(Album Cover) @Nicolaymusic X @phontigallo aka @FeOfficial's album art X Love In Flying Colors #LIFC

Coming Tuesday September 24, 2013 ‪#‎LIFC‬

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(Album/Music) Always nice to see things like this in my social network feed X @FEOFFICIAL X @Phontigallo & @Nicolaymusic are The Foreign Exchange - Love In Flying Colors. Fall 2013 on +FE Music.

Follow them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/theforeignexchange or visit their website at http://www.theforeignexchangemusic.com/.




Tracklistings for them usually come out the month before so as soon as that happens, those will be up here and definitely on their various media outlets

. Rarely, and I MEAN RARELY, do Nic and Phonte announced things that aren't already FINISHED so I'm already counting 'this bucket' on the scoreboard. I don't forsee any delays. Maybe some additions but no delays. Truly can't wait to see where they are taking us next on this musical journey as Zo!'s ManMade has already provided the perfect backdrop for this Summer's music for me. They always come different with each project and have been known to do the unexpected.

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(Music) @Nicolaymusic throwing up the @FEOFFICIAL 'bat signal' X music coming in the Fall...

Just a subtle message from the folks at FE..




If you need your FE fix for the Summer though, there is the FE ReWorks album to go cop...





http://thewarehous.blogspot.com/2013/01/audio-feofficial-aka-foreign-exchange-x.html

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(Audio) @FeOfficial aka The Foreign Exchange (ft. CarlittaDurand) X So What If It Is X New Music announcements

Everybody's got their song and dance about
What it means to struggle and to go without
No one thinks that they're part of the problem yes it's true
It's true

People running scared amidst these changing times
Recession, depression, unemployment lines
Everybody needs a little healing yes they do
They do

Now's the time to raise your voice and lift your hands
Show your love to every woman every man
Nobody believes things will get better but I do
I do

Don't you worry bout the pain of yesterday
Just remember to live
Don't be afraid it's not the end of your world but so
So what if it is

Everybody's searching trying to find a way
Reaching through the darkness for a brighter day
Looking for the sunshine in a sky that smiles so blue
So blue

Now's the time to raise your voice and lift your hands
Show your love to every woman every man
Nobody believes things will get better but I do
I do

© 2013 Daddy's New Bowtie (ASCAP)

Push pause on the music player below and listen to this new jam by The Foreign Exchange...

Per their Soundcloud:

"So What If It Is" is The Foreign Exchange's new single from their "+FE Music: The Reworks" remix compilation. Spanning 2 discs, the specially priced set features remixes from Nicolay, Zo! 4hero, ?uestlove & James Poyser, and serves as a primer for +FE Music's upcoming releases: "ManMade" by Zo! and The Foreign Exchange's long-awaited 4th LP, "Love In Flying Colors."

Disc 01:

01. The Foreign Exchange- So What If It Is
02. The Foreign Exchange- The Last Fall (Focus... +FE Experience Remix)
03. Zo! feat. Phonte- Flight of the Blackbyrd (4hero Remix)
04. The Foreign Exchange- Fight For Love (Nicky Mendes and Brasil '66 Remix)
05. Deborah Bond- Say It (Nicolay Remix)
06. The Foreign Exchange feat. Paris & Amber Strother of KING- All The Kisses (Ahmed Sirour Remix)
07. The Foreign Exchange feat. YahZarah- If She Breaks Your Heart (The Randy Watson Experience Remix)
08. The Foreign Exchange feat. Darien Brockington & Median- Maybe She'll Dream of Me (Pure P's Sky Hygh Remix)
09. The Foreign Exchange feat. YahZarah- If This Is Love (Nicky Buckingham's Fleetwood Remix)
10. Vikter Duplaix- Electric Love (Nicolay Remix)
11. Zo! feat. Chantae Cann- All Is Well With Love (Pirahnahead Remix)

Disc 02:

01. Phonte feat. Focus... & Sy Smith- Love Songs
02. The Foreign Exchange feat. Darien Brockington- All or Nothing/Coming Home To You (Pure P's Midsommarkransen Night's Dream Remix)
03. RJD2 feat. Kenna- Games You Can Win (Nicolay Remix)
04. Phonte feat. Carlitta Durand- Gonna Be A Beautiful Night (Zo's Legendary Story of a Star Remix)
05. Jeanne Jolly- Sweet Love (Nicolay Remix)
06. The Foreign Exchange- Don’t Let It Be So
07. Zo! feat. Eric Roberson, Darien Brockington & Phonte- This Could Be The Night (Tall Black Guy Remix)
08. Sy Smith- The Art Of You (Nicolay Remix)
09. Phonte- Ball and Chain (Sheldon Williams Remix)
10. The Hot At Nights- ACSlater (Nicolay Remix)

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(Video) @SyberSpace aka Sy Smith: Nights (Feel Like Getting Down) (feat. @mynameis2long aka Rahsaan Patterson)

Off of her new album, Fast And Curious...

