Tim fite will release his new album, over the counter culture, for free as a digital download tuesday. Backspace w experimental dental school, fist fite portland, oregon. The title track lays fine waste to the modern day over the counter culture, but the best savaging comes when fite uses recent u. Tim fite born timothy sullivan is an american musician, singersongwriter, and. I downloaded the torrent of the album and researched the band.
Fite was raised in a rural community along the border of pennsylvania and new jersey by parents who rai. Tim fite s over the counter culture is both a critique and a celebration of hiphop. Tim fite is an american singer, songwriter from new jersey living and working in brooklyn. One of the best records of the year cannot be found in stores. Fife is signed to anti, the record label currently responsible for releases from such stalwarts as tom waits, nick cave, neko case, and mavis staples. However, the album was only available on october 31, 2007the day of halloween. Over the counter culture by tim fite released in 2007 via tim fite. At least until you realize many of his lyrics are about sexual frustration and being broke.
Its packed with crackling beats, wicked humor and did he just say that. I received my promo copy yesterday of tim fites new album over the counter culture, which isnt all that much of an insiders get considering. Features song lyrics for tim fite s over the counter culture album. Next week, alternativehiphopcountry twanger tim fite will release his brand new album, fair aint fair anti. The samples used throughout over the counter culture. In 2006, fite released a fulllength, webonly, free hip hop record, over the counter culture, which was a critique of modern culture of. Night windows tim fite plans free album release of over the counter culture tim fite video for away from the snakes posted.
Tim fite over the counter culture lyrics and tracklist. After that group went on an indefinite hiatus, fite signed to the anti records label and started releasing solo albums. Most likely to subvert the system the boston globe. In 2007, fite made over the counter culture, one of jim and gregs favorite albums of the year and released it for free. Tim fite over the counter culture my old kentucky blog. But, the artist explains that the subject matter of this album isnt. I ended up loving it and the artwork is really neat. Place your bets its all right here bacon and how good evening over the counterculture camoflage oh well hay man favorite rapper ive been shot im not scared of you in your haire take us out mase soup of the day external links amazon. Tim fite reaps enormous praise for over the counter culture news. Over the counter culture tim fite similar allmusic. He received critical acclaim and won many new fans with a 2006 hiphop album entitled over the counter culture in which he criticized the modern. In 2006, fite released a fulllength, webonly, free hip hop record, over the counter culture, which was a critique of modern culture of consumerism. Over the counterculture this song is by tim fite and appears on the album over the counter culture 2006. Read about over the counter culture from tim fite s over the counter culture and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.
His past releases widely varied in style going between indie to alternative to country to hip hop. Over the last couple years fite has been wowing critics with both his fulllength debut album, gone aint gone, and his freetothepublic, hiphop album, over the counter culture which was chock full of thoughtful wit and social commentary. After that group went on an indefinite hiatus, fite signed to the anti records label. The first album i heard by him was over the counter culture and i loved it.
Fite posted the entire 15song album as a free download on his website and via. Fite independently released counter culture on his personal website. It emerged from relative obscurity, is packed to the brim with unrecognizable samples, and is a strange concoction of experimental spoken word and offkilter political polemics. Tim fite over the counter culture free album download. You may know rapperproducerfunnyguy tim fite as the voice of this. When jim and greg were in austin, tx for sxsw they met with music artist tim fite.
So we have a hiphop album that hates everything that hiphop stands for. Opinion the case for investigating facebook the new york times. The music on over the counter culture matched the message, representing a. Why i am calling on the federal trade commission to investigate facebook for violating antitrust laws. Released via his personal web site and available only as a free download, over the counter culture by new yorks hiphop folkie tim fite was one of the strongest releases of 2007 a worthy. The shondells sudden rise to fame started in a dusty cut out record bin in.
The kings of nuthin over the counter culture duration. In 2006, fite released a fulllength, webonly, free hip hop record, over the counter culture, which was a critique of. In 2006, fite released a fulllength, webonly, free hip hop record, over the counter culture, which was a critique of modern culture of consumerism and greed. Since then, a torrent of reports has revealed that the cambridge analytica scandal was part of a.
Over the counter culture is his stab at the bloated and unintelligent hiphop culture and the consumerism it advocates. Listen free to tim fite over the counter culture place your bets, its all right here and. Tim fite continues to rule now so more than ever because hes decided to give away his awesome second album over the counter culture for 100% free fite will release his new album. Talks on the lug and they all bonked out, all bonked out, all bonked out rocks in the mud and they all gunked out, all gunked out, all gunked out trucks in the bunk. This album examines the relationship between hip hop, consumerism, and prolonged war.
From the start, fite has fretted about the impersonality of modern society. Like his previous release, over the counter culture, the album was made available at fite s website for free download. Now hes back with a new record called fair aint fair that hes releasing the oldfashioned way. We are all teenagers billy bragg, nick cave, man man on new free anti sampler. Tim fite s newest album change of heart is also available for a free download. Last tuesday, tim fite released over the counter culture exclusively on his web site. The album was, again, made available on october 31, 2008, along with a second halloweenthemed album, dingdong ditch. But its never tiresome, as many of his songs have a selfdeprecating charm, and hes known to get political from time to time see last years free download, the vicious over the counter culture. Brooklynbased tim fite created one of the most talkedabout albums of 2007 by taking a novel approach to releasing a concept set about hiphop and the consumer culture giving it away for free.
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