CYRUS MALACHI (UK) – Black Athena /// UndergroundHipHopBLOG.com
Cyrus Malachi burst onto the uk hip hop scene with his Triple Darkness crews 2008 release and debut album ‘Anathema’, an L.P which has become known as a uk classic, it brought one of the most unique, distinctive sounds ever heard on these shores, it was a dark, bone chilling epic, a harrowing journey through the neighbourhoods they grew up in, one of the vividest, most cinematic street narratives ever offered this side of the pond, infused with nuwaupic teachings and spiritual knowledge attained by the crews pusuit of wisdom, sparked by early hip hop influences, Cyrus Malachi had some of the most memorable verses on this project and it was clear to the listener he and his clique were no ordinary emcees, He then made another assault on the uk game in the same year as a heavy feature on the M9 solo project 144,000, his cameo’s on this body of work were monumental to say the least, one of the best was the cameo alongside M9 and Wu Tang Swordsmen Bronze Nazereth on the Beat Butcha produced soul windows where the three emcees flowed effortlessly to create a dusty loop, organic sample based soundscape riddled with the highest callibre of lyricsm In 2009 he became part of argueably the most talented group ever put together in Britain, The Orphans of Cush the group consisted of Kyza Smirnoff, Cyrus Malachi, Melanin 9, and Masikah, deemed by everyone as a certified supergroup unparralled in the scene, fans eagerly awaited the collosul mixtape ‘White Noize’ all year, it finally dropped in October 2009 to rave reveiws and the mixtape is always likened to an album beacause the sheer quality of work and the adept architecture of the songs warrents this credence. His most recent work to drop has been on Endemics ‘Terminal Illness’ album, and the combined Cappo and Endemic E.P ‘Needle Drop’ where he stamped his signature flow alongside emcees like Ruste Juxx, Iron Braydz, Scorzayzee and Cappo, over the break your neck, hard body production of the transatlatic Beatsmith Endemic, during these first two years of his career he has worked with emcees like Kyza, Jehst, Skribblah, Ruste Juxx, Ill Bill, Sav Killz, Leathaface, Njeri Earth, Bronze Nazareth, M9, Iron Braydz, Mohammed Yahya, Cappo, 9 Planets, Blasphemy, he has also supported live world renowned artists like GZA/Genius of the Wu Tang Clan, Saigon, Immortal Technique, Ghostface Killah, Method Man and Redman and has worked with producers like Beat Butcha, Chemo, Endemic, Anatomy, LG, Jon Phonics… Now in 2010 Cyrus Malachi is due to release his long awaited solo L.P on No Cure Records, still untitled this promises to be a breathtaking album from one of the most intricate, emotive, thought provoking and vivid lyricists ever to come from the U.K, features include TD, M9, Jehst, Kyza Smirnoff, Cipher Jewelz, Darkim be Allah, Timbo King, Ruste Juxx,Iron Braydz, Kevlar 7 and Shabazz the Disciple with production from Beat Butcha, Chemo, Anatomy, jon Phonics, Seventh Dan, Diplamat and Endemic.
After the success of Ancient Future,Cyrus was featured on Ruste Juxx album Adamantine on the song Rap Assassins which also featured Ill Bill and Sav Killz. Ill Bill also used the song on his compilation Howie Made Me Do It.
He followed this up with live shows in France among other places and started work on his sophomore album Black Athena and also working on the third installment of his Isis Papers Trilogy.
Enlisting artists like Rob Kelly, June Marx, Lone Ninja and Production from G.I.,7th Dan and more on The Isis Papers 3 it was well recieved in the Hip Hop community.
The Isis Papers 3 was released in June 2012 as a Pre-Release to Black Athena however the album Black Athena wasnt released till April 2013 due to label complications.
The album has already received a number of good reviews and features Kyza, Triple Darkness and more,with production from regular collaborators 7th Dan andRingz ov Saturn.
Cyrus Malachi – Black Athena CD version of the 17 track album with hand painted illustrations by Gary Alford http://firstson.bandcamp.com/
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