According to an interview with hiphopsite.com for their upcoming Army of the Pharoahs LP, both 7L & Esoteric and Jedi Mind Tricks will release new LP’s this year. 7L & ES’s fourth LP will be called A New Dope and will just feature the legendary Kool Keith. Meanwhile JMT will release Servants in Heaven, Kings in Hell in the fall…
The legendary Brand Nubian’s Lord Jamar is preparing to release a solo album May 23. The emcee has taken somewhat of a hiatus to do a little, such as appearing on the new season of The Sopranos3), but found some time to create The 5% Album. The album, which references the ideology of the Nation of Gods and Earths, will present “unparalleled scrutiny of the culturally paradigmatic social movement that affected the development of such artists as Rakim, Nas, The Wu-Tang Clan and more. The 5% Album is a legend’s examination of the past, present, and future of one of hip-hop’s cornerstone ideologies.” The album will feature fellow 5 percenters RZA, GZA, Raekwon, Popa Wu and his son Young Lord J…
