The Mad City Chronicles - Keep A Child Alive

This is a piece taken from the blog of producer Eddy J Free “The Mad City Chronicles.  Here he explains the concept of his debut CD and a little of what you can expect.

                                  

Mad city is not one specific place.  It doesn’t even have to be a city. It can be anywhere in the world.  It is a phrase that represents the chaos and madness faced by people in various environments and circumstances.

Mad city is a conceptual representation of all that can and does go wrong with any and all societies; disease, war, famine, violence, crime, slavery, poverty, and so on.  At first this may seem like a completely disturbing means of viewing the world but in fact it’s the opposite.  These problems have existed throughout humankind’s existence and doubtless will continue in some form or another.  By giving them a conceptual home, by placing them in a contextual, virtual place, we can view them more objectively and hopefully find solutions to the worst of them.

“Eddy Free’s mad city 2010” is an album produced by me and features 15 independent rappers and singers from across the country combining talents to create a set of songs that run the gamut from hip-hop to soul to techno-influenced pop.  The common thread that ties the songs together are 3 different themes: 1) The over-reliance on technology, 2) War and violence, and 3) The power to overcome all of these problems either through self-determination, spirituality, people working together or through a combination of all of these.

The album will be released digitally on May 25, 2010 atwww.madcity2010.com and subsequently on iTunes and other major internet retailers. The album will be followed by three ep’s:

VOL 1: WARZONE on 8.9.10  

VOL 2: RISE OF THE MACHINE on 10.10.10

VOL 3: RESURRECTION on 12.1.10.

The proceeds will go to Alicia Key’s “KEEP A CHILD ALIVE” foundation to provide medications to children living with HIV/AIDS in impoverished areas of the world.