Hanif. & 5th Sequence – 12 Inch Vinyls EP [stream]

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In anticipation of the project’s retail release on Tuesday, February 24, Hanif. and 5th Sequence are offering up their new joint EP, 12 Inch Vinyls, for full, free streaming exclusively in The DJBooth.

The project packs five original collaborative cuts, as well as two bonus tracks. Included is reader-approved lead single “Feels So Good.” Adrian Adel makes the sole guest appearance, while 5th Sequence handles production with assistance from Chi Duly and Tmak.

In regard to the EP’s concept and inspiration, Hanif. states, “Me and 5th Sequence started recording this project just over three years ago. It is a short record, but it has definitely been slow cooked to a point where it sounds exactly like we wanted to. The challenge we embarked upon was to make [a] record that was reminiscent of a classic aesthetic, yet timeless in it’s execution. The most poignant art is art that evokes emotion, in order to meet that mark, it has long been a practice of mine to wait until I was [seized] by an emotion to recreate it in the music. We wrote and recorded most of these records in the summer time.

The whole project is a concept. From me talking about my first show where I fell in love with hip-hop watching Planet Asia turn out a crowd of neighborhood regulars and late-’90s gentrifiers, to ‘Frontin’ on the Rappin’ where I actually take the opening scene of a semi-autobiographical screenplay I wrote 10 years ago while serving prison time; the stories, even when fictional are still real. This record is boom-bap meets it’s future. An ode to the ’90s from right here in the present moment. As a craftsman, I adhere to the ideal that an artist should have many styles. This is just one more brilliant stroke in the tapestry of [my] and 5th’s career. Enjoy.”

iTunes: 12 Inch Vinyls – EP – Hanif & 5th Sequence

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