Love seeing her sing...

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(Video) Provided by @SheilaEdrummer X @SyberSpace X @George_Clinton in France

 In case the video below doesn't play..you can GO HERE ON TWITPIC AND SEE IT.


This was from 4 days ago....Very nice. I see you Sy!!

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(Audio) @SyberSpace (Sy Smith) ft. Rahssaan Patterson (@mynameis2long): Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)

It is a Billy Ocean remake by the way..



You can hear the track....*

"Syberfriends! The pre-sale for #FastAndCurious is in effect! Check out @soultrackscom 1st Listen!


http://t.co/mK8nvDOA


Album comes out  Tuesday, March 6, 2012!


If she looks familiar to some of you who come to the blog on the regular..... This is why...

At World Cafe Live In Philly... With The Foreign Exchange

*Sorry, normally I don't bounce ya'll to another place to hear a track BUT I kinda know Sy and respect her. I assume there was business done for that track so I am gonna respect it and not put it up..Unless she tweets me and says otherwise...lol (I DO HAVE IT btw) 

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(Video) #throwbackThursday @FEOfficial X Philly X Return of The Mack (Live)

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(Videos) Speaking of @FEOfficial... Here is some footage of them at @worldcafelive back in May 2011

The @WCLatTheQueen is its sister joint in Wilmington, Delaware.... Makes one wonder...

 If you live in the DE, NJ, PA, MD area, put this post in the back of your mind after you enjoy it. You never know what it may mean 'later'. (That's a hint.Go with it.)

I happened to be at this show but didn't know they had footage of it up for quite some time due to a personal situation.

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(Picture) @SyberSpace, @sangindiva (Shannon Pearson) and @nikkigrier at How I Met Your Mother...

She has her hand a little bit of everything as you can see...@ Sy

Per her news blast that she sends her faithful fans via email...



The fall has set in with some cool new haps in Syberworld!  My voice can be heard as "Bubbles and Jets" in the season premiere of  FOX's American Dad alongside Cee-Lo Green! I just recently taped an episode of How I Met Your Mother (air date to be announced in next newsletter!)"

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(Music/Thoughts) @phontigallo's (Phonte) long awaited solo album..#CharityStartsAtHome

Well, here it is. Ever since I heard it from his mouth that he was committed to do this album, I have wanted to hear it. Been waiting for awhile...Patiently might I add. Long read. Hope you enjoy it.


Ever have some of your friends or folks who know you are into music ask you to 'turn them on to a your favorite artist before? 
The request is the ultimate 'gift and a curse' if you are a true fan of the person's craft because then in essence, you have to 'choose' a starting point that could 'make or break' that person's opinion of said artist. Especially if that artist is 'overlooked' already in some circles/the person is coming from a that 'MAKE ME A DAMM BELIEVER DAMMIT perspective. Now even though I am not one to try to change folk's mind, I do find that it is a daunting task if you take your music 'seriously'. While I promise folks NOTHING I do like to be 'right', I mean who doesn't. If I recommend an artist, I wouldn't mind if they liked my suggestion if you get what I am saying. I am a bit of a music snob but not nearly as much as some of my folks. Still and all, I would like to spread good music to people when they ask......




Which brings me to this album. Charity Starts At Home to me is a PERFECT 'starting' point for anyone who, clearly has been living under a rock for the last 10 years or are too young to know any better, wants to know why I enjoy the musical talents of one Phonte Coleman. Or if said person wants to be 'turned onto his music' if you will. 

You get it all on this album to me. The humor. The singing. (I happen to enjoy his singing dammit. Sue me if you must..) Rapping 'Tay IS thoroughly represented here TOO! Songwriting Tay. Introspective Tay. Shit talking Tay. Family Tay. Married Tay. Father Tay. All the parts of Phonte that have made his fans collectively clamor for THIS SOLO PROJECT.


For YEARS FANS HAVE ASKED FOR THIS. I mean YEARS. Every other interview I have read about him (including....well..yeah..mine too. No hot link this time. Look for it. It is around here somewhere..hint..UP TOP IN THE SLIDE SHOW) has asked or talked about this solo album. 

Cats were SCARED IT WAS GOING TO BE ON SOME DETOX SHIT though. @ just a rumor. Others were concerned it would be him just singing. Some were concerned it would be him JUST RAPPING and didn't want that. Not me. 

