Shabaam Sahdeeq released his Modern Artillery EP October 13.
The Brooklyn emcee recorded most of the seven-track project while in Amsterdam on tour in 2012, according to a press release. The EP includes features from Outerspace, Ruste Juxx, Reef the Lost Cauze, Torae, 8thw1, and the late P.H. Pumpkinhead was a battle rapper who worked with Talib Kweli, Skyzoo and others. He died in June.
Sahdeeq enlists Amsterdam’s Big Ape and Sweden’s DJ Devastate for production.
“I realized I was using my art as a weapon,” Sahdeeq says of the recording process. He says his music is comparable to a “.40 cal, no doubt.”
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“What differs Shabaam from other emcees is his work ethic, and that he’s constantly pushing himself,” Big Ape says. “Maybe there will be a Navy Seal power nap somewhere in the middle, but then he keeps going and going.”
Modern Artillery was released through Elite Fleet Records is available for purchase on iTunes.
The Modern Artillery cover art, tracklist and EP stream are below:
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- D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F.
- Be About It (feat. Outerspace)
- Gladiator School (feat. Ruste Juxx)
- Get It
- Chance (feat. Reef the Lost Cauze)
- All Over the World
- Men of Respect (feat. PH, Torae & 8thW1)
