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Quietude

by Five Steez & SonoTWS

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1.
Just Vibe 02:58
We get like a drumbeat from a old soul record per se And then like, you know, find a loop to work over top that complements that particular breakbeat And (sounds natural) And then you know Just vibe, just vibe Just vibe, just vibe You rocking with Sono and Five (Who you rocking with?) You rocking with Sono and Five (That's right) Just vibe, just vibe (Just vibe) Just vibe (just vibe), just vibe (just vibe) Yu deh ya wid Sono and Five (Who yu deh ya wid?) Yu deh ya wid Sono and Five (Let's go) Yow (Just vibe) Don't let life get to you (Uh uh) To keep balance, I do the mic check voodoo Where would I be without this music? I have to pursue it, because I'm too sick (Sick) This is God given, I can't bury the talents Keep going, no matter how heavy the challenge Look how far that I've come (Just look) I've been spitting these bars like a gun About more than about a car or the funds If I'm not a star, I'm the sun (Yeah) Reach into the jar for some buds You can only be in the par if it's love (One love) You get close if your energy right If she by my side, she definitely my type In my cypher, every verse better be nice If the lyrics don't hook you, the melody might Just vibe, just vibe (Just vibe) Just vibe (just vibe), just vibe (just vibe) You rocking with Sono and Five (Who you rocking with?) You rocking with Sono and Five (Who you rocking with?) Just vibe, just vibe Just vibe (just vibe), just vibe (Just vibe) Yu deh ya wid Sono and Five (Who you deh ya wid?) Yu deh ya wid Sono and Five (Just vibe) Positive vibrations For the ancestors, we gotta give libations I just want to make the family proud Make some good music people can rap aloud Touch the listeners on a deeper level Some of our base our highs on the speaker treble These tunes can soothe your soul Or get the place lit (Lit), make you lose control (Yeah) They say it's like a drug And if that's the case as it was (Then what?) When this get played in the club It will be like you get weight from the plug (Uh) If you gonna get high, get high to this The energy in the venue start to rise and lift Watch me ride the beat like a cyclist Don't just stream the song, go and buy the disc Just vibe Just vibe Yeah
2.
Him? He was just sitting there and he asked Excuse me, do you have the time? (Yow, ah wha time right now?) I told him it's 12:45 and he said... I'm just trying to complete my life (Yeah) That means making sure all my deeds are right The times I did wrong, God will understand (He'll understand) I swear, hand on the Bible like I'm on the stand Been a victim of my pride as a humble man Before every new year, you have months to plan So the next should be better than the last Even though times dreader than the Ras (Jah know) Temptation lurk at every corner For me, it's just the pussy and the marijuana (Yeah) But even there, many men gone astray Sometimes, it's the hardest move to walk away Like you planned a vacay but got a shorter stay You can't do the wrong thing for all your days Sometimes, it feel that we lost our faith Guess you might as well call on the Lord and pray Sometimes, it feel that we lost our faith (So you have to do what?) You hafta call on the Lord and pray If you feel that you lost your faith (You hafta pray) You hafta call on the Lord and pray Yow, yow This is my life now Everything I feel, I write down Get my thoughts clear like how my mic sound Watching everything coming right round Yeah, this is my life now Everything I feel, I write down Get my thoughts clear like how my mic sound Watching everything coming right round Yeah, this is my life now This is my life now Yow yow This is the life I'm living Driven on my mission with purpose and vision (Uh huh) To reach you through the words that you listen Many are called but never heard a decision I followed a path, showed my brothers the craft Rose through the ranks to the top of the class (Top) Faced many tests and still gotten a pass (I made it) Gained respect but not a lotta the cash So it's time to get the money up (Let's get it) I ain't no joke, none of the funny stuff I wonder how many friends gonna come with us (I wonder) It's been hard work, some think it's sudden luck (But it's not) This is the success we prayed for For a piece of this, we wage war (Yes) Thanks is all I can say, Lord (Give thanks) Thanks is all I can say, Lord (Give thanks) Yeah, this is my life now Everything I feel, I write down Get my thoughts clear like how my mic sound Watching everything coming right round Yeah, this is my life now Everything I feel, I write down Get my thoughts clear like how my mic sound Watching everything coming right round Yow yow, this is my life now Everything I feel, I write down Get my thoughts clear like how my mic sound Watching everything coming right round Yeah, this is my life now Everything I feel, I write down Get my thoughts clear like how my mic sound Watching everything coming right round
