Far Rockaway representative and Team Thoro affiliate Halfabrick, joins forces with French beatsmith Alterbeats on "Brass Knuckles" as featured on Alterbeats sophomore compilation album, Class Struggle which becomes available on CD and digital download October 29th.

About 'Class Struggle':
Produced entirely by ALTERPROD's in-house producer, Alterbeats, Class Struggle expands upon the creative direction as its predecessor, The French Revolution, which focuses on the current global economic crisis, while placing an emphasis on the new class struggle to live free. The album boasts guests appearances from both legendary and upcoming underground mainstay emcees Tragedy Khadafi, Neek The Exotic, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Copywrite, Bekay, Verbal Kent, Skeezo, and Mic Handz, among others.  'Class Struggle' will be available both in both digital format through all major digital retailers, as well physical CD, where it will be sold through several record shops and online outlets on October 29th.

Tracklist:
01. Who's Next (feat. Verbal Kent)
02. Halfabrick (feat. Brass Knuckles)
03. Class Struggle (feat. Main Flow, Copywrite, Solicit & DJ Modesty)
04. 7th Dynasty (feat. Divine & Tragedy Khadafi)
05. Real Talk (feat. Skeezo)
06. Idol (feat. Bekay)
07. Stop It (feat. Shabaam Sahdeeq & DJ Tricks)
08. Fruit Punch (feat. Guilty Simpson & The Rockness Monstah)
09. Guidelines (feat. Napoleon Da Legend and Crazy Bazarro) 
10. From The Heart (feat. Nutso and DJ Modesty) 
11. Alter Ego (feat. Dirt Platoon)
12. My Life (feat. Mic Handz)
13. Grustle (feat. Shabaam Sahdeeq, Skeezo & Mic Handz)
14. The Overview (feat. Carnage 45)
15. The Unit (feat. Neek the Exotic & Satchel Page)

Alterbeats (feat. Halfabrick) - "Brass Knuckles"

Queensbridge Hip-Hop pioneer Tragedy Khadafi connects with Kings County spitter Divine on "7th Dynasty" as featured on French beatsmith Alterprod's sophomore compilation album Class Struggle, which becomes available on CD and digital download October 29th.

About 'Class Struggle':
Produced entirely by ALTERPROD's in-house producer, Alterbeats, Class Struggle expands upon the creative direction as its predecessor, The French Revolution, which focuses on the current global economic crisis, while placing an emphasis on the new class struggle to live free. The album boasts guests appearances from both legendary and upcoming underground mainstay emcees Tragedy Khadafi, Neek The Exotic, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Copywrite, Bekay, Verbal Kent, Skeezo, and Mic Handz, among others.  'Class Struggle' will be available both in both digital format through all major digital retailers, as well physical CD, where it will be sold through several record shops and online outlets on October 29th.

Tracklist:
01. Who's Next (feat. Verbal Kent)
02. Halfabrick (feat. Brass Knuckles)
03. Class Struggle (feat. Main Flow, Copywrite, Solicit & DJ Modesty)
04. 7th Dynasty (feat. Divine & Tragedy Khadafi)
05. Real Talk (feat. Skeezo)
06. Idol (feat. Bekay)
07. Stop It (feat. Shabaam Sahdeeq & DJ Tricks)
08. Fruit Punch (feat. Guilty Simpson & The Rockness Monstah)
09. Guidelines (feat. Napoleon Da Legend and Crazy Bazarro) 
10. From The Heart (feat. Nutso and DJ Modesty) 
11. Alter Ego (feat. Dirt Platoon)
12. My Life (feat. Mic Handz)
13. Grustle (feat. Shabaam Sahdeeq, Skeezo & Mic Handz)
14. The Overview (feat. Carnage 45)
15. The Unit (feat. Neek the Exotic & Satchel Page)

Alterbeats (feat. Divine & Tragedy Khadafi) - "7th Dynasty"

In promotion for ALTERPROD's sophomore compilation album Class Struggle, which is set for an October 29th release date, the French production, design and video consortium unveil the project's inaugural leak "Fruit Punch," featuring both Guilty Simpson and The Rockness Monstah. "Amateur night, these clowns can't damage a mic/ So I'm breaking off the hand that they write with.." - Guilty Simpson.

