NEW! RockTheDub pres. AWKWORD & Cletus: Remnants & Rejects

Available NOW, EXCLUSIVELY through Hip Hop/Dubstep tastemaker Khal and his heralded site Rock The Dub, we present to you… AWKWORD & Cletus are: Remnants & Rejects — an eight-minute non-stop mix of raw street music, with a Euro-electro spin.

For those wondering: Yes, this is an AWKWORD side-project, completed, under the radar, during AWK’s time creating what The Source is calling his “highly anticipated” (DJBooth-sponsored 100% for-charity global Hip Hop) project World View. Italian producer Cletus is a participant in World View, and the duo’s chemistry organically led to the production of this mini EP.

Click here to read the rest of the write-up — and Stream and Download the song, FREE.

Shout out to Italy’s GOODIDEAstyle on providing another piece of incredible cover art; and Army of the Pharoahs member Block McCloud for providing some background vocals.

AWKWORD featured on Producer Tranzformer’s ‘Wear & Tear’

As picked up by The Source, The DJ Booth, etc., Tranzformer — probably known to AWKWORD folks as the World View producer behind “Metal Music” — links up again with AWKWORD and Tenacity, well-known West Coast World View emcee, this time exclusively for up-and-comer Tranzformer’s solo project Raw & Homemade III [2DopeBoyz].

On “Wear & Tear”, AWKWORD goes first-person, describing the wear and tear on the underground emcee, while Tenacity takes it to the public, showcasing the the wear and tear on us all.

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The DJ Booth:

on his first solo feature, the Brown Bag All Stars beatsmith crafts a steely, guitar-sampled instrumental to back NYC-repping site regular AWKWORD and Los Angeles spitter Tenacity as they reflect…

If you dig the song, click the link — and read the full review, then leave your comment and rating!

Stream/Download: AWKWORD – Back to BK (ft. Poison Pen, more)

Shout out to HipHopDX for world premiering the song, and to The Source, You Heard That New, Go Where Hip Hop, Kevin Nottingham and all the other Hip Hop sites who showed love.

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Name YOUR Price — and DONATE 100% to CHARITY (for At-Risk Youth) (Highest-Quality Download)

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Song Info

Appearing on AWKWORD’s DJBooth-sponsored 100% for-charity global Hip Hop project, World View, the activist emcee’s newest release “Back to BK” is a celebration of the Borough of Kings, featuring Brooklyn’s own D. Julien (Flatbush), Dom O Briggs (Bushwick) and Poison Pen (‘Bed Stuy’s Best Buy’), with gritty production and classic cuts from Tone Spliff and studio engineering from Brooklyn nomad Harry Fraud and Park Slope’s Steel Tipped Dove.

The record begins with AWKWORD’s verse — written a few years ago while he was moving out of Brooklyn (also when he wrote the hook) — in which he longs to return to a past life represented by his time living in the borough where his great grandfathers immigrated from Europe, where his grandfather ran the streets as part of a Jewish gang, and where his own father was born.

AWKWORD is followed up by three fellow buzz-making emcees and current Brooklynites, who all deliver hard-hitting verses, and then an extended outro displaying Tone Spliff’s now-famed turntablism skills.

Song Credits

• Song: “Back to BK”
• Artist: AWKWORD
• Featuring: D. Julien, Dom O Briggs, Poison Pen & DJ Tone Spliff
• Producer: Tone Spliff
• Album: World View
• Label: Sub-City Productions x The DJ Booth (DJBooth.net)
• Vocals (Verses): AWKWORD, D. Julien, Dom O Briggs, Poison Pen
• Vocals (Hook): AWKWORD
• Production: Tone Spliff
• Cuts: Tone Spliff
• Mix/Master: Tone Spliff
• Executive Production: AWKWORD, Tone Spliff
• Engineering: Harry Fraud, Roger ‘True’ Guzman, Steel Tipped Dove
• Cover Art: HypeForever

Worldwide Critical Acclaim for AWKWORD ‘Bars & Hooks’ Video

The number-one single off AWKWORD’s forthcoming DJBooth-sponsored World View album, “Bars & Hooks” has been played and downloaded tens of thousands of times since its release December 2011; and two Sundays ago (April 29) The Source Magazine world premiered the official video, directed by Andre Ward of Across the Bridge Productions and featuring the full cast of characters: AWKWORD, Sean Price, The Kid Daytona, The Incomparable Shakespeare and Harry Fraud.

