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Hailing from Africa, Dumi Right and Akim first appeared on the scene as Zimbabwe Legit when they inked a deal with upcoming label Hollywood Basic back in hip-hop’s golden age. (Label was also home to Organized Konfusion, Lifers Group, Booya Tribe and Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf). After releasing their debut EP, Zimbabwe Legit found themselves tied up in the limbo of record industry red tape once the label closed its doors. Despite the setbacks the group remained active in many other endeavors and projects remaining closely involved with hip-hop. More than a decade after Zimbabwe Legit had completed their full length album that never saw the light of day, they found a label and situation that would enable to release the lost tapes and re-introduce the world to the Brothers from the Mother. This album was released internationally to critical acclaim worldwide in publications like Hip-Hop connection (UK), Blast Magazine (Japan), Bounce (Japan), Beat magazine (Australia), Beautiful Decay, XLR8R, Elemental, Wax Poetics, DC Pulse, Washington DC City Paper, Hype (South Africa), Hiphopsite.com, platform8470 and more.
As one publication put it, “The first African rap group to truly reach an international audience, Zimbabwe Legit came equipped with an amazing sense of humor, fierce politics, and a sharp understanding of history.”
Continuing the momentum from the recent release, Zimbabwe was working on tracks for their new album and a funny thing happened on the way to the studio…
In the process of formulating the album, the duo decided to make this album a tribute to progressive and uplifting hip-hop; to celebrate the ideas and principles that attracted them to the art form in the first place. For this ambitious task they would need some help and so they turned to some of the most well known and respected artists in the hip hop industry that they had met or interacted with during their journey. Enter the new album, Zimbabwe Legit – House of Stone featuring a high powered cast of guest appearances by the likes of Vast Aire, Chubb Rock, stic.man of dead prez, Prince Po, YZ, Cadence, Mike G from the Jungle Brothers, Breez Evahflowin’and more.
