Nuntype
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Nuntype is the first full-length album by Souls of Mischief
/Hieroglyphics
MC Tajai
and SupremeEx
following their EP
, Projecto: 2501
. The album features R&B
and soul
singer Goapele
. It was released on November 8, 2005 on Rumble Pack Records.
Much like their previous work together, Nuntype is a conceptualized album crafting original music, visual artwork, story telling lyrics and a multimedia extension (in this case, the Nuntype website) to help create a world for the listeners to indulge in.
The name "Nuntype" was originally coined as "Nu_type"; a name Tajai and SupremeEx tentatively referred to their new album to amongst themselves ("New type"). However, in researching the history of prophecies, SupremeEx came across the name of the Egyptian god of Chaos, Nun
. Ironically, the hieroglyph for Nun closely resembles the iconic insignia of the Hieroglyphics hiphop band whom Tajai is a member of. The coincidence was enough for Tajai and SupremeEx to officially coin their album's title, "Nuntype" in reference to the Egyptian god.
, Napster
and eMusic
.
Souls of Mischief
-Studio albums:-Singles:-External links:* [ Allmusic Biography]* *...
/Hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphics (band)
Hieroglyphics, also known as the Hieroglyphics Crew and Hiero, are an American underground hip hop collective based in Oakland, California. The collective was founded in the early-1990s by rapper Del tha Funkee Homosapien...
MC Tajai
Tajai
Tajai Massey, known by the stage name, Tajai , is an American rapper and producer. He is one of the four founding members of Oakland, California-based underground hip hop group Souls of Mischief, and, with the Souls of Mischief, a part of the eight-person, alternative hip hop collective, the...
and SupremeEx
SupremeEx
Yameen is a hiphop producer from Philadelphia, PA. His most recent work, "Never Knows Encore" was released on February 10, 2010 on Rumble Pack Records.-SupremeEx:...
following their EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, Projecto: 2501
Projecto: 2501
Projecto: 2501 is a joint concept EP by Souls of Mischief and Hieroglyphics MC Tajai and SupremeEx. The album draws upon ideas from Serial Experiments Lain and Ghost in the Shell, as well as the artists' own ideas about technology and its influence on life...
. The album features R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
and soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
singer Goapele
Goapele
-Early life:Goapele's South African father Douglas Mohlabane was an exiled political activist who struggled against the Apartheid System. Goapele's New York-born Israeli Jewish mother Noa had been attending protests since the age of 12. Noa attended Friends World College and was studying in...
. It was released on November 8, 2005 on Rumble Pack Records.
Much like their previous work together, Nuntype is a conceptualized album crafting original music, visual artwork, story telling lyrics and a multimedia extension (in this case, the Nuntype website) to help create a world for the listeners to indulge in.
Story
Tajai is a deity who wields the power of Creation. Swirling within the doldrums of his ponderous age, the deity has become bored and seeks to satiate his loneliness by mindlessly toying with the fates of his human "playthings." But after many millennia of evolution, the humans have become advanced lifeforms, and they have progressed so mightily in their civilized, organically-technologized culture. As a Prophecy is foretold by the stars and comes to pass, Chaos ensues, threatening the very grip the deity needs to maintain control of a universe that has outgrown him.History
The pre-production of Nuntype began almost immediately after the completion and publication of Projecto in 1999. On his website, SupremeEx mentioned after completing the sci-fi-heavy Projecto, the duo wanted to go in the polar opposite direction, instead focusing on magic, chaos and prophecy to convey their next chapter.The name "Nuntype" was originally coined as "Nu_type"; a name Tajai and SupremeEx tentatively referred to their new album to amongst themselves ("New type"). However, in researching the history of prophecies, SupremeEx came across the name of the Egyptian god of Chaos, Nun
Naunet
In Egyptian mythology, Nu or Nun is the deification of the primordial watery abyss. In the Ogdoad cosmogony, the name nu means "abyss"....
. Ironically, the hieroglyph for Nun closely resembles the iconic insignia of the Hieroglyphics hiphop band whom Tajai is a member of. The coincidence was enough for Tajai and SupremeEx to officially coin their album's title, "Nuntype" in reference to the Egyptian god.
Instrumental album
An instrumental version of the album with extended versions and unreleased tracks was exclusively released online in November 2006. Initially seeded by SupremeEx himself as a "test" over BitTorrent networks, the album was then officially released on music download services such as iTunesITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
, Napster
Napster
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and eMusic
EMusic
eMusic is an online music and audiobook store that operates by subscription. It is headquartered in New York City with an office in London and owned by Dimensional Associates. As of September 2008 eMusic has over 400,000 subscribers....
.
Track listing
- Prelude
- The Jagged Edged Genesis
- Millions of Fishies
- Formless
- NUN
- Cleanup March
- Baboo Birth
- Hemingway
- Meaning (Featuring Goapele)
- Cacophony Carknock
- Babadoo
- Are We Happy (Hidden song)
- Where U From (Hidden song)