4 thA crown (LP), by Brown Caesar

4 thA crown (LP)

by Brown Caesar

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1.	PUTP 3 (Thought U Knew) 03:22	buy track
2.	Streets Is ft Atdaggersdrawn 04:11	buy track
3.	4 thA crown (Interlude) (free) 02:37	download
4.	4 thA crown 05:35	buy track
5.	Movement 04:28	buy track
6.	Coming Home ft (The Real) Brown Recluse 05:29	buy track
7.	Clarity part 2 04:32	buy track
8.	Hip Hop Is Hardcore 03:32	buy track
9.	We (Interlude) (free) 00:31	download
10.	T.W.I.O. ft Ambishion, Killah Priest (Wu-Tang Clan) 05:02	buy track
11.	Law 11(Caestro) (free) 04:03	download
12.	Bonus Sack 03:53	buy track

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CalifaRap Awards - 2010 Album Of The Year
(CalifaRap.net The #1 Latin Rap Site In The World)
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The greatest gift an MC can have is a recognizable voice, and Portland’s Brown Caesar (formerly Santotzin) certainly fits that bill. While his lyrical stick-and-move brings some comparisons to mind—a touch of Cypress Hill’s B-Real, a little GZA, perhaps—his voice is pretty unique: conversational, boisterous and empathetic all at once. On 4 Tha Crown, Brown Caesar uses that talent for good, coming across as that rare bully who stands up for the little guy; the introspective, thinking thug.

On “Clarity,” Brown Caesar speaks to everything from his own run-ins with the law to the street community he calls home and wanting a better life for his sisters. He raps: “Killer, drug dealer, but I’m realer/ And trying to do the right things with bigger/ Vision than most who still living in close proximity to Brokesville, population me,” before slipping back into self-preservation mode.

Even when he’s not talking about building a better community, B.C. is more elegant than most of his peers. On “Hip Hop is Hardcore,” he skitters across a throwback funk beat, painting a compelling picture of the music as a creative refuge from a darker urban reality. He explains the struggle so well on the string-fueled “Thought U Knew” that it provides a better understanding of his swag on the hard-repping, sprawling title track.

But B.C.’s finest moments come to pass when his songs’ conceits match the uniqueness of his voice. The Latin-tinged “Movement” is a smart, bittersweet epic that manages to mesh a damning indictment of U.S. capitalism with a brief salute to murdered Portland MC Blue Crush. “T.W.I.O. (Working Man Anthem)” is even more radical, and it finds B.C. outshining guest MC Killah Priest by spinning rhymes about government corruption and environmental destruction that doesn’t sit right with him. Having a voice is a gift, and Brown Caesar knows how to use his. That’s revolutionary.

CASEY JARMAN Local Cut / WWeek.com

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released March 30, 2010

01 Thought U Knew
Written by Brown Caesar 'Santotzin'
Produced by Who?Lee
Scratches by Parmajohn

02 Streets Is
Written by Brown Caesar 'Santotzin' & Thief Sicario
Produced by Parmajohn
Scratches by Parmajohn

03 4 thA crown (Interlude)
Composed by Brown Caesar 'Santotzin'
Contains Excerpts From William Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' & Larry Cohen's 'Black Caesar'

04 4 thA crown
Written by Brown Caesar 'Santotzin'
Produced by J-Hoch
Scratches by Parmajohn (From original lyrics by Killah Priest)

05 Movement
Written by Brown Caesar 'Santotzin'
Produced by Doc Vaporz

06 Coming Home
Written by Thief Sicario, Cazm One, Sonny Gunnz & Brown Caesar 'Santotzin'
Produced by Prawgress
Scratches by Parmajohn

07 Clarity part 2
Written by Brown Caesar 'Santotzin'
Produced by Mystro

08 Hip Hop Is Hardcore
Written by Brown Caesar 'Santotzin'
Produced by Mystro
Scratches by Parmajohn

09 We (Interlude)
Contains an Excerpt from Isaac Asimov & René Laloux's adaptation of Jean-Pierre Andrevon's 'Gandahar'

10 T.W.I.O. (Working Man Anthem)
(The World Is Ours)
Written by Brown Caesar 'Santotzin', Ambishion & Killah Priest of Wu-Tang Clan
Produced by Brown Caesar 'Santotzin'

11 Law 11 (Caestro)
Composed by Brown Caesar 'Santotzin'
Contains Excerpts from Jay Dilla's 'Stop' & Willam Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'

12 Bonus Sack (Wake N Bake)
Written by Brown Caesar 'Santotzin'
Produced by our late great friend Tag King Fresh, Rest in Peace homie!

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Brown Caesar Portland, Oregon

"Undeniably Santotzin (Brown Caesar) has done a superior job in carving out his own authentic sound in the Portland Hip Hop community over the last several years. There are some people who just simply make music and than there are a few cats who create movements within their music."
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