Lyrics (Rap Genius): http://bit.ly/16bhON4
Premiere - Soul Culture: http://bit.ly/19izgM1

Produced entirely by ALTERPROD's in-house producer, Alterbeats, Class Struggle expands upon the creative direction as its predecessor, The French Revolution, which focuses on the current global economic crisis, while placing an emphasis on the new class struggle to live free. The album boasts guests appearances from both legendary and upcoming underground mainstay emcees Tragedy Khadafi, Neek The Exotic, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Copywrite, Bekay, Verbal Kent, Skeezo, and Mic Handz, among others.  'Class Struggle' will be available both in both digital format through all major digital retailers, as well physical CD, where it will be sold through several record shops and online outlets on October 29th.

Tracklist:
01. Who's Next (feat. Verbal Kent)
02. Halfabrick (feat. Brass Knuckles)
03. Class Struggle (feat. Main Flow, Copywrite, Solicit & DJ Modesty)
04. 7th Dynasty (feat. Divine & Tragedy Khadafi)
05. Real Talk (feat. Skeezo)
06. Idol (feat. Bekay)
07. Stop It (feat. Shabaam Sahdeeq & DJ Tricks)
08. Fruit Punch (feat. Guilty Simpson & The Rockness Monstah)
09. Guidelines (feat. Napoleon Da Legend and Crazy Bazarro) 
10. From The Heart (feat. Nutso and DJ Modesty) 
11. Alter Ego (feat. Dirt Platoon)
12. My Life (feat. Mic Handz)
13. Grustle (feat. Shabaam Sahdeeq, Skeezo & Mic Handz)
14. The Overview (feat. Carnage 45)
15. The Unit (feat. Neek the Exotic & Satchel Page)

Alterbeats (feat. Guilty Simpson & The Rockness Monstah) - "Fruit Punch"

💿 Lost Dubs 005 – Freedom Will Come (2006)

2006 was a year I was digging deep into dub — not just as a sound, but as a philosophy. Freedom Will Come samples the words of an activist dub poet, echoing with the urgency of struggle and the promise of liberation.

“You can only push a dog around so many times before that dog will turn around and bite you.”

This wasn’t about the polished club floor. It was about the other side of dance music — the protest, the poetry, the call for change. Heavy bass, rolling percussion, and the voice of resistance carried through delay and reverb until it felt like a mantra: freedom will come.

Lost Dubs 005 - Freedom Will Come (2006)

The album closer reimagines the classic 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike song "Bread and Roses" for 2025, honoring the tradition while updating for intersectional struggles. WikipediaWMNF Opens with solo acoustic guitar and voice, traditional folk style, singing the original verse about hearts starving as bodies starve, about beauty and art being necessities not luxuries. "Hearts starve as well as bodies, give us bread but give us roses."
But then each verse adds a contemporary struggle: Trans people demanding not just survival but joy and celebration (gender splendor for everyone); disabled people demanding not just accessibility but full participation in society; reproductive justice meaning not just legal abortion but comprehensive care, childcare, paid leave; workers demanding not just living wages but dignity, democracy, and control over their labor; housing justice meaning not just shelter but community, culture, and homes that don't displace; immigrants demanding not just legal status but belonging and freedom from persecution.
Each verse builds instrumentally—first bass, then drums, then electric guitar—until the final chorus is a massive, soaring anthem with all the themes united: "We're fighting for our bread, our roses too / Trans liberation and reproductive rights / Labor unions and a place to live / Disability justice, immigrant freedom / All of it together, all of us alive / This is our time, this is our fight."

Bread and Roses (2025)

Based on the Daimler Truck workers chanting "tick tock" as their contract deadline approached, and the Boeing strike of 33,000 machinists who voted down the first contract offer by 95%. labornotes Heavy, mechanical beat mimics factory sounds. Verses tell stories of workers forced to work weekends despite record profits, automation threatening jobs, executives making 300 times what workers earn. Chorus is the relentless "tick tock" chant building in intensity. References the ILA dockworkers' first strike since 1977, the 53-day Boeing action, AT&T's 36-day strike. Bridge features actual union slogans: "On strike, shut 'em down, this is a union town!" Celebrates the 271,500 workers who struck in 2024 Economic Policy Institute and the 77% of young workers who approve of unions.

Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock

Takes its title from actual 2024-2025 housing justice slogans. Opens with the April 2025 Housing NOW! protests where activists wrapped city halls in red tape. National Coalition for the Homeless Verses expose private equity landlords: Greystar buying 8,500 apartments and jacking up rent 36% while cutting security and maintenance; ProPublica Blackstone raising rents 31.5% in Phoenix; Private Equity Stakeholder Project Cleveland where private equity purchases jumped from 7.2% to 21.1%. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Contrasts Spain's hundreds of thousands marching for housing rights Al Jazeera with America's reality where the top 10% own 67% of wealth while the bottom 50% own 2.5%.
Chorus: "Housing over handcuffs, homes over greed / It's a human right, not a luxury / From DC to Nashville, San Francisco Bay / They're pricing us out, but we're here to stay." References the Poor People's Campaign organizing 140 million poor and low-income people. Poor People's Campaign Bridge is spoken-word from a tenant forced out: "I felt like I was forced out the door." ProPublica Ends with chant: "Whose city? OUR city!"

Housing Over Handcuffs

Raging against wealth inequality. Opens with the statistic: The world is on track for 5 trillionaires within a decade while 733 million people lack sufficient calories globally. Verses detail the obscenity: Billionaire wealth grew $2 trillion in 2024 ($5.7 billion per day), Wall Street bonuses hit $47.5 billion, the top 10% own 67% of wealth while the bottom 50% own 2.5%. Oxfam GBWorld Socialist Web Site Meanwhile, 13.4% of children live in poverty, child poverty more than doubled after the expanded Child Tax Credit expired, Black children experience poverty at three times the rate of white children. Firstfocus
Heavy, aggressive rap verses with screamed chorus: "FIVE TRILLIONAIRES! While we can't pay rent! / FIVE TRILLIONAIRES! Our wages ain't been spent! / From the bottom to the top, there's a class war / And they're winning it while we're dying poor!" References the June 2024 Kenya protests where youth rose up against tax bills targeting the poorest; Bangladesh where 400+ students were killed protesting job quotas. Human Rights Watch Bridge lists the names: Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg—and asks "What do we do with the enemies of humanity?" Leaves the question hanging ominously.

Five Trillionaires

A celebration of young workers leading the labor resurgence. Opens with the statistics: 77% of workers under 34 approve of unions, 88% of workers under 30, support crossing partisan lines. Center for American ProgressTraprock Verses tell the stories: The predominantly young Starbucks Workers United organizing 537 stores; Restaurant Dive grad students organizing 20,000+ since 2022; young workers at Amazon, in tech, in schools bringing "imagination, creativity and fresh strategies" to the movement.
Chorus is defiant: "We're not asking, we're organizing / No one's coming to save us anyway / The adults haven't won, only we can / Gen Z ain't asking, we're here to stay." References actual youth organizing language and approach. Bridge addresses why: Starting from behind, crushing student debt, housing unaffordable, climate crisis, no job security, nothing left to lose. But turns that precarity into power: "You gave us nothing, so we've got nothing to lose / You broke the system, now we're breaking through." Ends with union chants: "I believe that we will win!"

Gen Z Ain't Asking

Opens the album with the GLAAD statistic: 932 anti-LGBTQ incidents in one year, 2.5 per day. But the song expands to show this is part of a larger pattern—575 anti-LGBTQ bills, aclu 27 states banning gender-affirming care, aclu 13.4% of children in poverty, Firstfocus 271,500 workers on strike. The chorus chants: "An injury to one is an injury to all / They're coming for us, they're coming for all / No left and right, just have and have not / 932 days till we tear this whole thing apart." References the Gender Liberation March linking trans rights and abortion rights, the intersectionality between all struggles. The 19th News Sets the urgent, angry, but hopeful tone.

932 Days

DJ/producer since 1997, Toronto-born accomplice is a proudly genre-fluid selector with deep roots in Montreal’s underground.

From early residencies with iDJ and Junglist Fridays at Blue Dog, to his time in South Korea where he held down slots at Vinyl Underground (Busan), Konkrete Jungle Seoul, and festivals like Pentaport, accomplice has always thrived where bass meets boundary-pushing energy.

Now based lakeside in cottage country north of Toronto, accomplice continues to move dance floors in unexpected ways—bridging decades of influence through sets that blend depth, soul, and surprise.

Releases:
2008 – Celestial Conspiracy – Waterwings EP [CC001R]
2009 – Substruk Records – Babylon EP [SUB007]
2010 – Bludclot Recordings – Loose [BLUDCLOTdigital005]
2010 – Monkey Dub Records – My Sound
2010 – Steppaheadz Recordz – Freedom Will Come

Mail: jamieson@accomplicated.ca
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Management: management@accomplicated.ca

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