3.
Uh Sono Let's go Uh I'm putting money in the bank for savings Climbing up the ranks, I put the time in raging You only fail when you don't try, turn the pages I'ma live through these beats and these rhymes for ages I been crafty with mine like mages The struggle and the sunshine, we go through phases No psychadelics, this art I paint for you is like a relic This that high art so I just gotta sell it You feel me? I swear that they don't know the real me Take the time to get to know me, maybe you'll feel me Any obstacles, I gotta hop it I'm low key the hot topic, let's get it popping I keep it solid to this day like Deonte It's my time if you can see what all the signs say I don't play, if you don't help me, I'ma find my own way (My own way) I get it, to sort out the stone way I don't play, if you don't help me, I'ma find my own way (My own way) I get it, to sort out the stone way I don't play, if you don't help me, I'ma find my own way (My own way) I get it, to sort out the stone way (Go) Follow my dreams and aspirations, I ain't into wasting (Uh uh) Good comes to those who wait and I been waiting patient Stay in line, keep the money in accumulation I'm kicking my feet up tight in rejuvenation (Yeah) Can't fuck with these sucker niggaz 'cause they be hating (They haters) Stay in my own lane, can't beat me in my own game (Nah) They know the name in this wicked city (Yeah) Leave how I came, ain't no claim to fame I just be getting busy, really It's the magnificent man And I'm vicious over beats when the mic is in hand Blam! Get tag toed Rising to the helm and it flag fold The god stay in getting the bag mode Whoa, Fahim stay on the dean We praise the supreme, saying Amin Have faith in my dream, hate in my scene Find a way in between taking my team They try breaking my steam, but I been running Like a locomotive, calm dude, but I'm so explosive When you see me silent, then you know I'm focused Militant, roll dolo or roll with soldiers Stay organized, that's how we all will rise Keep the future looking bright like the morning sky They said it's impossible, that's what I call a lie You waiting on yourself or for the Lord arrive? (Huh?) I think inside, we all have greatness But I seen some of the best become complacent And their days went, their talent wasted With discipline and persistence, you will make it (Make it) But never ever think that you owed a thing (Don't) It takes more to be a superstar than know to sing It's funny how everybody want the clothes and bling Their friend get rich, they wanna roll wid him I'm trying to get my own money Wipe my tears wid it, use it when my nose runny I kick it in, they don't open the door for me (Kick in the door) I'm pretty sure it's going to get so ugly Yes, I'm coming for mine, whether running a rhyme Or staging the whole show, I got the dope flow Sono chop samples like in the dojo New generation boom bap with an old soul (Feel it) We make the music that will touch your heart Spill my guts like a Dutch that you buss apart I wanna crush rappers before I crush the charts At least ten years in and this is just the start This is just the start I'ma find my own way
4.
Just like suh Mister Tee, yu nuh fi gwaan suh, I man just come fi beg yu a likkle job Yu can do operating work, sir? (Yu can do operating work?) Right now, I cyaa operate, but I will cooperate (Yow, we can do anyting) (Yu zeet) Alright. I going show yu. See di bass bud here. Forward di bass. Forward di bass Yow yow I par wid pot smokers, top growers That meet their crop quota, sensi, not coca Leave the scene steaming like it's hot mocha We got sober, visits to stock brokers The block soldiers say we a lot doper This the music Glock toters fire shots over More rounds than the days in October My gang, I ran like the Ayatollah I write ebola, I shine 'cause my light is solar My suns do kung fu, you can't fight wit yoga Never hit it if it got the Pisces odour I'm Nasty as Esco and nice as Hova (Hov) Fuck the right exposure, send my prices over Catch flights, I'm packing like a licensed holder Crowds' hands in the air like a heist, a hold up Spitting punches, I make Tyson fold up Take 'em to school like Five Star folders Wake up and smell the Folgers, I never seen a holster My dawg left his shit in the car if not the waist