2LP Edition Release Date: 1/5/2026 Label: Below System Records
Description
"The Element Of Surprise" album by Rashad and Confidence gets a 2026 remaster. Though originally released in 2011, the melange of soul samples, classic breaks and favoring of lyrical storytelling / conceptual joints could easily have been released in the 90’s.
The album is also getting a reissue on a 2xLP vinyl edition. Including the 2019’s single “Desires” as well as two never before heard tracks from the 2011 sessions entitled “Non Stop” and “Feel It.”
Rashad, a Brooklyn NY emcee who sports a nimble and rapid flow excels at making anthemic choruses interspersed with highly detailed bars. Examples of album topics include a vivid picture of the hood while making a cautionary tale of its pitfalls (“The City”), his personal emcee origin story (“Days Of My Youth”), and the results of low motivation (“Pass Me By”) among others.
Boston based producer Confidence has made a career of sample chopping and analog warm heaters. He also tends to favor the one emcee/one producer line-up of the golden years. This extends to his recent collaborative LP's on Below System Records including “Library Of Sound” with M-Dot and “Kool Moe Dese” with Big Dese.
A1 Introduction
A2 Brand New
A3 The City
A4 Understand
B1 Rumors Of War
B2 Days Of My Youth
B3 Interlude
B4 Pen On Display
B5 Shining
C1 Pass Me By
C2 Interlude 2
C3 They Keep Asking Me
C4 Let Me Explain
C5 All Year Round
D1 The Break Up Song
Bonus Tracks
D2 Non Stop
D3 Fell It
D4 Desires
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