The Video:
On April 16th, Illogic & Blockhead will release their first collaborative full-length, Capture The Sun. The album, which includes features from Blueprint, Abstract Rude, and others, will be released on TK via Man Bites Dog Records. Already, Illogic & Blockhead have released two singles - title track "Capture The Sun," which features Slug of Atmosphere and album lead-off "Neva Heard" - and along the way the rapper and producer pair unveiled the first part of what will be a four-part mini-documentary, Journey To Capture The Sun, detailing Illogic's and Blockhead's long-running history and how Capture The Sun came to be. Today, Illogic & Blockhead are releasing the second part of that series.
Capture The Sun, for both Illogic and Blockhead comes at a time of musical change in their lives – Illogic learning how to balance his music dreams with being a father and husband; Blockhead stepping away from strictly instrumental work to collaborate with rappers again - and so this mini-documentary, which details the history of the pair's individual and collective history with hip-hop is a fitting piece to help explain the journey that has lead the two to where they are now. And so, in part two, the mini-doc, which is directed and edited by Blueprint, picks up where part one left off, with Illogic and Blockhead each recalling the moment that they found each other's work and the impact it had on them, personally and artistically.
Watch Part 2 of the mini-doc here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FUZ5uWgZ6g
Watch Part 1 of the mini-doc here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhyueu306mU
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The Background:
With collaborative history dating back to 2000, two established independent artists in Illogic and Blockhead are teaming up for their first full-length, Capture The Sun. The Columbus, Ohio emcee/poet and Manhattan artist/producer agreed to the project during a creative intersection in their solo careers: Illogic wanted to "step outside of himself" to focus more on storytelling and relaying the feelings of his present, as he pursues his dreams while serving as a father and husband; Blockhead, fresh off a string of instrumental releases that followed extensive work with Aesop Rock earlier in his career, wanted to once again collaborate with rappers. Through virtual sessions, Illogic picked through hundreds of Block beats, and began bringing the long-developed theme of Capture The Sun to words. Over 40 songs were recorded, with two free EP's released prior to this album. Now, on April 16th, Illogic & Blockhead will release Capture The Sun, along with features from Slug (of Atmosphere), Blueprint, Abstract Rude, and more, will be released on TK via Man Bites Dog Records.
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