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Follow on Google News | Cold Heat – Raising The Bar [7.19.2011]Queens Based Hip-Hop Duo Cold Heat Get Set To Drop Their Third LP, 'Raising The Bar'
By: Diamond Music Group Cold Heat are no strangers to success. From their inception, the duo has managed to rally an impressive list of accolades in an incredibly short amount of time. In promotion of their 2007 released debut album Bar Hoppin (Bomb Hip-Hop), both Jak and Jay toured the U.S. as the opening act for Sadat X (of Brand Nubian). This led Jay W to work closely with Sadat, receiving executive production credits on the 2009 release of his Brand New Bein’ LP (Traffic Entertainment Group). That same year, Jak D was featured on two tracks on DJ JS-1’s No Sellout producer compilation (Ground Original/Fatbeats) The album opens with “Nobodies Leaving Alive”, which finds Jak D delivering a 48 bar, hook-free intro with reckless abandon over Jay W’s orchestral production, to serve a clear reminder that the bar has been set, and set high. The title track “Raising The Bar”, featuring Blacastan & the legendary Craig G, represents lyrical warfare at its finest as hour as the three emcee’s blitzkrieg over Jay W’s apocalyptic production. “Thinking Out Loud” highlight’s Jak’s artistic growth and personal integrity as he addresses what’s truly important in this life; friendship, loyalty, and being true to oneself. On “Looking For You”, Jak argues against the institution of religion, but is eager to find a sign of God’s existence, where on “When You Coming Home”, Jak takes on the first person narrative of a little boy writing a letter to his father, an enlisted soldier that he hasn’t seen in over two years. Features on Raising The Bar are used sparingly, but very deliberately, such as the triumphant “Taking It All”, featuring the ‘Wild Cowboy’ Sadat X and mixtape icon J-Love, the ominous, synth-heavy “Smoke That Drink That”, featuring Screwball’s Blaq Poet, “Spanish Guitars” featuring Nico The Beast, SR, Neta & Meyhem Lauren, “Rolling Through” featuring Keith Spitz as well as the aforementioned “Raising The Bar”. When asked about their approach to recording their latest offering, Jak W states: “This album means striving to do what I love at the highest level it can be done. It means pushing myself to step outside of my comfort zone so that I can grow as an artist and more importantly as a person. Jay W adds: “There’s no doubt that we raised the bar on this album – this is our best effort to date.” There is no question that the Queens-duo break new ground with their latest effort. Cold Heat deliver their benchmark album that is as conceptually diverse and honest as it is braggadocio and animated. On July 19th, the there is a new gold standard - the bar has officially been raised. Tracklist: 01. Nobodies Leaving Alive 02. Hard To Chill 03. Raising The Bar (feat. Blacastan & Craig G) 04. Thinking Out Loud 05. Flashing 06. Spanish Guitars (feat. Nico The Beast, SR, Neta, MeyhemLauren) 07. Looking For You 08. Rolling Through (feat. Keith Spitz) 09. When You Coming Home 10. Given This World 11. Place Near You 12. Man On The Mic 13. Taking It All (feat. Sadat X & J-Love) 14. Smoke That Drink (feat. Blaq Poet) # # # Diamond Music Group (DMG) is a multi-dimensional marketing one-stop designed to provide artists and start-up labels with the tools of the trade to succeed in today's music industry. End
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