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sabrina powell
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sabrina powell what happiness sounds like Favorite track: I Don't Want to Know.
Rhokeheart
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Rhokeheart A quintessential hip hop album for this year. Tribe one and Mikal Khill are two of the best conscious emcees out there and this project delivers. Check it out!
Cecil Decker
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Cecil Decker the bass line on this track is amazing. listen to that bass work. it will blow your mind.

oh also the rapping. the rapping is mathematical. Favorite track: Ten Thousand Miles.
Jarred Schulte
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Jarred Schulte One of the best albums to drop this year! Tribe One and kHill created an album in short order that hits on so many fantastically deep issues. Excellent beats, samples and phenomenal writing. Top Notch! Favorite track: Party Of Two.
Angie Rush
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Angie Rush Excellent record from two amazing artists. Definitely worth a listen and a purchase
Justin Isaac
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Justin Isaac When Tribe and kHill get together, great things happen. Favorite track: Ashes Will Never Sing Songs of Fire.
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1.
Liam Neesons 02:42
[tribe one] mikal khill is liam neesons tribe one is liam neesons we got fingers on the keys of the nuclear launch sequence hold on to your WOPR joshua it’s a long evening and you may get straight tooken for all of the wrong reasons [kHill] trying to get it started but it don’t wanna turn over taking a swandive in front of your landrover i just make some money, then give you the cold shoulder until everybody says kHill got old and fell off like hova [tribe one] blow like super nova homey we just getting warmed up dance like no one’s looking and performing with the door shut we giving up on filling up the tour bus more just need a final figure on how far we get on four bucks [kHill] better than the average, my beats are like magic my snares and kicks can heal the sick and reverse the tragic you could get your dog back, maybe even your mom that’s how ill it is when i start banging up on these drums [tribe one] the air horn warning is a KO to the senses i don’t mean no offense it’s just the way i make an entrance like a brick through your windshield breaking your defenses i do this every day i don’t just say i serve my sentence [kHill] take caution. hot enough to melt the sun steady flossing, got some real healthy gums with teeth so crooked a single smile could draw blood and words so sharp a verse could tear out your guts [tribe one] straight to the point like the fangs in a snake’s mouth the beat bangs keep the club jumping like a lake trout no friends flag waving out front of your statehouse and i swear it isn’t heritage this is hate now [kHill] the shortest distance between two points is completely straight line now i’m dropping knowledge, now you’re knowing the time actual factual, i’m steady blowing your mind now buy all of my records or i hope that you die [tribe one] hotter than the fourth of july also the floor is lava hotter than when i wake up in the morning pouring java we sure to keep it popping more than orville redenbacher and there’s nothing more important than distorting your nirvana [kHill] the sum of my inheritance is just mental illness still trying to find the right way to exercise my skill set tribe said we needed to write something less sad so we just wasted two minutes tryna make you feel bad
2.
Nobody Knows 02:19
[Chorus] Nobody knows... Nobody knows... all the trouble I've seen Nobody knows... all the sorrow. [tribe one] every record is a deathbed confession life is a test and these are extra credit lessons i’ve never been the best at leaving good impressions my only hope is you don’t regret this investment i met my best friends making these songs and maybe that’s the reason why it takes me so long it’s the bond that keeps these relationships strong whether on a major label or it’s pay what you want one day i’ll be gone probly sooner than i care to admit sometimes i wonder who would care if i quit i’m too self aware for embarrassing hysterical fits i’d rather stare into a glaring abyss i’ve seen more trouble than some but i suspect less than most make every attempt see the best in folks still question those that profess to know wherever it is next we go bless my soul... [kHill] since the days of my youth broken windows in my bedroom holes in the walls and in my clothes defined line through a broke tooth hardwood floors, staples cut my bare feet sleeping in the cold instead of kerosene heat the shit would leave me coughing, black phlegm in the AM government cheese in the fridge USDA labels in all the cabinets stunting was not a habit it wasn’t even an option only solace was a perpetual state of being totally awesome instead of steady flossing fools clowned my clothes like, oh yo, i was only joshing but couldn’t see the dopeness of the retro clothes i was rocking or see the future path i was soon gonna be walking so now they standing gawking, i wasn’t born with a silver spoon i was birthed screaming through the cosmos at the speed of a harpoon the first determined serpent born into a cursed line convinced my story was more than just a buncha hard times
