"Those steeples on those churches weren't built for nothin'. They are designed to launch." So begins Hell Razah's new single, "Negro Angelitos" (Black Angels), a haunting ballad off of his new record, Heaven Razah, out now via Nature Sounds. Having landed in the hospital in April with a serious health emergency, Razah has re-fashioned himself as a modern day hip-hop prophet, spitting spiritual wisdom about the apocalypse, the presence of demons, mortality, and the afterlife.

The song's chorus mirrors Razah's own rise from a place of darkness. Produced by Dev-1, "Negro Angelitos" is grounded in a spooky electric piano and progresses to include a reinforcing string melody, thunder claps and, because it was recorded before Razah's stint in the hospiital, an eerily prophetic chorus. "Look deep into my eyes, can you see my soul? Man fell from heaven 'till there's one hell hole. From this hell we excel and we rise again. Look deep into my eyes again. Black Angels."

Download "Negro Angelitos" here:
http://media.audibletreats.com/Hell_Razah-Negro_Angelitos.mp3

The Contest:

On his new track "Cinematic," Hell Razah channels fellow Wu-Tang swordsman GZA (think "Labels" & "Publicity") while name-dropping a slew of 70s black cinema classics. Nature Sounds will be giving away a free copy of Razah's new album Heaven Razah to the first 5 people to successfully name all the films mentioned in the track, and a special prize pack ($100 value!) will be awarded to the best mash-up video made using the track and vinatage blaxploitation footage. So whether you're an aspiring filmmaker or just a movie buff, enter to win some free stuff! Download the track for free here: http://www.naturesounds.bandcamp.com, and send all entries to matt@nature-sounds.net.

Get additional contest info here:
http://nature-sounds.net/contest/

Hell Razah's long-awaited sophomore LP, Heaven Razah, is out now via Nature Sounds.

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Guests on "The Life and Times Of Peter Nelson" include Sean Price, Crooked I, Dilated Peoples, MF Grimm, MHz, Planet Asia and production from !llmind, Khrysis, DJ Rhettmatic, Camu Tao and two amazing tracks with longtime collaborator RJD2.

Its been nearly a decade since Copywrite released his critically acclaimed debut, The High Exhaulted, but throughout Copywrite has remained diligent, releasing a few EP’s, Mixtapes and the recent 8th Anniversary edition of his debut earlier this year to hold fans over until his business affairs were straightened out. Now that this process has finally played out, it enabled Copywrite to approach the creation of his sophomore LP with an open mind and he feels that the two years he spent working on The Life and Times of Peter Nelson will prove to fans that the wait will have been worth it.

With The Life and Times Of Peter Nelson, Copywrite made a conscious decision to share more personal events in his life and to open himself up and allow the many different sides of his personalities to appear. The varied styles and musical compositions on The Life and Times Of Peter Nelson go beyond the genre of Hip-Hop and display an artist who is much more than an underground emcee or a battle rapper.

Copywrite’s The Life and Times Of Peter Nelson has so many different sides and variations, so many different personalities and transitions, its as if each track peels back a different layer. The pain, happiness, fears and anger that we all go through is mapped out in Copy’s typical creative excellence. While it is very rare for an artist’s sophomore album to surpass the strength of their debut, in the case of Copywrite and The Life and Times of Peter Nelson this is one of those examples.

For his sophomore project, Copywrite recruited some of the most talented producers working in the music business today. Re-affirming his chemistry with RJD2, he and Copy create two amazing tracks (including the heart-felt dedication to his fallen friend Camu Tao “Forever And A Day” which also features Indie rock group Middle Distance Runner) and the album also features production by !llmind, Khrysis, Rhettmatic, Kount Fif, Camu Tao and Josh Gabriel (of the duo Gabriel & Dresden) who has headlined major music festivals as Burning Man and Coachella. Guests on The Life and Times Of Peter Nelson include Sean Price, Crooked I (who guests on the LP’s lead-single “Crooked Cop”), Dilated Peoples, Planet Asia, MHz, Motion Man and MF Grimm who add even more depth and diversity.

The Life and Times Of Peter Nelson captures Copywrite at his lyrical best and reaching for new creative heights. Tracks like “Bored” find Copywrite airing out controversies and half truths about his life through multiple characters and his sober reflections about painful moments in his past mark “Confessional.” Longtime fans will appreciate the lyrical exercise “Yoga Stretch” and his ode to Kurt Cobain, Biggie Smalls and his grandfather Cipione Mirabella aka Skip Nelson on ‘Wish You Were Here”.

Tracklisting for Copywrite's "The Life and Times Of Peter Nelson":

1. It (Parts 1, 2 & 3) (produced by Surock)
2.Trooper f/Sean Price (produced by !llmind)
3.Wish You Were Here (produced by Twiz The Beat Pro)
4.Smile (produced by Joe Benny)
5.Y.O.G.A. Stretch
6.Best In Show f/ Planet Asia & Tage Future (produced by Khrysis)
7.Mega Mega FT Camo Tao, Tage Future, RJD2 & Jakki Da Motormouth (aka MHz) (produced by Surock)
8.Forever And A Day f/ Middle Distance Runner (produced by RJD2)
9.Bored (produced by DJ Rhettmatic)
10.Seratonin (produced by Josh Gabriel)
11.Future Throwback f/ Jet Jaguar (produced by Twiz The Beat Pro)
12.Three Story Building f/ Dilated Peoples & MF Grimm (produced by Twiz The Beat Pro)
13.Rob The Club (produced by Camu Tao)
14.Confessional (produced by Rob Stern)
15.Alive f/ Motion Man (produced by Kount Fif)
16.Shotgun (produced by Dank Charnley)
17.Don’t Kill Me (produced by the Intalec)
18.Crooked Cop f/ Crooked I (produced by Twiz The Beat Pro)

19.Mother May I (produced by !llmind)

20.Tic Toc (produced by RJD2)

Copywrite ft. Crooked I - "Crooked Cop":
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