AWKWORD - World View

About me:

ABOUT AWKWORD

AWKWORD (Disturbia Music Group) was born the same day as MTV. Some say he was made to make music. But AWKWORD is a paradox, an anomaly, a contradiction... Descendent of the 12 Tribes of Israel, I am the fallen angel of hip hop — my wings are clipped, torn and tattered, bloodied. I am a tragic personality, the Charlie Brown-slash-George Costanza of rap — that is, someone who has gotten so used to bad luck that he has learned to turn around and laugh at it. I am the Hunter S. Thompson of hip hop — brilliant but dangerous. I am the modern-day Abba Kovner — I risk my life fighting for the underdog, the impoverished, the powerless. I am the people’s champ. In high school, I had a 4.3 grade point average but was suspended half the time for beating up racist hicks and misogynist jocks. This didn’t stop, until I found hip hop. For me, this music, this culture, is, and always has been, my outlet. I love hip hop, because it saved me, and I would therefore do anything to keep the culture creative, instead of destructive.

ABOUT WORLD VIEW - THE MIXTAPE (Winter 2009)

“AWKWORD & DJiPerfection present: the World View mixtape", hosted by Block McCloud, a free download, will feature today's hip hop greats, like Apathy, ILL BILL, Immortal Technique, Jadakiss, Joell Ortiz, Masta Ace, Naledge of Kidz in the Hall, Nas, Pharoahe Monch, Royce da 5'9", Sean Price, Sha Stimuli, Skyzoo, Styles P., Talib Kweli, The Cool Kids, Wale, and more.

ABOUT WORLD VIEW - THE ALBUM (Early 2010)

AWKWORD is the mastermind behind World View, the earth’s first 100% nonprofit global hip hop project, brought to you by The Morgan Stanley Foundation and the world-famous EOW (End of the Weak; EODub).

All proceeds from World View, the album, will be donated to Guns 4 Cameras (a.k.a. Aim to Live), a registered 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to eradicating gun violence through the hip hop-inspired education/empowerment of our inner-city youth. The organization’s founder, Hezues R’ was shot at 22 times at age 22 for the chain around his neck — and survived to re-dedicate his life to saving the streets. The organization’s Spokesperson is Universal Motown Recording Artist and Hip Hop Icon Pharoahe Monch; he and Hezues travel the country speaking to the youth about hip hop and making the right choices.

With World View, AWKWORD is continuing that tradition of using hip hop music to connect people for positive change.

AWKWORD stands behind a decade-plus in the music business. His first release, “the Sub-Way mixtape,” featured such hip hop icons as Raekwon, Killah Priest and Remedy of Wu-Tang, ILL BILL & Necro, Tragedy Khadafi, GURU of Gang Starr, Scram Jones and others, and received rave reviews industry-wide. According to Elemental Magazine, AWKWORD showed the most heart on the album, while Juicy Magazine said standing out from Eminem would be easy…

The AWKWORD solo debut, “See the Light” (an Exit 97.7 Top Album of 2008), was the inspiration for World View, which is growing as a phenomenon on a daily basis. As AWKWORD puts it:

“When my solo debut dropped in August 2008, I began receiving ever more frequent requests for acappellas for remixes. So, I decided to hold the World View Remix Mixtape Contest for producers around the world, from Malawi to Malaysia, New York City to Norway. The plan was for the best remixes to comprise an AWKWORD remix album, but I received about 100 submissions before I cut off the contest. So, after a few listening parties, and with the help of some friends, I cut the track list down to the top 20, representing every continent on earth. Together, these tracks provided a survey of the world of hip hop, through the eyes of AWKWORD and some of our greatest hip hop composers… But that wasn’t enough — so I asked some of the dopest MCs in the game to join me. And, with that, World View, the Album, was born.”

When it drops in late 2009, World View will feature production from 15+ nations and every continent on earth — along with a number of crazy MC cameos.

Remember: This is the FIRST time anything like this has ever been done in hip hop. AWKWORD is a revolutionary. And World View is the revolution.

SELECT REVIEWS

Block McCloud, founder of Brooklyn Academy (with Pumpkinhead and Mr. Metaphor), member of Army of the Pharoahes (with Jedi Mind Tricks, Apathy, King Magnetic, etc.), and Founder and CEO of Disturbia Music Group, says: "I respect AWKWORD's gangsta, his grind, his hustle, his tenacity to see his project through, the fact that he's politically driven, that he is creative and artistic... I think AWKWORD is a dope MC."