Within a week, the “Bars & Hooks” video had accrued 20,000 plays, thanks in part to great features from the likes of Complex Magazine, Hip Hop Wired, Okay Player, Hip Hop DX, 2 Dope Boyz, Nah Right, You Heard That New, etc. — without a single dollar spent on promotion.

See below for some of the rave reviews, plus a list of top links (a couple sites posted it twice!).

And feel free to click the links to vote-up or comment on the video/song. They take notice. And we appreciate.

Reviews

Complex Magazine:

New York City rapper AWKWORD just released the visuals for his collaboration with Sean Price and The Kid Daytona “Bars & Hooks,” produced by Harry Fraud with The Incomparable Shakespeare on the chorus. These guys are taking it back to the essence of NYC hip-hop with this one. Pay attention.

Okay Player:

AWKWORD takes hip-hop back to its essence with this brand new video “Bars & Hooks” featuring Sean Price, The Kid Daytona, and The Incomparable Shakespeare (with Harry Fraud on the beat). The title says it all, what more can you ask for?

Hip Hop Wired:

Some rugged Hip-Hop for your Monday morning. Awkword drops “Bar & Hooks (Keep It Moving [K.I.M.]),” featuring Sean Price, The Incomparable Shakespeare and The Kid Daytona. Harry Fraud hooks up a beat heavy on flutes and brolic drums. Keep it moving and peep the video for “Bar & Hooks”.

2 Dope Boyz:

The entire song is called “Bars & Hooks (Keep It Moving [K.I.M.]).” Harry Fraud on the beat, and a bunch of talented emcees on the raps make for one good combination.

Hip Hop DX:

Finally… some grimy, boom bap, bully foot East Coast shit. This goes super hard.

The Sermon’s Domain:

AWKWORD, Harry Fraud, Sean Price, and The Kid Daytona are to backpackers what Future, 2 Chainz, Ross & French are to main stream. this collab is huge. and Andre Ward form Across the Bridge Productions brings this Harry Fraud production alive.

Ruby Hornet:

“Talking about the jerks in the game, you know who you are.”

AWKWORD brings some of NYC’s most talented emcees together for 4-plus minutes of dope NYC rap on “Bars & Hooks”. The posse cut features Sean Price, The Kid Daytona, and The Incomparable Shakespeare, with production from Harry Fraud. The video is directed by Andre Ward, who does a great job of not over visualizing this straightforward record. Watch it below. Shouts to AWKWORD.

Digiwaxx:

Don’t worry about the lengthy title, just press play. Its about time NY emcees re-take the throne. Can’t go wrong with P! With a song title like “Bars & Hooks” what else you expect. La musica de Harry Fraud.

Revolt Radio:

AWKWORD releases the crazy visuals for the street heater “Bars & Hooks”… Everything is hot bout this track — the cocaine beat by Harry Fraud, the sick verses, and the video just puts it all in perspective.

Ecko Unlimited Italy:

These guys are doing back the true New York style of the past. [translated.]

Pop Killer (Poland):

Oh yeah, i enjoy that song since its release (December), and finally shot him a video. [translated.]

aik.éqt & fngrprnt (Germany):

The new week starts again more than epic. Rotate your boxes to enjoy the brilliant weather, and to this unspeakably sexy sound! The track can be found on the album “World View” by AWKWORD again and is just one of many other beads. AWKWORD released on Sub City Productions / DJ Booth, and up to mischief in no less a city than the metropolis of New York City Hip Hop. The guy I’ll keep an eye on each case. Until then, enjoy the track and listened to the album purely sometimes! [translated.]

Honorable Mentions

‘AMERICAN’ (U.S.)

