[release Date: April, 23 2021]

I made this joint December 29th, 2018. I was bumping “Slauson Boy 2” towards the end of the year - getting myself motivated for the New Year. I chose to remix his song “Down As A Great” because that’s how I felt about Nipsey’s legacy and was inspired by his spirit, authenticity, and motivational attitude.

A few months later on March 31st, 2019, Nipsey was gunned down in front of his Marathon Clothing Store in Los Angeles. DAAG man. I was hurt. I didn’t know Nipsey Hussle personally, but I REALLY wanted to work with him because I felt like he was a big part of the heart of LA.

This one right here goes out to the city of Angels, the late great Nipsey Hussle, his family, and everybody who was a fan of what the brother was doing as I was. R.I.P Neighborhood Nip. The Marathon Continues.

[Limited one-time pressing of 300]

We made this in San Francisco, CA - September 2016.

We had mad fun rocking at The Elbo Room with the brothers Tall Black Guy and Stro Elliot.

Inspired, we linked up in the lab at Teeko’s house the next day. We were vibing out to some records Teeko got from the homie Computer Jay. KT heard a drum break and was like “Yo! Let’s chop those drums”. He then sampled and chopped the drum break into Maschine. Teeko decided to take KT to brother J1’s old crib (R.I.P) aka “The Mug Push crib” aka “The House of Rising Funk”. There, KT recorded the bass live on the Maschine pads before he left town. Teeko took the session back to his house, added the piano, guitar, strings, effects, and arrange the beat.

When Teeko sent the track back to KT, they both agreed that it sounded like something Anderson Paak would sound dope over. Teeko threw on two different acapellas, one from Anderson Paak’s “Come Down” and Snoop’s verse from The Eastsidaz “G’d Up” as a reference. We loved how it felt, so Teeko added the talkbox and the “Re-freak” was born.

"Here it is… a project I unofficially had done since 2006. It started when James Yancey a.k.a. J Dilla passed that February. To cope with the death of my favorite producer, who I liked to call my unofficial 'musical mentor,' I started making ‘donuts’ …uncontrollably. I never planned to release any of the material out of respect for Dilla & his craft. I’ve shared some of the music with others, in which they would repeatedly ask me to hear it, so I decided to put a little something together and make it official. JUST FOR YA’LL." credits released September 18, 2009

Produced by 14KT *except "Black N Gold", Produced by Black Milk, co-production by 14KT

Artwork: Wesley Taylor

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My debut solo album from 2008 after a rich history with Athletic Mic League. The Golden Hour appeared on many year-end “top albums” lists. Okayplayer said “this is the sort of striking project that can singlehandedly create an artists' following.” And so it did. While working in my studio "The IS", I came across the definition of The Golden Hour: the first sixty minutes after the occurrence of major multi-system trauma. It is widely believed that a patient's chances of survival are greatest if they receive definitive care in the operating room within the first hour. This project was the measure to see if I my music career would survive or not. Thank you all for helping me keep going.