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TIME:LINE began as a series of intercontinental and cross country challenges. From his native Holland and then his new home of North Carolina, Nicolay would launch tracks to Kay at his home base of Houston. Nicolay wanted to see how far he could push Kay before he cried uncle and was unable to lay down a verse on the music that Nicolay was sending him. Kay never blinked. With each successive track, Nicolay was changing the feel, tempos, and pushing the boundaries of the hip-hop genre itself. Kay would push back at Nicolay, laying down verses with different cadences, styles, and themes ranging from the abstract to the ultra-personal. The resulting album is one of the most captivating hip-hop concept albums of the last ten years. Over the course of twelve tracks, Nicolay & Kay present their case for what the future of hip-hop sounds like.
Nicolay is best known as the producing half of The Foreign Exchange (the other half being Phonte Coleman of Little Brother), whose debut album Connected (BBE Records, 2004) made a huge impact on the underground hip-hop and soul scene. The Foreign Exchange was featured on MTV, VH1, BET and NPR, and Connected quickly reached #1 on CMJ’s Hip-Hop chart. Since then, he has produced for Little Brother, Supastition, Masta Ace, Strange Fruit Project and Zion I and remixed tracks for Roy Ayers, Bob James, Candy Dulfer and many others. He has released several albums under his own name, most notably City Lights Volume 1.5 (BBE, 2005) and Here (BBE, 2006).
Nicolay is best known as the producing half of The Foreign Exchange (the other half being Phonte Coleman of Little Brother), whose debut album Connected (BBE Records, 2004) made a huge impact on the underground hip-hop and soul scene. The Foreign Exchange was featured on MTV, VH1, BET and NPR, and Connected quickly reached #1 on CMJ’s Hip-Hop chart. Since then, he has produced for Little Brother, Supastition, Masta Ace, Strange Fruit Project and Zion I and remixed tracks for Roy Ayers, Bob James, Candy Dulfer and many others. He has released several albums under his own name, most notably City Lights Volume 1.5 (BBE, 2005) and Here (BBE, 2006).
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As The Wheel Turns
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What We Live
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Grand Theft Auto
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When You Die
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I've Seen Rivers
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Time:Line
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The Gunshot feat. Chip Fu
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The Gunshot
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Tight Eyes
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Blizzard
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Through The Wind
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The Lights
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Blizzard feat. Toby Hill
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Shoutbox
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raise_it_up wrote:
As The Wheel Turns = bliss
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arthousecomplex wrote:
holy shit....the gunshot is seriously incredible everytime I see myself putting it back on again, still don't know what it is exactly but I think this album and collaboration is just insane..see screw all those posers with their bling hiphop this is just plain nice!!!
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bazii wrote:
really good
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angelandra wrote:
Excellent!!!
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PrimeElement wrote:
Does it really matter if its in caps or not? As long as its correctly spelled, I don't see the biggie.
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elmou wrote:
Nicolay's got to be one of the hottest producers out there right now. Loving this ish !
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Sagie16 wrote:
DOPE ! nicolay and kay did a great job =]
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edmundy wrote:
tight ass productions
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Nicolay_Music wrote:
it's TIME:LINE officially but a lot of people have been using Time:Line
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TGKN wrote:
Is it TIME:LINE or Time:Line? Cause the name Nicolay & Kay is in all caps too, but no one is writing the artist name that way.
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TheAbbott wrote:
Pretty awesome tune!
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southpacific wrote:
Fantastic!!
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freeway4885 wrote:
I think it does it when there are similar tags out there. Doesn't matter if it is correct or not.
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P-Dub wrote:
Why should there even be a poll about the artist name? Nicolay put these songs up himself and you would have to think he knows the correct name... If you're still in doubt, just look at the album cover.
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Tinasucks wrote:
The sound he produces is like some stylish soundtrack made of rap and other related genres like jazz and soul. It’s not the typical nice sound made by producers who are good on picking up old soul samples.. www.thekilnzine.com
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Gee-La wrote:
i just love Time:Line!
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sc59428 wrote:
Such excellent production. It's good to have you in the state of NC Nicolay.
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Hainesey wrote:
What We Live, what a tune!
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jeenyus05 wrote:
astounding!
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