Blackalicious – Blazing Arrow
Label: | Geffen Records – VMP-RH-031, Quannum Projects – VMP-RH-031, Mahogany Sun – VMP-RH-031 |
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Series: | Vinyl Me, Please. Rap & Hip Hop – RH031 |
Format: | |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Hip Hop |
Style: | Conscious |
Tracklist
A1 | Introduction: Bow And Fire | ||
A2 | Blazing Arrow | ||
A3 | Sky Is Falling | ||
A4 | First In Flight | ||
A5 | Green Light: Now Begin | ||
A6 | 4000 Miles | ||
B1 | Nowhere Fast | ||
B2 | Paragraph President | ||
B3 | It's Going Down | ||
B4 | Make You Feel That Way | ||
C1 | Brain Washers | ||
C2 | Chemical Calisthenics | ||
C3 | Aural Pleasure | ||
C4 | Passion | ||
D1 | Purest Love | ||
Release Part 1, 2, & 3 | |||
Part 1 | |||
Part 2 | |||
Part 3 | |||
D3 | Day One |
Companies, etc.
- Exclusive Retailer – Vinyl Me, Please
- Produced For – Hi-Tek Productions, Inc.
- Produced For – Mahogany Sun
- Mixed At – Electric Lady Studios
- Mixed At – Conway Studios
- Mixed At – Toast Studios
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – UMG Recordings, Inc.
- Copyright © – UMG Recordings, Inc.
- Licensed From – Universal Music Enterprises
- Record Company – UMG Recordings, Inc.
- Manufactured By – Offbeat Ventures, LLC
- Published By – Golden Syrup Music
- Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
- Published By – Tee Girl Music
- Published By – Daisy Age Music
- Published By – Clidaryl Music Co.
- Published By – Rondor Music Ltd.
- Published By – Fair Music Ltd.
- Published By – Almo Music Corp.
- Published By – Harlem Music
- Published By – August Moon Music
- Recorded At – Accompong Compound
- Recorded At – Conway Studios
- Recorded At – MCJ Studio
- Recorded At – Toast Studios
- Recorded At – Greene St. Recording
- Recorded At – The Studio
- Recorded At – Electric Lady Studios
- Recorded At – Westlake Studios
- Recorded At – Wannabattle Studios
- Recorded At – Sound City Studios
- Designed At – Ego Trip, NYC
- Pressed By – GZ Media – 202009E
Credits
- A&R – Tom Sarig
- Art Direction [At], Design [At] – Ego Trip NYC
- Art Direction, Design – The Brent Rollins Design Explosion
- Composed By, Arranged By – Chief Xcel
- Coordinator [MCA Project Coordinator] – Jeanne Venton, Kimberly Bilbrew, Nickie McKeehan
- Executive-Producer – Timothy Parker*, Xavier Mosley
- Management – Robert Bennett
- Mastered By – Chris Gehringer
- Mixed By – Chief Xcel (tracks: C2), The Count* (tracks: C2), Russell "The Dragon" Elevado* (tracks: A1 to C1, C3 to D2b)
- Photography By – B+ (5)
- Stylist – Cleo Cartel
- Stylist [Assistant Stylist] – Ifamodupe
Notes
Vinyl Me, Please Record of the Month - Hip Hop Track - March 2020
Packaged in a gatefold sleeve. Includes a stencil and an obi strip.
Sticker:
- First Vinyl Reissue Since 2002
- Features Questlove, Gil Scott-Heron, DJ Shadow, Ben Harper, and Cut Chemist
- 2xLP on Blazing Galaxy Vinyl
2022 repress with new OBI is here https://www.discogs.com/release/21978256-Blackalicious-Blazing-Arrow
Track B3 co-produced [...] for Hi-Tek Productions, Inc.
[Executive produced] for Mahogany Sun
Mixed by Russell "The Dragon" Elevado at Electric Lady Studios, NY and Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA except C2 mixed by Chief Xcel and The Count at Toast Studios, San Francisco, CA
Mastered [...] at Sterling Sound New York, NY
A Geffen Records release; p2002 ©2020 UMG Recordings, Inc. courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Manufactured by Offbeat Ventures LLC d.b.a. Vinyl Me, Please
Track A1: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA, Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA and by Mario Caldato and Robert Caranza at MCJ Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Track A2: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA and Robert Caranza at MCJ Studio, Los Angeles, CA / Contains elements from "Me And My Arrow" (H. Nilsson). Golden Syrup Music [administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)]. Performed by Harry Nilsson. Used courtesy of The RCA Records Label. A Unit Of BMG Entertainment.
Track A3: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Toast Studios, San Francisco, CA, Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA and Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA
Track A4: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA and Green Street Studios, New York, NY
Track A5: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA
Track A6: Recorded by Mario Caldato, Robert Caranza at MCJ Studio, Los Angeles, CA and by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA
Track B1: Recorded by Jeff Chestak at The Studio, Philadelphia, PA and Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA and Steve Mandell at Electric Lady
Track B2: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA / Contains elements of "D.A.I.S.Y. Age" (P. Huston/D. Jolicoeur/V. Mason/K. Mercer). T-Girl Music, LLC./Daisy Age Music (BMI). Performed by De La Soul. Used courtesy of Tommy Boy Music
Track B3: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA, Kevin Guarnieri at Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA and Hi Tek at Wannabattle Studios, Cincinatti, OH
Track B4: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA / Contains elements from "Picture Of Innocence" (C. Duncan). Clidaryl Music (ASCAP). Performed by Cliff Duncan. Used courtesy of Three Tree Records
Track C1: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA and by Rail Jon Rogut at Sound City Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Track C2: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA
Track C3: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA and Jeff Chestak at The Studio, Philadelphia, PA / Contains elements from "Grease It Up" (A. Fairweather Low). Rondor Music Ltd./Fair Music Ltd/ [administered by Almo Music Corp. (ASCAP)]. Performed by Andy Fairweather Low. Used Courtesy of Polydor Ltd.
