Released today is a new video from last year’s AM/FM -
the remix/companion album to Exile‘s Radio.
The album featured remixes by either Exile’s production peers
using the same radio samples he did,
or some of his vocal co-conspirators singing or rapping over the original instrumentals.
An example of the latter being what we have today – “Sound Is God,”
which features FRSH KPT SCRT alumni, ADaD,
adding some static stories to the spiritual glitch of the original.

Setting things up for a full-length ADaD x Exile project coming down the line,
(as well as projects matching him with Waajeed, Dibia$e & more),
ADaD took it upon himself to make this video happen –
enlisting his own film mentors, Keith Purvis & Darryl Parham,
& editing the clip himself,
further adding to his video resume
which already includes the Proh Mic collaboration, “Life”,
as well as Proh Mic & Coultrain‘s “Turn It Over,”
which will be premiering right here sometime next week.

Along with the video,
ADaD has also exclusively provided us with a translation of his “Sound Is God” scribe,
including the album version’s third verse,
which could not appear on set the day of the shoot due to a scheduling conflict.
You can read up on those after the jump below.

Dirt on the money
Murder in the lies
Oil on the water
Fire in the skies
Pain in the belly
Hunger in the lies
Ugly in the clip
Thats a sign of the times

[third verse not in video]
My hemoglobin feeling heavy as mud
Kinda dirty
Got me walking some troublesome blood
Kinda worried
Yesterday I lucky ducked from a scud
Tried to hurt me
To the ground from the sky it was a dud
Lord ha-mercy
Mercenaries steady fucking me up
Got me worried
As I’m hanging off the back of this truck
Looking for the flurries of…
Bullets from children of brainwashed fathers
Who told them to show them that they should be martyrs
Strapped to a black box
Ready for departure
Over sun burnt earth
And it couldn’t get harder
I wonder everyday will I get me a tomorrow
I wonder will it stop when everybody get shot up
And we don’t even know why for
We just aim and mame and pop shots
Right through the door
And they tell us its for free(dom)
To keep the people safe
I think that its for money
A glorified rape
They been fighting for forever
It’s never gonna break
Cuz this is how they live
The reason that they wake
But now they coming at us and they leaning on the hate
So raise that machete, and take it to the snake
The bombing won’t stop until the Earth get baked
But by then it’ll be too late
Watch the words son!!!!

Here is the FRSHCLSV premiere of the brand new mixtape from one of my new favorite MC’s, ADaD (pronounced uh-dod). Coming out of Chicago, ADaD has been making a name for himself as part of the All Natural, Inc. crew for years now, releasing both an EP and full-length release as one half of the group, Eulorhythmics, with producer Kenny Keys. Recently, he’s been making a lot of noise as a solo artist with The Unbenounced Mixtape – a free download project where he brings a whole new light to the Music From The Color Purple beat CD (which in itself was a free download, inspired by a certain Minneapolis funk pioneer).

I personally first heard of ADaD from Exile and DJ Day, who both went out of their way to recommend his music to me on separate occasions, coincidentally on the same night. So with my interest officially sparked, I checked him out only to be pleasantly surprised that he lived up to all that they were saying, and then some. ADaD is what I consider to be a total-package MC – he effortlessly flips an array of topics through countless styles and cadences, all matched with catchy, well-written hooks and a choice selection of beats. After immediate and endless replays of his mixtape, he has quickly cemented his place in a very small group of up-and-coming/current MC’s that I’m truly impressed with these days.

So, if you’re like me and are just now catching on to ADaD this late in the game (but yet still so early) – his latest offering, the Intro To ADaD mixtape is the perfect place to start. It serves as a smorgasbord of old, current and upcoming music of his, all mixed by All Natural’s own, DJ Tone B. Nimble. Included are tracks featuring original production from Black Spade and Kenny Keys, as well as ADaD’s fresh takes on familiar instrumentals by Dilla, Madlib, Exile and more. For further listening, I’ve also included a download link to the full Unbenounced Mixtape, courtesy of AllNaturalHipHop.com.

You can preview tracks from Intro To ADaD before downloading both that and Unbenounced below. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. Also, special shout to my official Chicago connect, DJ Sean Doe (who also co-hosts Intro) for helping making this all happen and for supporting since day one.