Connected (The Foreign Exchange album)

Connected
Studio album by The Foreign Exchange
Released	August 24, 2004
Recorded	2003–2004
Genre	Hip hop
Length	63:09
Label	BBE
Producer	Nicolay
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The Foreign Exchange chronology
Connected (2004) Leave It All Behind (2008)

Connected is the debut album by The Foreign Exchange, a hip hop group consisting of American rapper Phonte from Little Brother and Dutch producer Nicolay. It has since been widely regarded as a classic alternative hip-hop album, contributing to the high reputation of Phonte, member of the critically acclaimed hip-hop group Little Brother.

Their group name comes from how they produced their songs: Nicolay would produce a beat in the Netherlands and send the beat to Phonte through instant messaging, email, and traditional mail to lay down the vocals. Phonte would return the product, so Nicolay could then master the track; they did not meet until after the album was completed.^[1]

Tracklisting

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer(s)	Time
1	"Foreign Exchange Title Theme"	Nicolay	YahZarah	2:28
2	"Von Sees"	Nicolay	Von Pea	2:11
3	"Raw Life"	Nicolay	Phonte, Joe Scudda	4:48
4	"Hustle Hustle"	Nicolay	Critically Acclaimed, Phonte	3:39
5	"Let's Move"	Nicolay	Big Pooh, Phonte	5:27
6	"Nic's Groove"	Nicolay	Big Pooh, Phonte	5:37
7	"Be Alright"	Nicolay	Median, Frank Ford, Phonte	4:16
8	"Sincere"	Nicolay	YahZarah, Phonte	4:47
9	"Brave New World"	Nicolay	Phonte	4:58
10	"The Answer"	Nicolay	Oddisee, Sean Boog, Phonte, Kenn Starr	4:39
11	"Come Around"	Nicolay	Darien Brockington	4:01
12	"Happiness"	Nicolay	Phonte, Big Pooh	4:42
13	"Foreign Exchange End Theme"	Nicolay	YahZarah	2:01
14	"All That You Are"	Nicolay	Median, Phonte, Darien Brockington	5:23
15	"Be Alright" (Nicolay's Easybreezy Sunday Afternoon Remix)	Nicolay	Median, Frank Ford, Phonte	3:04
16	"Call"	Nicolay	Darien Brockington, Phonte	2:45
17	"Downtime" (Nicky Troutman's Bounce To The Ounce Remix)	Nicolay	Phonte	2:55

Singles

• "Sincere" (2004)

Videos

• "Sincere" (2004)

Samples

Foreign Exchange Title Theme

• "Love's Holiday" by Wilbert Longmire

Von Sees

• "Sunken City" by Les Baxter

Let's Move

• "A Gal in Calico" by Bing Crosby

All That You Are

• "That's What Love is Made Of" by The Sylvers

Additional personnel

• Rapper Big Pooh appears in "Let's Move", "Nic's Groove", and "Happiness"
• Yahzarah appears on "Title Theme", "Sincere" and "End Theme"
• Von Pea appears on "Von Sees"
• Joe Scudda appears on "Raw Life"
• Darien Brockington appears on "Come Around" and "Call"
• Median appears on "Be Alright" and "All That You Are"
• Kenn Starr, Oddisee, and Sean Boog appear on "The Answer"
• Frank Ford appears on "Be Alright"

External links

• Foreign Exchange website

Notes

1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p654410