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New Savage Album Mayhem & Miracles Out 29 June
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Tuesday 12 June 2012
New Savage Album Mayhem & Miracles Out 29 June
NZ Hip Hop icon and
RIAA Certified Platinum selling artist
SAVAGE is back with his third solo album
Mayhem & Miracles on 29 June. Recorded and
Mixed in Hollywood, California, at platinum Hip Hop producer
and MC DJ Quik's studio "The Vault", Savage spent time
enlisting a group of the greatest Polynesian artists from
around the world to help compliment the stories and themes
of his captivating new album.
The title Mayhem & Miracles is a play on the juxtapose stories of Savage’s life. Starting in poverty and surrounded by family violence, homelessness and gang life (Mayhem), the album moves through to his amazing transition into music, songwriting and ultimately becoming one of New Zealand’s biggest Hip Hop stars, leading to placements in Hollywood blockbuster films and the ascension of his single ‘Swing’ to a worldwide hit with sales over 2 million units (Miracles).
Savage has an art of telling descriptive real life stories that hark back to the days of his first solo song ‘Broken Home’ off Deceptikonz’ debut album Elimination (2002).
"I know when people think of me now they see the
success, the party songs - the ‘Swings’ & ‘Twerks’ -
and I know that I've been blessed to accomplish that,”
says Savage. “However, I'm just a normal person who went
through all kinds of trials and tribulations, such as gang
life and homelessness, to achieve my goals. I wanted to take
people back to that dark place as well, the place that
created the foundation for Savage and the inspiration to
achieve more than I was given.”
Mayhem & Miracles was produced by
Twice As Nice & F.B.I Productions (NY) and featuresguests
RIA, Boo Yaa Tribe, Monsta G, Jah Free and Reggae sensation
SpawnBreezie. The custom artwork has been illustrated by
Graf legend “Deus" (Elliot Francis Stewart), narrating the
same stories from the album in a throwback comic book
theme.
SAVAGE
Mayhem
& Miracles
Available from all good
retailers 29 June 2012
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