RHYMEFEST, CHE GUEVERA & SIERRA LEONE

In the coming months, the blue collar MC Rhymefest will be putting out his second official album, El Che. Che is actually his real name. He's named after Che Guevara. "I wanted to make an album that was revolutionary, out of the norm," he recalled. "What people wasn't thinking about, but everybody felt. [Things] everybody said [to themselves] but nobody knew how to articulate in a rhythmic fashion." There's a song called "Pulls Me Back" that will possibly be the first single and drop in April or May. Elsewhere on the LP, Jadakiss and Kanye West appear on "What Up." Phonte from Little Brother, DJ Toomp and No I.D. also contributed to the project. Fest is particular high on a record called "Stolen" (that's the No I.D. joint), which he describes as " 'Jesus Walks' on steroids." In it, he raps about what's going on in Africa with the Sierra Leone blood-diamond trade. (via MTV)

Rhymefest has also just released his new Michael Jackson mixtape, paying tribute to the King of Pop. Click here to listen/download.


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