so happy you guys put this up , My fav of all your stuff, unbelevable flow!

Been listening to you guys since i was a youngin'! Some of the greatest rhymers ever!

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As Chicago winds up another long, hot summer, plagued by violence and riddled with tragedy, Typical Cats lob in another time bomb, a Qwazaar solo slab entitled "Reflections from the Porch." Anchored by a Natural beat awash in harmonies, bittersweet guitar, and, as always, dust-covered knocking drums, "Reflections" is a two and a half minute masterwork, a miniature history, and a meditative moment from one of the premier MCs of his generation. Described by Hip Hop Renaissance man Kevin Beacham as "one of the best natural Rappers of this era," Qwa is in excellent form here, leaning back into the stories, sipping from a jarful of memory.

"I remember beating on the tables / no interest from the majors / high school talent shows / booed us off stages... / wardrobe busted up -- couldn't afford the labels / cheap-ass backpacks -- sneakers that'll match that." In 4 bars, Qwa time-travels us decades back, digging into pre-TC lore and further, inviting us to examine the soul topography of a quintessential survivor.

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"Pocket Full of Slave Owners" Feat. Brother Ali and Boots Riley is the latest song off of Muja Messiah's new album God Kissed It The Devil Missed It. Out May 23rd.

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Muja Messiah -POCKET FULL OF SLAVE OWNERS feat. Brother Ali & Boots Riley

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"We're very excited and grateful to be headed out on our Home Away From Home Tour with Bambu, MaLLy and Last Word. Anyone who's experienced my headlining tours knows that I like to have one DJ and one host for the entire evening and I choose my support artists very carefully. If you're not up on any of our tour family's music, please check them out so you'll know how to appreciate them when we're in your town. I also like to make a tour theme song with everyone in the crew to celebrate rolling out together. Please enjoy this track and we welcome your well wishes for safe travels and security for our loved one's while we're away. 

Love Always and See You Soon!

-Ali"

Produced by: Brother Ali

Home Away From Home Tour
Feat. Brother Ali
w/ Bambu & DJ LAST WORD
Hosted by: MaLLY

Full list of remaining dates:
September 25 - Victoria, BC - Sugar Nightclub
September 26 - Bellingham, WA - Wild Buffalo 
September 27 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne 
September 28 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
September 30 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst 
October 1 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill 
October 2 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
October 3 - Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar
October 4 - Santa Barbara, CA - Velvet Jones 
October 5 - San Diego, CA - Porter's Pub
October 8 - Tucson, AZ - Congress 
October 9 - Tempe, AZ - Club Red
October 10 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
October 11 - El Paso, TX - Sector 7 
October 14 - Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ 
October 15 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
October 16 - Dallas, TX - HOB Small Room 
October 17 - New Orleans, LA - HOB Parish
October 18 - Birmingham, AL - Workplay
October 20 - Orlando, FL - The Social
October 22 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall
October 23 - Atlanta, GA - Aisle 5
October 24 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
October 25 - Richmond, VA - The Broadberry
October 27 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
October 29 - Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory
October 30 - Providence, RI - Met Cafe
October 31 - Boston, MA - Middle East
November 1 - Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
November 4 - Montreal, QC - Phi Centre
November 5 - Toronto, ON - Tattoo 
November 6 - London, ON - London Music Hall
November 7 - Ithaca, NY - The Haunt 
November 8 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop 
November 10 - Columbus, OH - Skully's 
November 11 - Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig
November 13 - Madison, WI - High Noon
November 14 - Chicago, IL - Reggie's 

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Brother Ali - Home Away From Home feat. Bambu & MaLLy

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Shelter In Place

Shelter In Place (feat. Blacastan)

In the final years of the last millenium, two native New Yorkers added a page to Chicago's hip hop history with the advent of the WHPK Wednesday Night Rap Show. Although short-lived and never formally christened, the Show had heads from Roosevelt to the Hundreds stuck on 88.5 FM midweek. In the show's aftermath, from the ashes of countless vinyl crates and echoes of chaotic show-closing freestyle sessions, Typical Cats was born. 

Featuring MCs Qwazaar, Qwel and Denizen Kane, producer/dj Natural and media assassin Kid Knish, Typical dropped a self-titled full-length on Galapagos4 Records and began a relentless campaign to restore a fallen hip hop world to its former promise and glory. The talent assembled was unmistakable, the sound created was formidable. Firmly planted in tradition, unorthodox in invention and possessed of a strength only earned in the furnace of experience, their Sound is the Future that hip hop's Past would have had if its Present weren't held hostage by the uninspired and unrepentant. A flurry of solo projects later, Chicago's prodigal sons return. Hip hoppers rejoice. Suckers duck and cover. Typical Cats come to conquer. Battle champs, hotline legends, poetry circuit kings. 

Tuck Your Pride In 'Cause All Lyrics Connect At The Soul. And it's on and it's on and it's on. 

QWAZAAR - A native of Chicago's gritty Low End, Qwazaar strikes from hip hop's essence. Whether the subject matter is inner city or interplanetary, the flow remains untouchable - a percussive yet fluid attack that evokes South Side rain and helicopter blades in a single breath. The content is heavy- "After the dust settles, witness the blood puddles..." Lights out, kids. The Q-W-A is here. 

QWEL - You first seen his name dangling a quarter mile up on a suspension bridge from your scratch-bombed window on the Orange line. You first heard that distinctive melodic/abrasive storm of syllables on old Nacro and Scam Artist tapes with inserts printed at the Kinko's. Now the heat's been perfected-and this nasty North Side revelation music rebel is out to wake the sleepers. From Ted Turner's devil ass to the so-called competition-everyone and their mama gets dealt with when the kid laces up his boots. 

DENIZEN KANE - From the rum and coke rumble of Chicago's North Side flow spots to the celluloid veneer of Def Poetry Jam's main stage, Denizen Kane rips the party with a poet's heart and an outsider's eye. Journalistic, impressionistic, real-life and drastic, young Kane's late night Red Line revelations turn into heathen hymns on tape, capturing the moody face of the metropolis in color. How long can a lost one roam until he finds his way home? Listen to your city fall apart through the muddy mouth of an immigrant.

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