Cause An Effect is the first album by the former 1200 Techniques

1200 Techniques

1200 Techniques were an Australian hip hop group. They formed in 1997 and released two LPs before going on hiatus in 2005.-Biography:The group was formed in 1997, starting out as DJ Peril and brothers Nfamas and Kabba, soon after Peril's brother Kemstar joined and together they wrote many of the...

 frontman, N'fa

N'fa

N'fa is an African Australian rapper born in London, but raised in Perth, Western Australia, best known as the former frontman for 1200 Techniques. His father is from Sierra Leone. Forster-Jones met Heath Ledger in primary school and remained friends until the actor's death in 2008...

. The Australian hip hop

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 artist collaborated with various producers around the world including Roots Manuva

Roots Manuva

Rodney Hylton Smith , better known by his stage name Roots Manuva, is a British rapper from Stockwell, South London. He is currently signed to Big Dada.-Biography:...

, Mr Yoshiaki (The Black Eyed Peas

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), DJ Peril (of 1200 Techniques) and Deceptikonz (Dawn Raid Entertainment). Three singles were released from the album, "Seduction is Evil (She's Hot)", "Cause An Effect" and "Universal King (Left Right Left)". The actor, Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger

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, directed two video clips for the album, "Seduction is Evil (She's Hot)" and "Cause An Effect". In 2010, N'fa re-released the single "Cause An Effect" as an EP with various remixes of the track and video clip on iTunes.

"Cause An Effect" video clip

In October 2009, N'fa posted a making-of video to his Youtube

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 channel discussing working with Heath Ledger, who had directed the video clip for "Cause An Effect". N'fa reveals in the video:

"We shot it in Sydney

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… and he called me at this crazy hour, saying, 'I've got this idea, let's make a video!'. We found a few different ideas for clothing, a massive sheet and black curtain, and got in touch with two really good makeup artists… and shot it all in his garage. The idea was to keep it really artistic. Heath was basically running around directing the shots… it was a really cool day. Every day I count my blessings that he directed this piece of art. It was a song I was proud to have written but I never expected to have such an immense video made for it. I've known Heath since we were very young and he was always a creative kind of guy and, in many ways, ahead of the curve."

N'fa was given the opportunity to show the video clip at the 2009 Rome Film Festival on a theatre screen. Ledger invested his time entirely for the video clip directly after The Dark Knight had finished filming. On July 12, 2010, N'fa reflected again on the video clip:

"Heath loved the song, and wanted to make a video that artistically married itself to the energy of the track, to indulge listeners and viewers alike. At the end of the day though, it was two old friends hangin' out doing what we love. Good times."

Track listing

1. "Cause An Effect" – 3:31
2. "Get Doh" - 3:56
3. "Blessings" - 3:13
4. "Make Moves (The Get Up)" - 4:09
5. "Talk In Drums" - 0:49
6. Dirty Dub Up" (Feat. Ricky Ranting) - 4:40
7. "Seduction Is Evil (She's Hot)" - 3:47
8. "My Style" (Feat. Roots Manuva
   Roots Manuva
   Rodney Hylton Smith , better known by his stage name Roots Manuva, is a British rapper from Stockwell, South London. He is currently signed to Big Dada.-Biography:...
   
   ) - 4:19
9. "Two Writtens And A Freestyle" - 3:53
10. Who Wan Test?" (Feat. Deceptikons) - 3:49
11. "Everybody Talking" - 4:31
12. "Universal King (Left Right Left)" - 4:03
13. "Just Us" (Feat. O.E.C.) - 4:49
14. "Talking Drums" - 0:36
15. "Let It All Out (Breathe)" - 3:10