Rhyme Asylum

RELEASES

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‘SOLITARY CONFINEMENT: THE OVERDOSE EP’ 
[12” VINYL]
[Vinylism.de | 2010]

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Rhyme Asylum & Vinylism.de present:

'Solitary Confinement: 
The Overdose EP'

This release exhibits 8 of the most banging tracks taken from the 'Solitary Confinement' album on a high quality, limited edition 12" vinyl!

The record was professionally mastered by Walter Coehlo @ Masterpiece and sounds very crisp and knocks very hard!

The EP was launched at the Dilated Peoples & Rhyme Asylum show in Hamburg, Germany!  The release is limited edition and a must have for any Rhyme Asylum fan.

TRACK LISTING:

A-SIDE:

01.    For The Hate
02.   Event Horizon feat. Crooked I 
03.   Strange Deranged feat. Reain
04.   The Art Of Raw
 
B-SIDE:

05.  Returmination
06.  Straight Jacket Immortals
07.  Open Mic Surgery feat. DarkStar & Ill Bill 
08.  Life Support 
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'SOLITARY CONFINEMENT'
[CD | DIGITAL]
[2010]

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The second installment from Rhyme Asylum, this self-released album features, amongst others, US underground veterans Ill Bill (La Coka Nostra/Non-Phixion) and Crooked I (Slaughterhouse).

Eighteen tracks and no skits, the full length LP features production from Al’Tarba, Chemo, The Returners, Engineer, Hirolla, Think, Profound and Ill Fated; plus verses from New York emcee DarkStar and RA affiliate Reain.

The album art features photography from the incredibly talented RomanyWG.  The photographer/Urbexer (Urban Explorer) produces phenomenal images in abandoned buildings across the world.  During the album photo shoot, he captured shots of the group members inside a real, abandoned padded cell!

Like many other hip-hop outfits across the world, Rhyme Asylum are currently a totally independent venture. Aside from its obvious asylum-themed connotations, the title: ‘Solitary Confinement’ was intended as a metaphor for their independent, unsigned status. The group wanted to raise awareness of the difficulty of financing and self-releasing a project; emphasizing the importance of a loyal and supportive fan base. For without it there is no way the music can continue to grow…
Rhythm Circus Review
"The album gives no disappointing reporting, only track-after-track of excellent music which will become good friends with your repeat button" 
~ Hip-Hop Kings.com
"There's a reason Rhyme Asylum are at the pinnacle of their game and it's not because they're completely bonkers"
~ BritishHiphop.co.uk
"this is a very solid album and I can’t stress this enough: if you don’t know, get to know. Buy this album."
~ Certified Banger

ORDER

TRACK LIST

01.    Solitary Confinement [4:32]
02.    For the Hate [4:38]
03.    This is Where [3:42]
04.    Divine Right of Kings [3:51]
05.    Next Level [4:05]
06.    Event Horizon feat. Crooked I [5:13]
07.    Axe of Violence [2:39]
08.    I Know [5:30]
09.    Strange Deranged feat. Reain [3:34]
10.    The ‘N Word' [2:05]
11.    The Art of Raw [3:41]
12.    Returmination [3:58]
13.    Who Goes There [4:11]
14.    Don’t Wanna Be [4:02]
15.    Straight Jacket Immortals [3:45]
16.    Broken Window [4:59]
17.    Open Mic Surgery feat. DarkStar & Ill Bill [4:14]
18.    Life Support [3:51]

RUNNING TIME: 73 mins approx.
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'STATE OF LUNACY' [2008]

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Rhyme Asylum's highly anticipated debut album ‘State of Lunacy’ was released in June 2008.  It features renowned underground US rappers Copywrite and Diabolic, and an album cover designed by the distinguished, Skam2? (who has himself previously designed for Eminem, D12, A Tribe Called Quest, Naughty By Nature and Ill Bill).  These collaborations were landmark firsts for a UK group to have featured on a release. The album is 17 tracks long: see below for full track list...      

"Rhyme Asylum have created something quite excellent here!"
~ Certified Banger ~

"the sheer talent on offer makes you just have to sit up and take notice..."
~ UKHH.com ~

"the best U.K hip-hop release of 2008"
~Hackwriters.com

 TRACK LIST

01. Explorers of the Mind [Intro] [0:57]
02. Ground Zero [03:37]
03. Straight Jacket Part I feat. Reain [3:15] 
04. The Awakening [Skit] [0:58]
05. Lost [5:05]
06. Multiplicity [4:15]
07. Smoke Screens & Pipe Dreams [3:23]
08. Unreasonable feat. Diabolic [4:49]
09. Poison Penmanship [3:22]
10. Test of Faith [4:00]
11. Stark Raving Genius [5:26]
12. Attitude Problem feat. Copywrite [4:16]
13. Straight Jacket Part II feat. Reain [3:03]
14. Holding On [4:27]
15. Shadow People [Skit] [0:54]
16. Iller Instinct [4:45]

BONUS TRACK: Multiplicity [Remix] [3:53]