THE BOX > US ECONOMY

While the Economy continues to implode and the Market plummeted another 5% today, how about some solid music to get your mind off your money woes?


The first time you saw Folk & Stress, we brought you the video interview we did with the two brothers at their home-cobbled studio in Long Island, and hopefully you caught their live ass set at the the Spring Launch party. Well, remember how we said doods was dope? We've kept up with our boys Folk & Stress and them boys have been on the grind, quietly going about their way, preparing to blow up the underground.

Fast forward a year. After linking up with Downtown titans Alife, they got connected with The Wu, signed with Baby Grand Records, opened for the GZA on his legendary Liquid Swords Tour [see previous post for flicks], and have been working with a roster of the Underground elite for their Album THE BOX, dropping September 30th.


With production work from Dreddy Kruger, Preservation, Pushakey, and Bronze Nazareth, while Folk holds his own on the boards, handling the bulk of the album. Interlacing plenty of new lyrical content with some from their mixtape flows, F&S spit with their usual bravado and word play on the track. And, with guest spots from GZA the Genius, Aesop Rock, Vast Aire from Cannibal Ox, and Blu, I get all school-girl giddy just thinking about the kind of talent they have backing them for the album.

Here is a special leak of Beatrix, featuring Vast Aire, a mean head nodder with menacing strings and piano hooks, a free track to fill your headphones to help you get through this economic slump. Don't worry, we broke too...

Stay tuned for a full interview with Folk & Stress and REMEMBER TO GET THE ALBUM SEPTEMBER 30TH!!

-e.poon