The Last Emperor - Music, Magic, Myth

[Twentytwofifty]

The Last Emperor
Music, Magic, Myth
Red Planet/Raptivism Records
August 26, 2003



1. "Intro" (prod. Last Emperor)
2. "Who's That" (prod. Madsol-Desar)
3. "Some Love, Some Hate" (prod. Madsol-Desar)
4. "Tiger Trail" (prod. Ayatollah)
5. "Prisoner" (prod. Set Free)
6. "Karma" (prod. Ayatollah)
7. "One Life" (feat. Poetic/Esthero; prod. Set Free)
8. "Meditation" (prod. Beatminerz)
9. "Animalistics" (prod. Big Tyke)
10."The Underground" (prod. Beatminerz)
11. "The Block Party" (feat. Cocoa Brovaz; prod. Set Free)
12. "Do You Care?" (prod. Will Weston)
13. "Shine" (prod. Armand Van Helden)
14. "Incredible Man" (prod. Resources, The)
15. "Lets Ride" (prod. Beatminerz)
16. "Hold On" (prod. Beatminerz)
17. "Single Mother" (prod. Beatminerz)
18. "Great Pretender" (prod. Prince Paul)
19. "Outro" (prod. Prince Paul)

bonus disk

1. "Secret Wars I" (prod. Madsol-Desar)
2. "Secret Wars II" (prod. Madsol-Desar)
3. "Here We Are" (prod. Beatminerz)



AllHipHop.com: Tell me about the new project with Raptivism.

Last Emperor: It's Raptivism in conjunction with my own label Red Planet. They just presented and opportunity to distribute my stuff. It's a unique situation on my part because I've already dealt with two major deals that ended up in me just sittin' on labels for a certain amount of time and not feeling free to put out stuff when I wanted to. I've had somewhat of a history with Raptivism in ‘98 I recorded a song through Raptivism in support of political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal. Here I am.

AllHipHop: So tell me about your new album coming out in August.

Last Emperor: The tentative title is The Last Emperor -Music, Magic, Myth. It's going to be about 14 songs strong. I've got producers like the Beatminerz, Prince Paul, Mad Soul, Set Free, Ayatolla, and a few other up and coming individuals.

AllHipHop: You have done some collaborations with some well known hip-hop artists. Will we see any of those on your album?

Last Emperor: I have a singer by the name of Estero. She's done work with the goodie mob. She is a very talented singer out of Canada who some people may already be aware of. She's on a song with myself and a gentleman who is no longer with us by the name of Poetic from the Gravediggaz. I believe this is the last song, or among the last songs he recorded before he passed. It's a particularly meaningful song to me because he actually describes his bout with cancer and I think this is perhaps the only track where he literally, head on, talked about his ordeal. I also have a song with the Coco Brovas , formally known a Smith N Wessin that will also be on the album. I also recorded some stuff with another singer known as Tekitha who did a lot of the earlier Wu-Tang stuff.

AllHipHop: Your earlier songs had consciousness and politics mixed in the flows. Is that the angle you're going to come from on your album?

The Last Emperor: Absolutely, I pretty much don't stray from what I feel my fans as well as myself expect from me. I just try to be all encompassing of what I'm going through in life and whatever my experiences are. So definitely a lot of the imaginative stuff that people are familiar with along the lines of "Secret Wars" or "Animalistics" and things of that nature and other songs that are imaginative that people have come to expect from me. Were not straying away from that at all. This also places me in the position of a protector or in some instances a warrior. You can uphold and uplift the art form and the people who embrace it and are affected by it, or you can take the other position that we see unfortunately many times out here. Many artists just want to make money or want to exploit the art form or exploit women or whatever the case may be. I have an obligation to defend an art form that was already existing before I got here.



HhS: - Are any of the tracks going to be on your upcoming album?

Last Emp: - Many of the songs speculated to appear on "T.L.O.B." will appear on my debut album on Red Planet/ Raptivism, Aug. 26th 2003.

HhS: - Out of the earlier work, 'Secret Wars pt. 1' stood out. With this comic book craze sweeping Hollywood and the world around us, can we expect a part 2?

Last Emp: - 'Secret Wars II' is being completed as I write this, and will be on the album.

HhS: - Can we expect these types of songs on your upcoming album, or are you going to expand on the work you've already done and produce songs of a different nature?