All I ever was concerned with was whether or not it would be a MIXTURE OF ALL OF HIS TALENTS as I knew he wouldn't be able to please us all by going one way or the other. His musical growth shouldn't be stunted in my eyes, albeit they are just MY EYES, so I am very happy to report that I am happy with the project. I am just one person but since I SPENT MONEY AND MY TIME* ON IT, I tend to care a little bit about my happiness with a product. Ya dig? 



So here it is. My own breakdown of what I hear in each song/how I feel about each track. Not expecting you to AGREE or disagree. Maybe you hear something different. That is why this is not called a 'review'. I feel like reviews are....Nevermind...that's another post. I don't 'review' albums suffice it to say. I don't have to time to tell you about shit I don't like when it comes to music. Or I like to think I don't waste much time doing it. Here are some of the things that I like about Charity Starts At Home. I will try not to be too long yet not be too generic with it. Just point a line or two and keep it moving.






1. Dance in the Reign feat. @syberspace (Sy Smith) (Prod. by @SwiffD) Great way to start off the album. The humor comes out early with the 'I do this all for hip hop." line. Sy Smith delivers on the hook and Swift's sonic sound rounds this dope track. Cheerwine my nigs...If you are from the South or have been, you will appreciate the line. "Let that boy sautee'...."






2. The Good Fight (Prod. by @9thWonderMusic) I spoke on this when it leaked. This is grown folks relationship/job rap. Period. If you are living in Fantasy Land, you won't get it. If you are living in the 'Real World', with real life bills, responsibilities and the like, you can't help but get what he is saying.... "Everybody prays for the day they see the light but the light at the end of the tunnel is a train.." He actually quoted this on Twitter if you follow him....So you know it was said to make a point. Draw your own conclusions as to what that point is. I think it is pretty self explanatory. 9th on the beat. Dope.






3. Everything Is Falling Down feat. @Jeanne_Jolly (Prod. by @Khrysis) JEANNE JOLLY! Cotdamm....I mean put her name up in the search tab if you want to find out more about her. I love her voice. She is just a DOPE singer to me at this point. I am sure there is a 'genre' one might try to put her in but yeah. She does it all. She showed us that on Zo's just visiting three on "Same Old Love"...She brings velvet to this dope Khrysis beat while Phonte brings the pancake mix and the grill. The results? Red Velvet Pancakes my nig....This joint is dope. "Racing like (Richard) Petty in his stock...now we heavy on the block..like guards and left tackles..See where I come from if you and yours are up in arms like gun runners and you are confronted with 99 problems and can't keep it 100. Then at the day's end you ain't really done nothing..I made a new lane for myself and said "Fuck it". Why Rage Against The Machine when you can just unplug it?" With that, I think he just gave some of you who are wondering about 'his past' or his 'cred' a nice look while also dropping a gem about this music thing.




4. Not Here Anymore feat. @Elzhi (Prod. by @9thWonderMusic) Classic 9th track that some of us feared we would never hear Tay over again. As Tay has stated in print, every time him and Elzhi get together, fire comes from it. This is no exception. Tay is also KILLING THE HOOK. Classic stuff for those of you who only know him as the front for The Foreign Exchange. (Believe it or not folks, some folks only know him from that. Relax and don't sue 'em for it.)





5. Eternally feat. @MedianJL (Prod. by @9thWonderMusic) Moody, Tay and 9th. I feel like this track probably almost made The Sender. It has that 'feel' to it. I would be willing to be money it was in the works or canned during the time they made The Sender or VERY SHORTLY THERE AFTER. Now I have heard MCs do the 'back and forth thing' before with GREAT SUCCESS. Some have NO CLUE HOW TO EXIST ON THE TRACK TOGETHER. Mind you I know it was "produced' by a great board smith but it almost finish like they probably just sat down and KNOCKED THIS SHIT OUTTA THE PARK IN NO LESS THAN 3 TAKES. The chemistry is THAT GOOD ON THIS JOINT. They both are pushing each other on this track. Just straight spitting.... "Like that ya'll...get at ya'll...harass the track like a catcall....." HackSaw Jim Thuggin....aka Tay





6. Sendin My Love (Produced by @StroElliotMusic, intro by @AffionCrockett background vocals by @CarlittaDurand Another one of those 'grown folks' joints. Having been on both sides of the fence, I get it. Sure I won't be the only one. The skit by AFFION CROCKETT THOUGH. I imagine there will be many a 'in the car debate' with that one. On some 'Do YOU feel that way though?" type time. Which isn't a bad thing. More REAL DISCUSSION SHOULD BE HAD IN RELATIONSHIPS SO I am not opposed to it. I am sure some of you with more 'fragile' affairs are though.... The hook though. F.I.R.E. Carlitta and her honey fused voice meshed with 'Tay's equal greatness. Eric Roberson's pen is FELT through this joint too. @ him contributing to the writing it. "I know single men that will kill for a home cooked meal ..I know married men that will kill for a quiet house"





