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It takes a lot to make me feel good in the morning. Especially when I’m stuck in an office and it’s sunny outside and it seems as though the whole world is having a party which you’re not invited to.

But then a little sliver of good news will come through, like a flower breaking concrete, and everything seems okay again. This time that honour went to Rhymesayers, for their announcement of the forthcoming release of BK-One’s debut album.

Not content with being an immense DJ, touring with Brother Ali and releasing some dope mixtapes, BK-One is now planning to release a debut album, with the help of new producer on the Minnesotan block, Benzilla. The album, “Rádio Do Canibal“, is going to be ‘a Brazilian musical bed for some of hp hop’s most engaging MC’s’ to do their thing on.

And boy, they aren’t lying when they say engaging. BK must’ve garnered himself a lot of respect over the years because the list of guests is fucking impressive: Scarface (dope), Slug, Black Thought, Brother Ali, Raekwon, Murs, Haiku D’ Etat (triple dope), Blueprint, P.O.S., I Self Devine, Toki Wright… the list is pretty much endless.

Sound good? Well good old Rhymesayers know that the masses won’t be satisfied with words; they know we need something substantial to get our teeth into before we can really get hyped about a record, and so they’ve gone and given us a free download of the first single. “Here I Am“, featuring Phonte, Brother Ali & The Grouch, can be downloaded by right clicking and saving here.

The album is set for release on 6 October and you can listen to the second single, “Philly Boy“, featuring Black Thought, right now on okayplayer.com.

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Tags: BK-One, free shit, hip hop, Rhymesayers