ALBUM PREVIEW:
RODDYROD presents…
Cuba After Market One.PointFive
(w/ Phonte, Carlitta Durand & Nicholas Ryan Gant)




With the expanded re-release of his Cuba After Market project on the horizon, Low Budget producer, RODDYROD, has blessed us with 4 new tracks as a sneak preview. The original album was Rod’s audio tour guide to/history lesson of Cuba made from chopping, stretching & twisting Havana-inspired sounds to form his own brand of latin-infused broken beat. The journey was mostly an instrumental one, but also featured cameos from some of the DMV area’s brightest soul stars – Muhsinah, Bilal Salaam and Wayna. And Cuba After Market 1.5 carries on that tradition by adding additional instrumentals and also expanding the guest list to include North Carolina’s Phonte & Carlitta Durand (on “This Time Around”) and current Brooklyn resident Nicholas Ryan Gant (on “Let The Rain Fall”). By the way, if you’re not already up on Nicholas, be sure to check out MOOVMNT’s great post on him last week.

As for RODDYROD, you can expect to see a lot more from him in the coming weeks – as he’ll releasing the video for “This Time Around” with Phonte & Carlitta in late April/early May before dropping the full Cuba After Market 1.5 on May 26th, as well as the second version of his Rawkus 50 album, Blunt Park Sessions (which was highly slept on, in my opinion) soon after that. He’s also been making some major moves with his graphic design & filmmaking venture, Humble Monarch, as well.

You can stream the two vocals tracks from the sampler before getting the full 4-track download (with both tracks & two more instrumentals) below. Also, be sure to check out the Videos section to see some of the music video work Rod has done for the likes of Muhsinah, Kev Brown, Green Tea, Kaimbr, Cy Young, JLaine and himself.



RODDYROD “This Time Around” (snippet)
(feat. Phonte & Carlitta Durand)

RODDYROD “Let The Rain Fall”
(feat. Nicholas Ryan Gant)


DOWNLOAD: RODDYROD - Cuba After Market 1.5 sampler

SUPPORT: RODDYROD - Cuba After Market 1.5 drops May 26th

VIDEO: Humble Monarch’s YouTube Channel

March 22, 2009 / , , , / 10 Comments

5 Comments

  1. devon
    Posted March 22, 2009 at 10:16 am / Permalink
    i learned me some things from this post. lol. 1
  2. astro nautico
    Posted March 22, 2009 at 12:55 pm / Permalink
    dope post! sounds real good. 2
  3. GingerSnap
    Posted March 22, 2009 at 6:47 pm / Permalink
    lookin fwd to NRG’s mixtape!!! 3
  4. Binny
    Posted March 23, 2009 at 12:13 am / Permalink
    Nice! Good to hear new stuff from RoddyRod. 4
  5. nilez01
    Posted March 23, 2009 at 12:26 am / Permalink
    Thnx Kenny…nice one! 5

5 Trackbacks

  1. By Cuba, Redeaux | Parlour Magazine on March 24, 2009 at 6:46 am
    [...] lately but hey, the island just won’t go away! While doing some late night webbing over at Fresh Selects I found out that RoddyRod is re-releasing 2007’s Cuba After Market, an groovy aural history [...]
  2. By DJ Stylus - The Vibe Conductor » Blog Archive » Cuba Aftermarket Video Shoot Party, Sat 4/25 on April 21, 2009 at 3:32 pm
    [...] shooting a video for the Phonte & Carlittla Durand joint on Cuba Aftermarket [...]
  3. By More Nicholas Ryan Gant » MOOVMNT.com on May 20, 2009 at 10:01 am
    [...] Thanks to the homey Kenny from Fresh Selects for “Let The Rain Fall” by RODDYROD featuring Nicholas Ryan Gant. Ow and peep the “Cuba After Market 1.5″ sampler HERE. [...]
  4. By Fresh Selects / FRESH PREMIERE: RODDYROD presents Cuba After Market “This Time Around” (feat. Phonte & Carlitta Durand) on May 22, 2009 at 2:43 am
    [...] Since we were the first to give you a preview of the track, “This Time Around,” back in March – it’s only right that we also be the first to hit you with both the video, as well as the [...]
  5. By Fresh Selects / FRESHclusive: Low Budget Crew - Budget Is Low Mixtape Vol. 1Mixed by RODDYROD & Marshall Law on July 17, 2009 at 3:48 am
    [...] Random Joints, as well as his concept-collabo with Kaimbr, The Al Green Project, RODDYROD’s Cuba After Market 1.5, Blunt Park Sessions re-release, and more. Also thrown in are some older tracks in case you missed [...]

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