After her well received singles with Hocus Pocus and Jazz Liberatorz, the Californian rapper went back to her archives to dig another vintage single. Three unreleased tracks from back in the days for hip-hop and jazz lovers. Follow Me is a dark and punchy track, with crazy cuts produced in 1995 by a young producer who went then by the name of Mudfoot (now know worldwide by the name of Alchemist). On the other side On My Mind is the track that should have help T-Love to blow up four years ago if major labels were interested in developping their artists. Over a light jazzy beat programmed by Beyond There T. is singing a cautionnary tale about her homegirl Sunshine. As a bonus track O.G.B-Girl is a DJ friendly edit of one of the parts of the epic Oh So Suite track from her first album, produced by The Herbaliser and T-Love herself.
Brawl Records is proud to present its first release :
It’s the re-Return of the B-Girl. Let it be known, the MC from Crenshaw, T-Love (aka TauraLove), is back--for the stay. T-Love (aka TauraLove) is back--for the stay. After moving to London, to record her debut album, Long Way Back, she took a four-year hiatus to start a family. During her maternity-leave, she dusted-off all the cassette tapes, DATs, analog reel-to-reels and CDs of previously unreleased material and is now ready to reintroduce herself back to the crowd.
Unfortunately, her first-ever demo, recorded with John Ciafone (of Mood II Swing fame) didn’t survive, but eventually she dug up enough material to fill a 10-CD-set collection. But a CD can only hold so much, so only the best-of-the-best were selected. The CD will also include a booklet containing T-Love’s historical anecdotes and pictures from her personal photo-album.
To give the listener a taste of what to expect from this album, titled Long Way Up: Basement Tapes, Brawl Records is coming with a 3-songed 12" single, material dating between 1995 and 2001. The organic-hardcore 90s classic, "Definition Of A Yee-Yee", was produced by Muddfoot (Whooliganz, Soul Assassins), and is backed by the smooth and jazzy "Foolish Pride" (produced by Ollie Teeba and the Herbaliser, co-produced by T-Love). Written and recorded during the years she resided in Southeast London, "Butcher’s Hook" (also produced by Ollie Teeba and the Herbaliser) is the B-side-exclusive. It features the international b-girl flexing cockney lingo. This is just a foreshadowing of music to come, from T-Love’s ecclectic repertoire.
She is currently finishing other albums, one of which is titled Strong Enough. It is poised to be an international hip-hop delight and features Jazz Liberatorz and Breiss [Meaux-Town, France], Myka 9 [Freestyle Fellowship, Haiku d’État--Los Angeles, CA, USA], Ollie Teeba and Huw72 [London, England], Tido [TTC--Paris, France], Katrah-Quey [Twin Cities, MINN, USA]. T-Love even banged out a couple of tunes herself, on her MOTIF ES8 and guitar. When asked to describe what this album is like--she responded: "If hip-hop itself could sing, this is what it would sound like." It is progressive, evolutionary and unlike anything you’ve ever heard.
But in the meantime, vinyl-mongers and wax DJs REALLY need to keep their eyes peeled for Fatlip [Pharcyde--Los Angeles, CA, USA] and T-Love’s smoking duet on Jazz Liberatorz’s ground-breaking and soon-to-be-a classic track, titled "Genius At Work" [KIF Records, France]. She just laid-down a "Frenglish" song titled "Vocab (J’veux pas de)" with 20Syl of Hocus Pocus, one of France’s most successful and emerging hip-hop groups. Additionally, T-Love and Nya [Erik Truffaz’s resident--MC, Switzerland] are currently collaborating for his new solo project, and, as if that weren’t enough, T-Love just began recording some new sides, to be released via Brawl’s sister label, KIF Records. And now it’s time to brawl.
In 1989, a collective of young artists gathered at a storefront health food cafe in South Central LA. Their mandate ? To explore and expand the musical boundaries of hip hop.
Directed by Ava DuVernay, THIS IS THE LIFE is a feature-length documentary chronicling "The Good Life" emcees, the alternative music movement they developed, and their worldwide influence on the artform.
Featuring new interviews with: T-Love of Urban Props, Myka Nyne and PEACE of Freestyle Fellowship, Chali2na and Cut Chemist of Jurassic 5, NgaFsh, Riddlore, Tray-Loc & Wreckless of CVE, Abstract Rude and Zulu Butterfly of ATU, Ellay Khule of Hip Hop Klan, Medusa of S.I.N, Born Allah, Ganjah K, Fatjack, JMD, Omid, Pigeon John, 2Mex of OMD, Jyant & Eve of Figures of Speech, Big Al, Sheena Lester & B+ of Rappages, Mear One, Mike Nardone of KXLU’s We Came From Beyond, Garth Trinidad of KCRW’s Chocolate City, Monalisa Murray, Jah Orah, Hines, Busdriver, Monique Matthews, Keen and B. Hall & R. Kain Blaze, co-founders of The Good Life.
T-Love new single OUT NOW !'s Friend Space (Top 24)
Thx ma Queen for accepting It means a lot to mee Ur music simply real and beautiful like I told ya before U keep inspiring me Stay positive and dont give up the fight Peace ma Queen God bless yaa sista
Un new maxi de T-Love et personne m'a prévenu , mais c'est quoi ce bordel !!!! faut que je vous laisse , je vais féter ca !!!! Big up a vous tous , et continuez de faire perdurer le bon esprit !!!
Hope all is well. I just wanted to stop by to let you know that my new album, GODspeed has finally been released. It's available for download (first ad below). The “Actual CD” is NOW available on CD Baby and they ship immediately (CD Baby link below). I’m also on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, etc. Thanks for taking out the time to read this and if you're in NY on October 25th, I'd love to see you at my release party. You can check out the flyer below. I have shows coming up so if you’d like me to let you know when I’ll be in your town, sign up to my mailing list… and yes, the link is below.
vraiment mortel ce maxi de t-love, j'ai joué la face B jeudi dernier dans mon émission:
Mix: 08-Full One presents Scorpio, Akhenaton, Main Flow, King Solomon, Rockin’ Squat, Masta Ace – Days are longer 09-Marco Polo feat. Sadat X, Juju & AG – Rollin’ 10-Moar – Frères ennemis avec Madjir (Père et fils remix) 11-Cap D feat. One Be Lo – The answer 12-T Love – Foolish pride 13-Dj Jazzy Jeff feat. Kel Spencer – The definition 14-G Frequency feat. Tableek (Maspyke) – Eggs N Cheese (remix) 15-Hocus Pocus feat. T Love & The Procussions - Vocab 16-Wio K feat. Tasha Rozez – Foot loose
Yep Slurg, il n'est jamais trop tard pour un comment, je me suis procuré le maxi chez betino ! full support du bouli crew..à kan un live de T LOVE à BOULI ???
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Yo!
Vous voulez savoir ce que je pense des extraits du nouveau maxi de T-Love?!
Les sons sont délicieux et puisque vous insistez en ajoutant à cela un des meilleurs MC depuis toujours... je vais vite trouver ce skeud et savouer en attendant la suite!
That's gooooooood hip hop!
Merci
hello Slurg, pas de problème je vais écouter ça, j'ai pas encore eu le temps car c'était un peu speed ces deux dernières semaines mais je vais le faire. Merci à toi!
merci à toi d'avoir pensé à moi! New York se porte froidement bien mais bien tout de même!
Quant à ces nouveaux sons de Mme T-Love, je ne serai pas objective car fan depuis "Long way back" in the days...mais je vais quand même le dire: un délich pour les zoreilles!
