Magnificent City
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Magnificent City is a collaboration between hip-hop
producer RJD2
and MC Aceyalone
.
An instrumental version of A Beautiful Mine is used in the opening credits for the AMC television series Mad Men
.
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...
producer RJD2
RJD2
RJD2 is an American music producer, singer and musician. RJD2 was born in Eugene, Oregon, and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He currently resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was signed to the Definitive Jux label where he released two largely instrumental hip hop albums and has produced tracks...
and MC Aceyalone
Aceyalone
Eddie Hayes, better known by his stage name Aceyalone, is an American rapper.He is a founding member of the Freestyle Fellowship. Apart from his role in Freestyle Fellowship, Aceyalone is also a member of Haiku D'Etat and The A-Team , and he is a co-founder of Project Blowed.After releasing a...
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- R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: -
- Independent chart position: #43
- Singles: "Fire"/"Heaven", "Supahero"/"Disconnected"
An instrumental version of A Beautiful Mine is used in the opening credits for the AMC television series Mad Men
Mad Men
Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...
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Track listing
| # | Title | Time | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All for U | 3:28 |
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| 2 | Fire | 4:11 | |
| 3 | Cornbread, Eddie & Me | 2:46 | |
| 4 | Mooore | 4:49 | |
| 5 | Supahero | 4:11 | |
| 6 | High Lights | 3:22 | |
| 7 | Disconnected | 3:21 | |
| 8 | Caged Bird | 3:12 | |
| 9 | Solomon Jones | 3:46 |
Allen Toussaint Allen Toussaint is an American musician, composer, record producer, and influential figure in New Orleans R&B.Many of Toussaint's songs have become familiar through numerous cover versions, including "Working in the Coalmine", "Ride Your Pony", "Fortune Teller", "Play Something Sweet ", "Southern... |
| 10 | A Sunday Mystery | 1:33 | |
| 11 | Junior | 3:41 | |
| 12 | Heaven | 3:38 | |
| 13 | Here & Now | 4:21 |
Curtis Mayfield Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly... |
| 14 | A Beautiful Mine | 5:29 |
Enoch Light Enoch Henry Light was a classical violinist, bandleader, and recording engineer. As A&R chief and vice-president of Grand Award Records, he founded Command Records in 1959. Light's name was prominent on many albums both as musician and producer... |