Everything can be traced back to its roots. Sometimes, those roots are ignored, overlooked, unattended to, and uncared for. At the heart of American culture, the roots of African-American became nurtured through the historical beauty and ugliness of American society, and those cataclysmic experiences still resonate within our culture, mindset, and way of life. Die Wurzel explores black life post 1619 to the present day. It is designed to make you pause, think, and reflect on the black experience in America with a level of compassion and sensitivity that has made way for perceived cultural black norms deriving from African-American’s trials and tribulations. Jammed back with black musical roots: gospel, soul, jazz, funk, and rap, Die Wurzel is an intellectual, witty, and soul-driven musical journey that will hold a dear black in the heart of black urban society.

Compact Disc. 4-Digipak Panel.

Album Credits:
Executive Producer: Rashid Hadee

Songs mixed/mastered: Rashid Hadee

Studio recordings: Neak.co, Chicago IL. 60615

Label: Neak Imprints LLC / Gold Standard Collective

1. Interlude: Neak (arrangements)

2. Home feat. Cam Be: Neak (producer), Slot-A (co-producer/songwriter), Jeremy K. Jones (bass guitar)

3. God’s Vision feat. Add-2 and Elisa Latrice: Rashid Hadee (producer), Karlton Sellers (electric guitar)

4. Famous feat IAMTHELIVING: Karlton Sellers (producer, electric guitar, keys), Jeremy K. Jones (bass guitar)

5. Out of Habit: Neak (producer, keys), Caroline Davis (alto sax)

6. World’s Apart: Neak (producer), Kenneth Leftridge (alto sax), Jeremy K. Jones (bass guitar)

7. Church Hurt; Neak (producer)

8. Thy Kingdom Come: Rashid Hadee (producer), George Wundsam (electric guitar)

9. Profiling: Neak (producer)

10. Black on black black on blue feat. Peter Jericho: Neak (producer), Jeremy K. Jones (bass guitar)

11. Junkie: Neak (producer), Kenneth Leftridge (alto sax):

12. Memoirs of a lost nigga: Rashid Hadee (producer)

13. Far from home feat. Philmore Greene and Nola Ade: Neak (producer), Karlton Sellers (electric guitar)