[Review] Melanin 9: “Magna Carta” Album Review

Melanin 9 “Magna Carta”
Melanin 9: “Magna Carta”.

Melanin 9 “Magna Carta” album review.

Melanin 9 released “Magna Carta” on the 3rd December 2012 and is the London emcees official debut album.

It features heavyweight artist including Roc Marciano, Triple Darkness & Madame Pepper.

And deep productions from Jehst, Anatomy, HeyZues, 7th Dan, Parental, Ohbliv & Tony Mahoney.

The album was recorded mixed and mastered by Chemo at Kilamanjiro studios London.

“Manga Carta” by Melanin 9.

The opening title track captures M9′s gift for painting descriptive images in your mind’s eye as he tells how he will “pose for cameras with ex-felons using hands as weapons”.

Whilst the Anatomy-produced “Landslide” features melodic pianos sprinkled over bass-heavy beats like gentle rain on cold concrete.

With the UK microphone fiend mixing mystical wordplay and harsh street imagery in his rhymes.

(courtesy of Ryan Proctor @RyanProctor75)

Check out the full review here.

Fans of the Golden Era of hip hop in the 90′s will want to get their hands on this release, It’s an old skool classic with a contemporary twist.

“Magna Carta” by Melanin 9 is available to purchase as a digital download via iTunes.

Hard copies are also available here.

Magna Carta Track List:

1) Gene of Isis (prod by Anatomy)
2) Magna Carta (prod by Anatomy)
3) Landslide (prod by Anatomy – scratches by Evil Ed)
4) The 7 Blues (ft Madame Pepper) (prod by Hey!Zeus)
5) Cosmos (prod by Parental – scratches by DJ LOD)
6) 11:08 (prod by Option Command)
7) Love’s Stencil (ft Madame Pepper) (prod by OhBliv)
8) Heartless Island (ft Triple Darkness) (prod by Jehst)
9) White Russian (ft Roc Marciano) (prod by Anatomy)
10) Red Snow (prod by Anatomy)
11) Organised Democracy (prod by Tony Mahony – scratches by DJ Madhandz)
12) No Man’s Land (ft Triple Darkness) (prod by 7th Dan)
13) Colour Blind (ft Madame Pepper) (prod by Anatomy)
14) Marble (prod by Tony Mahoney)

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