Lord Jamar, the Brand Nubian member who has long carried the Five Percent perspective into his own solo work, is the producer behind "Illuminati" by Jamaar Milton. The song first appeared on Milton's 2024 album X on his own Lighthouse Movement label, with DJ Sol Messiah as its featured guest, and it now has a video upload that carries the title "Illuminati" x Sol Messiah produced by Lord Jamar. Milton is a rapper, singer and multi instrumentalist from Freeport, Long Island, who produces and engineers much of his own material, which makes an album with an outside producer of Jamar's stature a notable exception in his catalog. He wrote the song himself. The artist profile for X presents the album as a collaboration with Lord Jamar on production and DJ Sol Messiah, and "Illuminati" is the track that carries both names. Milton's wider story gives the pairing a context. He founded The Lighthouse, an organization focused on African history and culture and on reconnecting people with their African roots, and he describes himself as a certified Kemetic priest. His collaborators over the years include Planet Asia, Mu Mu Fresh and Joey Bada$$, and he has performed at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on a bill with Jim Jones, 5Mics and Bobby Shmurda. A Brand Nubian veteran behind the boards fits a catalog built around that kind of cultural and historical outlook, which makes this song a good entry point into X.
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