The Show is the debut album by 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...

 supergroup eMC

EMC (hip hop group)

eMC is a hip hop crew composed of rappers Masta Ace, Wordsworth, Punchline and Stricklin.- Biography :Though not officially formed as a group until 2005, the crew came together in 2001 while touring together on Masta Ace's Disposable Arts tour...

, which consists of rappers Masta Ace

Masta Ace

Duval Clear , known better by his stage name Masta Ace, is a rapper from Brownsville, Brooklyn. He appeared on the classic 1988 Juice Crew posse cut "The Symphony"...

, Punchline, Wordsworth

Wordsworth (rapper)

Wordsworth is an underground hip hop MC from Brooklyn, best known for his freestyle rap.Wordsworth grew up in Brooklyn. A graduate of the State University of New York College at Old Westbury, Wordsworth recorded with his partner Punchline on A Tribe Called Quest's The Love Movement and on Mos Def...

 and Strick.

Background

While it was originally rumored that Ace had retired from music after the release of his acclaimed 2004 concept album

Concept album

In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

 A Long Hot Summer

A Long Hot Summer

A Long Hot Summer is the fifth solo album from Hip Hop artist Masta Ace. The release is a highly acclaimed concept album, a follow-up to his 2001 concept album Disposable Arts. The story follows Ace, an underground rapper through his "Long Hot Summer" in Brooklyn, accompanied by buddy Fats Belvedere...

, the following year the veteran had formed the new collective with his protege, Milwaukee rapper Strick, and revered underground lyricists Punch & Words. The four had previously collaborated on numerous albums and tracks, and toured extensively as a collective.

Like Ace's previous albums, A Long Hot Summer and Disposable Arts

Disposable Arts

Disposable Arts is the fourth album and the second solo album by American emcee Masta Ace, his first album since 1995's Sittin' On Chrome. The concept follows a young Brooklyn man's release from prison, his return home, and his life at "The Institute of Disposable Arts", a school in which Ace...

, The Show is a thematic concept album that tells a story. The album's story follows a day in the life of eMC doing a show on the road.
Album guests include Little Brother and Sean Price

Sean Price

Sean Price is an American rapper and member of the hip hop supergroups Boot Camp Clik and Random Axe. He came to fame as one-half of the duo Heltah Skeltah, performing under the name Ruckus, or in short Ruck, along with partner Rock. He also is featured in the video game NBA 2K11 as a playable...

. Production is handled by Ayatollah, Nicolay, Marco Polo, Koolade, The ARE, Frequency and Quincey Tones.

Singles

The first official eMC track, the Ayatollah

Ayatollah (producer)

Lamont Dorrell, better known as Ayatollah is a Hip-Hop producer from Queens, New York who has produced for predominantly New York-based rappers including Mos Def, R.A. The Rugged Man, Tragedy Khadafi, Wordsworth, Vast Aire, Afu-Ra, Guru, M.O.P., Inspectah Deck, Cormega, Ghostface Killah as well as...

-produced "Four Brothers", was released in 2006. A music video for the song was released online on December 10, 2006, however, this track was not included on the album. Music videos were released for "What it Stand For" and "Leak It Out" as well.

Tracklisting

1. Who We Be
2. The Airport (skit)
3. Leak It Out
4. The Check In (skit)
5. Traffic (feat. Little Brother) (produced by Quincey Tones)
6. Say Now
7. The Message (skit)
8. Don't Give Up On Us (feat. ADI Of Growing Nation)
9. Git Sum (feat. Sean Price
   Sean Price
   Sean Price is an American rapper and member of the hip hop supergroups Boot Camp Clik and Random Axe. He came to fame as one-half of the duo Heltah Skeltah, performing under the name Ruckus, or in short Ruck, along with partner Rock. He also is featured in the video game NBA 2K11 as a playable...
   
   )
10. We Alright (feat. Strickie Love)
11. The Interview (skit)
12. eMC (What It Stand For) (produced by Nicolay)
13. The Angry Merch Guy (skit)
14. The Grudge
15. Make It Better
16. The Lobby (skit)
17. Winds Of Change (produced by Quincey Tones)
18. The Show (feat. Ladybug Mecca)
19. The Backstage (skit)
20. Borrow You (feat. Strickie Love)
21. Once More (produced by Marco Polo)
22. U Let Me Grow (produced by Quincey Tones)
23. Feel It (feat. Money Harm of Product G&B)

Samples

• "The Grudge"
  • "I've Got The World to Hold Me Up" by Barry White
    Barry White
    Barry White, born Barry Eugene Carter , was an American composer and singer-songwriter.A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his distinctive bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring...
    
    
• "Leak It Out"
  • "I'm in Need of Love" by Lou Courtney
• "U Let Me Grow"
  • "Mother's Theme(Mama)" by Willie Hutch
    Willie Hutch
    Willie McKinley Hutchison, known professionally as Willie Hutch was an American singer, songwriter as well as a record producer and recording artist for the Motown record label during the 1970s and 1980s....
    
    
• "Traffic"
  • "Love Comes Easy" by Eloise Laws
    Eloise Laws
    Eloise Laws is a singer and a member of the prominent Laws family of musicians from Houston, Texas.-Biography:Lavern Eloise Laws was born November 6, 1943 in Houston, Texas as the fourth of eight children of Miola Luverta Donahue and Hubert Laws, Sr...
    
    
• "Winds of Change"
  • "Life Cycle" by Earth Disciples
• "Feel It"
  • "Free At Last" by Al Green
    Al Green
    Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...