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}} ''Lord Steppington'' is the debut studio album by California-based hip hop duo Step Brothers (rapper/producers The Alchemist and Evidence). The album was released on January 21, 2014 by Rhymesayers Entertainment.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://rhymesayers.com/stepbrothers/releases/lord_steppington )〕 The record was produced entirely by Alchemist and Evidence, and includes guest appearances from Action Bronson, Roc Marciano, Blu, Fashawn, Rakaa, Oh No, Styles P, Domo Genesis and The Whooliganz – Alchemist's old group which included actor Scott Caan. The album was supported by the singles "Step Masters" and "Mums in the Garage" featuring Action Bronson. Upon its release, the album was met with generally positive reviews from music critics, including a 79 score based on 11 reviews at Metacritic. It debuted at number 60 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, with first-week sales of 5,400 copies in the United States. ==Background== Anticipation for the collaborative project between Dilated Peoples emcee Evidence and producer The Alchemist has been building since they have announced they would be joining forces as Step Brothers in 2009. With time passing, both artists have been preparing their joint album while balancing other projects separately. Given that they are friends since childhood, the two have worked together regularly in the past. Their collective catalog includes songs like "The Far Left", "The Red Carpet" and Dilated Peoples' "Worst Comes to Worst". But this is the first album the two will conceive together entirely. The duo announced their album title on January 1, 2013.〔 "Lord Steppington" was chosen as the name for their record after a line Alchemist said on Gangrene's "Dark Shades."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://rapgenius.com/Gangrene-oh-no-and-the-alchemist-dark-shades-lyrics )〕 According to Evidence, the project was completed, as of January 2013, and was set up for a release sometime in early 2013. He said that rappers Styles P, Action Bronson and Domo Genesis are confirmed to participate on the project. "The album is pretty much done and we just signed a deal (Rhymesayers ). The deal's finished, I got my check. I was gonna tell everybody who we signed with the other day, we were going to put out a little video but we didn't get a chance because () and Prodigy had a show and they were rehearsing or whatever. But yeah, that's it; Step Brothers is official, the album title is set and the label is on… we've got some dope people (the project ), we've got Domo Genesis on it, we got Styles P on it so far, Action Bronson's on it. Alchemist's done all the beats on it so far, I did one… once we master it and I get the product in, then we'll give you date… but until we announce it, I'd say early 2013."〔 Evidence admitted that he and Alchemist didn't plan on making an album, saying "We just hung out and recorded and did wild sh-t and looked at the laptop one day and said, 'Oh, there's 20 songs.' We bottled it up and made it interesting and that's what you get." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lord Steppington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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