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El Da Sensei featuring General Woo and Nered - MC to the Fullest
With former Artifacts member Tame One's album Da Old Jersey Bastard coming out in a couple of weeks, and the resulting "leaked" singles that have made it into my inbox thanks to his promo team (all of which have been quite good, including his latest with Sean Price), I've had a chance to hear more new Artifacts-related material in the past month than I have in the previous decade combined. It got me curious as to what his former partner, and current arch-nemesis, El Da Sensai has been up to.
Back in January, El hooked up with The Returners, a pair of Polish producers, and put out one of the best singles this year. I initially just assumed that El's teaming up with the Returners was the sort of random collaboration that has been made possible through the wonders of MySpace and Facebook, but after doing a little more research it turns out that the Jersey emcee has somehow managed to develop a signficant following amongst the hip hop community of the former Soviet Bloc (the above video was filmed in Croatia, and features two Croatian rappers). I know the U.S. dollar has seen better days, but I never would have guessed that there would be more money for a rapper to make in Eastern Europe.
El also put out a second single with The Returners, which appeared on the 12" for their EP Do You. I haven't been able to get a copy of it through any legitimate outlets, unfortunately, but the two songs (out of five) that I did get a chance to listen to weren't bad at all. Here's the video for the second single:
The Returners ft El Da Sensei, Skyzoo, King Magnetic - Do You
7/10/2007 08:15:01 PM posted by Fresh