7. Ball and Chain (Prod. by @SwiffD) More Swift D stellar production and MORE OF THAT REAL LIFE TALK. You know, someone said (Hell, Tay said it himself to SOME DEGREE), that they don't want to see rappers rapping after a certain age. I beg to differ. I don't want to see rappers rapping about certain THINGS after a certain age. This shit here he is rapping about though? Yeah..We need that. For real. I mean rappers touch on relationships all the time but mostly on some superficial shit. Not this nigga Tay though. He has been getting to the 'meat of the matter' on this relationship shit for some time. This song is no exception. He is doing his rapping and sanging Tay shit on that Nate Dogg shit. His song writing skills shine on this joint. All the way. Then he has the NERVE to get on the track at the end and start spitting....You can also hear a lil Khrysis in the mix too.... "...just want to live in peace but can't show too many teeth 'cause she'll take shots at your crown...POWWW..another shot...another man down..." "





8. To Be Yours (Prod. by @Zo3hree5ive and @Phontigallo ) Zo! and Tigallo.....Always making songs that are JUST LONG ENOUGH. Makes you want more but know that you got enough. Kinda like when your Momma tells you that you can't get anymore food 'cause you had enough to eat. Sanging Tay...For. The. Win. With the dude I call 'The Piano Man' giving the lush backdrop.....





9. Gonna Be A Beautiful Night feat. @CarlittaDurand (Prod. by @SymbolycOne) SymbolycOne.....Producer of "Murder To Excellence"....yes THAT "Murder To Excellence"..... Showing his production range....Killing it. Carlitta....effortlessly murdering the hook. Tay again with the pancake mix and the grill. Cooking up magic. Lush but BUMPING TRACK. Beautiful music.


10. We Go Off feat. @PharoaheMonch (Prod. by @Fatin10) Yeah...go look up Fatin when you are finished here. 1/7 of the Soul Council. Put his whole damm lower region into this beat. Head nodder for sure. Pharoahe and Phonte just spit....spit....spit...spit..and then just spit some more damm more. Lyrical exercise. Ya'll niggas ain't tired right?- Jay-Z "Negro Spiritual Rap...slave to the rhythm....looking like I might go North...'cause I go off..." - Tay.





11. The Life of Kings feat. @Evidence & @BIGKRIT (Prod. by @9thWonderMusic) Sampled Run DMC for a part of the title. 9th diggin' in the crates as usual. Tay with the sensible rhymes on why he loves being a Southerner. Evidence showing you why he is just ONE OF THE BEST DOING IT. (Go get familiar if you don't know who Evidence is...) K.R.I.T. bring that Crooked Letter flow and Southern gentleman street/intelligent brother vibe to the track. I mean it is Evidence, K.R.I.T. and Tay. Another PURE SPITTING CONTEST. Everyone spits velvet on this joint in their own style and 9th laced 'em with a helluva backdrop to do it on. "It's a bad time to be an MC if you ain't rhyming right....I spit that China White... Nigga call it Hong Kong...."














12. Who Loves You More feat. @IamEricRoberson (Prod. by @EJONES_MUSIC) First off let me start off with E. Jones. I'd like to know what he was on when he made this beat? What kinda day was he having? This track is very layered. I'd love to know how long it took him to get it how he wanted. Very dope track. Now Erro makes another appearance and lays the track ALL THE WAY DOWN on its back. For real. Phonte helps out on the hook but gets SUPER INTROSPECTIVE on this track. Just like Track #3 (Hell all of the tracks but I digress), he shows you what he meant by that 'rapping against coffee house niggas' line he is KNOWN FOR was all about. He is very honest on this track. Picking one line is hard on this joint but here it goes....'Cause he is spitting on this joint. "Every player dreams of leaving the game...straight walking out. The allure of new pussy is cool but when it's over what the fuck you got to talk about...." 

 

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Hour Long interview...LIVE...on The State of Things....@FEOfficial...UPDATED: Whole interview is up now..

Hopefully, this interview will be available to 'embed' but maybe you can catch it live...I will update if and when it becomes available.

Here is the live link.. There is a sidebar where you can listen...

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Just in case you don't 'know' all of the songs on @Zo3hree5ive Just visiting three...Zo! has provided them for you....

