I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

Over the last decade RAST has made a name for himself as one of the undergrounds most original voices. RAST has released a handful of albums, freestyles and a slew of online singles (including collaborations with Czarface, Hus Kingpin and Your Old Droog). But before all this, RAST held down the 90's as part of the New York Graffiti crew RFC. It was during this time that many of the tracks on 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' draw from. The album has no features and was produced entirely by The Czar-Keys (7L & Jeremy Page) - and this was done by design. 7L and RAST worked together on the vision and the direction they wanted to go with for the album. As 7L points out 'I wanted to really take it back to a time when the rapper was the main focus. This is also why we didn't go with a group name or a RAST & 7L title. For me it was really all about RAST, and his story is so personal that it just made sense for him to be the only voice you hear'. 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' is an album where, as pointed out in the albums intro 'Caged', is RAST at his most honest and vulnerable.

Tracks

1~1~Caged
1~2~I Lost My Mind And Found God
1~3~The Devil's Playground
1~4~Runaway Slave
1~5~Base
1~6~It Lurks In The Night
1~7~Don't Do It
1~8~Children Of Attica
1~9~The Little Boy Who Lived In A Tree
1~10~The Remarkable Story Of The Silent MacHine Gun
1~11~I'm Tired Of Not Being Me

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Rast
Release Date: 28 August 2020
Genre: Rap & Hip-Hop
Label: CAGED BIRD SINGS
Distributor: Rocket Group