812 FACULTY - "Midwest MaddN*ggaz Compilation" CD KY collective known as BLACK

KY collective known as BLACK VELVET FUCKERE (VALLEY OF THE ASHES

the texture of amplified strings distinct from the notes they're sounding

forgotten words and re-takes but somehow it functions as the perfect document of the fragile magic of the group

a beautiful crisp photograph where an empty woven chair is ready to welcome you in through the rollicking Middle-Eastern theme ‘Furnace’

812 FACULTY - "Midwest MaddN*ggaz Compilation" CD KY collective known as BLACK812 Faculty Midwest MaddN*ggaz Compilation CD (Lay It Down, 1996) 2018 reissue w slightly different artwork. This is ground zero for the Southern Indiana DIY gangsta rap explosion sparked by Lay It Down Records in my hometown era of mid '90s Jeffersonville. The first in a trilogy of ice cold classic releases from the label's nuclear act 812 FACULTY. Admittedly, this was the last of their three albums that I heard, even though it was the first to be