01 BLACK COW FEAT. PHONTE AND SY SMITH

LEAD VOCAL:  PHONTE

BACKGROUND VOCALS:  SY SMITH AND PHONTE

GUITAR:  CHRIS BOERNER

TRUMPET:  STAN GRAHAM

TROMBONE:  ANDREW KLEINDIENST

SAXOPHONE:  MATT DOUGLAS

02 LET IT GO FEAT. NICHOLAS RYAN GANT

LEAD VOCAL:  NICHOLAS RYAN GANT

BACKGROUND VOCALS:  NICHOLAS RYAN GANT AND PHONTE

03 DRIVING FEAT. SY SMITH

LEAD VOCAL:  SY SMITH

BACKGROUND VOCALS:  SY SMITH AND PHONTE

FLUTE:  CLAUDIA HAYDEN

04 MARZIPAN FEAT. ERIC ROBERSON AND PHONTE

LEAD VOCAL:  ERIC ROBERSON

BACKGROUND VOCALS:  PHONTE

GUITAR:  CHRIS BOERNER

TRUMPET:  STAN GRAHAM

05 EVERYTHING SHE WANTS FEAT. PHONTE

ALL VOCALS:  PHONTE

06 SAME OLE LOVE FEAT. JEANNE JOLLY

LEAD VOCAL:  JEANNE JOLLY

BACKGROUND VOCALS:  JEANNE JOLLY AND PHONTE

ACOUSTIC GUITAR:  CHRIS BOERNER

PEDAL STEEL:  ALLYN LOVE

07 PLAYING YOUR GAME, BABY FEAT. ANTHONY DAVID

LEAD VOCAL:  ANTHONY DAVID

TRUMPET:  STAN GRAHAM

TROMBONE:  ANDREW KLEINDIENST

SAXOPHONE:  MATT DOUGLAS

ALL INSTRUMENTS BY ZO!, EXCEPT WHERE NOTED

PRODUCED BY ZO! AND PHONTE FOR CHAPTER 3HREE, VERSE 5IVE MUSIC, LLC/THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MUSIC, LLC

RECORDED AND MIXED BY ZO! AT EAST WING STUDIOS, SILVER SPRING, MD AND BY PHONTE AT THE PEANUT GALLERY

ADDITIONAL RECORDING AND MIXING BY CHRIS BOERNER AT THE BURLAP PALACE, RALEIGH, NC

MASTERING:  SOIREE RECORDS

COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY KEITH ESTEP OF KEITH ESTEP PHOTOGRAPHY

...JUST VISITING THREE:  THE ORIGINALS

01 BLACK COW

WRITTEN BY WALTER BECKER AND DONALD FAGEN

ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY STEELY DAN

FROM THE ALBUM "AJA" (ABC, 1977)

02 LET IT GO

WRITTEN BY JOHN LANG, RICHARD PAGE AND STEVE GEORGE

ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY PAGES

FROM THE ALBUM "PAGES" (EPIC, 1978)

03 DRIVING

WRITTEN BY BEN WATT

ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL

FROM THE ALBUM "THE LANGUAGE OF LIFE" (ATLANTIC, 1990)

04 MARZIPAN

WRITTEN AND ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY ERIC TAGG

FROM THE ALBUM "DREAMWALKIN'" (EMI, 1982)

05 EVERYTHING SHE WANTS

WRITTEN BY GEORGE MICHAEL

ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY WHAM!

FROM THE ALBUM "MAKE IT BIG" (CBS, 1985)

06 SAME OLE LOVE

WRITTEN BY MARILYN MCLEOD AND DARRYL K. ROBERTS

ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY ANITA BAKER

FROM THE ALBUM "RAPTURE" (ELEKTRA, 1986)

07 PLAYING YOUR GAME, BABY

WRITTEN AND ORIGINALLY PERFORMED BY BARRY WHITE

FROM THE ALBUM "BARRY WHITE SINGS FOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE" (20TH CENTURY, 1977)

© 2011 CHAPTER 3HREE, VERSE 5IVE MUSIC, LLC/THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MUSIC, LLC

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@FeOfficial's own @Zo3hree5ive...just visiting three.... his latest EP...ft. @phontigallo, @Jeanne_Jolly, @SyberSpace, @Iamericroberson and more...

01. Black Cow feat. Phonte and Sy Smith
02. Let It Go feat. Nicholas Ryan Gant
03. Driving feat. Sy Smith
04. Marzipan feat. Eric Roberson and Phonte
05. Everything She Wants feat. Phonte
06. Same Ole Love feat. Jeanne Jolly
07. Playing Your Game, Baby feat. Anthony David

You can go to The Foreign Exchange site to listen and download this latest offering from Zo!

Alternate link...if their Download is a lil slow. (Even though that is WHERE I GOT MINE FROM. @ theirs..)

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(Chat Series) The Warehouse 'speaks on' The Foreign Exchange's (@FEOfficial)....Dear Friends.....

