Short Fuze & Nasa start work on "Revolution Music"

Short Fuze recently made his way to Nasa Labs to work with Nasa on their new project Revolution Music.  It's in it's early stages, but promises to be a progression of their heavy sound that was established on Lobotomy Music and Toxicology Music.  It will focus on the frustration with the frustrated amongst us among other things.  Look for it some time in 2012.

Uncommon Presents "Save the Horn" for Eastern African Famine Aid

Uncommon Records humbly presents our 2nd "Pop Up Album", Save the Horn.  All proceeds from Save the Horn will be donated to Charity:Water which builds water wells in the 3rd world.  They are currently raising funds to finance a drilling rig that can dig multiple wells in the country of Ethiopia.  All of the dollars donated to Charity:Water are verified to be going toward specific wells via Google Maps and photos that are directly associated with the dollars.  Even their overhead comes through a separate income source.

Save the Horn will only be available for one month (10/28-11/28), we will then donate all funds raised from the sale of the album and it will never be available again.  This creates a rare piece of music in the digital format.  The album contains 16 songs for only a $5 donation, although we would encourage you to donate more if you can.  Let's tell you about the album:

Save the Horn features music from Uncommon's roster like Acid Reign, Adam Warlock, Atari Blitzkrieg, Pruven, Short Fuze, Taiyamo Denku, Masai Bey, DCK VNNGT along with collaborations with fellow Progressive Hip-Hoppers like JunClassic, Billy Woods, Megabusive, Aeon Grey, Passive65ive, Carl Kavorkian, Zesto and more.  The list of producers banding together is also impressive including Nasa, Agartha Audio, IV the Polymath, Black Tokyo, Waatu, Bond and others.

The opportunity to present staunchly Progressive Hip-Hop like this in a joint effort to raise money for a worthy cause is an honor.  We were able to make a difference with Japan Earthquake Relief earlier this year with a similar project, now we need to send the same love to Africa.  Thanks to everyone that takes part, and enjoy the tunes!!!

No Dough, No Show Compilation OUT NOW

Soap-Box Clothing (UK) and Uncommon Records present the: "No Dough, No Show" Compilation!  It features The Presence, Atari Blitzkrieg, Teddy Faley, Willie Green, Kitchen Khemistry, Taiyamo Denku, Short Fuze, Agartha Audio, Megabusive, Adam Warlock and much more! 

The compilation is a joint project that ties together the themes of Soap-Box' recent Fall clothing line and centers in on struggling musicians from a first person perspective.  Each of the artists on the album created a track about the difficulties of making music in an era when everyone wants it for free.  From the artistic, to the financial implications, it's all laid out in stunning fashion.  The best thing that can come from this release is a further understanding of the relationship between artist and listener and the realization that we are all living under the same difficulties in life.

This is yet another FREE release from Uncommon Records which has already has brought you Masai Bey's "Collector's Bey" this month as well.  Further proof of the depth of talent here at Uncommon Records and our dedication to getting it to the public by all means neccessary.

Nasa's Instrumental Version of Lobotomy Music OUT NOW

In June, Short Fuze & Nasa released the epic LP "Lobotomy Music".  It's gotten great reviews from across the net.  Some even comparing it to Soundbombing 2 and many other classic releases.  It's heavy praise indeed across the board and we're thankful for it.  If you haven't, check this album out.  It's available in our store, on Itunes and more.

Now, we present the highly requested Instrumental Version of Lobotomy Music, entirely made up of beats by Nasa.  Grab it now, exclusively ONLY in our online store (available on Itunes and world wide August 17th).

Nasa is busy these days, yet another Instrumental project from him is going to be dropping in a few weeks called "The Iomega Years".  It will feature unreleased beats from each year of his producing career starting in 1999.  Iomega Years will be released exclusively on Bandcamp as a "pay as you wish" release (aka FREE), so stay tuned for that.

As far as the rest of 2010 goes, Uncommon has a lot more planned including:

Free* Remixes from 11:00A.M. due in August

Transit from Kitchen Khemistry, you'll hear a lot more about this, coming in the Fall.

Dark Weapons (from Mars) from Adam Warlock

Doomsday Device single from Short Fuze & Nasa (featuring some LP remixes and an exclusive non-LP track)

More, trust us.



Listener's POV

Short Fuze did something really cool over at Chi Mil's Website when he sat down to interview a long time listener and supporter of Uncommon Records and Underground Hip-Hop as a whole, Jerome Dickens.  It's really interesting to read an interview with someone that really has a true sense for the history of independent hip-hop, you can learn a lot more from someone like that then from most so-called "underground artists" these days.  Lots of talk of Uncommon, Wastelands and the NYC Indie scene for you.  Check out the interview here.

Lobotomy Music (Snippet Tape)

If you are somehow now convinced that you should be buying "Lobotomy Music" right now, maybe Short Fuze himself can turn you around on it: