TRACKLISTING

01. Secret Wars Pt. 1 (Original)
02. Heavy Height Invinsible
03. Party Crashers
04. The Expedition
05. Caravan
06. Animalistics
07. Fo’ Rel
08. The World of Susie Wong
09. Monumental
10. The Dozen
11. The Jungle Cats
12. Meditation
13. Keep On
14. Heaven
15. Black Magic
16. Bums

Along time ago, in ghetto far, far away (in Philly), The Last Emperor was born. Taking his name from the Bernardo Bertolucci film of the same name, The Last Emperor is a beast of an emcee. Armed with sharp lyricism, a wicked flow, along with a love of hip-hop, movies, and comic books, he has ripped microphones all over the world. His song “Secret Wars” became a modern hip-hop classic as he tells the listener of a fictional battle between hip-hop emcees and his favorite comic book heroes. He even goes so far as imitating the voices of some of the emcees with a precision. He bounced around from label to label. First, he was signed to Dr. Dre’s Aftermath but his project was not getting the attention it deserved. Second, he signed to Rawkus, when the label was at its creative zenith. Since debt plagued the label, changes had to be made and there was a push for a more commercialized sound and eventually there was a problem of image over substance. Fans were left waiting. They only could listen to singles and the odd compilation track or collaboration. One collaboration that stood out was “C.I.A.” with Krs-One and Zach from Rage Against The Machine on “Lyricist’s Lounge Vol. 1”. He collaborated with DJ Jazzy Jeff, Da Beatminerz, and Rza. Fast forward to 2003. The Last Emperor had tons of music that he wanted to release and Raptivism stepped up to the plate. In the late summer of 2003, the debut album “Music, Magic, Myth” was finally released. Prince Paul, Da Beatminerz, Big Tyke, Will Weston, Madsol-Desar and Ayatollah handled production.