Just to help get the word out, Houston-based hip-hop collective The Foundation has made their album available for download in mp3 format. Cozmos, one of the founders of the DJ crew I used to be in (The Phonographerz), is part of this collective, and my friend Frank (FWMJ) is responsible for the graphic design/photography and general motivation. This is some good stuff, somewhat in the vein of The Foreign Exchange or Science Fiction (Wale Oyejide). The live instrumentation lends a sound that few hip-hop groups today have. H-town hip-hop seems to be stronger than ever...

Oh yeah, an astute Houstonian observer might recognize the locale pictured above...

Update: Apparently the album may no longer be downloadable from their site. I'll contact Frank and see what the deal is.

Update 2 (3:07pm 050804): They pulled it because some labels approached them about distribution. However, I've been given unofficial permission to link some songs, so I'll try putting up one or two tracks per day. Links will only remain active for a week or so.

Here are the first two tracks:

• Track 1, Intro
• Track 2, The Movement feat. D. Rose