3.
[tribe one] i always knew i’d have to fight for anything worth doing and the proof is in the life that i have been pursuing i did what i decided i was meant to be choosing divided by the line between winning and losing been a bit of confusion i had to clear some gray areas and let some people know i’m here to break barriers there hasn’t been this many weird and strange various theses and theories since the dawn of the age of aquarius if you got a stage and a place we can crash at we got a lifelong passion and a hatchback we planned a tour and an album in the abstract with two weeks notice we finished in half that this record isn’t a letter of resignation it’s a thanks for all your positive messages and your patience that’s why we put in the effort and dedication trying to become something better than entertainment [CHORUS] we ain’t stopping for nothing and you know this stay focused two weeks notice [kHill] i worked my fingers to the bone for little to no reason little to no payment, even in the busy season best behavior was never really my thing but i got backed into a corner all i heard was chaching now it’s a paperchase struggle eveytime that i sing thinking about the bottomline laying awake instead of sleeping thought i was creeping on a comeup i was sliding down a mountain throwing coins in the wrong fountain no sick days. it’s just a puddle i might drown in and i guess i deserve it but my last days are mine so therei quit.i’ve had it i’m over it i’m fine then like actually this weekend can you spare some overtime? can i maybe get some extra hours while i got a breif lull i mean, alright okay my plates already pretty full yeah… i could use a weekend off… okay.
4.
CHORUS We’ve come a long way Still got so far to go Where it ends I can’t say But as long as I can go I don’t want to know [tribe one] this journey began with a single step and thirty three years later isn’t finished yet been running from the second that i hit the deck working earning the respect that i give and get live and let live to put it in perspective going for the objective until it is perfected i’m less afraid of death since i became a skeptic before i make an exit i need to leave a message we seem to be connected by this thing that keeps pulling at us some days it feels like going the way of the woolly mammoth like a plan to put a bandage onto mortal damage but if it wasn’t for the madness then i couldn’t manage and i wouldn’t have it any other way my cup runneth over but i know there’s gonna come a day when the time i live this luxury finally catches up with me but until then i’d love to stay [kHill] it all started on a four track i borrowed it, it was broke when i gave it back that’s been sorta a metaphor for the whole time I've been doing it good enough to master it, weird enough to ruin it my rise to prominence has been long delayed but i figure i should get it sometime before i hit the grave what i’ve built nobody’s ever gonna take away a house of cards somehow stood thorough hurricane i attained my goals and saw there was no finish line you better learn to fall in love with an uphill climb i’m never reaching for yours, i’d rather go for mine and whatever happens it just happens, that’s life it’s gonna be fine or it’s not. that’s just that it goes if you’re gonna throw bows gotta expect to sometimes catch a bloody nose keep swinging. clawing your way towards the top live life like the bubble’s never ever gonna pop.
5.
[tribe one] stranger than imagination can’t make this up when these lame ducks claim they the same as us but ain’t raising up the ratio of bang for bucks they aim to gain fame i’d rather gain your trust got no time for games i’m a husband and homeowner some days i’m the local opener some i’m the show closer my only goal is that my name is known the globe over so opponents throwing bows i just throw them the cold shoulder they some over the counter factory setters we fly as a passenger jet and they just flapping their feathers i imagine their lives would have to better if they would tackle more practical endeavors and stop rapping forever we’ve paid the dues to move up the food chain from singing for loose change to kings with a true claim ill as the latest flu strain and if you thought we came to make friends then you must’ve forgot the crew name CHORUS: some will make money and some will stay broke some will swim while others struggle to stay afloat some will stay quiet and some will make a fuss saying the same stuff but those others ain’t us [kHill] I got a problem making problems for people i got a problem with i got a problem with making trouble by living where trouble lives broken dream boulevard, kids grew up acting hard but got shook quick once anybody pulled a card so i figured out my own methods, hypothetical test kit yeah, you know how it is living situation desperate you verses my crew is just a straight catastrophe even with Joe Strummer you still couldn’t clash with me Dastardly. Tragically you try to battle come on now, i think it’s time that you best skidaddle we all heard you rap big talking acting hard would have sold more copies of a blank cd-r and yes, that is obsolete media you should get deleted like my page on wikipedia what was the golf clubs favorite music? SWING. That’s right, i used a dad joke to end this thing.
