Stones Throw Strong Arm Steady – In Search Of Stoney Jackson, CD Music

The Madlib/Strong Arm Steady collaboration album Stoney Jackson came together in a flurry of creative energy over the past six months. Prompted by Madlib’s stalwart DJ J.Rocc, who supplied SAS’s Krondon and Phil Da Agony with 14 new Madlib beats CD, this album’s conception and delivery bear resemblance to the trajectory took by 2003’s Jaylib (with J.Dilla) and 2004’s Madvillain (with DOOM).

SAS had previously rapped over Madlib’s music on their mixtape album Deep Hearted and on the Talib Kwel/Madlib album Liberation.

The Stoney Jackson album unfolds over sixteen tracks and is a brisk, exciting hip hop record. Krondon and Phil supply the majority of the vocals with the third SAS member Mitchy Slick; guest appearances include Talib Kweli, Guilty Simpson, Little Brother’s Phonte, Planet Asia and a host of underground Los Angeles’ emerging rap talent.

 

Track Listing:

 

1. Best of Times (feat. Phonte)
2. Cheeba Cheeba
3. Chittlins & Pepsi (feat. Planet Asia)
4. Telegram
5. Questions (feat. Planet Asia / Fashawn)
6. Smile
7. New Love (feat. Planet Asia / Tri-State)
8. Get Started (feat. Talib Kweli)
9. Interlude 1
10. Pressure (feat. Sick Jacken / Mitchy Slick)
11. True Champs (feat. Montage One / Evidence / Oh No / Roc C)
12. Needle In The Haystack (feat. Roscoe / Guilty Simpson)
13. Interlude 2
14. The Ambassadors (feat. Planet Asia / Chace Infinite)
15. Chants
16. Bark Like A Dog (feat. Phats Bossalini / Montage One)
17. Two Pistols (feat. Mitchy Slick)
18. Outro