01. Mamnequins Part II - feat. Murs (prodced by Ski Beatz)
02. What a Life – feat. GLC and Da$h (produced by DJ Wordy)
03. White Wolf – (produced by Sean O’Connell)
04. Purple – (produced by McKenzie Eddy and Sean O’Connell)
05. We Play to Win – feat. GLC (produced by Ski Beatz)
06. Mangoes - (produced by Ski Beatz)
07. What Jewels Could You Take From Me? – feat. GLC and Kat CHR (produced by Ski Beatz)
08. Twilight – feat. Kat CHR, Ben Fagan and the Holy City Hooligans (produced by Kat CHR, Ben Fagan and McKenzie Eddy)
09. Windmills – feat. GLC (produced by Ski Beatz)
10. Blood Runs Cold – feat. Kool A.C. and Kat CHR (produced by Alex Cheegro)
11. Seems Like He Thought About Her – (Produced by McKenzie Eddy and Sean O’Connell)
12. In This Thing - feat. Cam’ron and Vado (produced by Ski Beatz)
以卓越黑人民權領袖Martin Luther King, Jr.與Rosa Parks(1955年,Rosa Parks拒絕在巴士讓座給白人,後來演變成Montgomery Bus Boycott一役因而聲名大噪)之名,具有意識形態的結合成來自風城芝加哥的男女雙人組合Martin Parks,日前推出他們第三部作品輯 Thankful for Sound ,試圖在黑人獨立樂界引起波瀾。
看看Martin Parks之前的兩部作品: Barefoot 與 Back of the Bus 。其實就名稱即可得知,負責大部分音樂與歌詞工作的Roman Lee與具備爵士素養的Jacque Hammond,透過將嘻哈與靈魂樂的實驗性結合,讓Martin Parks的音樂擁有「新世代的省思與張力」。Martin Luther King, Jr.與Rosa Parks身處的時代,可能在Roman Lee與Jacque Hammond的父母親出生之前,他們如何回溯舊日情境呢?答案很難找到,而我們不妨朝這方向繼續思考即可:現代人該如何透過口耳相傳,以超越世代並儘量不失真的方式,在價值觀趨向「同化」的現代社會,擠出窄小的立錐空間(然後傳遞給他們的下一代)。
tracklist 01. K-Murdock – Intro
02. K-Murdock – Breakadawn (Quiet Storm Remix)
03. K-Def – Stakes Is High (Kush Remix)
04. DJ Stitches & BP – Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa
05. Astronote – De La Soul Tribute (Verbal Clap Rendition)
tracklist 01. Titanic
02. Favorite Things
03. Love Machine
04. Cheater
05. When I Was High
06. Y.O.Y.
07. In the Game (ft. MC Lyte)
08. I Like What Your Doing
09. Nobody but Me
10. Wish
11. Speakher Sex (ft. Yelawolf)