The Purple Aces Project
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The Purple Aces Project is a free album put out August 1, 2010, by musician, Michael Barber
put out by his long time affiliate DJ, DJ Fade. The album is 17 songs of all original material that Michael recorded before and after a stint in rehab for chemical dependency. The project was highly anticipated after the success of Barber's Motion Picture Mayhem series gained him a cult following.
It became a hot topic in July on twitter.
The album was downloaded at a record pace in the month of August, beating artists in downloads that include, Gucci Mane
, Eminem
, and Young Money artist Tyga
.
The album is all produced, mixed, and mastered by Barber, besides an intro from Award Winning DJ, DJ Fade, and a feature from Nappy Roots
member B.Stille.
The whole album consists of the Messy Music Style
genre.
Michael Barber
Michael Barber is an American musician signed to Universal Records through Hoopla Media Group. Barber is best known for inventing the Messy Music genre that mixes all types of current genres to create his own...
put out by his long time affiliate DJ, DJ Fade. The album is 17 songs of all original material that Michael recorded before and after a stint in rehab for chemical dependency. The project was highly anticipated after the success of Barber's Motion Picture Mayhem series gained him a cult following.
It became a hot topic in July on twitter.
The album was downloaded at a record pace in the month of August, beating artists in downloads that include, Gucci Mane
Gucci Mane
Radric Davis , better known by his stage name Gucci Mane, is an American rapper. He debuted in 2005 with Trap House and followed with albums such as Hard to Kill in 2006, Trap-A-Thon and Back to the Trap House in 2007. In 2009, his second studio album The State vs. Radric Davis was released...
, Eminem
Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition...
, and Young Money artist Tyga
Tyga
Michael Stevenson , better known by his stage name Tyga , is an American rapper signed to Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Universal Republic Records. He is of Vietnamese and Jamaican descent...
.
The album is all produced, mixed, and mastered by Barber, besides an intro from Award Winning DJ, DJ Fade, and a feature from Nappy Roots
Nappy Roots
Nappy Roots is an American alternative Southern rap quintet that originated in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1995 and is best known for its hit single "Awnaw."...
member B.Stille.
The whole album consists of the Messy Music Style
Messy Music Style
Messy Music Style is a new genre of music developed as a chemistry blend of all popular music mixed together with poetry or a rhyme scheme as the lyric. The blending of this type of music stems from the origins of hip hop music using sampling. Messy Music mostly consists of six genres of music: hip...
genre.