LIBERTAD by Third Root
Video: "Reflection of the Times" Directed by Eric Morgan for DVZN Media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77upOidDEAI
Video: Behind-the-Scenes Making of "Soul Force" Directed by Eric Morgan for DVZN Media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64GLgn-CddY
The album, Libertad, reflects today’s current mobilization among Black and Brown communities in the face of debilitating cycles of police brutality, flawed educational systems, privately owned prisons and detainment centers, corporately owned politicians, and racist judicial systems. In this climate, Third Root, a group born out of Black and Brown cultural dialogue, offers Libertad as a talking piece surrounding such issues as anti-Black, anti-Mexican, anti-immigrant, anti-poor and anti-working class sentiment. Through Easy Lee and MexStep’s back and forth Black Chicano intellectual flow, DJCG’s dynamic turntablism, and Adrian Quesada’s AfroLatino psychedelic funk-infused beats, the album delivers a mix of social justice and jam session with each song designed to raise questions, incite discussion, and promote healing, growth, and liberation.
Tracklist
Credits
Album Conceived and Arranged by DJ Chicken George
Lyrics by Easy Lee & MexStep
Produced & Mixed entirely by Adrian Quesada ("Reflection of the Times" co-produced by Matt Strimska)
Additional drums by Mike Longoria ("Reflection of the Times"), drums by Shawn Lee ("The Messengers"), drums by Sam Patlove ("Yanga's Theme") bongos by Rudy Canales ("Yanga's Theme")
Recorded at Level One Sound (Austin, TX)
Additional recording by Ali Friedrich (San Antonio, TX) and Josh Hack at VirtuoSound Studios (Canton, GA)
Mastered by Cory Allen (www.alteredear.com)
Cover art by Lyle Carbajal (www.lylecarbajal.com)
Additional Photography by Josh Huskin (www.joshhuskin.com) and Francisco Cortes (www.efephotography.com)
thirdroot210@gmail.com
www.thirdrootmusic.com
thirdroot.bandcamp.com
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Third Root is a Hip-Hop project that consists of Charles Peters (Easy Lee), Marco Cervantes (Mexican StepGrandfather), and DJ Chicken George (DJCG). Peters is an accomplished poet/author/MC & educator. Cervantes is a producer/MC/Ph.D. who teaches at the University of Texas at San Antonio and DJCG is a world renowned DJ, musicologist, designer and music & merchandise creator.