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RE-EDUCATION MUSIC PROJECT VOL 1 is a groundbreaking music and edutainment project produced by Oakland based Hip-Hop Group The Suitors.  Drawing upon their backgrounds as Hip-Hop artists, educators and activists the Suitors fuse Hip-Hop music and culture with biographies of historical heroes of African descent creating a sonically motivating soundtrack and educational curriculum all in one hence, ReEducation Music Project Vol 1.

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ReEducation Music’s emergence creates a new home that Hip-Hop artists and industry can embrace and support to give tribute to an ancestor/historical figure that has influenced their lives while simultaneously preserving their legacy and educating the next generation in an inspirational and impactful way.  Each artist on the project creatively tells the story of a historical figure personified in their voice via a unique musical production. 

That track then gets used in the ReEducation Music educational curriculum around historical Black heroes.  Concerts & tours, youth workshops, take home curriculum, traditional marketing, merchandise and content all round out the ReEducation Music ecosystem surrounding the musical content. 

Working to embolster the movement to provide equitable educational opportunities & resources for Black  youth, Re-Education Music serves as a tool to further the already existing work around edutainment & culturally competent curriculum for scholars and activists to push the paradigm of how we educate youth of color in America in the present and future. 

about

the album

ReEducation’s emergence creates a new home that Hip-Hop artists and industry can embrace and support to give tribute to an ancestor/historical figure that has influenced their lives while simultaneously preserving their legacy and educating the next generation in an inspirational and impactful way.  Each artist on the project creatively tells the story of a historical figure personified in their voice via a unique musical production.  That track then gets used in the ReEducation educational curriculum around historical Black heroes.  Concerts & tours, youth workshops, take home curriculum, traditional marketing, merchandise and content all round out the ReEducation ecosystem surrounding the musical content.  Working to embolster the movement to provide equitable educational opportunities & resources for Black  youth, Re-Education serves as a tool to further the already existing work around edutainment & culturally competent curriculum for scholars and activists to push the paradigm of how we educate youth of color in America in the present and future. 

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The good times dance tunes of The Suitors are as eclectic, vibrant and musically complex asthe musicians themselves. Drawing on their experiences with hip hop, punk, house, dub step,classic rock and country, The Suitors’ music is serious but the lyrics are playful, raucously romantic – and make you want to move. The music – “a little bit of this, a little bit of that” –reflects the diverse cultural upbringing, varied life experiences and personalities of its members who went from beat boxing on park benches and freestyling for the crew to making a serious commitment to their music.

Dahk Jones

Writer/vocalist Dakh Jones has fronted for Josh Jones and Human Flavor, and performed for years as songwriter and front man for the Bay Area punk band, Thirty Aut Sicks, and as a founding member of the improv/freestyle group, The Grrr Animals. As a freestyler, Dakh has won countless freestyle emcee battles throughout the Bay Area. He came out on top so manytimes at the Liberated Zone freestyle competitions in Oakland, he was promoted to residenthost.

Malik Cooper

Writer/vocalist/DJ/ producer Malik Cooper has always loved music and credits his favorite artists as major influences in his life. He started writing in 6th grade and as a DJ in high schooland his passion for music and eclectic taste for different genres earned him gigs as a DJ for events all over the country.

Paolo Tsui

Paolo Tsui aka DoMeSo has multiple production credits. He mixes a wide variety of musical styles both on the turntables and in the studio, and makes the music from start to finish, producing, co-mastering, and engineering all The Suitors’ tracks. All three have experience as educators which is what helped inspire this project‍