Praverb The Wyse – Professional Hobbyist (2011)

Artist: Praverb The Wyse

Album: Professional Hobbyist

Source: Artist

Tracklisting:

1. My Journey
2. Professional Hobbyist
3. Blue Collar (ft. Don Streat)
4. Everlasting Struggle
5. For My People
6. The Critic
7. Nothing To Gain
8. I Pray (Fall To My Knees)
9. That’s How It Is (ft. Don Streat)
10. November 11th
11. The Critic (Smimooz Remix)

Note:

Lets face it, we live in a world where people are just not honest with themselves and others.  Artists portray themselves often times as something that they are not.  It happens everywhere but is extremely prevalent in the music industry.  It is especially, true in a convoluted independent music environment when so many people are vying for exposure.  In walks, Praverb The Wyse, who with his album, Professional Hobbyist, bucks that trend.

We have talked about Praverb before as a member of the collective known as The Brainstormers.  What separates him, and makes him noteworthy?  Well part of that is just being genuine.  He speaks from his own experiences and not that of someone else.  The second element that makes him worth talking about is that God given ability.  Lets face it, not everybody has a voice to be an emcee.  You can’t teach that or coach that. Praverb’s voice and flow command respect and attention.  Professional Hobbyist is the culmination of that honesty and talent that everyone will be able to appreciate.

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Single You Out: Muneshine – Freeze b/w Easy Does It (prod. by Vinyl Frontiers)

Yeah.  I am putting you on to more singles than I thought I was going to, but lately there has been a rash of dope cuts that I thought you all might enjoy. This set of cuts comes from north of the border (at least from where I am at) by way of Muneshine.  I know most of you have probably slept on dude but he’s been doing his thing for a while working with a lot of high caliber artists as both an emcee and a producer.   This time he shines on the microphone backed by production from Vinyl Frontiers.

These tracks are saturated in hip hop.  The vibe is very upbeat with horns backing the production on both cuts.  I really like the mellow vibe that’s provoked by both tracks which is why I felt obligated to share them.  Check out the cuts below and I believe these are tracks that are in advance of an EP that should be dropping on the Bandcamp site, February 2nd.  Be on the lookout for that.