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- Date Released: July 3, 2003
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: Hip-Hop
- Label: ReCon Records / United for Opportunity
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Though Killah Priest isn't one of the high-profile members of Wu-Tang, time and again one in their middle ranks will release an amazing record, oblivious of the charts (if not the production blueprint of a solo Wu-Tang record). So it's no surprise that Black August is a quality release as well, driven not by money producers but by Killah Priest's potent rapping skills and occasional flashes of poetic lyricism. The skills come across in spades on gritty, street-level tales of extra-legal activity like "Robbery" and "Do the Damn Thing" that, importantly, never fall prey to sensationalism. Like Ghostface Killah, Priest also has the ability to convey the power of hip-hop in a song, the same fleeting feelings evoked by all those dusty soul samples on Wu-Tang records. He lays it out on the chorus of "Black August (Daylight)," the opener -- "It's so beautiful, unusual, and remember y'all/this is no rap, these are moments captured on a Kodak." Notorious B.I.G. it's not, but that's exactly what separates Killah Priest from the hundreds of East Coast rappers busy scrapping for nothing more than multi-platinum records.
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| 01. |  |
Black August (Daylight) |
4:27 |
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| 02. | |
Excalibur |
3:49 |
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| 03. | |
When I'm Writing |
3:44 |
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| 04. | |
Do the Damn Thing |
3:56 |
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| 05. | |
Time |
4:00 |
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| 06. | |
Robbery |
4:08 |
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| 07. | |
Come With Me |
2:45 |
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| 08. | |
Breathe |
3:32 |
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| 09. | |
Musifixtion |
3:40 |
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| 10. | |
Déjà Vu |
3:25 |
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| 11. | |
Goodbye featuring Solstice |
4:34 |
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| 12. | |
Black August (Dark) |
3:57 |
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| 13. | |
Robbery Remix featuring Elephant Man |
5:34 |
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| 14. | |
Do You Want It |
4:01 |
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14 Total Tracks, 55:32 Total Length
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Credits
- Steely & Clevie - Producer // Eddy Schreyer - Mastering // Daniel Wyatt - Mixing // Daniel Wyatt - A&R // Victor Hall - Art Direction // Victor Hall - Design // Victor Hall - Photography // Steve E. Machat - Executive Producer // Killah Priest - Main Performer // UC - Engineer // UC - Mixing // Jahson - Producer // Allan Kaufman - Mastering // Allan Kaufman - A&R // Sticky Dan - Producer // Crystal Graves - Vocals // Christopher Eve - A&R Assistance // G 13 - Producer // ProseIpso - Producer // Planet To Planet - Engineer // Godie - Producer // Anton Kallisto - Producer // Rory Quigley - A&R Assistance
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