10.7.2022
Audio: Tales Of The Town – “Get Dangerous” ft. 22nd Jim & Lil Bean
Oakland’s Jim and SF’s Bean Collide for a High-Octane Banger From the Tales Of The Town Album, Coming October 14th via EMPIRE
Hosted by Abbas Muntaqim and Delency Parham of the Hella Black Podcast, Tales Of The Town Details Nearly 100 Years of Oakland History; Episode 3 Focuses on Black Panther Party Founders Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, and Their History of Student Activism
The Announcement:
A podcast, an album, and soon-to-be a film, the multimedia project Tales Of The Town tells the story of Oakland’s Black history straight from the mouths of its longtime residents. Embodying The Town’s rebellious spirit and energetic pride, Tales Of The Town recruits Oakland’s 22nd Jim and San Francisco’s Lil Bean for “GET DANGEROUS,“ the latest song from the upcoming Tales Of The Town album. The new song reverberates with the driving pulse that defines East Bay rap music, with acid bass and low-note pianos augmenting the low end and ethereal synths adding a sense of tension familiar to anyone who hails from Oakland’s trenches. Both rappers navigate the instrumental with effortless ease, displaying the dangerous attitude necessary to survive in a hostile world.
The new song “GET DANGEROUS” arrives after the most recent episode of the Tales Of The Town podcast. Episode 3 of Tales Of The Town dropped on Tuesday, covering the student organizing history of Black Panther Party founders Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, who attended Oakland City College in the early 1960s. The episode explores how The Soul Students Advisory, the organization founded by Seale and Newton, paved the way for Black student organizing across the country and globe. Episode 3 draws a direct line to more recent student actions, examining the Afrikan Black Coalitions and their fight to force the UC education system to divest entirely from private prisons.
“GET DANGEROUS” is the latest offering from the Tales Of The Town album, an 11-track effort featuring contributions from Bay Area musicians. The upcoming album welcomes a diverse group of artists with a deep connection to The Town, ranging from stars like G-Eazy, to critically acclaimed acts like Rexx Life Raj, street heroes like ALLBLACK , veterans like J Stalin, and many others. Earlier this fall, Tales Of The Town shared “F*CK 12” FREESTYLE, an incendiary missive by Guapdad 4000 and LaRussell, and last week, TOTT released “RISEN,” a soulful missive against gentrification by R&B group EluJay and vocalist Jane Handcock. Tales Of The Town arrives on October 14th via EMPIRE.
Hosted by People’s Programs’ co-founders and the co-creators of Hella Black Podcast, Abbas Muntaqim and Delency Parham, and produced by award winning documentarian and audio engineer, Maya Cueva, Tales Of The Town hopes to give an in-depth overview of what makes Oakland so special, and inspire others to research the fascinating history of their own hometowns.
Proceeds from the Tales Of The Town album will go towards supporting People’s Programs.
Listen to “Tales Of The Town” wherever you get your podcasts
Listen to “GET DANGEROUS” by 22nd Jim ft. Lil Bean: https://music.empi.re/getdangerous
Watch the visualizer for “GET DANGEROUS”: https://youtu.be/x3BvmQA-i9A
Pre-save Tales Of The Town: https://music.empi.re/talesofthetown
Subscribe to “Tales Of The Town”: http://linktr.ee/hellablackpod
Tales Of The Town tracklist:
1. 23 IN THE 4TH – Tales of the town & Mani Draper ft. Rexx Life Raj
2. ALL BLACK POWER – ALLBLACK & YMTK ft. Kevin Allen
3. RISE UP – White Dave & Pallavi aka Fijiana
4. GET DANGEROUS – 22nd Jim ft. Lil Bean
5. WE MADE IT – Prada Mack ft. Samaria
6.RISEN – Elujay & Jane Handcock
7. PARTY WITH THE GANG – Tales of the Town ft. G-Eazy, P-LO, FREDOBAGZ
8. BLACK JACOBINS – Fully Folks & J.Stalin ft. Koran Streets
9. “F*CK 12” FREESTYLE – Tales of the Town ft. LaRussell & Guapdad 4000
10. HOLLA – Shy’an G & Ian Kelly ft. Myl3z
11. TO THE STREETS/ CLIPPED WINGS – ShooterGang Kony & Wantmoren8 ft. Jalil Muntaqim
Please contact Michelle or Annjie for more info.
The Background:
Tales Of The Town is a podcast about Black Oakland. Detailing nearly one hundred years of Oakland history through the people whose families have called Oakland home for generations, the stories of Oaklanders and their experiences in “The Town” are brought to life through a podcast, album, book, and short film.
Tales of The Town explores the first and second Great Migrations that brought Black southerners to Oakland en masse, Oakland’s historic sports teams and players, legendary musicians, the first Black Student Union at Merritt College, houselessness, gentrification, The Huichin Chochenyo Ohlone people, and much more!
Hosted by People’s Programs’ co-founders and the co-creators of Hella Black Podcast, Abbas Muntaqim and Delency Parham, and produced by award winning documentarian and audio engineer, Maya Cueva – the first episode of the podcast releases next Tuesday, September 20th.
Abbas and Delency teamed up with artists from all over the Bay Area to produce 11 original songs and put together a Tales of The Town album. Every artist and producer featured on the album donated their voice and production, and all proceeds from the album go towards supporting People’s Programs. The album features music from artists such as Rexx Life Raj, G-Eazy, P-LO, LaRussell, Guapdad4000 and more! The album is set to release October 14th, 2022.
Links:
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“GET DANGEROUS” by 22nd Jim ft. Lil Bean: https://music.empi.re/getdangerous
Pre-save Tales Of The Town: https://music.empi.re/talesofthetown
“RISEN” ft. Elujay & Jane Handcock: https://music.empi.re/risen
“F*CK 12” FREESTYLE ft. LaRussell & Guapdad 4000: https://music.empi.re/fuck12freestyle