6.
[kHill] wokeup broke the alarm another sad sunday, and then waking up is hard when it’s clock in clock out need to give it a rest with marks on my skin this pain in my chest back to the grindstone shave off my face a persistent sickness conflict of interest hit the same bricks till you break both your wrists it’s a gift... wrapped in razorwire to leave your neck slit life is a stain. chant the refrain dunno the rules? can’t win the game and every day is the same you went from reckless to tamed growing as a person meant learning to be ashamed try to remember how this ever felt good standing above the crowd, just more misunderstood with a broke heart and a pocket full of bad habits the goal was a hologram, you were never gonna grab it [CHORUS] AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! [tribe one] i think i’ll quit while i’m ahead i think i wish i could’ve spent a bit more time in bed i think i don’t want to think about things i might’ve said or the tracks i leave behind me as i grind the tire tread this simple fickle minded life that i have led is past its prime and that would still be true if i could travel back in time that’s just fine that was practically by design so it’s not actually lying rather practicing my lines this is just what happens when it isn’t fun anymore when i look back on everything i’ve done and what is it for? when the total sum is a puddle of blood on the floor and every reward is funneled back into the company store i think it’s time i have to ask myself some hard questions and either come up with an answer quick or start guessing that i’m far past the part where i should do some arm wrestling and honest reflection that i’m probly doing more harm than blessing
7.
Party Of Two 02:39
[tribe one] i roll up in the party like “i wish i didn’t have to be here” and make a beeline straight for the finger snacks and cheap beer i look around and everyone already knows each other and not that i’m socially hopeless but soon i’ll blow my cover all at once it becomes clear i’m putting on a front i whisper to my wife that this why i didn’t wanna come then spend the rest of the evening off in the corner so finding me is like an obstacle course and crossing a border a night in the life of an awkward performer it’s like a softcore form of moderate torture like being locked in a box with an unstoppable horde in a hospital ward i think maybe i’ve got a disorder so please believe that i don’t mean to seem rude i really do appreciate your company and free food and i am trying my best to get up with the rest of y’all i just need a second to digest it all [CHORUS] so put your hands up if you’re ready to go home put your hands up if you wanna be left alone put em up if you are ready to see this night end and remember they reason the crew is NOFRIENDS (NOFRIENDS) [kHill] oh my god i’m at a party and surrounded by my friends people that love me, happy to see me, and i just want it to end i wanna go home, maybe escape to cyrodill cause you know things that don’t mix is crowds of people and khill Now, you might say it’s weird i’m alright when i’m holding a microphone but i can scream at people from the stage if i need them to leave me alone the worst is people asking me if i’m having a good time when i’m clearly playing 3ds tryna to save a piece of my mind or maybe i could hit the kitchen and grab me a few drinks then i’m saying weird stuff till people think a freak alienate half of my homies with my speech so slurred a flurry of absurd proverbs and curse words so instead, i sit here too sober and melancholy everytime someone glance i wanna scream GET OFF ME so don’t take it personal if i dip out early it’s just the way that i roll… solo and mad surly
8.
