01. Intro (Kingdom Kome)
02. Miyagi (On Our Way)
03. Piece of My Heart
04. Books and Bricks Featuring A.M. Early Morning
05. Still Care
06. Float
07. God Is Love Featuring Stephanie "Stephstaa" McNair
08. Understand/Overstand Featuring Joey Childz, Omar Rapp$, C-Red, The International M.C, and C-Note
09. Still We Pray Featuring Roy McGrath
10. Circa 01
11. Grateful Featuring Jeremy Claybourn and Jocelyn Hart
12. Wrath of Lawndale Featuring Torch and C-Note (Digital Bonus Track)
13. Changing of The Guard (Digital Bonus Track)
Kastaway and Backpack Beatz come out of Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood with "Circa 01" – a record explicitly positioned as a tribute to the early 2000s era of hip-hop that shaped both artists creatively. The project doesn't treat that era as nostalgia. It treats it as a set of standards: soulful samples, hard drums, albums that meant something, verses that carried weight. Thirteen tracks (plus two digital bonuses) move through personal testimony, street wisdom, and cultural commentary without losing the structural coherence that separates concept albums from collections. The posse cut "Understand/Overstand" assembles Joey Childz, Omar Rapp$, C-Red, The International M.C., and C-Note over a single Backpack Beatz production, and the guest list across the album reflects a genuine network rather than imported features. North Lawndale runs through the writing – not as local color but as the actual subject.
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