HITMEN FOR HIRE (EP)
Mark had been a fan of Blade's from the early years, and had met Blade on a few occasions and expressed an interest in wanting to work with him. As time went on and circumstances changed, this looked more and more likely. Mark's timing was perfect.
Blade was at an all time low with only an interest to go back to college with the hope that he could pursue a real career.
He needed some money to enrol and Mark had offered him a chance to raise some much needed cash by recording the EP. By this time Blade was also just keen on wanting to keep recording with the hope that something would change. It took a while to find the right beats to work on but when Blade found the ones he felt he could express himself on, the result was the EP. Only one slight problem though . The delay however meant Blade had to wait another year to enrol for the course he wanted to do. His only choice was to continue to record at every opportunity till he could enrol for the course the following year. Funny how life has a way of working out. This was released on Jazz Fudge / Kboro.
Formats available: double vinyl / cd
side A
1. INTENSE PREPARATIONS
2. INTENSE PREPARATIONS (Inst.)
3. INTENSE PREPARATIONS (Accapella)
4. THE LATE NIGHT SPECIAL WITH MY MAN "MR. THING"
side B
1. USE YOUR HEAD
2. USE YOUR HEAD (Inst.)
3. USE YOUR HEAD (Bonus Beats)
4. USE YOUR HEAD (aCCAPELLA)
5. LABELS THAT DON'T HAVE A CLUE (Skit)
side C
1. INSIGHT MAGNIFICENT
2. INSIGHT MAGINIFCENT (Inst.)
3. INSIGHT MAGNIFICENT (Accapella)
4. ONE TO THE HEAD (Skit)
side D
1. LEAD THE WAY
2. LEAD THE WAY (Inst.)
3. LEAD THE WAY (Accapella)
4. THE NERVOUSE MRS. REN'EE ROBERTSON (Skit)
INTENSE PREPARATIONS
Written & performed by BLADE / LEWIS PARKER
Produced by MARK B
Scratches performed by MR. THING
Mixed & engineered by NO SLEEP NIGEL / MARK B
USE YOUR HEAD
Written & performed by BLADE
Produced by MARK B
Scratches performed by MR. THING
Mixed & engineered by NO SLEEP NIGEL
INSIGHT MAGNIFICENT
Written & performed by BLADE
Produced by MARK B
Scratches performed by MR. THING
Mixed & engineered by NO SLEEP NIGEL
LEAD THE WAY
Written & performed by BLADE
Produced by MARK B
Scratches performed by MR. THING
Mixed & engineered by NO SLEEP NIGEL Edits by DR. BECKMAN
Mixed @ POLITBUREAU
Mastered by CHRIS LUDD
Released on JAZZ FUDGE (1997)
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