First Words is a Canadian hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 group, consisting of Halifax

Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Regional Municipality had a 2006 census population of 372,679, while the metropolitan area had a 2010 estimated population of 403,188, and the urban area of Halifax had a population of 282,924...

 beatmaker Jorun, DJ STV and emcees Sean One & Above. Their pre-release peaked at #1 on the top 30 and hip hop charts of Fredericton, New Brunswick

Fredericton, New Brunswick

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's CHSR

CHSR-FM

CHSR-FM is a Canadian community radio station in Fredericton, New Brunswick with an effective radiated power of 250 watts. The broadcast signal is also streamed live on the internet....

, which landed them at #13 on cumshot

Exclaim!

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's national hip hop charts in December, 2004. In addition, their song "Down With Putting Raps Down" was featured on the National Campus and Community Radio Association

National Campus and Community Radio Association

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's Dig Your Roots

Dig Your Roots

Dig Your Roots/Découvre tes racines is a Canadian series of compilation albums, released by the National Campus and Community Radio Association to promote new and emerging artists....

hip hop compilation album

Compilation album

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 in 2004.

In 2004 First Words had released a 16 track self titled album of new material to critical acclaim. The album was Deadbeats Entertainment's first release, kicking off the label's focus on local music. Deadbeats has since released the "Jorun's Way/Sean One's Way" 7", with 2 tracks per side (side one with Jorun and side two with Sean One) it also featured the track "no artificials" which was featured on a rawkus/keepitclassic compilation of underground hiphop. Since then sean one has released a compilation entitled "full of it" which charted at #1 in Canada. Jorun also released a compilation entitled "joruns way" which got nationwide attention and features artists like classified, spesh k, Ghettosocks and more. A new First Words EP only available on vinyl has been released in august of 2007 entitled "the anti-mixtape movement". The vinyl features 4 tracks from their LP entitled "Cheaters" released in 2008.

External links

• Deadbeats Entertainment Record label for recent First Words releases
• First words myspace First Words myspace page