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The Primeridian

The Primeridian

  • Avg user rating: 4 stars Out of 2 votes
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  • Similar Artists: Mos Def, Zion I, All Natural, Blackalicious

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Smoke Signals (4:30) Date added: 12/08/05 | Total listens: 607
Trumpets Of Zion (3:20) Date added: 12/08/05 | Total listens: 2,933
Pose To Do (3:26) Date added: 12/08/05 | Total listens: 413

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Average rating4 starsOut of 2 votes

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Editor's review

"See, there are many textures to the Primeridian sound," muses this Chicago duo in "Smoke Signals." They're not kidding. On their first commercial LP "Da All Nighta," the pair crosses Jamaican chant, punchy hip-hop rhyming, and verbal acrobatics over taut, spare beats. Remarkably, their tracks always stay lean and mean, with nary an extraneous riff.

Biography

The Primeridian has established a strong following in Chicago and surrounding areas with their conscious and passion-enriched music. The release of their first album Meet You In Greenwhich, led to The Primeridian being featured on a number of compilations that included the likes of Chuck D, Mos Def, Afu-Ra and Common. So, naturally, the emcee combination of Tree & V merged with Chicago-based recording label All Natural, Inc., to release their first full-scale commercial release album Da All Nighta.

Without surrendering to the average rap quo, The Primeridian standout on Da All Nighta with stylish, yet positive lyrics on songs like "Floatin" and "Wisdom". With most of the production on the album being handled by The Primeridan, they take the opportunity to enhance personally designed tracks with live instrumentation in order to manage a sound and essence that’s reminiscent of hip hop beats of past. Involving warm bass lines, and soulful drums with comprehensive concepts from song to song, Da All Nighta features additional production by Kenny Keys on "From the Go" and "Off the Track", which also features a cameo from J.Sands of Lone Catalysts. Stoney Rock rounds out the sound and theme of Da All Nighta with highly noticeable production, giving The Primeridian an obvious comfortable feeling with peaceful musical compositions. From the first 12-inch release "Trumpets of Zion" to album cuts such as "Brian Power", Da All Nighta stands on 19 tracks of colorful emceeing and solid song writing with a purpose.

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