John Forte Returns with StyleFREE the EP
08/06/2009
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(EMI) John Forte is releasing StyleFREE the EP, his first collection of new music in eight years, via EMI Label Services. The EP will be distributed to digital retailers in the US this week (marking the 9th year anniversary of Fortι's arrest on charges of drug trafficking).
The first single from the EP, "Play My Cards for Me," is available as a free download at www.johnforte.com.
Having served seven and a half years of a fourteen-year federal prison sentence before receiving a historic commutation from President Bush and being released from prison in December 2008, Fortι's undeniable talent as a lyricist and musician, far from diminishing during his incarceration, has grown and matured. His new songs, full of powerful social commentary combined with hope and inspiration, bear witness to the remaking of a man and his struggle to remain free they are a testament to his spiritual journey and proof that the phoenix can, and will, rise from the ashes.
On StyleFREE the EP Fortι delivers an eclectic group of songs, including tracks reminiscent of mixtape culture and throwbacks from Forte's childhood in Brownsville, Brooklyn, such as the title track, "StyleFREE". The EP also contains powerful ballads like "More Beautiful Now," and the self-affirming "There We Are" each track being equally honest, poetic and creatively expressed.
Best known for producing and co-writing tracks for The Fugees' multi-platinum album The Score, as well as recording two solo albums, PolySci (Columbia; 1998) and I, John (Transparent; 2002), which featured guest appearances by Herbie Hancock, Esthero and Tricky, and included a duet with Carly Simon, Fortι dropped several MP3s into the blogosphere, including "Life Has Just Begun (Returning Home)," "Homecoming" (featuring Talib Kweli) and a remake of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill", all of which can be heard at johnforte.com, shortly upon his return from prison.
In addition to recording, Fortι has been writing (he signed a book deal with Simon & Schuster for his memoir), touring (he recently joined fellow artists Talib Kweli, Chrisette Michelle, and Pharoahe Monch on stage as special guests of The Roots at Highline Ballroom, showcased at SXSW, and returned from Ireland having performed with Ben Taylor and David Saw) and is actively working with at-risk youth at In Arms Reach, a Harlem-based initiative for children of incarcerated parents.
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