Way too many to list all of them. For Starters: Pete Rock, James Brown, ?uest, A Tribe Called Quest (especially Lo End Theory), Stevie Wonder, Herbie Handcock, Fela, DeAngelo, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, DJ Krush, Slum Village, Jay Dilla, Common, DJ Red Alert, Premier, Alice Coltrane, Gil Scott-Heron, The Last Poets, Portishead, Malcolm X, The Roots, Myself, My Brother B, Jah I, The Remnants, Mike Storm, Kruder and Dorfmiester, Bjork, Lamb, Billie Holiday, DJ Shadow
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From Indaba Music's Blog:
Paper Cha$erz: The Art of the Collab
http://www.indabamusic.com/indablog/6613-paper-cha-erz-the-art-of-the-collab
Indaba came into existence to promote the spirit of collaboration, and to take back music for the musicians. Collaboration is a cornerstone of the musical process. It is the glue which brought the first musicians together and the stitches which hold together the fabric of the musical blanket. For, where would the world's music be without the Mighty Fistful, Lennon and McCartney, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Les Six, and Wu-Tang? Collaborative efforts have helped push the state of the art, and society is all the better for it. The online community, with its reach and widespread availability, is, of course, the next logical step in the evolution of the collaborative art, and Indaba is here to create the platform. With a growing community of 320,000+, our members are incredibly diverse, and have come together to form communities and sub-communities of like minded (and atypically grouped!) musicians, all with the drive to push the state of the art. Several group projects have been started, and recently, the Paper Cha$erz family has complied enough material to finally release their album through the Indaba platform.
Paper Cha$erz Mixtape Vol. 1 is the first full length rap album created solely through collaboration on Indaba. This mixtape stems from the efforts of Indaba members St. Paul and Kava-1. They have released the music for the music's sake in the form of a free mixtape. These two collaborators, according to St. Paul, "were looking for a way to help artists gain exposure" and that they, "both looked at Indaba as a great opportunity to do so...Indaba was there for us at the right time". They made an extraordinary effort to pool the skills of several Indaba members together, even outside the realm of music, to help market, promote, and push the album. For example, Indaba member Yunique D., an MC from Cape Town who contributed the track "Street Life" to the mixtape, agreed to use his South African label to procure airtime on local radio stations. St. Paul notes that the most difficult part was combing through the trove of great talent on the site. He and Kava-1 searched for months to find the right blend of artists for the mixtape. The talent that they did recruit was as diverse as the music. Participants from three continents came together to collaborate on the tape (a map of all the participants can be found here), and, the music represented is drawn from all walks of the hip-hop ethos. This inter-continential effort, made simple by the use of Indaba, assuredly creates a cultural melting pot, and shows that hip-hop has become, over the past two decades, a true international musical language.
Paper Cha$erz shows no signs of slowing down. Already, St. Paul, Kava-1and the Paper Cha$erz family have put plans into motion to release another herculean collaborative effort in the months to come, appropriately titled Paper Cha$erz Mixtape Vol. 2. MCs and vocalists wishing to be part of round two should join the session, check out the tracks, and get in touch with St. Paul. It's sure to be another collaborative Hip-Hop tour de force.
Paper Cha$erz Volume 1
http://www.indabamusic.com/indablog/6561-paper-cha-erz-volume-1
With a titanic effort spanning three continents, and with participants from Stockholm to Cape Town, the Paper Cha$erz family is ready to release their first mixtape, created completely on Indaba Music. If descriptions were comprised of one word, the word for this mixtape would be diversity. Not only is the music encompassed in this album diverse, but, the collaborators and the subject matter is diverse. Spearheaded by the underground Philadelphia producer St. Paul and Canadian MC Kava-1, the mixtape has finally come to fruition after months of planning and recording. One of the standout, and rather surprising, qualities of the mixtape is the subject matter. Though the mixtape is titled Paper Cha$erz (Vol. 1), many of the songs focus on social issues, either personal or in story form, which circumvent the need to tout all the usual mainstream showings of bling, rims, iced grillz, and paper. Let's face it, one of the things that made Illmatic such a dominant hip-hop force was, while Nas' wordsmithing was impeccable, its continued, track after track, social commentary and imagery; and it is refreshing to see that this mixtape often follows in the Illmatic tradition. Of course, that's not to say that the whole mixtape is socially conscious or personal. Tracks like "My Grind On", "Paperchasin Anthem", and "FreshChick" show the more commercial side of the tape.
There are several standout tracks on the mixtape. The Paper Cha$erz family hits hard from the first track on the mixtape. "It Don't Matter" featuring MCs Sunny Tuff and Gangalee, is a bold condemnation of the commercial music industry, and glorifies the underground scene. The beat is catchy and well produced, which adds to the overall vibe of the track. Its hook claims, "You could be the best lyricist and don't prosper/ or you can be the worst MC and make it to the top/ It don't matter, it don't matter", and later, Gangalee notes, "...just 'cause you're dope on the block/ don't mean the A&R's gonna feel the same." With the emergence of "MCs" like Soulja Boy and Gucci Mane, it's easy to see where this commentary is coming from. Anyone who has been true to the hip-hop tradition from the first cypher knows that unfortunately, sometimes second rate rapping is more marketable.
Another standout track is "Just 17". MC Kava-1, one of the mixtape's organizers, paints a great picture of a down-on-his-luck 17 year old, which weaves together a story of loss, maturity, coming of age, and the trappings of poverty into some pretty clever rapping. It's refreshing to hear more image and story driven rapping, especially a story that continues from the beginning of the song and follows through to the end. Kava-1's flow is dead on, and it's easy to hear some of his more old school and underground influences. There's also a lot of texture to notice in the beat: subtle vinyl noise, effective chops, and some nicely chosen samples.
In a total 360, the track "My Grind On", is a banging, hard hitting, dirty south beat. MC ALLINGATOR focuses on more commercial ready material: the hustle and the need to be on your grind. This is more of a tribute to the Paper Cha$er name than the other tracks and is more club ready than the other tracks. In terms of subject matter, ALLINGATOR effectively provides one of the nicely placed and refreshing breaks from the heavier fare of the Paper Cha$erz mixtape. One of those heavier tracks is "Gotta Be More" by MC Jah I Witness. Jah chooses to create three portraits with his words. The first is a boy looking for a way out of the ghetto, either through education or through something else. The second scene is a woman whose man is in prison, and is looking for something to fill the void. Lastly, and perhaps the hardest hitting, is the portrait of the crack fiend who has been shunned by the world, falling deeper and deeper into a hole; one with "quick highs and long lows". All of these images are codified by a fitting chorus, a message that there's "Gotta Be More" than their status quo. Jah's more melodic, Drake like approach to his flow, is very appropriate and does the subject matter justice.
St. Paul and Kava-1 have managed to pull together a good crew of artists, with a promise to release more in the future. "This is just the beginning!", says St. Paul. There's already another indaba session up for volume 2.
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