Black Sun - Donut Holes (2006)

Black Sun stole the show at Rhyme Calisthenics 9.

Judges called out artist after artist for generic rhymes. In that sense, Sun was a breathe of fresh air. His humility reigned supreme.

We'll dig into the happenings of Rhyme Cal 9 soon, an interview with co-founder J. Armstead Brown coming very soon.

This post is about the dope MC that is Black Sun.

Aside from a few sporadic features and tracks, I have only one album from Sun. Rapping to J. Dilla's classic Donuts, the album is appropriately titled Donut Holes. I got the album from Sun's Myspace back in '06, and vaguely remember Sun telling a story of a neighbor complimenting the album after hearing it pump from Sun's house while waiting at the bus stop in the morning!

Watching things transpire at last night's event, I couldn't help but think about how much a release from an experienced, talented, and professional MC such as Black Sun could help this new generation of artists. That is, if they're willing to listen.

01 - Intro
02 - Workinonit
03 - Waves

04 - Light My Fire
05 - The New
06 - Stop
07 - People
08 - The Diff'rence

09 - Mash
10 - Time
11 - Glazed
12 - Airworks

13 - Lightworks
14 - Stepson of the Clapper
15 - The Twister
16 - One Eleven
17 - Two Can Win
18 - Don't Cry
19 - Anti-American Graffiti
20 - Geek Down
21 - Thunder
22 - Gobstopper
23 - One For Ghost
24 - Dilla Says Go
25 - Walkinonit

26 - The Factory
27 - U-Love

28 - Hi.
29 - Bye.
30 - Last Donut of the Night
31 - Outro

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New interview with Rhyme Cal co-founder J. Armstead Brown coming soon!!!