Return from Mecca

Return from Mecca

Infobox Album |
Name = Return from Mecca
Type = Album
Artist = X-Clan


Released = January 30, 2007
Genre = Hip Hop
Length =
Label = Suburban Noize Records
Producer = DJ Fat Jack
Quazedelic
DJ Khalil
Bean One
Ultraman
Jake One
J Thrill
Proh Mic
DJ Quik
ACL
P-Nice
Patrick Shevelin
Reviews = *AllHipHop.com Rating|4|5 [http://www.allhiphop.com/reviews/?ID=1016 link]
*Okayplayer Rating|3|5 [http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/index.php/weblog/more/return_from_mecca/ link]
*RapReviews.com rating-10|8.5 [http://rapreviews.com/archive/2006_12_returnfrom.html link]
Last album = "Xodus"
(1992)
This album = "Return From Mecca"
(2006)
Next album =

"Return from Mecca" is the title of the reunion album from Hip Hop group X-Clan, released on January 30, 2007. This is the group's first studio album since 1992's "Xodus". A music video was released for the single "Weapon X".

Contributors

X-Clan originally consisted of four members, Brother J, Professor X, Sugar Shaft and Paradise the Architect. Sugar Shaft died in 1995 due to complications from AIDS, and Professor X died in early 2006 due to complications from spinal meningitis, leaving only two of the original members. "Return From Mecca" features guest appearances from Chali 2na of Jurassic 5, KRS-One, Kottonmouth Kings, RBX, Abstract Rude and Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach. Featured producers include DJ Quik, DJ Khalil and Jake One.

Reception

The album was extremely well received for a reunion album.Or|date=May 2008 Though X-Clan were relevant contributors to the hip hop scene during the early 1990s, this album is full of new-sounding progressive rhymes and production.Failed verification|date=May 2008

Track listing

#"X-Clan Album Intro" (Produced by DJ Fat Jack)
#"Aragorn" (Produced by Quazedelic)
#"Voodoo" featuring RBX & Quazedelic (Produced by DJ Khalil)
#"Hovercraft"
#"Why You Doin' That" (Produced by Bean One)
#"Weapon X" (Produced by Ultraman)
#"Speak the Truth" featuring KRS-One (Produced by Jake One)
#"Positrons" (Produced by Quazedelic)
#"Mecca" featuring Jah Orah (Produced by Quazedelic)
#"Prison" featuring Christian Scott (Produced by Proh Mic)
#"Atonement" featuring Jah Orah (Produced by DJ Fat Jack)
#"Brother, Brother" featuring DJ Quik
#"Funky 4 You" featuring Chali 2na (Produced by Quazedelic)
#"Self Destruct" (Produced by J Thrill)
#"Space People" featuring Quazedelic (Produced by Quazedelic)
#"Trump Card" featuring Hannah Barbera (Produced by ACL, DJ Fat Jack & P-Nice)
#"To the East" featuring YZ & Abstract Rude (Produced by DJ Fat Jack)
#"Locomotion" featuring Brad "Daddy X", Tri State and Kottonmouth Kings(Produced by Proh Mic)
#"Americans" featuring Jacoby Shaddix (Produced by Patrick P-Nice Shevelin)
#"3rd Eyes On Me" featuring Tri State (Produced by DJ Khalil)
#"Culture United" featuring Damian Marley
#"Respect" [Hidden Track] featuring Tech N9ne

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Mecca — For other uses, see Mecca (disambiguation). Mecca مكة المكرمة City of Makkah Makkat Al Mukarramah Masjid al Haram and the center of Mecca …   Wikipedia

  • Mecca — Meccan, adj., n. /mek euh/, n. 1. Also, Makkah, Mekka. a city in and the capital of Hejaz, in W Saudi Arabia: birthplace of Muhammad; spiritual center of Islam. 366,801. 2. (often l.c.) any place that many people visit or hope to visit: The… …   Universalium

  • Mecca and the Soul Brother — Studio album by Pete Rock CL Smooth Released …   Wikipedia

  • Muhammad in Mecca — A series of articles on Prophet of Islam Muhammad Life In Mecca · Hijra · …   Wikipedia

  • 1987 Mecca incident — A violent clash between Shia pilgrims and demonstrators and the Saudi Arabian security forces during the Hajj pilgrimage, which led to the deaths of over 400 people, occurred in Mecca on 31 July 1987. The event has been variously described as a… …   Wikipedia

  • List of words derived from toponyms — This is a list of words derived from toponyms, followed by the place name it is derived from. General * Alberta clipper mdash; a weather phenomenon named after the Canadian province of Alberta where it originates… …   Wikipedia

  • March 11, 2002 Mecca girl's schools fire — killed at least fourteen students but was especially notable for complaints made that Saudi Arabia s religious police stopped schoolgirls from leaving the burning building and hindered rescue workers because they were not wearing correct Islamic… …   Wikipedia

  • 2002 Mecca girls' school fire — Coordinates: 21°24′58″N 39°48′58″E / 21.416°N 39.816°E / 21.416; 39.816 The 2002 Mecca girls school fire happened on March 11, 2 …   Wikipedia

  • Muhammad at Mecca (book) — Muhammad at Mecca is a book about the Islamic prophet Muhammad s life in Mecca written by the non Muslim Islamic scholar William Montgomery Watt. It was first released by Oxford University Press in 1953. Muhammad at Medina is its sequel. Contents …   Wikipedia

  • Gift from Hijaz — Armaghan i Hijaz ( ur. ارمغان حجاز; or Gift from Hijaz ; published in Persian, 1938) was a philosophical poetry book of Allama Iqbal, the great poet philosopher of Islam. Introduction This work, published a few months after the poet s death, is a …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”