Baltimore emcee Substantial released his Oddisee executive produced albumHome Is Where The Art Is late last year and quickly garnered acccolades from his strong worldwide fan base. Since then, Substantial has toured with yU (of Diamond District), seen the vinyl release of his record, performed at the Smithsonian in DC, and released a wildly successful tribute album to Jill Scott titled “Jackin’ Jill“. Today, Substantial wanted to share the entire collection of instrumentals from Home Is Where The Art Is with his fans. The complete instrumentals will be free for a week before heading up on itunes, so be sure and grab them now. Beats byOddisee, Eric Lau, M-Phazes, Algorythm, and more!
After being selected by Ebony Magazine as one of the hottest releases of the week along with Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Big Sean, itunes picked Substantial’s “Grateful” as one of their hot tracks. Today we are giving away Substantial’s emotive banger produced by Australia’s M-Phazes: Grateful feat. Kenn Starr & Kokayi.
To kick things off, Kenn Starr re-emerges back from the ashes, born again back from the past tense, to reflect on the fulfilment of his dreams, while Grammy nominated vocalist Kokayi carries the chorus to soaring heights. Finally, Substantial jumps in for a reflective verse filled with meaningful word play: “Last words to my daughter would be learn baby learn.”
To top it all off, Substantial will also have an acoustic concert at The Smithsonian (American Art Museum) Sunday, November 4, 2012, 1:30 – 3:30 pm.
Home Is Where The Art Is, now available: Digital | CD | Vinyl
Peace World. So if you were watching Mello Music Group’s (MMG) tweets yesterday, they gave a little insight on how we connected. For those of you that missed it, here’s the recap.
4:05PM – August 7, 2012
MMG: “Substantial was an artist I knew for his voice on a number of tracks including this one Fabio Musta joint that was ill http://ow.ly/cMVOa“ *Purchase“I’m Ready”byFabio Musta ft. Substantial & Elias by clicking the previous link or listen below.
4:10PM – August 7, 2012 MMG: “Anyway, so @Oddisee hit me up and told me he had helped put an album together front to back with @Substizzle and asked if I’d be interested.”
4:15PM – August 7, 2012 MMG: “Of course I wanted to hear it, so they sent it over and I dug in. http://ow.ly/cMVYW”
*FUN FACT – I was on a bullet train to Tokyo with Marcus D when I got the message from MMG to send the album over. Thankfully, Yukari hooked us up with the Hotspot FTW!
4:20PM – August 7, 2012 MMG: “Immediately I heard Oddisee’s imprint on the record, having prod. 4 of the tracks & in the selection of others like M-Phazes & Eric Lau” *ANOTHER FUN FACT – Tonedeff hooked me up with the M-Phazes tracks w/ instructions to “kill it”. Later on, Odd provided me with feedback/direction for the tracks once we decided to use them for the album. GO TEAM GO!
4:30PM – August 7, 2012 MMG: “The record also kept getting better w/ more listens – something a lot of records don’t do.”
4:35PM – August 7, 2012 MMG: “At the same time, Substantial’s personal story was one I wanted to hear: from his MC history, to community work, to overcoming cancer.” *NOT SO FUN FACT – My Road to Recovery
4:40PM – August 7, 2012 MMG: “After talking with Substantial it was clear he was a professional who knew not just the mic, but the entire field – marketing, touring, art”
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Peace World. Today, I am thrilled to announce that pre-orders for my new album, Home Is Where The Art Isare now available at UndergroundHipHop.com (UGHH) for CD Digipak & Vinyl. Be sure to place your orders today! Album drops on September 4, 2012 on Mello Music Group.
TRACK LISTING
Spilled Milk | Producer: Slopfonkdust
See Hearfeat. Steph, The Sapphic Songstress | Producer: Algorythm
The cover art was designed by Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze check out more of his AMAZING work here: http://www.rjl-art.com/ I stumbled onto his tribute to Nujabes and later brought him in to design the flierfor last year’s Peaceland: A World Without Words.
Stay tuned for more updates. Stay in Peace.
Sub/Stan
Peace World. So, if you follow Mello Music Group on Twitter (@MelloMusicGroup), you may have noticed that information on my 3rd solo album, Home Is Where The Art Is, was leaked yesterday. In case you missed it check the screenshots above. Having trouble reading the fine print, here’s what MMG was saying…
“Was up late last night preparing the press kit for Substantial aka @Substizzle “Home Is Where The Art Is””
“Looks like the album will be out in about 2 months, official release date being nailed down right now.”
“The whole thing was executive produced by Oddisee.”
“It features production from Oddisee, Eric Lau, Slopfonkdust, Street Orchestra, Algorythm, Surrock, and M-Phazes.”
“Guest spots from Kenn Starr, Kokayi, Acem, Steph, Olivier Daysoul, Deacon the Villian”
Substantial 