He beat the case, left without a trace Set the pace, so sick, I’ll tell you how the meds taste Watch my sales eclipse the US Corona death rate We legislate, dem ah group up and investigate How I gain success, whips and homes by the lake While we was out, you spent holidays in church When I was broke, I had to do Operating Work You let them lie to you, sit and pray for an outcome I spit life facts, so now they hating the album Cause the truth hurts, it’s just too much Blast at the Ku Klux, dig up ten graves, dress 'em in blue tux Dem nuh ready fi the onslaught Council of the Gods on charts score board four naught, pussy claat Elite architect of street projects My flow is a unique process wid each concept Unidentified flying object, I'm leap frogging Speak toxins in Logic if the beat locked in This nigga weak, why they reaching like he's top ten (Why?) Complete nonsense, my defense delete options So, if dem violate like 24 seconds It's gettin more hectic, out the Heckler or Desert Bless the raw record with respect for core ethics (Whoo) Percentage off a sentence, then it's best to talk leverage Like Volkswagen in Aventador's presence Niggaz insecure when they get the horse revving If I stay charged up, is it better for a Tesla? Never ketch the God stressing offa lesser orchestra (Never) Diamond testers in the lecture cost extra When I drop a gem and then finesse the lost treasure (Uh huh) Governments bless the bomb before they're sent. This happens from the top down... the Government down... this is our answer. Makes me realize the solution may have to come from the bottom up. Is anyone working on a bomb that will make people love you? Maybe a Cupid bomb? I believe we already have it and it's called music. And every country has their own version of it. And it works. It brings people together. You don't have to know a thing about it to get it. It's a language. It's a lifestyle. And it can save the world. I'm a musician and I hope you will join me on the battlefield. Thank you.
5.
Spell It Out 02:43
It's time that we gon riiiide (Yeah, Five Steez) It's time that we gon riiiide (Sono) Let's set the record straight What you doing on my territory? (Huh?) It's getting gory if you don't have a better story (What's up?) Trespass and I want your head before me You putting out product but you never get it purely (Uh uh) We got the raw, uncut, high potency You on something else if you think you dope as me I'm the essence, sorta like the coca leaf With the method of a Guru, you know my steez RIP Capital, Peace Pro Era Bless up Joey, may he live forever (Big up) You say Beast, we say First Coast (First Coast) Welcome to Jamrock, you smell herb smoke Getting bread where's it's hot, call it burnt toast The streets will plot so keep your purse close They reach the top if they gun burst most Laughing while they blasting like they heard jokes This the town I reside in, the sound I'm providing Boom bap, even though I'm proud of my island (Uh huh) People gather round and they vibing I been repping Hip Hop, still down to be riding (Yeah) I'm in the culture and the history books If you don't know my name then you didn't look For these other rappers, I can never vouch It's Five Steez, two words, spell it out (Spell it out) It's time that we gon riiiide It's time that we gon riiiide (What you know about that? Five Steez, Sono) It's time that we gon riiiide (If they don't know... I told you. Let them know. Right now.) It's time that we gon riiiide We known for the bass bumping, we stay rugged (Yeah) Get the whole place jumping, oh, they love it (Uh huh) My proposal global, raise budgets Get paid duckets for being on stage cussing Those who fake thugging be afraid of us Black revolutionaries blaze muskets The type you don't want to make upset (You don't) They sleep on the sound, they wake up deaf (Uh) Try tiefing the crown, the main suspect (Who?) He speaking all round my name, what's next? This the week that I found my fame just stress But he's just a clown, a lame much less (Clown) They could never rap like the original (Uh uh) They pretend and just act like a criminal (Fake) I burn tracks from the wax to the digital (Fyah) Call me for the facts in the interview I know a thousand cats not into you I told 'em don't pull the Macs out the mini coop (Uh uh) Real heads think it's wack how you figures move (Garbage) Everybody know I black when I hit the booth (Yeah) Kingston on my back and it's the truth (JA) First Coast on the map, indivisible (Aw, yeah) The Council on attack, getting physical Leave the earth flat for you to pivot to
6.
Max & OG 03:34
