Fat-D&S - Still Breathin'

Fat-D&S' debut record "Still Breathin" is their first studio album released in 2007.

Still Breathin' - Album Cover:




 * 1. Public Service Announcement
 * 2. Isolation
 * 3. Street Fighter
 * 4. Straight Up
 * 5. Saying Goodbye
 * 6. Baby Gurl
 * 7. Seaside Nightz
 * 8. Tasha's Song
 * 9. Ain't In The Mood
 * 10. Final Messages (skit)
 * 11. Nothing Works
 * 12. Xbox Tunage
 * 13. Still breathin'
 * 14. Don't Give Up
 * 15. Jamaica Island (skit)

Planning:
Back in october 2007, rappers Fat-DJ and Fat-Shadie came together to make a rap album. Planned for release for November 10th the following month, tracks were unfinished, and the album had barely anything on it, it was pushed back for another month and 6 days. The official release date was November 20th, then November 25th, It finally got finished on the 25th, and released the very next day.

Recording:

The recording process for Still Breathin' every saturday or after high school had finished for the day, both DJ and Shadie would come to DJ's studio in his bedroom, and from there all the tracks were recorded, all the beats created, and the final cd was made. With the time constraint Fat-D&S were pushed for time, so most of the songs on the album sound rushed, and have errors such as breathing into the microphone, or either one of them messing up the lyrics in one of the songs. The album was finished and most things were left as they were. Many of the tracks were finished but had errors in them.

Post-Production:

The editing process of Still Breathin' was pretty simple, no swear words were cut out, all explicit content was left in, because it just felt like a demo to the two rappers. In version 2 of the album a re-cut which was made by Fat-Shadie. Words or names were censored (cut-out) completely from the songs, and then was finalized and given out just like the rest of the albums. Tracks were made simply and were rapped on, instrumentals probably won't be released, but they are around.

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The Concept:
The whole idea of Still Breathin' was showing what growing up in high school, with all the troubles that both of them faced, different things, topics, opinions in their own eyes, all displayed in this album. A lot of soul and energy was put into the album. The other songs which have a comedy vibe to them, were made to forget about all the bad times, and just to have fun, and get away from all of the trouble.

Release:
The initial release was at 26th November 2007. 50 CDS were given out. Many people have them around, after the release alot of people had them on iPods and MP3 players. The CD's were in a pre-order format, people would be put on a list, and they would get a free cd. They were given away from the studio itself, and litrally bringing all the CD's in their bags and giving them to people at their high school. The last 15 copies created by Fat-Shadie were damaged and destroyed totally. The album is now finished, and production has stopped, but copies of the album are rumoured to be made in 2008 from both of them, to give people a taste of what Fat-D&S were like. Special Editions of the CD's came with a proper CD case, covers and one came with an inlay, around 15 of them were made and given away, none survive in the studio now. All of the records are safe on master cd's and kept for future use.