The Element Of Surprise [2LP]

Rashad & Confidence - The Element Of Surprise [2LP]

Rashad and Confidence announce the vinyl reissue of their debut album “The Element Of Surprise”. Though originally
released in 2011, the melange of soul samples, classic breaks and favoring of lyrical storytelling / conceptual joints could
easily have been released in the 90’s.
The 2xLP vinyl edition includes the 2019’s single “Desires” as well as two never before heard tracks from the 2011
sessions entitled “Non Stop” and “Feel It.”
Rashad, a Brooklyn NY emcee who sports a nimble and rapid flow excels at making anthemic choruses interspersed with
highly detailed bars. Examples of album topics include a vivid picture of the hood while making a cautionary tale of its
pitfalls (“The City”), his personal emcee origin story (“Days Of My Youth”), and the results of low motivation (“Pass Me
By”) among others.
Boston based producer Confidence has made a career of sample chopping and analog warm heaters. He also tends to
favor the one emcee/one producer line-up of the golden years. This extends to his recent collaborative LP's on Below
System Records including “Library Of Sound” with M-Dot and “Kool Moe Dese” with Big Dese.