Truth Universal / Self-Determination
Album: Self-Determination   Collection:Hip-hop
Artist:Truth Universal   Added:Feb 2010
Label:Truth Universal Music  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2010-03-14 Pull Date: 2010-05-16 Charts: Hip-Hop
Week Ending: Apr 4 Mar 28 Mar 21
Airplays: 1 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 28, 2012: MHz
Work
4. Mar 21, 2010: MHz Presents : The Wicked Takeover
Black Culture
2. Mar 31, 2010: Sunshine ... in the Afternoon
Gotta Luv It
5. Mar 19, 2010: FLASHBANG RADIO
Freedom(E) Or Death
3. Mar 24, 2010: FLASHBANG RADIO
Black Culture

Album Review
Raymundo
Reviewed 2010-03-09
From Memphis to Chicago, Truth Universal's release of Self-Determination produces a jazzy and soulful release. Featuring special guest emcees: Stic Man of Dead Prez and Wise Intelligent. The album is enjoyable to hear, especially with the amount of instrumental sampling used in all of the tracks.

FCC Clean.

Try 3, 6, 8, 12, 13

1. Jazzy, upbeat tempo break
2. Funk and soulful beat. Very melodic and smooth sounding.
3. Head-nodding track.
4. Very soulful sounding track. Powerful keyboards and melodic female vocals
5. Jazzy beat. Mellow tempo
6. Melodic sounding track. Very Nice
7. Classic 90's hip-hop sounding break-beat,
8. Cleaver usage of guitar samples. Orchestrated layers of instrumentals.
9. Very soulful track. Melodic sounding
10. J-Dilla influenced intro beat. Funky / Neo-Soul break beat sound.
11. Rugged sounding, boom-bap hip-hop sound.
12. Mellow sounding, jazzy sounding track. Nice track
13. Funky, uptempo track.

Track Listing
1. S-E-L-F Determination Intro   7. Work
2. Resistance Recital   8. Heat!!!
3. Black Culture   9. Feminine Melanin
4. Gotta Luv It   10. The Best Part
5. Angola 3   11. What It's 'bout
6. Something Awful   12. Freedom(E) Or Death
  13. Serve & Protect