New video by the Foreign Legion cats as they travel around the globe.

This new  Foreign Legion track will only available on the soon to be released Red Eye Flight Mixtape. Prozack & Marc Stretch are joined here by Left Coast All Star, Oh No. The brand new Foreign Legion album Night Moves will be available in stores and online everywhere April 12th!

Garth Trinidad’s interview with The Foreign Exchange prior to their new album release Authenticity.

Kicking off the CD is “Here We Go Again”, fueling a somewhat light-hearted chorus hook. The aim on this opener for their second wind effort, is to merely reintroduce fans and let newcomers know that they’re entering at their own risk, all the while outlining what they’ve been up to on their 2-year hiatus and what they’ll never change about themselves. As you move along into this record, it isn’t hard to get right into, especially as the first musical note off “Feel the Music” packs a flute-inflamed loop to make you start bumping shoulder to shoulder at the bar. Yes – that funk, soul and swing all come together on this infectious cut, while FL’s naughty lyrics invite that vice in you to unravel and fully express. Even though some like “Nasty Lady” or “Happy Drunk” miss the mark on pushing the party into the wee hours of the morning, “Champagne Beamin’” featuring Maryam picks up the slack and definitely gets the crown for ‘club-banger of the album’. Not at all losing its genuine hip hop feel, DJ Design somehow even finds the right technique using Maryam’s distinctive high-pitched hook to give it an old school flavor. They take a time-out from the partying on “How Do it Feel” to quickly expose their intelligence of life’s reality as an emcee. Over that deep and reflective groove most emcees on the underground favor, DJ Design’s violin rain shower drenches this track. Rakim’s vocals get sampled throughout the chorus, when the lines by Prozack and Stretch provide the ultimate emcees’ anthem: “Living life to the beat/Trying to eat and stay off the street/Living one beat at a time - HOW DO IT FEEL - living in rhyme!”

As their sophomore year comes to a close, FL get back to those defining moments that make the photomural on the refrigerator look so festive. Through their title track, and wilding out and bum rushing the scene on “Party Crashers”, FL’s acting a fool again. This time, the ludicrous creativity closes the college semester perfectly on “Roommate Joint”, where Prozack and Marc Stretch, as actors, exemplify the disgusting habits most roommates have, leading to inevitable feuding. Through witty rhymes and obvious emotions similar to Eminem’s customary ventures, guess who’s first to step up to the microphone:

“Blockbuster called, said you rented ‘Billy Madison’, let you use my card, said you wouldn’t let me get a late fee! / Maaaan, I didn’t even watch it… / Fuck that, pay me! / Well, let me grab my check book / Naaah, you better pay me Cash! / What?!?”/ You need to get a job, with your lazy ass!”

Like the lead single said, these cats are “Full Time B-Boys” so when looking for a suitable Foreign Legion fix, their straightforward Hip-Hop records seem to please the best. “That’s Bond” and “People Round Town” are simple, to the point and effective for their purpose. When the duo get ambitious is when they tend to where thin, “Nowhere To Run” is cute at first, as they divulge into bevy of conspiracy theories and paranoid rants, but when they start shouting out places like “the grassy knoll” and people like Art Bell, it’s time to get “Nature Of The Threat” and enjoy a seriously distrustful song. “Secret Agent” and “You’ll Never Be Number One” play themselves out in similar ways, how many Bond-scenario songs can a culture sustain? “You’ll Be Number One” rings with a dope vibraphone and a great Too $hort intro, but again we know Hip-Hop is your life but addressing it so incessantly gets a little saturated at times.

Foreign Legion undoubtedly have the ability to make an album but developing a character all their own should be something to work on. While fans of Dilated Peoples, Swollen Members, and Lootpack will surely flock to the Kidnapper Van, the goal is to keep them coming back and at this point the Legion might not have the charisma that their trailblazers do.

“Intangible MC’s” is the bonus, as Prozack and Marc Stretch rhyme over one of their own instrumentals from the recent album and flip expert chemistry and biting punchlines. It’s one of the better cuts I’ve heard them put together – all hearty ego boasts that don’t front too hard. Ain’t nothing but a party y’all. “Who keeps it hotter than block parties in hell?” You know the name – that’d be the F.L.