MH-239 Bigg Jus - Poor People's Day Bigg Jus and DJ Gman present Poor People's Day, possibly the most relevant hip-hop record of the year. After working together on the key track from Jus' Black Mamba Serums, the duo conspired to create a release that would pay tribute to the oppressed people of the world and at the same time document what they see as an era of media control and significant global crisis. Bigg Jus fuses the indelible burners of his past with a deep political consciousness, proving himself a true aspirant to the Edutainment title. His art and politics coexist as he couches messages and exhortations in fly rhyme schemes, dropped over bumpin' beats. Those beats are provided by DJ Gman, who is sure to establish himself as one of the top producers in hip-hop with this release. The album destroys the sonic limitations of typical boom-bap and is nothing short of a revelation.

Tracklist 01. Everything Must Coincide 02. Supa Nigga 03. Energy Harvester (Swallow The Sun) 04. This Is Poor People's Day 05. Orbital Mechanics 06. Halogen Lanterns 07. Illustrations Of Hieronymus Bosch... That 1467 Shit 08. Night Before 09. Eerie Silence 10. When They Start... 1997 Uptop Shit 11. Memories Of You 12. Anything You See Fit (Change By Design) 13. Been Here Forever

Release Details Release Date: 11/08/2005   Running Time: 44:42   Download/Available/$7.00 1XLP/Out Of Print CD/Available/$10.00 Territory: World

Reviews Summary

Bigg and important - Remix / Enjoy and inform yourself, this is one of the best albums of 2005. - IGN / A wake up call for a complacent America - Uncut / Jus and Gman can make confusion and dissonance sound dope as hell - Chicago Reader / Powerful messages on top of amazing beats is what this album is about - Ghetto Blaster

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All Music Guide / Audiversity / Beautiful/Decay / Boomkat / Boston's Weekly Dig / Brainwashed / Chicago Reader / CMJ / Cross Fire / Download / Exclaim! / Ghetto Blaster / Hip-Hop Site / IGN / Impact Press / J&R / Jive / Knowledge / Mesh / Okayplayer / Q / Rasputin / Remix / Resonance / Rock Sound / Rolling Out / Seattle Weekly / Sound Control / Spin / Spymania / Street Knowledge / The Wax Conspiracy / UK Hip-Hop / Uncut / Urb /

Bigg Jus made a name for himself as one-third of the script-flipping Company Flow, and has since been responsible for some of the most interesting, albeit slept-on, musical experiments in hip-hop. Poor People's Day is, musically, a bit more straightforward than some of Jus' previous solo releases, and definitely has a point: Being poor is not a crime. Heavily socio-politically-minded and abstractly funky, this record is a statement on the state of union, from corporate criminality to energy crisis to war and crooked politics, fear-as-control tactics and increasing class division. In addition to being glaringly relevant, the music is all uniquely head-noddin', too, making Poor People's Day the complete package. - Mesh