Queen Herawin of The Juggaknots proclaims pre-order launch for her upcoming album, ‘Awaken The Sleeping Large’.
“‘Awaken The Sleeping Large’ is about waking as much as your true self, to your inherent energy, embracing it, and celebrating the whole lot of who you’re.” —Queen Herawin on the title of her new solo album
On ‘Awaken The Sleeping Large’, New York emcee Queen Herawin delivers a cathartic mix of beautiful tales of non-public development with uncooked, speaker-shaking instrumentals.
As one-third of The Juggaknots and thru earlier solo work, she’s greater than confirmed herself as a drive on the planet of Hip-Hop.
However ‘ATSG’ is just on one other degree—and its launch was properly definitely worth the wait.
After dropping her debut, ‘Metamorphosis’, in 2015, Queen Herawin moved from NYC to Chicago and put out an EP, ‘The Area Between Issues’.
And upon returning to New York she hit a artistic wall and started to internalize her emotions and ideas.
Ultimately, these feelings that she had turned a blind eye to emerged to inform the story of an awakening.
Queen Herawin brings these emotions to life within the type of each observe titles and jaw-dropping lyricism, and he or she will get proper to the purpose on the opener, “Focus”.
A gut-punch of writing, the music can also be a flat-out banger due to Bear-One’s manufacturing.
It units the tone for the remainder of the report, too, as Herawin strikes via feelings like “Anger”, “Denial”, and “Disgrace” with an unmatched pen recreation.
However she additionally makes room for bravado and culling self-doubt on standout tracks “Boastful” that includes Poison Pen and “Manifest” that includes Apathy and Mickey Factz.
“The album is a musical memoir,” Queen Herawin explains. “It’s about acceptance, but in addition awakening to the issues I needed to convey consciousness to.”
Most significantly, ‘ATSG’ represents Queen Herawin’s journey and private development, and he or she hopes it should have the same impact on listeners.
The album options Fairly Bulli, Illa Ghee, Ke Turner, Poison Pen, Open Mike Eagle, Apathy, Mickey Factz, Aaqil Ali, Rachel Walker, and fellow Juggaknot, brother Breeze Brewin.
Producers embrace Bear-One, Supastition, Neff Beats, Solitaire, Johnny Slash, King Rem, B-Cash, EMPEE, J.Depina, Neff Beatz, Marlon “Solitaire” King, and DJ Deception.
‘Awaken The Sleeping Large’ is obtainable now for pre-order via all main digital streaming platforms, in addition to vinyl completely via Bandcamp, and formally drops on February twenty eighth via Matic Data.
Vinyl is obtainable in two eye-catching shade variants; a Celestial Blue Splatter (restricted to 200 models) and a Gold Nugget version (restricted to 100 models), each with hand-numbered stickers.
All orders will start transport by Friday, February twenty first, so you’ll begin receiving your orders in time for the album launch.
Within the interim, stream the 2 album leaks, “Focus” and “Manifest”, out there now via all digital retailers and streaming platforms.
‘Awaken The Sleeping Large‘ Tracklisting:
- Focus
- Anger
- Gluttony that includes Breeze Brewin
- Denial that includes Fairly Bulli & Illa Ghee
- Disgrace that includes Open Mike Eagle
- Anxiousness
- Energy that includes Ke Turner & DJ Deception
- Boastful that includes Poison Pen
- Love that includes Aaqil Ali & Rachel Walker
- Manifest that includes Apathy & Mickey Factz
About Queen Herawin:
Queen Herawin is a Hip-Hop artist, emcee, poet, visible artist, curator, documenter, highschool visible arts educator, adjunct professor, and cultural ambassador through Subsequent Stage: Hip-Hop Trade.
She is a member of the family-based group, The Juggaknots, who performed an integral position within the impartial Hip-Hop scene of the late ‘90s.
‘Metamorphosis’, her solo album launched in 2015, gave an expanded view into her artistic expression and voice.
Herawin has additionally been featured on praiseworthy albums equivalent to ‘Lyricist Lounge Vol. 1’, in addition to ‘A Prince Amongst Thieves’.
She has additionally collaborated with notable artists equivalent to Apani B. Fly, Masta Ace, Vinnie Paz, Mr. Len, Wordsworth, and Tiye Phoenix, amongst others.
