Searching for Jerry Garcia [PA] * [CD & DVD] by Proof (CD, Jul-2011, 2 Discs, Thump)

Album Features
UPC:	720657945928
Artist:	Proof
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2011
Record Label:	Thump
Genre:	R&B, Rap
Number Of Discs:	2

Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Knice
2. Clap with Me
3. Biboa's Theme
4. When God Calls
5. Forgive Me - (featuring 50 Cent)
6. Purple Gang
7. Nat Morris
8. Gurls Wit Da Boom
9. High Rollers - (featuring Method Man/B Real)
10. Rondell Beene
11. Pimplikeness - (featuring D12)
12. Ali - (featuring MC Breed)
13. No. T. Lose - (featuring King Gordy)
14. Jump Biatch
15. M.A.D. - (featuring Rude Jude)
16. 72nd & Central - (featuring Obie Trice/J-Hill)
17. Sammy Da Bull - (featuring Nate Dogg/Swifty McVay)
18. Black Wrist Bro's - (featuring 1st Born)
19. Slum Elements - (featuring M.U.D.D./T3)
20. Kurt Kobain

DISC 2:
1. [DVD]

Details
Playing Time:	66 min.
Contributing Artists:	50 Cent, Nate Dogg, Method Man, B-Real, Obie Trice, MC Breed, D-12, J-Hill, T3, King Gordy, 1st Born, Rude Jude, Swifty McVay, M.U.D.D.
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
On "Clap Wit Me," the first track on his major-label solo debut, Proof announces "the world's been 'sleep long enough, they better wake up." The Detroit MC has good reason to be antsy for recognition. While the larger-than-life Eminem and the over-the-top ranting of Bizarre may have defined D-12, fellow member Proof was operating on the eccentric plane of artists like Madlib & Kool Keith for years on his own. He won awards as a rising star in the 1990s and released underground records before SEARCHING FOR JERRY GARCIA.The unlikely hip-hop motif of the Grateful Dead (which continues on album flap images of skeletons and fire) is just a remote corner of Proof's chaotic and fertile mind. On a record that flows with an organic smoothness, Proof raps with control and bravado as he lyrically boils over with pain, power, and vulnerability, spitting lines like "life's been hard so far but I've managed to bluff" as he dangles his feet further over the edge. While his debut certainly isn't hurt by the presence of VIPs like 50 Cent and Method Man, it's Proof who rules the show with unwavering command. Fittingly, the gloriously unstable Proof finishes his coming-out party with a complete breakdown on "Kurt Kobain," a breathlessly sincere reflection.

Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 -- [A] fascinating solo debut....He balances provocation with inspection.
Mojo