Braille gets help, tours for “The IV Edition”

Portland, Ore. rapper/entrepreneur Braille has assembled an amazing team of guests for his third album, The IV Edition.

Set to drop April 15 on Syntax Records (with distributon from Koch Entertainment), The IV Edition features spots from former Procussion J. Medeiros, Rob Swift, Speech from Arrested Development, Theory Hazit, and Manchild from Mars ILL. Producers include Ohmega Watts, the Are from K-Otix, Marco Polo, 88-Keys, DJ Spinna, S1 from Strange Fruit Project, Oh No, Kno from Cunninlynguists, K-Murdock from Panacea, and J-Zone.

Crazy lineup from a relatively unknown rapper, right? To top things off, Braille — who shares the Portland group Lightheaded with rappers Othello and Ohmega Watts — will jump on this year’s Warped Tour with Othello. Either Braille has made a backpacker masterpiece, or he just hired an incredible manager.

The “IV” in The IV Edition stands for international vision. Musically, much like Lightheaded’s work, Braille’s album promises to blend Christian and socio-political beliefs with bright, positive beats. The track listing for The IV Edition is below.

“The underground hip-hop base is a lot bigger than people think it is,” says Braille in a press release. “Sometimes when people think of the word underground, they think of basement albums that just get dubbed on tape. So I’m sticking to my roots. I believe that the audience for lyricism and good hip-hop is much larger than most people assume. I wanted to start with the hip-hop base and take it from there.”

• 1. “Beautiful Humanity”
• 2. “Submission Hold”
• 3. “Calculated Risk” (feat. J. Medeiros & Manchild from Mars ILL)
• 4. “The IV” (feat. Rob Swift)
• 5. “Main Squeeze”
• 6. “Remember Your Path” (feat. Rob Swift)
• 7. “Constantly Growing” (feat. Speech from Arrested Development, Surreal & Sojourn)
• 8. “Blessed Man”
• 9. “Many Stories” (feat. Barry Hampton)
• 10. “Raise the Dead” (feat. Poems from LA Symphony)
• 11. “Double Dose”
• 12. “Counter Attack” (feat. Theory Hazit & DJ Idull)
• 13. “Mental Guards (Snitch Blade)”
• 14. “Get It Right” (feat. Ragen Fykes)
• 15. “Restless”
• 16. “The Cure”
• 17. Bonus Track
• 18. “ADDvice” (feat. DJ Bombay)

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