True Hip Hop Stories: Masta Ace

Ace speaks on his role in the making of the Juice Crew classic “The Symphony”. Directed by D-Nice

Drivin Down The Block (Westcoast remix)

The cover's kinda cool (love the Roscoe's House of Chicken N Waffles signage, shout to Anotha Level), but you know that Kidz In The Hall, Masta Ace, Pusha T (The Clipse), The Cool Kids, Bun B, Pacific Division, Tyga, Glasses Malone, Mistah F.A.B. all on the one track is reigning bananas.

So for all those who didn't recieve the press release (shout out to Matt @ MAC Media). The story behind the remix is while Kidz In The Hall producer Double O was on a roadtrip (beginning in New Jersey), he concocted a monsterous instrumental, with the intention of travelling the USA with Naledge and putting their favourite rappers all on one record.

It's an ill idea. I haven't heard the track yet myself, but the line-up looks DOPE!

Download the West Coast Drivin Down The Block remix.

Kidz In The Hall The In Crowd is in stores now, out through Major League / Duck Down records.

Masta Ace is coming to Australia

Pic from Overkill

Biography:
'Masta Ace has always managed to remain current and totally classic in the exact same breath. In his 1988 lyrical debut, he took a stand along side Big Daddy Kane, Kool G. Rap and Craig G on hip hop's most important posse cut, ‘The Symphony'. His first full length album, the Marley Marl produced Take A Look Around (1990), established the rookie emcee as a sophisticated voice from the ghetto.

Slaughtahouse (1993) was an ingenious conversation with hip hop, as Ace and his incorporated crew took on the entire gangsta rap genre. In 1995, his Sittin' On Chrome LP unified American car culture as a celebration of rims and rides and rap music. Then after a 6 year hiatus, Ace caught the world off guard with the epic

Disposable Arts (2001). This classic theme album, complete with plot, main characters and score, played like a feature film on wax. A Long Hot Summer, (2004), was the prequel to Disposable Arts. These two “flicks”, were connected, and although Ace was the only actual recurring character, the storylines blended together in a well thought out arrangement.

In 2004 he announced that “…Summer” would be his fifth and final solo album. It seems that he was planning a unique and different way to continue making contributions to Hip Hop. Ace has teamed up with Wordsworth, Punchline and Stricklin to form the new group EMC. All three were featured heavily on his last two releases and the chemistry that resulted was undeniable. The album, "The Show" will be released this summer on M3 Records, an upstart independent label formed by Ace and his partners “Filthy Rich” and “DJ Rob”.' (From the official Masta Ace My Space page)

Seriously I can't wait for this tour.

Supports:
Wordsworth
DJ Flo Fader

Dates:
29/11/2007 - the Gailic Theatre, Sydney
30/11/2007 - HQ Complex, Adelaide
01/12/2007 - the Gershwin Room @ the Esplanade Hotel, Melbourne

Discographies and further information:
Masta Ace on Discogs
Wordsworth on Discogs

EMC on My Space
The official Masta Ace My Space page
Wordsworth on My Space
DJ Flo Fader on My Space

M3 Hip Hop
The official Masta Ace site.

Masta Ace on You Tube

Masta Ace - "Me & the Biz"


Masta Ace ft. Lord Digga - "Saturday Night Live"


Masta Ace Inc - "INC Ride"


Masta Ace - "Days Are Longer"


Masta Ace performing "Beautiful"


Marco Polo ft. Masta Ace - "Nostalgia"


EMC - "What It Stand For?"


EMC - "4 Brothers"