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Liquid Ltd releases ‘I Walked’

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3 years ago

September 6, 2023

Don Reed

Fresh off the success of his song ‘Hard Labor’, which has been heard on radio all over Europe and has just been featured in Bafta winning editor screenwriter Will Gilbey’s new action-thriller film Jericho Ridge, new Liquid Ltd single ‘I Walked’ is a soulful hip-hop meets Americana track that reflects on the Montreal artist’s life journey, from struggles to enlightenment in consciousness.

Liquid Ltd, aka Stephen “Liquid” Hawley has soared to the Top of the Pops with Bran Van 3000’s smash hit ‘Drinking In LA’ and with ‘I Walked’ has teamed again with Brooklyn’s Billboard number one charting, Emmy nominated producer Rench to bring a powerful portrait of desire facing the reality of inner-city life and concrete meeting the dirt road.

“If you want the highs! Better know the lows”, Liquid proclaims with a sounded foundation, as ‘I Walked’ carries the weight of his highs and lows in life so far. The contemplative song is sure to have you deep in thought and get under your skin with its gritty rap bars and restrained rustic troubadour lilt.

“It’s a song of the miles travelled, escaping conflict and pain and being forced at a young age to make life changing decisions”, says Liquid. “It is a story of consciousness in consequences in the battle of bad and good”, he adds.

The video for ‘I Walked’ was shot by Liquid and Francis DiSalvio (F6 image) in the infamous Fattal artist compound in St. Henri and Liquid’s own neighbourhood NDG (Notre Dame De Grace) or Our Lady of Peace in the West End of Montreal. “It’s a marginalized community layered with many cultures from Irish to Jamaican and where I have lived since hitch hiking to Montreal at 16 years old”, reveals Liquid. “I wanted to capture the feeling I felt when I was 16 years old. The highs and lows, bad and good and the struggle to find a way in the maze”, he explains.

So, take the steps and walk with Liquid Ltd in ‘I Walked’ and enjoy a richness of emotion that will bring a fire to your spirit and hope to despair and meet you there!

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Che Noir Release New Single “Fame & Fiction” Featuring Black Thought, ‘It Takes A Village’ Drops 10.23.26

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3 days ago

October 23, 2026

Royal Jones

Buffalo-born, now Atlanta-based multi-hyphenate, Che Noir has spent the last several years building one of the most quietly formidable catalogs in independent hip-hop – project by project, feature by feature, bar by bar. On October 23, 2026, she adds the next chapter with It Takes A Village, her most personal and fully realized project to date.

After releasing "Urban Essence," (produced by Mobb Deep's Havoc), and "Grandma's Cookies," Che Noir is back with one last single before It Takes A Village drops next week. Che has now released "Fame & Fiction," featuring the legendary Black Thought from The Roots. Produced by the Wu-Tang Clan's Mathematics, "Fame & Fiction" is now available at all digital streaming platforms (DSP).

True to form, Che assembled a village of collaborators to match the album's title and its ambition. It Takes A Village features guest appearances from Black Thought, Havoc, Ransom and Bruiser Wolf, with production from Conductor Williams, Mathematics, Chuck Strangers and Nottz — a lineup that reflects the deep respect Che commands from across generations of hip-hop's most respected names.

Che Noir will release It Takes A Village on October 23, 2026.

Stream Che Noir ft Black Thought "Fame & Fiction": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_7ivsYwfWw

Fans can now Purchase, Stream, Add and Favorite "Fame & Fiction" at their preferred DSP: https://sparta.ffm.to/fameandfiction

Fans can now Pre-Order, Add and Favorite It Takes A Village at their preferred DSP: https://sparta.ffm.to/ittakesavillage

It Takes A Village TRACKLISTING:

01) Unity Of Thought (Prod Bopman) 02) This Morning (Prod DJ Design) 03) Grandma's Cookies (Prod Playa Haze) 04) Urban Essence FEAT The Uce (Prod Havoc) 05) A Caged Mockingbird (Prod Havoc) 06) Fame & Fiction FEAT Black Thought (Prod Mathematics) 07) Conductor's Interlude (Prod Conductor Williams) 08) Blood Bath (Prod A Guy Called Purple) 09) My Village (Prod Nottz) 10) Olive Branches FEAT Jynx 716 (Prod Kage Green) 11) Wasted Time FEAT Ransom (Prod Conductor Williams) 12) Magic FEAT Bruiser Wolf (Prod Chuck Strangers & Ill Brown)

For More Information: Follow Che Noir on X (@che_noir), Instagram (@che_noir), and Facebook (CheNoir94). Also, follow Black Thought on X (@blackthought), Instagram (@blackthought), and Facebook (BlackThought)

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