[Audio] Illmaculate x G_Force - The Green Tape (Album)

[Audio] Illmaculate x G_Force - The Green Tape (Album)




1. Lay It Down
2. Just 4 Me (feat. J-Rome)
3. Oh-Luv
4. No One Like Me
5. What More? (feat. Epp & Theory Hazit)
6. Take Your Time (feat. J-Rome)
7. 2 Much (feat. OnlyOne)
8. (K)New You
9. All Day (feat. Braille)
10. Cold Numbness (feat. Sandpeople)
11. Workin’ Man

Illmaculate & G_Force bring us The Green Tape -
their collaborate reworking of soul legend Al Green‘s 2008 release, Lay It Down.
For what was originally meant to be an instrumental release,
G_Force had sampled & flipped the entire ?uestlove & James Poyser-produced LP,
song-by-song & piece by piece – all in one day.
& then later on – Illmaculate, who just happened to be in G_’s studio that day,
took it upon himself to write to the beat CD & voila! – The Green Tape was born.

Although the project together as naturally it did,
it still found both artists challenging themselves in new ways -
G_ limiting himself to just one sample source,
& much less live instrumentation that he’s known for,
matched with Ill stepping out of his typecast comfort zone of battle raps
& continuing to push his subject matter into more personal & universal places.
Both of which combine to make this a unique project in either artist’s catalog,
as well as in any fan’s music library.

Among other things, The Green Tape is also a 100% Portland project.
With Ill being, for some time now, one of the city’s most talented & far-reaching voices,
& G_ already having a large impact on the local scene in his only first year living here -
the fact that Portland would be well-represented already went without saying.
But on top of that – all of the guest appearances are from Portland peers
(including Ill’s hometeam, Sandpeople & G’s partner in TxE, Epp),
plus the complete album was written, produced & recorded within the city limits -
& even the album’s artwork & now its release were all handled by the city’s own.
With a rich history already behind us,
2011 is the year that we really let the rest of the world know about it.