New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Wu-Tang International) This album was completed originally as a demo to present to showcase us as individual artists as well as in the group - Watchmen. We really wanted it to reach RZA specifically, but somehow that never happened, and we took a break until the double CD. Some of us knew each other through previous projects, etc. but became a group due to our love for the grimy style of hip-hop we do. That is a rarity where we live in South Florida. The Power album was basically written and recorded in about a week one summer in 2006. All of our tracks were done by Black's friend and producer, Analog. We thought his sound was perfect for what we were trying to do at the time. So, we got together at BlackMask's house every day to bounce ideas off each other , write, and eventually record our vocals (in his bathroom). We've come a long way since then!
In hindsight, POWER is quite a bit rougher than our double CD. Listening to it now, we all hear small imperfections and things we would have liked to change - as most artists usually do after a project is done. But overall, I think it's a great reflection of our roots in being strictly lyrical and just loving real hip hop music. We have plenty more where that all came from. BULLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eclypse
Dishonor (BlackMask, Cipher, & 7th 7ign): I was surprised that this was the first track on the album. I guess to me it sounds like we just jumped right in and let it rip. The guys seemed to have fun with this one. They got into it of course, when trying to decide whose verse should go where. Eventually it ended up the way it is, though. This was one of the first times I got to see Cipher at work with the hooks. Definitely one of his strong points!
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