Yow, yow He used to get it off the boat on the Panama coast Not a rapper but his whole catalogue dope (Dope) For almost twenty years, he trafficked raw coke (Yeah) Till tragedy hit his family and had 'em all ghost To cope, every day, he need an Adderal dose He never ratted or told when his back's to the ropes (Uh uh) He always knew he need cash for his growth The family breadwinner, the last of the hopes His mother cried when his brother died Can't run and hide or let sum'n slide (Uh) So he gonna ride on the other side (Yeaah) They had beef for cutting ties when he just arrived Now, the time is here for him to end it all (The time is now) Thought he could take them out without his men involved This the type of war that should be avoided (Watch it) He been moving in silence, no need for noises You don't wanna, you don't wanna go there If the war is lost, you're found nowhere (Nowhere) When it's on, never show no fear Real killers might cry but they don't care You don't wanna, you don't wanna go there If the war is lost, you're found nowhere When it's on, never show no fear Real killers might cry but they don't care Max, he was the soldier, dipped from the UK He a legend, he made more than a few spray Took the cops on with the Glock drawn At the top of dawn, on the run, marathon Prison officers called him a cannonball (Reckless) Back home, he leads the whole entourage (Boss) Quick to tell anybody 'bout dem bumboclaat (Suck yu mada!) Cause him gun so tall and he done it all From way back in juvie, him did run the hall (Way back) Now he's a top hitter, getting tons of calls Freelance but one don him tek orders from (Who dat?) That's the OG that first bought his gun The instructions were given, it was rhythm (Uh huh) The irony, making a living off killing (For real) Anybody can link him if they willing (Yeah) His only code, no women, no children You don't wanna, you don't wanna go there (Uh uh) If the war is lost, you're found nowhere (Nowhere) When it's on, never show no fear Real killers might cry but they don't care You don't wanna, you don't wanna go there If the war is lost, you're found nowhere (Nowhere) When it's on, never show no fear Real killers might cry but they don't care Max put the work in, broad daylight or he snipe Through the curtain, right now, he lurking Recon, researching, moving with insurgents Automatic weaponry, all the latest versions Full accessories, a military purchase Strike few times, the crew scared to surface (Scared) Sent his sister wid di shotty under her dress Buckshot lef everybody on the curb wet They rob the stash house, found kilos Dropped it off for OG, he said he don't need those (Wha mi a do wid dat?) Son, I move tons, that's like three O's Just get the job done till they're zero The rest escaped, they move out the city Max became the muscle for the new committee Police investigating incidents (Yeah) Bodies, no teeth, no fingerprints (Uh uh) You don't wanna, you don't wanna go there If the war is lost, you're found nowhere When it's on, never show no fear Real killers might cry but they don't care You don't wanna, you don't wanna go there If the war is lost, you're found nowhere When it's on, never show no fear Real killers might cry but they don't care
7.
These the last days on the ends (Last days) Protect your family and pray for your friends (Hafta pray) We bring light with the wave of the pen And spark fire, time to blaze up again (Blaze it up) These the last days on the ends (Last days) Protect your family and pray for your friends (Hafta pray) We bring light with the wave of the pen (Yeah) And spark fire, time to blaze up again Look wha gwaan inna di Earth today (Look) Ah long time di Rasta man did have a name for this dirty place (Babylon!) Babylon dem nuh deserve nuh praise (Nah) Dem bun ah fire pon yu when yu having fun and find a girl to chase (Fyah) You get too close and I'ma burn your face (Uh) The blazing spliff has been ignited, step back until you earn your space (Light it up) See, nowadays, politicians only power chase Kicking back in their mansions while they devour grapes (Trust) Empty promises of equal justice Got the feelings of the lower and second class on the cuspis (What we doing?) Of doing sutt'n drastic, you know the tactics Riot and loot from the store, gimmie dat, bitch (Gimme dat) He saw the window and smashed it (ah), didn’t have any money On his plastic, became an opportunist and backed it Evidence that society’s backwards is everywhere The future is still there but it’s never clear (Wha, wha, wha) So grim, we wonder if God was ever here We have to walk through the valley of darkness and be never scared (End of days) The end is near or so they say I know they play with the emotions of believers who hope and