First Words

First Words is a Canadian hip hop group, consisting of Halifax beatmaker Jorun, DJ STV and emcees Sean One & Above. The trio released two albums and an EP, as well as contributing tracks to several hiphop compilations.

History

First Words recorded a song "Down With Putting Raps Down", which was featured on the National Campus and Community Radio Association's Dig Your Roots hip hop compilation album in 2004.[1]

Also in 2004 First Words released a 16 track self-titled album[2] of original material, and received a positive review in Exclaim!.[3] The album was Deadbeats Entertainment's first release, kicking off the label's focus on local music. Their pre-release peaked at #1 on the top 30 and hip hop charts of Fredericton, New Brunswick's CHSR, which landed them at #13 on earshot's national hip hop charts in December, 2004.

A First Words EP only available on vinyl was released in August 2007 entitled "the anti-mixtape movement". The vinyl featured four tracks from their LP entitled "Cheaters", which was released in 2008.[4][5] Cheaters also featured guest appearances from various other hiphop artists.[6]

Deadbeats later released a four track seven-inch vinyl recording, Jorun's Way/Sean One's Way (side one with Jorun and side two with Sean One). One of the tracks, "no artificials", was a rap by First Words, and was also included on a compilation album of underground hiphop.[7]

Working separately, Sean One has released a compilation entitled "full of it" which charted at #1 in Canada, and Jorun released a compilation entitled "joruns way" which features artists Classified, spesh k, and Ghettosocks.

Discography
  • 2004 : First Words
  • 2008 : Anti-mixtape movement E.P.
  • 2008 : Cheaters

References
  1. "Dig Your Roots Hip Hop Compilation". Oocities, Troy Neilson review 9 March 2003
  2. ""First Words" (sound recording)", Collections Canada, Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada, OCLC 650198535, AMICUS No. 30841143, retrieved 23 May 2011
  3. Quinlan, Thomas (December 2008). "HIP-HOP REVIEWS: First Words Cheaters". Exclaim!. Toronto: 1059434 Ontario Inc. exclaim.ca. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  4. "First Words Cheaters". Exclaim!, By Thomas Quinlan 19 Nov 2008
  5. "Disc of the Week". Montreal Mirror, Sept 20 - Sept 26.2007 Vol. 23 No. 14 . Archived at the Wayback Machine.
  6. "First Words Cheaters". The Coast, By Mark Black 21 August 2008
  7. "Jorun's Way/Sean One's Way". Exclaim! By Thomas Quinlan 1 Jul 2005
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