or simply reciting lines,
        Ellington's emotional vulnerability is what makes him both
        human and powerful. He wields rhymes and soul lyrics like a
        sword, and then shows us battle scars, fully living up to
        his personal motto "Art! Hurts." 

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Files

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w._ellington_felton-01-welcome_to_blutopia-whoa.mp33,28 MB
w._ellington_felton-02-run-whoa.mp37,51 MB
w._ellington_felton-03-how_dare_you-whoa.mp36,40 MB
w._ellington_felton-04-equally-whoa.mp38,33 MB
w._ellington_felton-05-making_me-whoa.mp35,16 MB
w._ellington_felton-06-beer_for_my_miss-whoa.mp35,30 MB
w._ellington_felton-07---whoa.mp38,18 MB
w._ellington_felton-08-feels_like-whoa.mp34,24 MB
w._ellington_felton-09-definition_one-whoa.mp35,39 MB
w._ellington_felton-10-definition_two_(for_toni_smith)-whoa.mp36,99 MB
w._ellington_felton-11-comfort_blanket-whoa.mp35,97 MB
w._ellington_felton-12-noitulover-whoa.mp313,87 MB
w._ellington_felton-13-in_the_cloud_(penny)-whoa.mp36,42 MB
w._ellington_felton-14-pops_rock-whoa.mp310,70 MB