2006 marks the 10th Anniversary of Hip-Hop’s seminal DIY crew; The Living Legends.
The collective made up of The Grouch, Murs, Luckyiam, Eligh, Sunspot Jonz, Scarub Bicasso and Aesop have consistently released quality material over the past decade to fans worldwide.
With a unique style they have successfully influenced countless artists with their lyrics, production and shows – yet still seem somewhat ahead of the rest.
They are back this year with a new album to follow their last two releases; “Classic” which has sold over 25,000 units and “Creative Differences” which has Soundscanned over 35,000 copies. The new album is called “Legendary Music: Volume 1” and gives the listener a chance to see what the next decade holds for the group members. With all new music from everyone on the album there is something for all tastes to embrace.
There is a special bonus on the release as it includes an unreleased track from the 3 Melancholy Gypsies, which fans may know as a side project by Murs, Eligh & Scarub – that track we have for exclusive download as a preview of the album below.
With in-group production coming from members Eligh, The Grouch and Scarub there is also music from Bean One, Hecktik [Diego Redd], Dirt Nasty, DJ Fresh and Brycon. Fear not however, rest assured that the varied production credits do not prevent the album from having structure and flow – this is most definitely one for the collection – the Living Legends crew are providing this as a special-price sampler for 2006 with one solo song from each of the crew members’ upcoming solo releases for this year as well as the unreleased tracks afformentioned – Volume 1 is a summertime prelude to the crew’s official 10th Anniversary release.
We have the tracklisting below as well as two audio preview tracks courtesy of The Living Legends and Red Distribution. The album will be in stores on August 8, 2006
01) Aesop – Moving at the Speed of Life (Feat. Slug)
02) Lucky – Another Day (Feat. Marty James)
03) Grouch – Artsy
04) Bicasso – She’s The One
05) Sunspot Jonz – Purple Kush
06) Murs –
07) Lucky – Rap, Rap, Rap
08) Bicasso – Think Big
09) 3 Melancholy Gypsys –
10) Scarub – Close To You (Feat. Nesa Wright)
11) Grouch & Eligh – Remember Who You Are
For the latest on this release stay tuned to dubcnn.com, or visit the Living Legends on MySpace or at their Official Site.
