''Razah's Ladder'' is a collaborative studio album by the American hip hop production duo Blue Sky Black Death and the American rapper

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. It was released by

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in 2007.

Production

The album title refers to the

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story of

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. Razah said the album "reps me escalating in my career", and would lead-in to his following solo project, titled ''Heaven Razah''. After the recent death of his father, Razah decided to take the album in a deeper, spiritual direction. Blue Sky Black Death said that the album's production was not as dark or as sinister as the production on their previous project with the Wu-Tang affiliate

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, calling it an "uplifting album" with more soulful beats requested by Razah.

Release

Blue Sky Black Death said that there would be no singles released from the album, calling them "obsolete" for underground artists. Instead the entire project was released on vinyl as well as CD.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. *

– vocals * Blue Sky Black Death – production, arrangement * MadAdam – turntables (3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11) * Evan Gordon – keyboards (2, 4, 8, 10), synthesizer (3, 10), guitar (5) * Crooked I – vocals (4) *

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– vocals (6) *

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– vocals (10) *

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– vocals (10) * Prodigal Sunn – vocals (12) * Crown Prince Universal – vocals (1, 14) * Ashley Wise – vocals (14) * Michael Tabie – design * Jesse Stone – marketing * Willy Friedman – marketing * Ben Dotson – marketing * Milo Pullman – marketing

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2007 albums Collaborative albums Blue Sky Black Death albums Hell Razah albums Babygrande Records albums