Allow me to present to you a new compilation album, compliments of Gotee Records.
What Gotee has done is taken two songs from four of their hip-hop/rap artists and the record label's owner. Then they threw them all on one CD and released it with a fairly low price tag (5 dollars CDN around here). Those artists, as you can see from the album cover, are tobyMac, Grits, Knowdaverbs, John Reuben, and DJ Maj.
The album definitely gives you a good feel of the genre it is promoting. Even though it is a few artists as opposed to one, it still flows quite nicely...with the exception of the two DJ Maj tracks, which sound a bit out of place.
Since basically all of these artists are Gotee's, what I think would have made a great album is if they got all of them to record two new tracks as opposed to pre-recorded ones. Sure it may have been more work, sure it would have then been priced the same as other albums, but I can see it doing very well.
Nonetheless, We Are Hip Hop is an interesting diversion when it comes to compilation albums. Considering the price and the artist lineup, I would definitely recommend it to fans of the hip-hop genre.
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