Yeah folks, well you've read the title and now you know what it is for March/April 2009. "Hitchiker's Guide to Uwi" is the crazy concept that I came up with about roughly two years ago which is basically, an album that gives many diverse snapshots of uwi (University of West Indies) life. It is a 'concept album' in the truest sense of the word which is defined by Wikipedia as: "an album which is unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical". On this album, I write every song from the perspective of someone that is in their final year of university and has seen it all. And to allay any fears, this album is not dense in 'you had to be there', uwi-type stuff; anybody who enjoys good, creative and lyrical music can enjoy this album.
Now I don't know how many of you reading this are actively involved in music and would/could understand, but when I'm not frustrated in trying to make the highest quality product of this album, I feel blessed to have the privilege and the means to make this album a reality. It's an exciting feeling because most of the topics on my album have never been written about in Trinidad before and I'm more worried about making this thing a classic rather than griping over possible radio play. Even the cover art is going to turn some heads as is definitely on some intergalactic-type sh*t. The dude who's working on it is a bonafide genius fuh real.
"Hitchhiker's Guide to Uwi" is going to have about ten tracks and maybe one bonus track with a few interludes if necessary. As you may notice, the title is taken from the book "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" which is an invaluable book for wanderers looking to traverse the galaxy and similarly my album is an invaluable cd for wanderers looking for knowledge and/or an exposition of university life. The album is most likely going to be distributed by tru2culture which has recently added several more locations to the list of stores that it distributes cds and dvds to and therefore it shouldn't be too hard to find the album when it drops (you can search for the group on facebook for more information on tru2culture).
TRACK LISTING
1 Intro
2 Ah won't pretend
3 Uwi girls
4 Jennifer
5 Stress
6 I don't care
7 Bad karma
8 Raining Shots
9 Originality
10 Uwi is a game
11 Forever (bonus track)
I've already released the tracks "Uwi girls" and "Jennifer" which you can listen to here. You can also download both tracks here.
The album for sure won't be more than $40TT and will be mixed and mastered to the highest quality (it's being mixed by "Beebo" and mastered by "Mice"...those in the industry would know dem two) so mek sure and get it when it comes out next year. Da Face out.
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