pray (Why) For better days and nights full of sleep Stressed out husbands dealing with wives on the creep Stressed out wives dealing with husbands that don’t beat (Whoo) Nuclear corruption in the sheets, it’s deep These the last days on the ends (Last days) Protect your family and pray for your friends (Hafta pray) We bring light with the wave of the pen And spark fire, time to blaze up again (Blaze it up) These the last days on the ends (Last days) Protect your family and pray for your friends (Hafta pray) We bring light with the wave of the pen (Yeah) And spark fire, time to blaze up again As the earth turns, I'm seeing the world burn Trump make you wish Obama had a third term (Uh huh) If America sneeze, Jamaica catch cold Civil unrest, concern for black souls 2020, still fighting white supremacy In the Caribbean, it's the colonial legacy System inherited, we never question it So deep rooted, we grew with the prejudice You could be a lawyer or an executive (Don't matter) Still get dissed for your skin and the shade it is White lady call the cops on my cousin and her son (Wha dat fa?) They stood they ground 'cause they wasn't in the wrong (They wasn't) We need change, sooner than later Progress needs to be the news in the paper My ancestors never cruise to Jamaica (They didn't) At no point did we choose to be labour (We didn't) I'm taking it back to the slave revolts Buss di master head wid di chain and bolt (Yu hear dat?) However we have to get our freedom Cause it's a must, there's no better reason These the last days on the ends (Last days) Protect your family and pray for your friends (Hafta pray) We bring light with the wave of the pen And spark fire, time to blaze up again (Blaze it up) These the last days on the ends Protect your family and pray for your friends The wave of the pen Time to blaze up again Fire Babylon is burning Burn There's a bunch of Babylonians
8.
Life has its ups and downs You have to take the good with the bad, y'know Listen Just another day, felt I could run away But no matter what I say, I'm still gonna stay (I'm still here) On the grind, nine to five, I rhyme part time Legal living, thinking I should start crime (But that's not me) Because the money too slow, I need to advance (Yeah) Plus I have rap plans, the god has fans (Uh) I need to deliver my piece of the picture Classic work, never release any filler (Uh uh) Monkey see, monkey do, I be a gorilla Kick the dopest rhymes and my sneakers is iller (Ill) In the underground, Steez is a beacon, a pillar But I can't be found, at a beach or a villa (Yeah) The type of setting that will ease my mind Any city in the world, the best trees I find (Smoke) I meditate and try to read the signs Cause we can hear the deaf and we can see the blind (Yeah) Ayo, it's all in the game Life can't stay the same, hafta be the change Day and night, sunshine and rain Joy and pain, we go from where we came Ayo, it's all in the game Life can't stay the same, hafta be the change Day and night, sunshine and rain (Yeah) Joy and pain, we go from where we came (Here we go) And the cycle continues My life full of song titles and venues Also meetings and reports, have me leaving through the door After the weekend, I need more Might have had a great event, Saturday came and went Now, it's back to what we have to do to pay the rent (Slaving) Things taking time, have to be patient Greatness in the making, I'm actually waiting (Yeah) Plans manifesting, life have me stressing (Jah know) Opportunity knocking, I have to grab these blessings (Yes) I'm using my gift, fulfilling my duty (Yes) Praise Jah, she was willing to choose me (God bless) OGs reach out, say you killing it truly I been a star and I'm still in the movie (I'm here) Ayo, it's all in the game Life can't stay the same, hafta be the change Day and night, sunshine and rain Joy and pain, we go from where we came Ayo, it's all in the game Life can't stay the same, hafta be the change Day and night, sunshine and rain Joy and pain, we go from where we came Ayo, it's all in the game Ayo, you hafta use your brain Don't be a lame Stay in your lane I said it's all in the game Ayo, you hafta use your brain Ayo, don't be a lame Make sure you stay in your lane Ayo, it's all in the game I'm just trying to make a name I'm not trying to take the blame Getting paper is the aim I said it's all in the game The people calling my name I hear the people calling my name Cause I been spitting these balls of the flames Ayo, it's all in the game Like EA, all in the game It's all in the game
9.
