![]() One year ago Pro Era’s Jamal Dewar aka Capital STEEZ unfortunately passed away. If this is truly everything, the next step might be to try and organise it all into custom albums, or maybe just try to figure out the exact chronological order of songs by release date. Capital STEEZ featuring Dirty Sanchez - 47 Piiirates. Let me know of I missed anything, or if I mistakenly included any incorrect songs. 93 til infinity doesn’t actually have STEEZ on it, but I included it because it’s on the yellow tape. Thanks to Joey I discovered a genre that gives a voice to the otherwise voiceless. To Hip-Hop, I am forever in debt for giving me the courage to use my voice and reminding me that I’m not alone.Songs in random order. ![]() Once I learned that Hip-Hop was my missing peace, I dug into the whole Beast Coast movement and other New York artists like Bishop Nehru and Ken Rebel, the sounds of J Dilla, MF DOOM, Lord Finesse, and the music of A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, and Souls of Mischief. I owe a lot of my own knowledge to Joey Bada$$ and my discovery of his artistry, so much that I often feel like I got an introduction just as special as the people who were with DJ Kool Herc back in ‘73. Where they’re consoled when they feel alone. Where they’re guided to familiarity when they feel lost in the world around them. Through the music I felt supported, because everyone needs a place where his or her struggles are affirmed. I remember sitting on the side of my bed bawling as Capital STEEZ’s “Infinity and Beyond” and “HYPE Beast” played in the background. But it was “Wave$” that made my connection to Joey Bada$$ stronger. His work-coupled with that of his fellow Pro Era members-provided me with the one thing humans desire most in a state of sadness or sorrow: comfort. Joey Bada$$ was authentic, unique, and my introduction to Hip-Hop. And, let’s be honest, hardly anyone else was freestyling over Dilla beats. Verse I said Steez had flow since back then when Kanye Had the jaw brace, dark fade, backpacking it Got it down packs since he came back with Heartbreaks Rocking Aqua 8s and a jacket just to. Few at his age rivaled his respect and passion for the genre. His beats were reminiscent of the drums and hard-hitting snares that defined the East Coast in the 1990s. By Kirk Knight (Remastered Audio) AMERIKKKAN KORRUPTIONAmeriKKKan Korruption is the debut solo mixtape by A. Joey was unlike any artist I had heard before, and even more unlike any rapper at the time. By Kirk Knight DontSweatTech 15.9K subscribers Subscribe 146K views 10 years ago Track number 9 off the AmeriKKKan Korruption mixtape. The cover intrigued me so I listened, and after diving into “Snake$” and then 1999 in its entirety I knew one thing: boom bap made my heart skip a beat. ![]() It was that year when “Righteous Mind$” by Joey Bada$$ slid across my Twitter timeline. ![]() It was a painful moment in music history. Listen to Capital STEEZ - AmeriKKKan Korruption, a playlist curated by PRO ERA RECORDS. And though these artists influenced it through melodies, harmonies and samples, Hip-Hop wouldn’t appear on my radar until many years later-2012 to be exact. In the first minutes of Christmas Eve in 2012, New York rapper Capital STEEZ, real name Courtney Jamal Dewar, committed suicide at age nineteen by jumping off the roof of the Cinematic Music Group’s headquarters. As a result, my musical knowledge was confined to classic soul and R&B artists like Curtis Mayfield, The Gap Band, G.Q., Bobby Womack, Marvin Gaye, DeBarge and many more. Growing up much of my time was spent with her while my mother worked to provide a better life for me than She had envisioned for herself. The makeshift clothing served as my wardrobe for countertop performances, where I would dance to the sounds of Earth, Wind & Fire, The Isley Brothers, Bobby Womack and more as my grandmother cleaned our home. As a child I would fashion dresses and wigs out of pillowcases at the approval of my grandmother.
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