If you know ANYTHING ABOUT ME, I don't really do the 'review' thing too well. I'm not about going around talking about music I don't 'like' and 'reviewing' music would probably require that in some capacity. So hence the reason I don't call these 'reviews'.

Throughout this post you may hear me reference the night this was recorded as if I was there. That will be because I was.  You can read all about it if you just click here.





You can go to DIRECTLY to their website and purchase the album/video package or Amazon... The album is also available on iTunes (I heard the video package was too but I am not sure. GO CHECK THOUGH. IT IS RUMORED TO BE...)


"Dear Friends" is a double-disc CD/DVD digipak that features the full acoustic concert performed by the band's current touring lineup of Zo!, Sy Smith, and singer/songwriter Jeanne Jolly " - Per FE Music



To quote Phonte Coleman himself in a recent concert...


"The Foreign Exchange is not....a NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION....." 

Please support them in the manner that you best see fit. They are MY FOLK and I still cop so I would expect nothing less from you. 


Here is the tracklisting once again..






01. Introduction/Fight For Love: 
In case you don't recognize the voice, that was none other than Patrick Douthit, known professionally as 9th Wonder, who introduced the group. I am going to assume that you know the relationship between Phonte & 9th and leave it at that. Great to see him come out and support them that evening as he did come back into the control room and take in the show with some of us.



02. All Roads: 
This song, at present moment, is on CONSTANT REPEAT in light of the recent event in my life. My Father's passing. During this recording, my Father was still alive and residing in the fine state of North Carolina at the time. I actually didn't get to see him during that particular trip due to circumstances but I did see him PLENTY BEFORE HE WAS GONE. When I first heard this song in its studio form, it actually reminded me of my parents. Probably not the group's intent when the song was written but good music does that. It has more than one meaning. Ya dig?



03. Take Off The Blues:


All I am going to say is 'What ya gonna do when you REALLY DON'T WANNA DANCE BY STANDING ON THE WALL? Get your back up off the wall... " That good ole grown folks traveling music...





04. Lose Your Way/Band Introductions

This is one of those 'tracks' that is DEFINITELY ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIVE. The 'parts of this' that didn't 'make the cut' on this part I FULLY EXPECT TO MAKE IT AS A SKIT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE. Or knowing Zo! and Tay, it will just bloom into a full song. 

05. House Of Cards:

It felt like they were floating on a magic carpet and levitating on stage when they sang this joint. Seriously. They transitioned from the Intro joint and just seemed to SOMEHOW KICK IT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. How I don't know nor do I want to know. It was about this point that I started to realize just how MAGICAL this event was. 'Tay took another swig of room temperature water and killed it. 


06. Greatest Weapon Of All Time:

Sy Smith's stories/Phonte's sense of timing...Hilarity. This is one of Zo!'s joints and again it is all the way live. If you can see her live, do it. That's all I will say. (Wait, I have said that before...) Tay's breakdown of BBD's "Do Me" reminded me of when I realized that Big Daddy Kane was bugging as well when I was a little older.. (Eight to eighty...crippled and crazy..)


07. Something In The Way She Moves:

He (Phonte)..no THEY...(Foreign Exchange) covered JAMES TAYLOR. James. Taylor. Do I REALLY NEED TO SAY ANYMORE? If you don't know who that is, GET YOUR MUSIC GAME UP. (Not dissing you either. No really. Go see who he is. You are missing out.) This is probably the thing that I love about this band the most. They are not pigeonholed by what they think you 'want to hear from them'. They sing what they want. How they want. When they want. Without fear. They show their musical range and knowledge almost every time they pick their respective instruments. 




"All songs are like your children..." - Phonte on how he feels about the songs he writes..


08. Laughing At Your Plans: 

I want so desperately for someone to take this to a country station, drop it off and have it catch fire. It deserves to. It is actually 'genre-less' in many senses but I know most would SAY IT IS COUNTRY. I am thinking that FE wouldn't care WHAT YOU CALL IT AS LONG AS YOU CALL IT GOOD. Having Jeanne Jolly on the track, which was PERFECT outta the studio, made 'perfect' seem like not enough. If that makes any sense. She owned it. Period. Seeing/hearing Nicolay back there with Chris on his 'Daughtry' vibe (for this and ALL THE SONGS) WAS DEFINITE TREAT TOO. That should be noted. By now, most of you have seen Nicolay do that if you caught them on tour recently but at the time, this was his FIRST TIME doing it in front of a live audience. (Go back and read the re-cap above. He discussed that with me a bit). I don't think you know just how much I love this damm song.