• Duckdown.com
• DJ Bobby Trends (Hot 97)
• The Combat Jack Show
• Dallas Penn
• Nah Right
• You Heard That New
• DJ Booth
• UndergroundHipHop.com
• The Well Versed
• Xclusives Zone
• Kevin Nottingham
• Donuts & Milk
• The Tony Grands / Reading & Writing Is For Dumb People / Ear Hustlin
• The Mad Bloggers
• Hip Hop Ruckus
• Its Bizkit
• Ashley Outrageous
• 808 Crate
• Hip Hop Dependency
• Dope Music Blog
• Dork Mustache
• Heavy Mentalist
• Just A Love Thing
• We Goin In
• Eastside Morales
• Rock The Dub
• Refined Hype
• Crayon Beats
• Emilio Sparks
• Above Ground Magazine
• Hip Hop Site – 1 x 2
• Gorilla Leak – 1 x 2
• CyberGorillas
• Good Music All Day

INTERNATIONAL

• The Hip Hop Chronicle (England/United Kingdom)
• DJ Loscar (France)
• WHUDAT (Germany)
• KINGSIZE (Norway/Scandinavia)
• Yappari HipHop (Japan)
• Illegal Promo (Portugal)
• Versos Perfectos (Spain)
• Sunete Sub.Sol (Romania)
• Hip-Hop.sk (Slovakia)
• Street Poets (Netherlands)
• Music Kitchen (Lithuania)
• HipHopaholic (Russia)
• Ozarts Etc (Belgium)
• Funky Unk (Mexico)

For more rave reviews, including mad love from Japan and elsewhere in Asia, click here to read the late 2011 write-ups on the “Bars & Hooks” song; and follow @AWKWORDrap on twitter — he reads, responds, retweets, etc.

And if you want to watch AWKWORD on your TV, stay tuned for the next post on AWKWORDrap.com…

NEW VIDEO! “Bars & Hooks” w/ Harry Fraud, Sean Price, The Kid Daytona

NEW VIDEO – WORLD PREMIERE via The Source Magazine…

AWKWORD ft. Sean Price, The Kid Daytona & The Incomparable Shakespeare – “Bars & Hooks (Keep It Moving [K.I.M.])” (prod. Harry Fraud)

[Watch -- and Read the COMPLEX MAGAZINE Write-Up -- Here!]

“Bars & Hooks” appears on AWKWORD’s World View LP, the first-ever 100% for-charity global Hip Hop project. This new New York City grime anthem is produced by Mr. Shot Caller himself, Harry Fraud, and features verses from Brownsville’s Sean Price and The Kid Daytona, from uptown, with a hook from The Incomparable Shakespeare.

NahRight.com World Premiere Post.

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NAME YOUR PRICE — and donate 100% to Guns 4 Cameras [Aim to Live], the 501c3-registered nonprofit recipient of all AWKWORD World View proceeds.

FOR the DJs [Clean/Radio].

LIKE it on HarryFraud’s page.

WeGoinIn.com Honors “The Dating Game” Video with Featured Post Banner

Click the screenshot to watch the video at WeGoinIn.com:

Listen to the brand-new #WorldView version, “The Dating Game – Revisited” (ft. Jade Foxx; prod. Flam & Aksim of Finland and The White of Norway):

The Dating Game – Revisited ft. Jade Foxx by AWKWORD

As featured by The Source Mag (and many more) and world premiered by Ashley Outrageous & The Hip Hop Chronicle… “The Dating Game – Revisited” is THE WOMENS RIGHTS REMIX of AWKWORD’s catchy, snarky single “The Dating Game”, this time featuring BOTH SIDES of the game we all play — whether looking for love, lust or just someone to kick it with. “The Dating Game – Revisited” is AWKWORD’s third single off his #WorldView LP (2011), the first-ever 100% For-Charity Global Hip Hop project, featuring production from 15+ nations and emcee cameos from the likes of Joell Ortiz, Sean Price, KRS One, Reks, Sha Stimuli & many more. (Not not yet available for sale. Streaming only.)

[Cover art by Andreis Costa for Sweat Shop Studios NYC/LA]

Cherryl Aldave (Hip Hop, Pop Culture, Race & Social Justice Journalist) Features New Song from AWKWORD

To read what she wrote, click here.