[Audio] Illmaculate x G_Force - The Green Tape (Album) 1. Lay It Down2. Just 4 Me (feat. J-Rome)3. Oh-Luv4. No One Like Me5. What More? (feat. Epp & Theory Hazit)6. Take Your Time (feat. J-Rome)7. 2 Much (feat. OnlyOne)8. (K)New You9. All Day (feat. Braille)10. Cold Numbness (feat. Sandpeople)11. Workin’ Man
Illmaculate & G_Force bring us The Green Tape -their collaborate reworking of soul legend Al Green‘s 2008 release, Lay It Down.For what was originally meant to be an instrumental release,G_Force had sampled & flipped the entire ?uestlove & James Poyser-produced LP,song-by-song & piece by piece – all in one day.& then later on – Illmaculate, who just happened to be in G_’s studio that day,took it upon himself to write to the beat CD & voila! – The Green Tape was born.Although the project together as naturally it did,it still found both artists challenging themselves in new ways -G_ limiting himself to just one sample source,& much less live instrumentation that he’s known for,matched with Ill stepping out of his typecast comfort zone of battle raps& continuing to push his subject matter into more personal & universal places.Both of which combine to make this a unique project in either artist’s catalog,as well as in any fan’s music library.Among other things, The Green Tape is also a 100% Portland project.With Ill being, for some time now, one of the city’s most talented & far-reaching voices,& G_ already having a large impact on the local scene in his only first year living here -the fact that Portland would be well-represented already went without saying.But on top of that – all of the guest appearances are from Portland peers(including Ill’s hometeam, Sandpeople & G’s partner in TxE, Epp),plus the complete album was written, produced & recorded within the city limits -& even the album’s artwork & now its release were all handled by the city’s own.With a rich history already behind us,2011 is the year that we really let the rest of the world know about it.