Lone Catalysts - Back To School (2010)

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The new album, Back To School, from the world famous Lone Catalysts is out now!

You can preview and purchase the album on iTunes.

Check out the video for the first single, "World Famous"



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And for sports fans around the globe, stay up with the hottest topics by checking out Sands On Sports, a weekly series created by J. Sands of the Lone Cats.

Here is the newest episode, featuring Pharoahe Monch:



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Lone Catalysts Album Release Party

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ATTN PITTSBURGH
Show support for city Hall of Famers!

Come out this Friday to see the World Famous Lone Catalysts as they celebrate the release of their new album, Back To School!

That's not all, this event is also dedicated to the three-year anniversary of DJ Drastik and Soul II Sole being in business!

Other featured performers include BZE and Jon Quest of the Varsity Squad. On the wheels of steel will be Drastik, Nuke Knocka, and Rob Chilldren.

RSVP

J. Sands of Lone Catalysts - "Please" from The Poet-Tree of Life

DJ Essence - Terminal Illness (2002)

Dope freestyle mix album put together by DJ Essence in 2002, released on Sick & Tired Records. This album features mostly Pittsburgh artists, but also some national hip-hop acts including Prevail, Oldominion, and Virtuoso. J. Sands, Strict Flow, and Dos Noun are relatively well known in hip-hop circles, while others such as Black Sun and Ron Noodles have been recognized as some of the illest lyricists locally.

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01 - The Mist of Darkness
02 - Intro
03 - Ron Noodles Freestyle
04 - Ambush & Dos Noun Freestyle
05 - Prevail (of Swollen Members) Freestyle
06 - Bishop (of Oldominion) Freestyle
07 - Black Sun Freestyle
08 - Parts of Speech Freestyle
09 - Ron Noodles Freestyle
10 - Caleesh Freestyle
11 - Soulheir the Manchild Freestyle
12 - J. Sands (of Lone Catalysts) Freestyle
13 - Oldominion Freestyle
14 - Strict Flow Freestyle
15 - Virtuoso Freestyle

Lone Catalysts - Hip-Hop (2001)

A monumental local classic, this album globalized Pittsburgh hip-hop.

Producer J. Rawls of Columbus, OH teamed up with Pittsburgh MC J. Sands in the mid-90's, needless to say the duo has never looked back.

"At the time, we thought that there weren't many cats, at least in our area, trying to do it the way we were trying to do it. It's that raw hip-hop."

-J. Rawls

True indeed. In 1998, they premiered their combined talents with a bomb 12" single, "Paper Chase." The 12", which included four tracks, was the first of many that the Lone Catalysts would release in the years leading to their highly anticipated album, Hip-Hop.

Released on B.U.K.A. Entertainment, the album was distributed throughout the Europe, Japan, and the U.S. With appearances from Talib Kweli, Rubix, and a few lesser known MC's, as well as support from then underground super-label Rawkus Records, the album earned rave reviews.

With the success of this album, the local hip-hop scene breathed new life. The smooth, progressive boom-bap production of J. Rawls and laid-back lyrical annihilation performed by J. Sands led a new breed of hip-hop in the city of Pittsburgh.

01. Intro
02. Q & A

03. Hip-Hop

04. A Few Words From B.U.K.A.
05. 3 Years Ago

06. Ill Technique

07. ...More Words From B.U.K.A.

08. The Pro's

09. It's Working

10. The Place to Be

11. If Hip-Hop Was a Crime

12. Settle the Score

13. Ayanna Monet

14. Due Process

15. X-Tinction

16. Politix

17. Nkiru Bookstore

18. Lone Catalysts

19. Part of the Game

20. Thin As Paper

21. Paper Chase

More from the Lone Catalysts coming soon...