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Awol One & Factor: Official

Thursday Aug 20, 2009

Check out this cut off the new Awol One & Factor album Owl Hours:

EDIT: Video removed from Vimeo

While touring through Canada a few years ago with Busdriver and Circus, Awol met the Producer/DJ named Factor and began building a friendship and working relationship from there. Following the success of a single called “try”, the duo of Awol One and Factor released Only Death Can Kill You, a mellow hip hop record full of Awol’s perfectly simple yet clever self analyzing lyrics and characteristic gruff voice over Factor’s melodic and precisely crafted production.

Almost 3 years later they are releasing a completely different sounding album – Owl Hours – what some would perceive as Awol and Factor’s album of mass and magnitude. Production moves from Electronic Pop to Folk Hop with a number live musicians contributing their talents. Topics range from celebrations, darkness, love and analysis to straight up drunken party anthems all told through the eccentric eyes of Walrus One.

Guest vocalists on Owl Hours (including Aesop Rock, Myka 9, Tha Alkaholiks, Sunspot Jonz of Living Legends, and executive producer Xzibit) all seem inspired and come off strong as ever over Factor’s catchy, hard hitting beats. Also included on the Owl Hours album is a Bonus Dj Fingaz remix feat. Xzibit and B Real of Cypress Hill. Fans of Awol’s past work and former naysayers alike all agree that this is an extremely fresh, wize and enjoyable 35+ minutes of music.

Source: Fake Four