It’s like a whole generation of young heads and college students grew up on our music and are doing something for the movement as well.Start – Video begins with him and his inner darkness sitting behind him from an angle.ġ7 seconds – Begins to mention the girl he really likes.Ģ3 seconds – Video shows a white pure flower.ģ3 seconds – Video presents us with a white marble statue of two lovers.ģ1 -39 seconds – He slides a diss at Drake with a couple lines about hiding a child because of the controversial reveal of his child being brought up by Pusha T.Ĥ1 seconds – Mentions the “fire,” the time between breaking up with his lover and their reconnection. Summing it up D recalls “I was hosting an event for Nike and one of the executives came up to me and spit one of Q-Unique’s verses verbatim to me. Though the group dissolved by 2002, the members have kept heads ringing in the entertainment industry including solo releases and forays into film, TV and radio. Critically acclaimed and well respected, speaking on the enduring legacy of the album, D-Stroy said “I think it’s one of the last albums to champion the four elements of hip-hop, it’s basically our love letter to the culture and a lot of heads identify with that love.” “As The World Burns” was the result of this partnership. Top taste-making Indie rock label Matador Records who developed such groups as Guided By Voices, Pavement and Mogwai wanted the Arsonists to be the first hip-hop group on the label. The group toured with such notables as Public Enemy, The Roots and the Wu-Tang Clan. The results allowed the crew to hit the road through North America and Europe, many of them leaving New York and the United States for the first time ever. On the group’s motivation, D-Stroy revealed “we were focused so much on our love of hip-hop that it kept us off the streets, away from drugs, all of us in my parent’s house rhyming and recording.”Īfter appearing on the Stretch & Bobbito Show, Bobbito Garcia was so impressed as to sign the group to his Fondle ‘Em Records to release several classic singles on wax. It will also include “Lost In The Fire”, which will include many unreleased gems including tracks with J-Live, High & Mighty and Mass Influence as well as six new tracks from the group (the first in over fifteen years!) with guest appearances from Vinnie Paz (Jedi Mind Tricks) and Ill Bill (La Coka Nostra, Non-Phixion).Ĭomposed of D-Stroy, Q-Unique, Freestyle, Jise-One and Swel Boogie these Brooklyn spitters were among the most creative wordsmiths and energetic live performers during an extremely fertile period of boom-bap that included the Lyricist Lounge, Rawkus Records, Fat Beats Records and the Stretch & Bobbito show. This will include a deluxe edition of the group’s classic debut album “As The World Burns” (released in 1999) which yielded such underground anthems as “Blaze”, “Halloween” and the “Session.” 2018 will mark the return of the original Bushwick Bomb Squad! Legendary emcee crew, the Arsonists have announced a double-album release via Below System Records.
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