09. Daykeeper:

As Phonte stated, this is an old favorite. For them to 'swing it' was RIGHT UP THEIR ALLEY AND IT SOUNDED GREAT. Then they hit us with this....

When. They. Took. This. Song. Country. I. Lost. My. Damm. Mind. I lost it again when they CHOPPED AND SCREWED IT. Live. No effects. No gimmicks. They. Slowed. Down. Their. Voices. Instruments. And. Replicated. The. Song. Chopped. And. Screwed. 


Do I really need to say more? I didn't think so....


10. I Wanna Know: 


Audience participation. Guitars. Down home feel and more. All in one song. Perfect way to end it. 


11. Steal Away feat. Jeanne Jolly: 


I want more of this. Period. That's all I will say.



12. All The Kisses feat. Amber & Paris Strother of KING:

I look forward to seeing them perform this song live in Columbia. I will keep my fingers crossed that there are more songs in the can with them as well. 

 
Those last two tracks are BONUS TRACKS to the album. Both are STELLAR TRACKS introducing two artists that you may not have heard of before. Jeanne Jolly and KING. You should DEFINITELY familiarize yourself with them.


I haven't 'seen' the video yet so I can't speak on it. I have heard I am in it too. Even if that is not the case, I know I will still enjoy it. Welp, that sounds like it will be another blog post honestly. 'Till then.......

.....Go out and support this good music people. It is out there. You have to find it. You should also get on your local radio stations about playing stuff like this or SUPPORT THE ONES THAT DO. (There are stations out there that play The Foreign Exchange too. Shoutout to you.)

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With the pending release of "Dear Friends..." by @FEofficial in two days, I felt a recap of the group here

was in order. (It comes out on the 28th of June) So that when I begin to talk about it after I GET MY COPY/HEAR IT/TALK ABOUT IT, you will at least have a backdrop. @ those of you who will be 'new' to me speaking on 'em. If you want to know my thoughts AFTER I WITNESSED THE SHOW live, you can go here.

(Phonte, Sy Smith and Jeanne Jolly respectively in Philly..)

You can start HERE where I actually spoke about the weekend 'Dear Friends' was conceived...Here is a piece and you can read the rest at the link....

(Chris Boerner and Nicolay in Philly) 

Another installment of the 'Chat Series'....Mini chat time... @FEOfficial (@phontigallo & @nicolaymusic)

Remember when said 'I asked some of the questions some you loyal fans wanted to know..' in  the post I made on the concert in Durham that took place on February 20th 2011? Those questions ya'll always hit me with when it comes to The Foreign Exchange and their members that I said I would ask. Well here they are. I took the top three questions and made sure I asked them. Nothing TOO EVASIVE. Nothing too silly. Nothing too 'revealing'. Not my style at all. I just wanted to make sure I got ya'll some of the information that you asked for that I couldn't DEFINITIVELY answer without speaking to them. Here you go. Enjoy.

*Please bare in mind.....This is all 'small talk' so don't think for one minute I THINK it was a full on interview. @ all you 'professional bloggers/interviewers/big wig people. I didn't think it then and I MOST CERTAINLY DON'T THINK THAT NOW.  The conversation, while prefaced with 'Let me ask you some questions fam..' was NOT presented that way when I was speaking to them so there are parts chopped out. On PURPOSE. Deal with it. I wouldn't do them (or anyone else like that) @ any remarks that I think wouldn't be said 'on the record' or without it being known that it is ON THE RECORD. So anything I feel that may be taken the 'wrong way', I won't talk about while still giving out some information that may be 'useful' to someone who is interested in their work. Understood? Good. Still and all,  these gentlemen don't hold their tongues in ANY INTERVIEW I HAVE SEEN..lol  so don't think that if they didn't want it to be known, they would have said it. Are we crystal clear? Aight then. This 'information' is FOR MY READERS. If you happen to stumble upon (or read it via retweet via one of these gentlemen) the information GOOD FOR YOU. I am not calling it some 'scoop' or anything. They are just questions. Get off your own dick and formulate YOUR SHIT HOW YOU WANNA. This is MY SHIT. @ any questions about style, format or any of that other elitist bullshit ya'll get on when you didn't 'write it'.



Sorry about that ya'll. You ALREADY know how I am. Preemptive like a MOTHERFUCKER. So without further delay here is another installment of the 'Chat Series' if you will...Albeit brief...Only this one happened IN PERSON.

Question one was for Nicolay: 

The Warehouse: How in the WORLD is that you ended up working with a young Wiz Khalifa? How did that come about?

 Nicolay: That actually came about as an idea within the label. It was suggested that we work together and he was great to work with. Now mind you, Wiz was YOUNG...I am talking about twelve or thirteen...naw I'm kidding....but he was really young when I got to work with him....It is good to see him having success now after years of working....

