Misled Youth (EP) explained

Misled Youth
Type:	EP
Artist:	Manafest
Cover:	Misled Youth - Manafest.jpg
Released:	October 4, 2001
Genre:	Christian hip hop
Length:	14:49
Label:	Manafest Productions
Producer:	That Brotha Lokey, Relic the Oddity, Manafest
Next Title:	My Own Thing
Next Year:	2003

Misled Youth is the debut EP and release by the Christian rapper Manafest. It was released independently on October 4, 2001.^{[1] [2]}

Awards

The track "Freedom" from the release won "Modern Rock/Alternative Song of the Year" at the 24th annual GMA Canada Covenant Awards.^[3]

Personnel

• Manafest - lead vocals, executive producer
• Adam Messinger - mixing
• Nick Rawson - mastering
• Gerhard Thomas (That Brotha Lokey) - co-executive producer
• DeShaun "LINX" Jones - associate executive producer
• Melanie Cardoza - photography
• Shayne Ferguson - logo design
• Pasi Posti - director (for "Session" music video clip)

Notes

• According to Chris Greenwood, "Session" was the first track he ever wrote as Manafest.^[4]
• Besides this earliest known work, Manafest has released a 2000 demo song entitled "Mind Master" featuring Jusachyl. It was made available on the iTunes deluxe edition of Manafest's 2005 album Epiphany.^[5]
• The release is also referred to as Manafest the EP on the physical CD casing.
• If one acquires a physical CD copy of the EP, the music video clip for "Session" is included on the disc.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Misled Youth on Amazon.com . . March 28, 2015.
2. Web site: Misled Youth on iTunes . . March 28, 2015.
3. Web site: Covenant Awards Archives . GMACanada.ca . March 28, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141218065318/http://www.gmacanada.ca/covenant-awards-archives/ . December 18, 2014 .
4. Web site: Manafest - The House I Grew Up In . . June 19, 2015 . June 21, 2015.
5. Web site: Epiphany (Deluxe Edition) on iTunes . . March 28, 2015.