Last Emp: - This album will definitely continue in the tradition that people have come to expect, with added surprises.

HhS: - What can we expect from the album? Are there any collabos planned?

Last Emp: - Powerful rhymes, dope beats, intoxicating melodies, callabo's with the Cocoa Brovas, Esthero, Poetic (PBUH), Topaz, and others.

HhS: - Who's handling the production?

Last Emp: - DJ Madsol-Desar, Da' Beatminerz, Armond Van Helden, Ayatollah, Will Weston, Prince Paul, Set Free, and Big Tyke.

HhS: - Tell us as a little about the album, its ideology/themes etc...

Last Emp: - Classic concepts, examining and following my journey through Hiphop and a few laughs along the way.

HhS: - With all the twists and turns that have taken you through several record deals, how does it feel to finally be putting some shit out on a mass scale?

Last Emp: - It feels grrrrreat!

[Don Seer]

Armand Van Helden hmm weird


wondering about that "TLOB" tracks that will be on there...

[Dj Eskimo]

im awaiting this like crazy just for Secret Wars Pt2! ne1 know if this is gonna be released over here in the UK?

[Twentytwofifty]

If someone wants to post some more news here, on this just click on the link in my sig and go to the news section.  There is some more info on the album but I stopped reading cause I don't wanna learn anymore.  He was talking about "Secret Wars (Part Two)" so I stopped, I wanna be suprised.  Just to let you know if you're intrested.  




 

[Dj Eskimo]

damn the more and more i read about Secret Was Pt2 the more i get hyped up for this album!

[Twentytwofifty]

Here's a link to the tracklisting.  I didn't look at it so I'm not sure how legit it is and I haven't heard of this site before so I don't know how credible it is.  But usually the fake tracklistings come out for the well known artists (Nas, Mobb Deep, Redman, etc.).  So judge for yourselves, it's still just under 2 months away.

[Twentytwofifty]

Here's a recent interview I came across.

And at hiphopsite.com you can pre-order the album.

[Don Seer]

nice interview...

love this quote

"Europeans seem to be better educated musically, politically and socially; thus, making it an important market for progressive artists."
- Last Emperor



just peeped hiphopsite found more info there... data there is ... 26/8/2003

happy 4/5 old tracks made it on here... shame some of my faves didnt..


1. "Intro" (prod. Last Emperor)
2. "Who's That" (prod. Madsol-Desar)
3. "Some Love, Some Hate" (prod. Madsol-Desar)
4. "Tiger Trail" (prod. Ayatollah)
5. "Prisoner" (prod. Set Free)
6. "Karma" (prod. Ayatollah)
7. "One Life" (feat. Poetic/Esthero; prod. Set Free)
8. "Meditation" (prod. Beatminerz)
9. "Animalistics" (prod. Big Tyke)
10."The Underground" (prod. Beatminerz)
11. "The Block Party" (feat. Cocoa Brovaz; prod. Set Free)
12. "Do You Care?" (prod. Will Weston)
13. "Shine" (prod. Armand Van Helden)
14. "Incredible Man" (prod. Resources, The)
15. "Lets Ride" (prod. Beatminerz)
16. "Hold On" (prod. Beatminerz)
17. "Single Mother" (prod. Beatminerz)
18. "Great Pretender" (prod. Prince Paul)
19. "Outro" (prod. Prince Paul)

bonus disk

1. "Secret Wars I" (prod. Madsol-Desar)
2. "Secret Wars II" (prod. Madsol-Desar)
3. "Here We Are" (prod. Beatminerz)

[Skindiana bon3z]

Can't wait for this shit...shit's gonna be hot  

[Dj Eskimo]

damn it would have been dope if Emp would have used Party Crasher as one of the old tracks (think thats the name of it) when he rhymes about someone stealing his mic, love that shit.

[T.J.]

im mad hyped up for this album.

[Dr._Funkenstein]

im mad hyped up for this album.

Me too although I already know some of the songs.

[Twentytwofifty]

His single is out, but I'm not sure how long it's been out.  

Prisoner b/w Who's That

I found this in some f-server.

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[Shin]

13. "Shine" (prod. Armand Van Helden)

cool.

[CharlieBrown]

Well i'm glad that i've heard only one of the tracks and that is the sublime One Life, so hopefully the rest will be as good as that, but if they are half as good i'll be happy. And we better get the bonus disc over here because i want Secret Wars II.