I'm getting tired, babe (Tired) Of wasting my love on you Yeah Listen Yow, yow You and I, not to be together It's for now, it's not to be forever I don't know what I was thinking when we started linking, musta been between women Now, it's time for us to move on We started real hot, now, it's luke warm I met a new girl I won't do wrong She blew me away like a true storm Now, here's sum'n that feels permanent Unlike the jump offs, I just call and circle dem They need to bring more to the table Full of stress, stories and fables Want money for the phone or the cable I can't see you in a home that is stable And it might've been my mistake I went ahead and ended up in this place Such a disgrace, it shoulda been one night It turned to many 'cause it was fun, right? It wasn't meant to last, now, it's run its course But feel no way because it wasn't forced It is what it was, lust, not love That's why I always thrust in the glove I tried to help you grow but you didn't hear me Just remember I treated you fairly I'm getting tired, babe (Tired) Of wasting my love on you
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But I can tell by looking at you That you need something more When I, when I see you, baby It's like every time I see you (Oh, baby, please) When I, when I see you, baby I remember the first time I saw you And I can't get that day out of my head (Oh, baby, please) Yow I met her downtown at the artwalk Caught my eye so I shot my darts off Heard her sweet voice, smart talk She was sugar and spice, part sauce (Whoo) I swear I'm a G but my heart soft Had to escort her to the car park Asked to see her again, she start laugh It must be fate that our paths cross It's like she was taken from my rib I could see us raising babies in the crib (I see it) It's surreal 'cause I feel she my soulmate One that could be with me till old age (Yeah) With her, I feel I could spend the whole day I can't get her off my mind, there's no way The beat play while I lay and process this And acknowledge it like a psychologist We just started talking, it feels so right Up until this moment, I had no wife I might be excited, thinking in the future But I know she's one I'd say I'd do to She worth it, so perfect, that's why she In my verses so early in our courtship (Uh huh) Everything natural, we don't force it We the new duo and we're a sure hit You see, I know I know that this thing that I'm feeling Sometimes, it gets so strong
11.
Yeaah (This one is for all the dreamers and all the believers) Oooh Heey (You have no- no- nothing to worry about) We just wanna be live Live, Live Stars in the sky So bright, you and I You never know if you don't try So fly, so high Stars in the sky (Yow) So bright, you and I (Listen) Yow Mi ah guh mek unnu know now Don't think 'cause ah Covid we slow down (Uh uh) When it's over, I need to tour round Just let me know 'bout your town (Weh unu deh?) Come through with the live show Off the hydro, spitting that pyro As the time go, I just lie low Hold a meds by myself with my eyes closed Out by the beach, facing the horizon The perks of Jamaica, the island (Yard ting) It's not just a dangerous environment Be good and you safe from the violence Still, there's days full of sirens Still, the children play till they're tiring All these images I paint when I'm rhyming It's this way till God may arrive in We just wanna be live Live, Live Stars in the sky So bright, you and I You never know if you don't try So fly, so high Stars in the sky So bright, you and I Yow Live now 'cause no day is promised (Uh uh) We stand tall as long as we staying honest (Stand tall) Accomplished but remaining modest For my presence, you pay deposits Electronic or another way to lodge it I spent ten years making projects Now, my business will raise the profits Based off love and sharing knowledge I told this young girl stay in college Few months, you graduate, you solid Get the raise, get the papes, you copping New whip, custom plates, you rocking Stay in JA or migrate ah foreign I'll stay 'cause it's my place I'm locking I'm underground, some would say I'm popping I'm dope, I did it my way, my pockets We just wanna be live Live, Live (We just wanna be) Stars in the sky So bright, you and I (So bright) You never know if you don't try (You never know) So fly, so high Stars in the sky So bright (So bright), you and I (You and I) Yeah It's been quite a journey (We just wanna be) You could say it's been a long time (Yeah, yeah, yeah) But the way I look at it, it's all about timing (Oh oh oh) And everything is shaping up as it should be (Ooohhh) So let's get it (Yeah) We just wanna be live Oh oohhh Bright in the sky, so bright So bright You and I Oh Oohhh Five Steez Shanique Marie Oh yeah Ooooohhhhh Oh Ohhhhh (You have no- no- nothing to worry about)

