From boozie cups to posse cuts, Toolshed bring the party to end all parties… The Lost is out now on digital and CD. Pick it up from Bandcamp for the best price…
Track Listing:
1. Peppercorns [produced by Fresh Kils]
2. Rock N Rule [produced by Timbuktu & Danny Miles]
3. Flavor Saviors (remix)
4. Prime Evil
5. Clubsuck (redux)
6. Irish Car Bomb Pt 2
7. Round Table ft. More or Les, SJ the Wordburglar and Savilion
8. Dream Team
9. Hit Em’ With His Running Shoes ft. Ghettosocks [produced by Fresh Kils]
10. Worse For Wear
11. Final Round (Muneshine Remix)
12. Strong Bros (Fresh Kils Remix)
Bonus Jams
13. Clubsuck (redux Muneshine Remix)
14. Irish Tiger Balm Pt 2 (Savilion Remix)
15. Dream Team (Bix Remix)
16. Final Round (Original Version)
all tracks produced by Timbuktu except where noted.
cuts by Middlesex Wrestling Team and Uncle Fester.
cover design by Ghettosocks.
liner notes by D-Sisive.
It’s a little bit inaccurate in some respects, but thanks is due to The Bassment for their interview with Hidden Fortress for site VancouverIsAwesome.com. Check it here:
A new channel has just jumped into the fray within the jungle that is YouTube…
www.youtube.com/5DollarRapShow will collect live footage of classic performances at Toronto sorta-monthly hip hop night $5 Rap Show. The channel opens with a posse cut featuring More Or Les, Chokeules, Timbuktu, Wordburglar and Savilion from their new Hand’Solo release The Lost, as well as Buck 65’s “The Wildlife 1,” which was released by Hand’Solo Records on 12″ along with the other two parts of the trilogy, the instrumentals and a hidden bonus track. The favourites section also includes live footage from shows that pre-date but are related to $5 Rap Show.
Toolshed was an accident waiting to happen. Longtime friends and collaborators Timbuktu (emcee/producer), Chokeules (emcee) and Psybo (emcee) have been writing and recording together for nearly a decade and a half.
After years of making tapes and rocking local shows, the trio released their self-titled debut in 2000. Since then, they have independently released group efforts Schemata (2002), Illustrated (2003) and Relapse (2006) – the latter landing on the London Free Press’s Top Ten Albums of the Year and earning the boys a 2006 London Music Award for Most Popular Hip Hop/Rap Group - along with a handful of solo and collaboration albums.
Recorded shortly after the release of Relapse, the music that would be follow-up album The Lost became buried as the three emcees relocated to different cities and began working on a series of solo albums: Choke’s Hypergraphia (2009), Timbuktu’s Stranger Danger (Urbnet, 2010) and the yet-to-be-released Psybo solo. With the solo albums in the bag, Toolshed accepted the opportunity offered by Hand’Solo Records to release their long lost album, and Timbuktu revamped the whole project. Now The Lost combines the old with the new, featuring appearances from fellow Backburner bros and other close collaborators: guest vocals from Savilion, More or Les, Wordburglar and Juno nominee Ghettosocks; production from Timbuktu and Fresh Kils; and additional remixes by Bix, Savilion and Muneshine. Historically inaccurate liner notes are provided by Juno-nominated rapper D-Sisive, aka Derek Christoff.
While The Lost is surely Toolshed’s best album so far, it’s their impressive live performance that really drives the group forward. The Shed have turned years of experience into a live show guaranteed to grab your attention, earning them performance spots alongside such notable acts as Devin the Dude, Lootpack, Busdriver, Aceyalone, Awol One, Swollen Members, Pumpkinhead, El Da Sensei (of Artifacts), A.G. (of Showbiz & A.G.), Riddlore?, GZA and more.
At the end of the day, whether it’s with boozie cups or posse cuts, Toolshed bring the party to end all parties.
1. Peppercorns [produced by Fresh Kils]
2. Rock N Rule [produced by Timbuktu & Danny Miles]
3. Flavor Saviors (remix)
4. Prime Evil
5. Clubsuck (redux)
6. Irish Car Bomb Pt 2
7. Round Table ft. More or Les, SJ the Wordburglar and Savilion
8. Dream Team
9. Hit Em’ With His Running Shoes ft. Ghettosocks [produced by Fresh Kils]
10. Worse For Wear
11. Final Round (Muneshine Remix)
12. Strong Bros (Fresh Kils Remix)
Bonus Jams
13. Clubsuck (redux Muneshine Remix)
14. Irish Tiger Balm Pt 2 (Savilion Remix)
15. Dream Team (Bix Remix)
16. Final Round (Original Version)
all tracks produced by Timbuktu except where noted.
cuts by Middlesex Wrestling Team and Uncle Fester.
cover design by Ghettosocks.
liner notes by D-Sisive.
London, ON rap trio Toolshed (Chokeules, Psybo & Timbuktu) release album number six as a group on Hand’Solo Records. The Lost drops on CD and digital on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, but those in the Toronto area can get an early preview and their very own copy on Thursday, April 21 at the release party hosted by $5 Rap Show. Check the flyer for all the pertinent info:
And here’s the first single, “Irish Carbomb Pt 2″:
