''The Urban Hitchcock LP'' is the debut studio album from Jonathan Hay and features notable names in the hip-hop genre. Jonathan Hay is an outspoken veteran producer and

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. The deluxe version, ''Deluxe: The Urban Hitchcock LP'' was released in August 2016.

Background

Released in March 2016, ''The Urban Hitchcock LP'' is controversial in nature, as Hay goes after artists

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and

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on a skit titled "The Jerk." Hay later apologized to

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and

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for the parody skit, and said "I’m completely embarrassed by it now, as it’s truly comedy gone bad."

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artist,

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is featured on the album.

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member

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starts the album off and closes it with the topic of Jonathan Hay's adoption. Hay reunited with his biological birth parents through phone in 2015. On the song "Johnny College", Hay addresses the

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basketball scandal. Hay was quoted as saying to

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, “To see Louisville get tarnished by a sex scandal is so disgusting and it breaks my heart, and that’s what inspired Johnny College." "Don't Close Your Eyes" was the first single from the album and features

of Slaughterhouse from Eminem's

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. The song starts out with a voicemail to Hay from his

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Pamela Nicely. The song is about struggling with suicide thoughts and alcohol abuse. Kxng Crooked was quoted as saying to MTV News, “I’ve been in several dark places in my life, betrayed by those closest to me or feelings of hopelessness in situations I can’t control or even others trying to remove me from this earth. It takes its toll.”

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premiered Hay's second single "Dude Looks Like A Superstar" with

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and famed hip-hop visual artist

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that puts a twist on the 1998 hit, " Ghetto Superstar" borrowing the hook's melody from the Bee Gee's " Islands in the Stream." "Hush" is the third single released and it features

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and Frida Dee.

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quoted Chino XL as saying, "‘Hush’ came from having a lot of moments being in dark places, with feelings of hopelessness and despair. It’s a

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of addiction as a woman. When Jonathan Hay sent me the track and I heard the singing rom Frida Deeand she sang about having to be quiet about an affair, immediately I thought about the affair of addiction. With the pianos and the tone of the music, it was kind of

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in a weird way and it gave me inspiration to want to have a storytelling composition."

Reviews

"It’s a doozy. Littered with top-tier names like Royce da 5'9",

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and more, Urban Hitchcock is a quality-filled listen from top to bottom."

Track listing

''The Urban Hitchcock LP'' track listing and credits. # "The First Chapter (Bloodline)" feat

# "You Yeah" feat Roy Demeno # "Paradise" feat Royce da 5'9",

, Truth Ali # "Hush" feat

, Frida Dee, Ajami # "Addict (Part Two)" feat

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, Frida Dee, Ajami # "Johnny College" feat

, Chaz Ultra, Greyson & Jasun # "Black Pearl Jam" feat Frankie Carrera, Truth Ali, Chaz Ultra # "Dude Looks Like A Superstar" feat

, Chaz Ultra, Truth Ali, Frida Dee, Ajami # "Don't Close Your Eyes" feat

, Truth Ali, Morgan McRae, Frida Dee, Ajami, Frankie Carrera, Benny Reid, Ezkiel # "Does He Love You?" feat

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, Truth Ali, Frida Dee # "The Jerk" # "The Inkwell" feat Frankie Carrera, Truth Ali, Chaz Ultra, Frida Dee, Morgan McRae, Justinn Patton # "Call You" feat

, Chaz Ultra # "Stop Thief" feat Bootleg from The Dayton Family,

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from

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, Truth Ali, Morgan McRae, Tony Chevy, # "A Prayer From Sweden" feat Chaz Ultra, Ajami # "Still Waiting (The Adoption)" feat Professor Griff, Mike Smith,

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References

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