This fall, true school hip-hop vets People Under the Stairs will celebrate ten years in the rap game with a series of new projects.
First comes a greatest hits collection from Om Records, the San Francisco label which signed the group in 1999 (after the group dropped its self titled debut in 1998 on PUTS Records). Scheduled for release on July 22, The Om Years is a two-CD set with choice cuts from the group’s four albums as well as 12-inch B-sides and rarities.
Then, come September, Thes One and Double K will drop their sixth album, Fun DMC, on newly-formed label Gold Dust Media. To drum up interest, the crew is going on tour next month.
“We got our 6th album comin’ out in September of this year, and it’s chock full of all the musical dope you have come to love and expect from the P,” writes Thes One in a post on PUTS MySpace page. “We have listed a series of East coast dates to help get the word out about the album, and when it drops we will run up and down the west coast handling our business and rockin’ for you.”
Here’s the track listing for The Om Years and Fun DMC as well as the tour itinerary.
First, The Om Years:
Disc 1:
- 1. “Intro”
- 2. “San Francisco Knights”
- 3. “43 Labels I Like”
- 4. “Time to Rock Our Shit”
- 5. “The Cat”
- 6. “We’ll Be There”
- 7. “Youth Explosion”
- 8. “Code Check”
- 9. “Give Love a Chance”
- 10. “Jappy Jap”
- 11. “The Suite of a Beaver Pt. 1”
- 12. “O.S.T. (Original Soundtrack)”
- 13. “Empty Bottles of Water”
- 14. “The L.A. Song”
- 15. “Hang Loose”
- 16. “Acid Raindrops”
- 17. “The Breakdown”
- 18. “Montego Slay”
- 19. “Yield”
- 20. “Play It Again”
Disc 2:
- 1. “Invisible Blunt”
- 2. “I-15”
- 3. “Tour Guide”
- 4. Schooled in the Trade (instrumental)”
- 5. “Big Daddy Brown”
- 6. “Hang Loose Pt. 2”
- 7. “Sunroof (instrumental)”
- 8. “The Bomb Combo”
- 9. “Afternoon Connection”
- 10. “Out Da Club”
- 11. “We’ll Be There (10 Seconds Remix)”
Want more? Here’s the Fun DMC track list:
- 1. “The Swan Fever”
- 2. “Step Bacc”
- 3. “Up Yo Spine (Live At The Fishbucket pt. 3)”
- 4. “Ste. For Peter Pt.1 ‘The Fun'”
- 5. “Ste. For Peter Pt.2 ‘The Grind'”
- 6. “Anotha’ (BBQ)”
- 7. “The Ultimate 144”
- 8. “Letter 2 c/o Bronx”
- 9. “Party Enemy #1”
- 10. “Enjoy”
- 11. “Gamin’ on Ya”
- 12. “Critical Condition”
- 13. “The Wiz”
- 14. “People Riddum”
- 15. “California”
- 16. “Love’s Theme #1”
- 17. “A Baby”
- 18. “Same Beat (The Wesley Rap)”
- 19. “D”
- 20. “The Mike & Chris Story”
Finally, the tour dates:
- 8/03: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
- 8/04: Sonar, Baltimore, MD
- 8/05: Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
- 8/07: Theatre Of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- 8/08: Living Room, Providence, RI
- 8/10: Middle East, Cambridge, MA
- 8/11: Higher Ground, Burlington, VT
- 8/12: Studio JPR, Montreal, QC
- 8/13: El Mocambo, Toronto, ON
- 8/15: St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI
- 8/16: Headliners, Toledo, OH
- 8/17: Peabody’s Down Under, Cleveland, OH
- 8/19: Pops Nite Club, St. Louis, MO
- 8/20: House Of Blues, Chicago, IL
- 8/21: Varsity Theater, Minneapolis, MN
- 8/22: The Waiting Room, Omaha, NE
8/03-8/22: w/Flobots
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