Monique Records / Paschal-Saito Productions, Swade Caliburnus: Live, Love, Party & Ride

SWADE CALIBURNUS: LIVE, LOVE, PARTY & RIDE

Main Genre: Music
Year: 2005
Length: 44:19
Rating: Parental Advisory
MSRP: JPY 2,095
Catalog Number: PTCG-5008

Sub Genre: Rap
Status: Active
Release Date: 6/2/2005 (Japan)
Pre-Order Date: 4/10/2005 (Japan)
Label: Standout Records
Distributed By: CCR Entertainment

THE ALBUM
Hailing from the M.C.-rich yet untapped streets of Jacksonville, Florida SWADE has been in the game of lyrical artistry for over 10 years initially making a name for himself with a local group known as BROKEN CIPHER on the grinding streets of Jacksonville. Man handling the competition at local talent shows and later selling over 2,000 copies of their first CD, BROKEN CIPHER couldn’t be stopped. SWADE, along with the rest of his B.C. comrades, was noticed by a local D.J. named “EAZY-E” who gave the group its fair share of play time on the radio station. Continuing with this success, the group began opening shows for main stream artist like TOO SHORT, MASTER P, and SCARFACE. The wave of success continued when B.C. was hailed by a local promoter in New York and made the trip north to perform at a fashion show headlining as the featured act. B.C. put together another piece of work and sold over 3,000 copies of their next CD with sales spanning from Atlanta, to South Carolina and of course Jacksonville. However, other than a very close encounter with an A&R for Universal Records, the group split due to the members various legal problems. SWADE then carried his skills overseas to Japan, a country very open to hip-hop culture as a member of the United States Navy. Arriving with no name for himself SWADE won his very first MC battle against the so-called local king at the well known hip-hop club MATRIX in Yokohama, Japan. Soon after, SWADE recorded his first mixed CD under the D.V.C. shield “BLOCK POETRY” which set the standard for American underground hip-hop in Japan. In 2004 SWADE signed with MONIQUE RECORDS and the production team of multi-talented JIMMY “J-TOHVAN” PASCHAL, a multi-talented remix producer whose credits include underground remixes for MARY J. BLIGE, BOYZ II MEN and the OZ SOUNDTRACK, and AUSTIN J. SAITO, a music executive doing business in Japan, to produce his debut album “SWADE CALIBURNUS: LIVE, LOVE, PARTY & RIDE”.

ARTISTS
Swade Caliburnus, Ja'Nelle, Chris J, A. J. Love and Antonio "May Day" Arrington.

PRODUCT FEATURES
Audio Format: Stereo / Original Languages: English

SAMPLES

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1. We Gonna Roll	Listen	Listen
2. Cali Is	Listen	Listen
3. I Like ( featuring Ja'Nelle )	Listen	Listen
4. It Don't Stop ( featuring Chris J )	Listen	Listen
5. So Gone ( featuring Ja'Nelle & A. J. Love )	Listen	Listen
6. How It's Goin' ( featuring Chris J )	Listen	Listen
7. Grizzly ( featuring Antonio “May Day” Arrington )	Listen	Listen
8. Good Girl	Listen	Listen
9. I Don’t Do Nothin’	Listen	Listen
10. Look For The Eyes ( featuring Chris J )	Listen	Listen

CREDITS
All Lyrics Written by Swade Caliburnus / All Songs Produced & Arranged by Jimmy “Jtohvan” Paschal & Austin J. Saito for Monique Records / All Instruments and Programming by Jimmy “J-Tohvan” Paschal / All Vocals Recorded by Isao “Madd Bear” Kumano @ Phonon Studio, Kawasaki, Japan / Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Isao “Madd Bear” Kumano @ Phonon Studio, Kawasaki, Japan / A&R Direction: Dwayne V. Hassell & Antonio M. Arrington, Davarciti Entertainment / Executive Producer: Austin J. Saito / Cover Art Direction & Design: Kota Maetake, Nunc Inc., Tokyo, Japan. www.nunc.co.jp / Photography: Jimmy Mills