[tribe one] i was already dead when she killed me heart as heavy as the lead that filled me she always fought dirty not afraid to get filthy so while she committed crimes at will i was the one that pled guilty every so often i would watch her clean the gun and load it like the secret i keep beneath my tongue free from the things we believed when we were young and afraid of the demon that she’d become she’d count a thousand ways how my life improved no doubts that it sounded like the truth dragging me down how could i refuse with her standing on my neck wearing mountain climbing shoes it isn’t that simple to explain how these living conditions made me indifferent to the pain so when it came it was with a whimper and a bang i can’t think of a more intimate exchange [CHORUS] ashes will never sing songs of fire [kHill] it was a cold wednesday snow and ash on the ground broken window, insect whisper sound it says someone’s home, implies their alone cold wind pushes, curtains shift from the blow whole house freeze. whole house creak whole house silent except the sound of screams. two kids in their room, clutch whatever they can find says he comes in here, we gonna shatter his mind and i guess that’s fine guess it’s time to own that moment embrace it was mine embrace it was ours we survived that fear and we did it all with a smile cut ear to ear it’s all so clear, how did it ever seem normal life in chaos, seemed so formal you live with the monster then house it inside you might never let it eat, but it still won’t die
9.
Body & Soul 02:37
[kHill] The tombstones are the only silence that you’ll find shaking off the earth’s dust there here it’s finally time we’re all aware of how it ends it doesn’t matter what you thought doesn’t matter what your mama said, or what your preacher taught everyone you ever loved is coming back to say hello don’t you know nobody ever truly REALLY goes there always there to watch you there always by your side and i can promise you, that you’ll be seeing htem tonight. [CHORUS] beware little children stay in your beds lock your doors board your windows on the day of the dead [tribe one] if you’ve ever wondered what was on the other side just listen for the wind to hum the lullabies no hope of slumber everyone’s afraid to shut their eyes in morning when the sun arises then the dead will come alive there’s an ominous fog on the shoal of the local watering hole and zombies with rotting bodies but not any souls awaken from the grave to take a wander and stroll from what i saw it’s obvious god is not in control maybe there’s some sort of siren song that’s calling them maybe they haunt the ones who’ve wronged them and they want revenge maybe they lust for life and long to do it all again all we really know is this is how it’s always been you feel it in the air just being anywhere close and you’ll see demons and evil living scarecrows they don’t even seem aware that they’re ghosts beware folks “dia de los muertos”
10.
[kHill] i'm a hard man to love hard man to hold always into something always on the go but for better or worse you're all think of all the time and never is there a second that i don't have you on my mind it's true we can get misdirected so often i can't stand it and i never really been a guy with very much of a plan but you're the only wind that keep my sails moving and the truth is you're the only thing I am ever really scared of losing is whatever it is we have and whatever it is we'll be will be nothing when i get back from the places i gotta be and these people i gotta see and these things that i say, messages in broken bottles, i would throw them all away but i can't, and i won't, and i guess we both know it just know you hold my heart even when i can't show it [tribe one] i don’t even know what day it is we can both agree this is no way to live every time i leave is a new strain on our relationship and both of us are well aware i may not ever make it big the fact is this something that i have to do but say the word and i will drop everything to come back to you that truth is absolute and i’m not just saying that because i know you’d never ask me to i swear that i would come up with a different plan if the woman i love wasn’t my biggest fan your belief in me is the greatest gift you give your man when i’m out of town counting ticks on the minute hand i get to live my chosen passion but i hope you know it’s only a distraction i’ll keep the promise that i made on the last one there is no distance that i won’t come back from

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"Two Weeks Notice is not something that everyone could pull off, or should even attempt to pull off, but Mikal kHill and Tribe One did it, and did it well. The premise makes this sound like a novelty, but the amazing thing is how much substance there is to this album. This isn’t something that will get lost in the mix a week from now. This is an album I thoroughly enjoyed, and I already know I’ll be coming back to it time and again." - Chi Chi, scratchedvinyl.com

"Vocally we find both emcees in fine form... Together they form a formidable team." - Will Harrison, unheardnerd.com

Possibly the most impulsive artistic act we've ever committed.
Ten songs.
One week.

What you see here is the result of our (perhaps ill-advised) attempt to book a tour with two weeks advance notice, while making an entire album in a week.

Thank you for your support!

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released July 16, 2015

All vocals by Tribe One & Mikal kHill.
Produced and mastered by Mikal kHill.
Additional post production and mixing by
cecilnick of Autocorrect
( autocorrectsound.bandcamp.com )

Cover art by Dominic Prestera
( dpres.tumblr.com // dprest.com )

mikalkhill.com
tribeone.net

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