Saving Seamus Ryan (Colored 2xLP)

Pressed on Red & Black Splatter Colored Double Vinyl! Czarface and Stress Eater MC Esoteric followed up his proper debut solo album (2007’s Egoclapper) with this 2009 conceptual masterpiece, which is now available for the first time ever on vinyl! This full-length is an audio drama based on a bizarre dream that Esoteric had sometime around 2006. As he describes it, “It was a crazy period in my life: I was engaged, in the process of finding a new home; I was starting my own label on a totally independent, self-financed level...I had a lot of stress and reservations in my life.  Celph Titled and I had just built my Pterolab studio, I had started to really produce and was really getting into it, making a ton of beats and had a ton of ideas. I guess all that stress and those feelings just manifested.”  The results were what became Saving Seamus Ryan. The album is broken into chapters rather than individual tracks and includes vocal contributions from the legendary and consummate Hip Hop theme-writer Masta Ace, K.Flay, Blacastan, Main Flow, and Qwill.  Colorful characters from Eso’s childhood and subconscious also help along the journey (including a cameo by DJ Premier).  Esoteric handles most of the production duties himself, but is also backed by career-long partner 7L. So sit back, drop the needle, and hear Esoteric proudly present one of the most intricate and personal works of his career. Tracklist: A1 Studio Time A2 Goodbye     A3 The Darkest Park     A4 Punks Shoot And Steal     A5 Plotting My Revenge     A6 Mass General / Mackos Angle feat Main Flow & Blacastan     A7 I Need A Dope Beat     B1 Bar Chief     B2 I Rap Too Much     B3 Modern Love (In Boston)    feat K. Flay B4 Aces Take    feat Masta Ace B5 No Features     C1 Hold On feat QWill     C2 Selling Spidey     C3 Take Him To The Bridge     C4 A Gift From Indie Solo C5 The King Is The Dog      C6 Chocolate Popcorn     D1 The Wrong Attitude     D2 My Audition     D3 Lab Work     D4 The Good Fight  D5 Back To The Lab