Blue Sky Black Death
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| Blue Sky Black Death | |
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| Origin | San Francisco, California |
| Genre(s) | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Producers |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Label(s) | Babygrande Records Mush Records |
| Associated acts | Hell Razah Holocaust Deadpan Darling Slow Burning Lights |
| Website | Official site |
| Members | |
| Kingston Young God |
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Blue Sky Black Death (short BSBD) is a production duo from San Francisco, California. The duo consists of Kingston and Young God. Their name comes from skydiver slang.
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[edit] Recording history
After each member produced a number of tracks for various rappers on his own, Blue Sky Black Death made their debut on Mush Records in 2006, with the release of their double-disc debut album A Heap of Broken Images. The first disc featured twelve instrumental tracks, while the second disc featured a number of guests rapping over their production, which included Jus Allah (of Jedi Mind Tricks), Sabac Red (formerly of Non Phixion), Wise Intelligent (of Poor Righteous Teachers), A-Plus and Pep Love (of Hieroglyphics), Chief Kamachi (of Army of the Pharaohs), Mikah 9 (formerly of Freestyle Fellowship), Virtuoso (formerly of Army of the Pharaohs), Awol One and Holocaust. The album's acclaimed production led to the duo landing a record deal with popular independent rap label Babygrande Records.
The chemistry felt on their track with Holocaust, a West Coast Wu-Tang Clan affiliate, led to a full-length collaboration album between BSBD and the rapper. On September 5, 2006, Babygrande released the duo's second album Blue Sky Black Death presents: The Holocaust. Holocaust provided all vocals on the album, while BSBD provided all production. The album featured the single "The Ocean" b/w "No Image". The duo's next album was a collaboration with another Wu-Tang affiliate, Sunz of Man and Black Market Militia member Hell Razah, titled Razah's Ladder, released October 23, 2007 on Babygrande. Unlike The Holocaust, the album included outside guest appearances, featuring Crooked I, Shabazz the Disciple, Ill Bill, Sabac Red and Prodigal Sunn. The duo strayed from the dark soundscapes featured on The Holocaust, instead providing a soulful backdrop for Razah. Shortly before the release of Razah's Ladder, the duo released a mixtape titled Dirtnap, featuring a number of leftover's from the upcoming album, various collaborations and instrumentals.
On April 29th 2008 the group released their fourth studio album entitled "Late Night Cinema." This project is their first entirely instrumental project.
[edit] Future
In June 2007, Blue Sky Black Death posted two preview tracks of a forthcoming tribute to Wu-Tang Clan. The two tracks: "Rebel to the Grain" and "Slapbox with Jesus", were completely made up of various Wu-Tang samples. It was announced that these tracks would appear on a limited edition 7" release on Mush Records in 2008.
BSBD is also recording with two side projects named Slow Burning Lights, a collaboration with singer Yes Alexander, and Deadpan Darling, a collaboration with Ceschi of the group Toca. [1] [2]
[edit] Discography
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A Heap of Broken Images
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The Holocaust
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Razah's Ladder
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Late Night Cinema
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