{"product_id":"rashad-confidence-the-element-of-surprise","title":"Rashad \u0026 Confidence - The Element Of Surprise","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TPSJ61-L85Y?si=IicAbZ5leA9ALBGZ\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\"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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe 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.”\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eRashad, 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eBoston 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.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Below System Records","offers":[{"title":"2LP Edition","offer_id":45577821814828,"sku":"BS-0137-LP","price":385.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0388\/0461\/9308\/files\/rashad-confidence-the-element-of-surprise.jpg?v=1779967560","url":"https:\/\/whitenoiserecords.org\/products\/rashad-confidence-the-element-of-surprise","provider":"WHITE NOISE RECORDS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}