Track C4: Recorded by Mario Caldato, Robert Caranza at MCJ Studio, Los Angeles, CA and by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA / Contains elements from "It's My Thing" (A. Moon/T. Thomas). Harlem Music/August Moon Music (BMI). Performed by EPMD. Used courtesy of Priority Records.
Track D1: Recorded by Chief Xcel and The Count at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA and Toast Studios, San Francisco, CA
Tracks D2a to D2c: Recorded by Mario Caldato, Robert Caranza at MCJ Studio, Los Angeles, CA and by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA
Track D3: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA and Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Packaged in a gatefold sleeve. Includes a stencil and an obi strip.
Sticker:
- First Vinyl Reissue Since 2002
- Features Questlove, Gil Scott-Heron, DJ Shadow, Ben Harper, and Cut Chemist
- 2xLP on Blazing Galaxy Vinyl
2022 repress with new OBI is here https://www.discogs.com/release/21978256-Blackalicious-Blazing-Arrow
Track B3 co-produced [...] for Hi-Tek Productions, Inc.
[Executive produced] for Mahogany Sun
Mixed by Russell "The Dragon" Elevado at Electric Lady Studios, NY and Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA except C2 mixed by Chief Xcel and The Count at Toast Studios, San Francisco, CA
Mastered [...] at Sterling Sound New York, NY
A Geffen Records release; p2002 ©2020 UMG Recordings, Inc. courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Manufactured by Offbeat Ventures LLC d.b.a. Vinyl Me, Please
Track A1: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA, Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA and by Mario Caldato and Robert Caranza at MCJ Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Track A2: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA and Robert Caranza at MCJ Studio, Los Angeles, CA / Contains elements from "Me And My Arrow" (H. Nilsson). Golden Syrup Music [administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)]. Performed by Harry Nilsson. Used courtesy of The RCA Records Label. A Unit Of BMG Entertainment.
Track A3: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Toast Studios, San Francisco, CA, Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA and Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA
Track A4: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA and Green Street Studios, New York, NY
Track A5: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA
Track A6: Recorded by Mario Caldato, Robert Caranza at MCJ Studio, Los Angeles, CA and by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA
Track B1: Recorded by Jeff Chestak at The Studio, Philadelphia, PA and Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA and Steve Mandell at Electric Lady
Track B2: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA / Contains elements of "D.A.I.S.Y. Age" (P. Huston/D. Jolicoeur/V. Mason/K. Mercer). T-Girl Music, LLC./Daisy Age Music (BMI). Performed by De La Soul. Used courtesy of Tommy Boy Music
Track B3: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA, Kevin Guarnieri at Westlake Studios, Los Angeles, CA and Hi Tek at Wannabattle Studios, Cincinatti, OH
Track B4: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA / Contains elements from "Picture Of Innocence" (C. Duncan). Clidaryl Music (ASCAP). Performed by Cliff Duncan. Used courtesy of Three Tree Records
Track C1: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA and by Rail Jon Rogut at Sound City Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Track C2: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA
Track C3: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA and Jeff Chestak at The Studio, Philadelphia, PA / Contains elements from "Grease It Up" (A. Fairweather Low). Rondor Music Ltd./Fair Music Ltd/ [administered by Almo Music Corp. (ASCAP)]. Performed by Andy Fairweather Low. Used Courtesy of Polydor Ltd.
Track C4: Recorded by Mario Caldato, Robert Caranza at MCJ Studio, Los Angeles, CA and by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA / Contains elements from "It's My Thing" (A. Moon/T. Thomas). Harlem Music/August Moon Music (BMI). Performed by EPMD. Used courtesy of Priority Records.
Track D1: Recorded by Chief Xcel and The Count at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA and Toast Studios, San Francisco, CA
Tracks D2a to D2c: Recorded by Mario Caldato, Robert Caranza at MCJ Studio, Los Angeles, CA and by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA
Track D3: Recorded by Chief Xcel at Accompong Compound, Sacramento, CA and Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout, stamped): 202009E1/A
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout, stamped): 202009E2/A
- Matrix / Runout (Side 3 runout, stamped): 202009E3/A
- Matrix / Runout (Side 4 runout, stamped): 202009E4/A
Other Versions (5 of 17)
View AllTitle (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | Blazing Arrow (CD, Album) | MCA Records, Quannum Projects, Mahogany Sun | 088 112 806-2 | US | 2002 | ||
Recently Edited | Blazing Arrow (2×LP, Album, Gatefold) | MCA Records, Quannum Projects, Mahogany Sun | 088 112 806-1 | US | 2002 | ||
Recently Edited | Blazing Arrow Instrumental (2×LP, Promo) | MCA Records | MCAR-25722-1 | US | 2002 | ||
Recently Edited | Blazing Arrow (CD, Album) | MCA Records | 112 924-2 | UK | 2002 | ||
Recently Edited | Blazing Arrow (CD, Album) | MCA Records | UICC-1054 | Japan | 2002 |
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