{"id":21939,"date":"2014-08-12T13:22:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T21:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=21939"},"modified":"2014-08-12T15:08:35","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T23:08:35","slug":"listen-to-dilated-peoples-new-single-show-me-the-way-with-aloe-blacc-new-album-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-08\/listen-to-dilated-peoples-new-single-show-me-the-way-with-aloe-blacc-new-album-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Dilated Peoples’ New Single “Show Me The Way” with Aloe Blacc–New Album Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LA’s hip-hop vets Dilated Peoples<\/strong> <\/a>today released their first album in eight years, Directors of Photography<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 We’ve had the single from the album, Show Me the Way<\/strong><\/em>, on repeat for an embarrassing amount of time this past week.\u00a0 On this track DP has smartly combined with Seattle’s Jake One<\/strong> to produce the track and hooked into Aloe Blacc<\/strong> for the hooky-chorus.\u00a0 We love the above-the-morass verses, piano\/horn-blaze and everything about it.\u00a0 Check it out now (below some excerpted verses below), and go get Directors of Photography <\/strong><\/em>HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Inspirational Verses<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

“The harder the work well the longer the day
\nEasy may come but it sure don\u2019t stay
\nTryin\u2019 to cope, boy I hope and I pray
\nShow me the way”<\/p>\n

____<\/p>\n

“Ride the wave like the world is a beach
\nLearn more I teach
\nI was raised by NWA and stayed CA
\nAll day, same story different briefcase”<\/p>\n

____<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve been through some pitfalls that knocked me down
\nMade it through close calls and lost some ground
\nIt\u2019s a hell of a price I pay
\nSomebody show me the way
\nSomebody show me the way”<\/p>\n

____<\/p>\n

“On a planet in regression in a loft at the summit
\nAir is much clearer, catch me on the high road
\nSome fight to live, others settle for survival
\nIt\u2019s your world, you can write the line you live your life on
\nIt\u2019s heavy but you\u2019re strong just hold on until that light dawns”<\/p>\n