Soul - Battle For The Ballads (2011) / underground jazzy hip-hop

From the moment your ears are exposed to Battle for the Ballads you will be taken on an emotional voyage that captures everything sacred about pure, genuine hip-hop. Soul fearlessly reveals the sides of life that we have all felt be it love, loss, brutality, underachievement, struggle and the many ways it affects us. Each song is crafted with extreme detail from the intense “Opening Ballad” to the organic sounds of “Zen” to the soothing calm of “Some Nights”. Soul has captured every subtle nuance of our battle and emerges with a classic album that pushes the limits of his genre. Hip-Hop and Soul form a union on “Battle for the Ballads” that takes your mind on a journey that you will doubtlessly want to embark upon time after time.

Tracklist:
01 - Opening Ballad (Produced by Alkalyne)
02 - I Wonder Ft. D.T. & Silo (Produced by D.T.)
03 - Zen Ft. Shaniece Page (Produced by Silo)
04 - Higher Ft. Slum Gutta & Shaniece Page (Produced by WhYes Productions)
05 - One Day (Produced by Silo)
06 - Donovan McNabb (Produced by Yamin Semali)
07 - Rebel Or A Slave (Produced by Mitchell Donavant)
08 - Hear What They Said (Produced by UnCanny)
09 - The Ode Ft. Rukus McKoy (Produced by D.T.)
10 - The Mood (Produced by D.T.)
11 - Thirty One Ft. Shaniece Page (Produced by UnCanny)
12 - Infinite Light Ft. Silo (Produced by Silo)
13 - Some Nights Ft. Casey Nicole (Produced by S-Boy J)
14 - Final Call Ft. Shaniece Page (Produced by Silo)
15 - Closing Ballad Ft. Nick Anderson

Cyber - 320 kbs