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  STH2325CD  £7.00

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Stones Throw

Jon Wayne

Rap Album One

In around 2008, Jonathan Wayne entered the Los Angeles music scene by way of the scene-defining club Low End Theory. He came up alongside a new generation of hip-hop beatmakers: Flying Lotus, Gaslamp Killer and Nosaj Thing, A collection of instrumentals showed off his production chops in 2011 but it was Jonwaynes oversized skill on the mic that caught the attention of Peanut Butter Wolf, who signed him to release an album as an MC on Stones Throw Records. As he wrote and recorded and rewrote, rerecorded, and edited his debut rap album, Jonwayne released a series of tapes that were to establish his name as one of the West Coasts most exciting new rappers. Cassette 1, Cassette 2 and Cassette 3. The fact Jonwayne still hadn t released his first vocal album didn t stop him picking up accolades. Pitchfork called Cassette 3 'extraordinarily personal and wholly universal at the same time', and Spin endorsed his 'considerable skills'. The Come Up Pt. 1 is the only track on Rap Album One to feature a guest vocal, Scoop DeVille best known as producer for the likes of Kendrick Lamar, The Game and Snoop Dogg produces two tracks on the record, Black Magic and The Come Up Pt. 2 . The rest is pure Jonwayne, from the meandering, jazzy Reflection to the contemplative After The Calm . In fact, there s more piano than drums on Rap Album one but it s all hip-hop.

Tracklist

• 1. After The Calm
  2. You Can Love Me When I'm Dead
  3. Find Me In The Future
  4. The Come Up pt. 1 ft. Scoop Deville
  5. The Come Up pt. 2
  6. Yung Grammar
  7. Reflection
  8. Zeroh's Song
  9. How To Be A Gemini
  10. Black Magic
  11. Sandals