1.) MY LIFE
This song takes you through a poetic journey of Hyphen-One's life. The journey begins at birth and remains open-ended in 2006. My Life touches on foster family, being adopted, being an outcast, being bullied, the pride in working to succeed, the agony in working to fail, loving hip-hop culture in a place/time where it was not accepted, doing graffiti, and much more. The hook is a modern rendition of a melody that we all know and love. Production by Volitale.
2.) TAKE NOTE
Hot metaphors and similies on a Menace beat, and a hook that moves crowds. This song is for all you underground hip-hop heads. Where you at? Scratches by H-1.
3.) G. RAP ( f/ Causeway, Bliss Brevard of The Square Egg )
Probably the hardest mic delivery of H-1's career. Probably the hardest beat you've ever heard him on. The whole church choir is singing on this joint. The preacher is speaking on this joint. Let me tell you why God is a gangster, real gangsters DON'T DIE! Production by Volitale.
4.) GAME OVER
Game Over puts political ideas on the table and lets you decide where you want to go with them. The Production by Steve Dans of Daylow brings beat making back to sampling complex, interesting genres of music. Intense verses with a lighhearted hook make Game Over a great listening experience. Who shot the President?
5.) WORD WORD
An energetic song with great crowd interaction in the hook. Turntablism from one of the illest DJ's doing it right now. From Brooklyn to Jersey to wherever, we right here in your area, word? WORD. Production by Menace.
6.) WATCHOUT
Party style hip-hop for the women and street. Verse one describes Women and relationships. Verse two uses the word street as a metaphor or idea that relates to various aspects of life. You can have fun dancing to the beat while deciphering complex and insightful lyrics. Watchout! We run New Jersey.
7.) DO YOUR THING (f/ Adeo of Raination )
Hyphen-One's traditional, "feel good" music, with an uplifting message and positive energy. Both MC's keep it as real as it can get in this song. The horn section creates a different sound from past H-1 tracks. A very energetic song that plain and simply tells you to, "Do your thing." Production by Volitale.
8.) GROW
How can we grow together if I'm stuck right here forever. Grow is about a mans love for a woman and the stress of having to move forward in life while also progressing in a relationship. The inability to do so creates a feeling of being stuck and confused about what to do with your relathinship and life in general. Production by Benjamin of Daylow. Scratches by H-1.
9.) BE REAL (f/ Causeway)
The hook has beautiful harmonies by Causeway and a message that askswhat good are the superficial elements of life when you're gone. The verses elaborate on failure, depression and other emotions that were a part of my life, and the remedies to those emotional struggels. One of those remedies being, real. Not real in the context of hard, or thug, but real as in being true to yourself and making positive progression alongside others that are going through similar struggles. I am speaking directly to my peers that I am connected to through the emotions expressed in this song. Production by Volitale.
10.) LEFT BRAIN RIGHT EAR (f/hater)
A catchy hook with creative verses. Lyrically, this song explores abstract thought. Left Brain Right Ear gives you a combination of a smooth lyricist lounge type of groove, and party style hip hop. The interaction between the two Mc's delivery captivates your attention. Production by Menace.
11.) SKITZO
Creative music for creative people; the birth of Skizophrenia Hop. This song is not your typical hip hop in any way, shape or form. The song explores abstract thought patterns within a conversation between two people. The point of the conversation is to decipher the "code," which is actually a "bleep," improvisational melodic vocal sound. "F" 'em in the neck! Production by Creatica.
12.) ONE NIGHT STAND (f/ Daylow, Jive & Spa)
The new school collaboration. A vivid, general description of one night stands. H-1 rhymes the same exact word for all sixteen bars of his verse. Jive calls the girl a sticker on his rhyme book, a scratch and sniff. Spa tells honey to relax with the cake. Get up, Get in, Get off, Get out! Enjoy.
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