In 2000, Brother Ali joined Rhymesayers with a self-produced demo, "Rites of Passage". Three years later he released "Shadows On The Sun", followed by the critically acclaimed "Champion EP", which smacked hip-hop kids in the face worldwide. He spent the last seven years on tour. After struggling through a series of personal roadblocks, Brother Ali, along with Atmosphere producer and Shadows & Champion collaborator Ant, present his long-awaited sophomore full-length album. Personal, political, and more powerful than ever.
Product Details
Brother Ali - The Undisputed Truth Format: CD, Release Date: Apr. 10 2007, Number of Discs: 1, Label: Rhymesayers, Produced by: Ant
Track Listings:
1. Watcha' Got 2. Lookin' At Me Sideways 3. Truth Is 4. Puzzle 5. Daylight 6. Pedigree 7. Freedom Ain't Free 8. Letter From The Government 9. Here 10. Listen Up 11. Take Me Home 12. Uncle Sam Goddamn 13. Walkin' Away 14. Faheem 15. Ear To Ear
Artist Info/ BIO
Brother Ali (born Jason Newman, now Ali Newman) is an American hip hop artist. Originally from Madison, Wisconsin, Ali moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota at age 15, where he became involved in the local hip hop scene. He's signed to Rhymesayers Entertainment, a hiphop record label founded by Brent Sayers, Musab S'ad Ali, Derek Turner, Anthony Davis, and Slug, the frontman of Minnesota rap group Atmosphere, with whom Ali has become fast friends. Due to his original reluctance to discuss his race, it was at first wrongly reported that he was African American. He has stated "I'm albino, my family is white, but I was really raised, and taught my important life lessons, by the black community." Like many individuals with albinism, he is legally blind. Although his appearance made him the brunt of bullying in high school (his response is chronicled on the track "Win Some, Lose Some"), he has come to be unabashedly proud of his distinctive features, celebrating it in a track called "Forest Whitiker", where he called on "anyone out there who's a little different" to stand up and exalt in who they are, rather than stay ashamed. Ali is also a devout Muslim, religion being a theme that is mentioned in several of his songs including "Self taught" and "Victory." Though he initially produced his own material (his cassette tape-only Rites of Passage EP (2000) was self-produced), Brother Ali turned to Ant (Anthony Davis), Rhymesayers Entertainment's in-house producer, to produce his first two major releases on Rhymesayers, 2003's ‘Shadows on the Sun’ and 2004's ‘Champion EP’. Ali's second LP, ‘The Undisputed Truth’, was initially due out on March 6, 2007 but was later postponed to an April 10, 2007 release date. Brother Ali tours with his DJ, BK One, occasionally his hype man Toki Wright, and has opened for Rakim, Kid Capri, and Brand Nubian, among others.
Music