The Warehouse:.....yeah..I think people think he just 'came outta nowhere'....He didn't. I STILL have emails from him when he was pushing his music via that medium.

http://thewarehous.blogspot.com/2011/02/another-installment-of-chat-seriesmini.html



http://carolinaware.tumblr.com/post/3527125520/i-took-the-time-to-chat-with-phonte-nicolay-in-durham

I put the Tumblr post up to show those of you who follow there that I did INDEED TELL you about it. LOL. So you can't say "You didn't tell me about that!". I did.




I take it you will you use the search button and the side bar to find out what else I have written on them. There are well over 30 posts on them here alone. You can use the tags in the post to help too. Enjoy.

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Courtesy of @ Soul_Sanc X @FEOfficial's Greatest Weapon of All Time (live in Philly)/ A few pics from Dear Friends: An Evening With The Foreign Exchange....

Greatest Weapon of All Time- Live in Philly.... (Videos provided by the Soul Sanctuary)






If you go to this link, you can see some more stills of the group on the road and footage in a nice lil video they have put together.

Oh wait...you don't have to go there....Here is the VIDEO ITSELF...



I am probably somewhere in this video since I was in the front at the Philly Concert. Taking pics and videos...


(Speaking of which, I need to change the blog's heading picture. It will still be FEOfficial but I not sure which one I am gonna pick. Ya'll wanna help?)



Oh it seems that Soul Sanctuary has pretty much the WHOLE PHILLY CONCERT on film...So the top footage in with this series of videos and enjoy some of the show that we saw.

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"Dear Friends" the live album from @FeOfficial June 28th, 2011 X (Video) Laughing At Your Plans" ft. @JeaneJolly & @SyberSpace LIVE

Looks to be the official album cover....Dope!

This picture was taken from 'inside' the studio during "Laughing At Your Plans"....February, 20th, 2010


Source:


This was an event that YOURS TRULY WAS IN ATTENDANCE FOR. I wrote ALL ABOUT IT HERE..


The album is called "Dear Friends" (I have never mentioned that tidbit but I was told beforehand)


Tracklisting:

Tracklisting 

 

 

01. Introduction/Fight For Love
02. All Roads
03. Take Off The Blues
04. Lose Your Way/Band Introductions
05. House Of Cards
06. Greatest Weapon Of All Time
07. Something In The Way She Moves
08. Laughing At Your Plans
09. Daykeeper
10. I Wanna Know

New studio tracks:

11. Steal Away feat. Jeanne Jolly
12. All The Kisses feat. Amber & Paris Strother of KING

Oh...Here is a clip from the event....Can't wait for the full concert footage to be released..

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@FeOfficial invades Philly's World Cafe Live....pictures..The Warehouse's OFFICIAL POST..

A strong storm front wasn't the only thing that invaded the Tri-State area on May 19th, 2011. North Carolina's own (1/2 by way of The Netherlands) The Foreign Exchange bought its own brand of 'thunder and lightning' to the area.

I have pretty much told you all about The Foreign Exchange here on the blog already. I mean their picture is up top and the sidebar is FULL OF posts (at last count there are more than 72 posts on them here)  I HAVE DONE ON THEM. So I am gonna keep the talking to a minimum, for me anyhow, and just show you the pictures. 






Our gracious host Ms. Dyana R. Williams. (Feel free to Google her TOO AS SHE IS DEFINITELY SOMEBODY YOU SHOULD KNOW if you call yourself well versed in that thing called music.)




They truly put on a GREAT SHOW. Oh and a lil birdie told me that the ACOUSTIC CD they filmed in February is done and that I 'might' be in it. I said might. Forget if I am in it or not, I am just excited for ya'll to see it PERIOD. It was truly a musical experience.

Oh and the good folks you see in the pictures BEFORE YOU GET TO THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE PICTURES? They are Grammy nominated in their own right.

Helen Bruner and Terry Jones

 Here they are being interviewed on the red carpet.....

 If you are a fan of "Parking Wars", you ALREADY KNOW THEIR VOICES FYI. I haven't steered you wrong before if you are a regular here, so why don't you just go ahead on over and check 'em out for yourself? 

 

THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Sy Smith

(Apologizing to the 'Desert Wine Ni##as (Moscatto) about this not being a "Def Jam Poetry Concert'...)

Sy Smith turning audience members from Lions to Lambs out in these streets...Please believe it...

I took so many pictures that there will probably be yet ANOTHER POST on this event. I am not sure yet. Not sure how I want to handle those pictures just yet. Hope you enjoy the pictures.


UPDATE: There is another post full of videos FROM THIS CONCERT....

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