The Death of Adam

Infobox Album
Name = The Death of Adam
Type = studio
Artist = 88-Keys


Released = October 28, 2008
Recorded = 2006-2008
Genre = Hip-Hop
Length =
Label = Decon Records
Producer = 88-Keys & Kanye West (co-executive)
Reviews =
Chronology = 88-Keys albums
Last album = "Adam's Case Files Mixtape" (2008)
This album = "The Death of Adam" (2008)
Next album =Singles
Name = The Death of Adam
Type = studio
single 1 = Stay Up! (Viagra)
single 1 date = August 25, 2008

"The Death of Adam" is the debut album by producer and rapper 88-Keys. The album is scheduled to be released October 28, 2008. In addition to Kanye West, "The Death of Adam" features Kid Cudi, J*Davey, Redman, Bilal, Phonte of Little Brother, and alternative rock group Shitake Monkey.cite web |url=http://www.hhboard.com/hip-hop-news/371421-88-keys-teams-w-bff-kanye-west-new-lp.html |title=88-Keys Teams W/BFF Kanye West For New LP |publisher=HHBOARD |date= |accessdate=2008-09-03]

Concept

The album tells the story of an investigation surrounding the death of a man named Adam who was murdered in his Harlem loft apartment. During a recent interview in regards to the album's concept 88' stated:cquote|"The entire album is about the power of the punani, if you will. The album follows the story line of my man Adam who passed away and basically how he died. It all started off with him catching a boner one morning, morning wood, and his life starts to spin out of control from there."cite web |url=http://www.hhboard.com/hip-hop-news/371421-88-keys-teams-w-bff-kanye-west-new-lp.html |title=88-Keys Teams W/BFF Kanye West For New LP |publisher=HHBOARD |date= |accessdate=2008-09-03] The story is told instrumentally, while the featured artists help get the story across. 88' has described that his inspiration for the project derived from the thought, "What gives me pleasure?" His obvious answer being pussy...

Aside from tracks, the album's investigative story is told through visual means, particurlarly through DCN 27 News pieces that were distributed on multiple video-sharing sites. In the faux news bulletins, local news reporter Chip Adams interviews various artists who apparently knew Adam to a certain extent and provide their feedback on his death. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-NLZFwnUPo "The Death of Adam" News Piece #1] ] The viral series includes cameos by Q-Tip, Consequence, Kid Cudi and Shitake Monkey.

The albums lead single, "Stay Up! (Viagra)", features 88’s best friend and executive producer of the project, Kanye West. In a recent interview 88' stated that despite his friendship with Kanye West he never explicitly asked Kayne to get involved with his project:

Confirmed tracks

Hardware Assembly

* Akai MPC3000 (sampling workstation)
* AKG C 414B-ULS (microphone)
* Rhodes Jazz Bass (keyboard)
* Yamaha Motif 6 (keyboard)
* Numark DM1180 (mixer)
* Roland VS-2480 (digital studio workstation)
* Samson Servo 150 (amplifier)
* Tascam CD-RW700 (CD burner)
* Technics SL-1200MK2 (turntable)
* SB-A26 (3-way cabinet speakers)

References

External links

* [http://www.deconrecords.com/88_keys_snippets/ Album Snippet]