Blood and Ashes explained
Blood and Ashes is the debut full-length studio album by American hip hop duo OuterSpace. It was released on July 27, 2004, via Babygrande Records. Recording sessions took place at Old Dover Studios in Boston and at Fresh Tracks Studio in Philadelphia. Production was handled by 7L, Arythmetic, Beyonder, Celph Titled, DJ Jon Doe, DJ Sat-One, Panik, Shuko, with DJ Tinkerman serving as co-producer. It features guest appearances from Vinnie Paz, 7L & Esoteric, Celph Titled, Des Devious, Immortal Technique, King Syze, Sadat X and El Dorado.
Personnel
- Mario "Planetary" Collazo – vocals, sleeve notes
- Marcus "Crypt the Warchild" Albaladejo – vocals, sleeve notes
- Vincenzo "Vinnie Paz" Luvineri – additional vocals (tracks: 3, 16), vocals (track 13), executive producer
- Victor "Celph Titled" Mercer – vocals & producer (track 5)
- Derek "Sadat X" Murphy – vocals (track 7)
- Daniel "King Syze" Albaladejo – vocals (track 9)
- David "Des Devious" Edens – vocals (track 9)
- Lawrence Arnell MacMillan – additional vocals (track 14)
- Seamus "Esoteric" Ryan – vocals (track 15)
- Felipe "Immortal Technique" Coronel – vocals (track 16)
- Christoph "Shuko" Bauss – producer (tracks: 1, 7, 11, 16)
- Braun "Beyonder" Dugan – producer (track 2)
- George "7L" Andrinopoulos – producer (tracks: 3, 8, 15)
- Jim "DJ Sat-One" Thorpe – producer (track 6)
- Jon "DJ Jon Doe" Foster – producer (track 9)
- Edward "Panik" Zamudio – producer (tracks: 12, 13)
- Bradley "Arythmetic" McNaughton – producer (track 14)
- DJ Tinkerman – co-producer (track 11)
- Scott "Supe" Stallone – engineering & mixing (tracks: 3, 6, 12-14)
- Chris Conway – mixing (tracks: 7, 11, 16)
- Emily Lazar – mastering
- Sean Clarity – design, layout
- Dominic DiGiorgio – photography
- Chuck Wilson – coordinator
- Chase Jones – management
- Jesse Stone – marketing