about

Five Steez finds Quietude on new album with Brazilian producer SonoTWS

Kingston MC Five Steez has linked with São Paolo, Brazil-based SonoTWS for a new album titled Quietude. During the eleven-track offering, Five Steez gives insight and inspiration, sharing his personal journey, interspersed with street cinema, racial commentary and romantic tales. The scenes throughout the album are complemented by Sono's soundscapes that are mostly drenched in soul and jazz, but become ominous and urgent when necessary.

Quietude boasts features from Five Steez's partners in rhyme Nomad Carlos and The Sickest Drama from The Council of The Gods, Shanique Marie from the Equiknoxx Music label, Bad FX, who collaborated with Sono previously on their album Together, and early Griselda Records affiliate Tha God Fahim, who also appeared on The Council's first album.

“I came across the word 'quietude' one day and it just struck me as a possible title,” said Five Steez. “I looked for the meaning and found it meant exactly what I thought it did – a state of stillness. I also learnt it was a place in São Paolo, Brazil, so that made the name feel perfect for the album.”

SonoTWS says, “Five Steez and I actually connected a few years ago when he was about to put out his album Love N Art. We eventually talked about doing an EP with five or six songs, but we ended up with a full-length album.”

All of the production provided by Sono was concocted on his E-mu SP-1200 and Akai S950 machines to recreate the classic aesthetic and feel of Hip Hop in the 1990s, guaranteed to appeal to any fan of boom-bap, east coast and underground Hip Hop.

In relation to his entire discography, Five Steez says Quietude is the culmination of what he has been doing since his debut album in 2012. “I feel Quietude is a progression of where I was at on my last album, and also a combination of different things I've done since the very beginning.”

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released November 23, 2021

Written by Five Steez (except features)
Produced by SonoTWS
Mixed & Mastered by Tiago Frugoli
Album Artwork by J

Five Steez / Tired of People (2021)

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Five Steez Kingston, Jamaica

It is impossible to have a credible discussion about Hip Hop in Jamaica without mentioning Five Steez. Although the country isn't a hot spot for Hip Hop talent, the underground Kingston MC has graced international festivals and has been acknowledged by Earmilk, Okayplayer and The FADER. ... more

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