After moving to the Bay Area, Planet Asia hooked up with Rasco and formed the rap duo Cali Agents. Following the independent album release How the West Was Won, major labels started to call. The Source magazine named him First Round Draft Pick and gave him their Independent Album of the Year award for How Was the West Was Won in 2000. He was even nominated for a 2002 Grammy Award for his collaboration with hip-hop diva Mystic on W. His collaborations have included everyone from Black Thought of The Roots, BT, Dub Pistols, Talib Kweli, and Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan. His versatile skills on the mic resulted in a collaboration with the multi-platinum selling rock group Linkin Park on their hugely successful Re-Animation album. Planet Asia released The Grand Opening album in 2003 with guest appearances and production from Ghostface Killah, DJ Khalil, Evidence, Architect, J. Wells, Jake One, and Supa Dave West.
Product Description
Copter Records is proud to announce the release of the Planet Asia album, The Sickness. The album features 12 new tracks featuring appearances from Strong Arm Steady, Killah Priest, Rasco, and a host of others. The album also features production from Jake One, Amp Live (Zion I), Protest, Haj, and others.
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Pt. 1: The Sickness
Planet Asia Manufacturer: Copter ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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Pop Rap
| Rap & Hip-Hop
| Styles
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ASIN: B000B5IOXO Release Date: 2006-01-31 |
Tracks:
- Intro
- Potency
- Boo Boo Weed
- I’m So High Freestyle
- Block Love
- Act Like You Know
- Black Bandannas Low feat. Killa Ben & Mitchy Slick
- Baby Food feat. Sav Skills & Tri State
- Knowledge
- Gangsta, Gangsta
- Gold Chain General feat. Nonstop
- Fight The Flow feat. Rasco and Dusk
- Time After Time feat. Moka Only
- I Do This feat. Avyee
- Moonlight Melodic Pt. 2 feat. Fili Stylz
- Fe La’s Thought
- Murder Time feat. Madd Dogg
- U Betta feat. Killa Ben & Tri State
- Rock That
Album Description
Copter Records is proud to announce the release of the Planet Asia album, The Sickness. The album features 12 new tracks featuring appearances from Strong Arm Steady, Killah Priest, Rasco, and a host of others. The album also features production from Jake One, Amp Live (Zion I), Protest, Haj, and others.Customer Reviews:
Asia's attempt at reinventing himself.......2006-02-02
Planet Asia is revered as one of the dopest MC's to have come out of Cali. He's displayed his lyrical prowess on such masterpieces as his selftitled EP and The Last Stand. Making his way deeper into the scene, he dropped a couple of underground lps before tackling with his first bigname full-length album "The Grand Opening." After dropping a couple of underground lps (along with gaining mainstream recognition in the process), Asia's finally back with another. The Sickness, Pt.1 is supposedly the first of three other lps to be released consecutively by Asia throughout the year.
For starters, gone is the mellow smooth-flowing melodic Asia that most were used to hearing on such ep's as The Last Stand (or PA EP). This time around, listeners are introduced to a more "hardcore" Cali Agent #2. The Sickness is labled as a mixtap & it shows. A majority of the tracks on the album are skits while others feature a host of guest artists. There really isn't much Asia on the album, and what little we DO get from his isn't anywhere near on par with what we've already heard from him the past. The only tracks which seem to remotely grasp Asia at his full potential are: I Do This, Gangsta Gangsta (that moreso comes off as Asia's attempt at a Dead Prez impersonation), & Moonlight Melodic Pt.2 (which has very little relevance to the original). Even the production seems to lacking in some areas. A majority of the beats sound generic, commercial & repetitive. It would have been great to have seen a wider foray of production by Amp Live, Architech, Walt "421" Liquor, or even Peanut Butter Wolf for that matter.
Make no mistake. By no means is this album a failure. However, Asia has done better. This is just the first of the trilogy, as the Diagnosis & The Medicine are expected to follow up shortly after this. So perhaps this mixtape is simply a teaser. Don't count Asia out just yet, but for now both The Grand Opening & Jewelry Box Sessions Pt.1 will remain more in circuit in my cd player than The Sickness, Part 1. King Medallion (aka Asia) is still one of the hottest MC's to have risen from out of the West in years. However, diehard Asia fans may find themselves a tad disappointed with this lp. Then again, those simply fascinated with generic beats & average lyrics will dig it regardless. Here's to both The Diagnosis and The Medicine.
Dance Music:
- The Trinity
- The True Meaning [Explicit Lyrics]
- This Is Madness [Explicit Lyrics]
- This Is Ultimate Dance!
- Totally Hits 2002
- Underground 16: For da Summa [Explicit Lyrics]
- What's Luv [CD-single]
- When Love Turns Lust [Explicit Lyrics]
- Wild Gremlinz [Clean]
- Without Me [CD-single]
Dance Music
Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra
Your Mind Is on Vacation [Import]
Dangerous [Enhanced] [Original recording remastered] [Special Edition]
Big Band Classics Ladies Only: Songs of 40's and 50's