Unleashed

Description

Unleashed, sub-titled A Mixtape of New & Unreleased Tracks, Rarities, Demos and More!, is an album by the American hip-hop combo L.A. Symphony, released on Syntax Records ‎in 2007, distributed by KOCH Entertainment. The album features songs made between 1999 and 2006 and includes verses from all the Symphony’s original members.

L.A. Symphony is FLYNN, Cookbook, Joey the Jerk, Sharlok Poems, and UNO Mas.

This release shows the true talents that make up one the best Christian Hip-Hop groups ever. Each song is, in its own right, a masterpiece. The rhythm keeps you bouncing, while the lyrics keep you thinkin’. What I think makes this album better than most is that it showcases all the original members of LA Symphony. From Cookbook, all the way to Pigeon John, what an amazing feat, to get them all back together again. This is definitely an album worth picking up if you are a fan or are into hip-hop in general. [Rev MC, The Phantom Tollbooth, 2008]

Established as one of the class acts on the hip-hop scene, LA Symphony comprise FLYNN, CookBook, Joey The Jerk, Sharlok Poems and UNO Mas. This is an album of mostly new and unreleased tracks, rarities, mixes, demos and more. Absolute classic stuff from start to finish, with the very distinctive LA Symph sound and beats. The project cranks up with DL Drop, with a very crunchy break. «All We Know» continues along the line of old skool rolling beats. There are some tracks featured elsewhere, just with different mixes, such as «Universal» but we don’t mind. Smooth delivery pervades the album, such as the underground sounding «Chocolate City Drop» where commercial tracks “take over and obliterate, an expression that suggests it ain’t all great.” So true and so unlike this project, where depth and insight take over. Humour comes as ever, this time in tracks such as «Tour Bus». The newest song on the set showcases a more up to date sound from The Symphony, «Love For The Art». In an album full of colour and flavour, one of my favourite tracks is «Soul Bros» where the funk shines through; play it and discover for yourself. We end with «Global Takeover», where brilliantly cut up and mixed TV samples sit under humour – as LA Symph discuss their evil plans for global domination, “LA Symphony is now in control”! An album of fun, depth and variation – everything you need for a classic LA Symphony project. [Steve Hayes, Cross Rhythms, November 2007]

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CD tracklist:

01. DL Drop (produced by Great Jsn)
02. Idle Times (produced by Wil I Am)
03. All We Know (produced by FLYNN)
04. Universal (feat. Posdnuos) (produced by Madlib)
05. Chocolate City Drop (produced by Pigeon John)
06. Ball Bounces (produced by FLYNN)
07. C.rap (produced by CookBook)
08. I Speak (produced by CookBook)
09. Love For The Art (feat. AWOL ONE) (produced by FLYNN)
10. Break It Down (produced by FLYNN)
11. Friday Night Flavas Drop (produced by FLYNN)
12. Passionate (produced by CookBook)
13. Copywrite (produced by FLYNN)
14. Get Out Of The Van (produced by Overflo)
15. Soul Bros. (produced by FLYNN)
16. Tour Bus (produced by Cookbook)
17. We Came From Beyond Drop (produced by CookBook)
18. Church (produced by FLYNN)
19. Up Down (produced by FLYNN)
20. Girl, Interrupted (produced by CookBook)
21. You (Mash Up) (produced by FLYNN)
22. Global Takeover (produced by CookBook with UNO Mas co-producing)

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