OKAYPLAYER "True Notes Vol. 1"

Executive produced by Roots drummer and founder Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, True Notes Vol. 1 features today's hottest underground artists, including Skillz, Jean Grae, Madlib, Aceyalone, Little Brother, Blackalicious, Hieroglyphics, RJD2 and Dilated Peoples. Also featured are two tracks by previously unsigned talent, Nicolay & Supastition and The Chapter, sent in via last winter's online unsigned artist submission contest. Contestants had a month to submit tracks for consideration for the two highly coveted spots for unsigned talent, and from a field of nearly 5,000 songs, it all boiled down to the tracks "The Williams" (Nicaolay & Supastition) and "For the Wreckord" (The Chapter). "There is an array of untapped talent out there, especially from the people who are members of the Okayplayer.com community. The Roots have always been a magnet for talented artists. This deal is important to us because we can now provide a vehicle for bringing deserving artists to the forefront." says Thompson. The deal further expands on the Roots' brand Okayplayer, which started with the website, founded in 1999 by Thompson to be the official website for the band. Okayplayer.com is now home to a number of artists including Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, D'Angelo, Common, Dilated Peoples, Meshell Ndegeocello, Jill Scott and directly connects the musicians with the music consumer. With the support of the Okayplayers, the site also launched the first in a series of Okayplayer concert tours in 2000. To release the record, Okayplayer has partnered with Decon. As a company, Decon brings together all the best in multi-media design and entertainment. Founded in 2000 by Peter Bittenbender and Jason Goldwatch, the company started as a small film production outfit and over the past 3 years, has rapidly grown into a successful design shop, independent record label and film/video production company Last year, Decon co-produced the Def Jux "Revenge of the Robots DVD" and a documentary for The Neptunes entitled "The Eighth Planet". During that same year, Decon signed hip-hop legend, Aceyalone, and released two albums through their deal with RED Distribution 1. ?uestlove -"Intro" 2. Aceyalone & Madlib - "K.O. Player" 3. Little Brother - "On and On" 4. Dilated Peoples - "Okay" 5. Skillz - "Take It Back" listen 6. Jean Grae - "Keep Livin" 7. Heiroglyphics - "Respect Deez" 8. Dice Raw - "I Do What I Like" 9. Nicolay & Supastition -"The Williams" 10.0 The Roots - "Y'all Know Who" 11. Little Brother - "Shake It" listen 12. Blackalicious -"Just What Can Happen" 13. Truck and Mac - "Bang Bang" 14. Skillz - "Pastor Skillz" 15. Baby Blak and Adam Bomb -"Can't Help Them with That" 16. Jean Grae - "Fall Back" 17. The Chapter - "For the Wreckord" 18. RJD2 - "Act 2" 19. ?uestlove -"Outro"