Blood and Ashes

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Blood and Ashes
Studio album by OuterSpace
Released	July 27, 2004 (2004-07-27)
Studio	Old Dover Studios (Boston, MA) Fresh Tracks Studio (Philadelphia, PA)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	49:24
Label	Babygrande
Producer	7L Arythmetic Beyonder Celph Titled DJ Jon Doe DJ Sat-One Panik Shuko
OuterSpace chronology
Outerspace (2004) Blood and Ashes (2004) Blood Brothers (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllHipHop	[1]
AllMusic	[2]
HipHopDX	7/10 [3]
laut.de	[4]
Prefix	6/10 [5]
RapReviews	8/10 [6]

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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"		Shuko	0:37
2.	"Brute Force"	Mario Collazo Marcus Albaladejo Braun Duggan	Beyonder	2:41
3.	"Fire and Ice" (featuring Vinnie Paz)	Collazo M. Albaladejo Vincenzo Luvineri George Andrinopoulos	7L	4:02
4.	"Chrome Depot" (Skit)			0:57
5.	"The Revolution" (featuring Celph Titled)	Collazo M. Albaladejo Vic Mercer	Celph Titled	3:17
6.	"Cutthroats"	Collazo M. Albaladejo Jim Thorpe	DJ Sat-One	3:31
7.	"Top Shelf" (featuring Sadat X)	Collazo M. Albaladejo Derek Murphy Christoph Bauss	Shuko	3:43
8.	"Is What It Is"	Collazo M. Albaladejo Andrinopoulos	7L	3:24
9.	"Gods and Generals" (featuring King Syze & Des Devious)	Collazo M. Albaladejo Daniel Albaladejo David Edens Jon Foster	DJ Jon Doe	4:11
10.	"Immature" (Skit)			0:23
11.	"Chapter of Thunder"	Collazo M. Albaladejo Bauss	Shuko DJ Tinkerman (co.)	3:34
12.	"Raw Deal"	Collazo M. Albaladejo Edward Zamudio	Panik	4:23
13.	"Blades of Glory" (featuring Vinnie Paz)	Collazo M. Albaladejo Luvineri Zamudio	Panik	3:13
14.	"Whatever It Takes" (featuring El Dorado)	Collazo M. Albaladejo Lawrence MacMillan Bradley McNaughton	Arythmetic	3:47
15.	"Far Greater" (featuring 7L & Esoteric)	Collazo M. Albaladejo Seamus Ryan Andrinopoulos	7L	3:15
16.	"Angels of Death" (featuring Immortal Technique & Vinnie Paz)	Collazo M. Albaladejo Felipe Coronel Luvineri Bauss	Shuko	4:26
Total length:				49:24

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

References

1. Barone, Matt (August 25, 2004). "Blood and Ashes". AllHipHop . Retrieved February 17, 2025.
2. Glazer, Joshua. "Outerspace - Blood and Ashes Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved February 15, 2024.
3. Ryce, Jeff (September 20, 2004). "Outerspace - Blood & Ashes". HipHopDX . Retrieved February 15, 2024.
4. Engelen, Alexander. "Ganz die musikalischen Ziehväter". laut.de (in German). Retrieved February 15, 2024.
5. Umile, Dominic (July 27, 2004). "Outerspace . Blood and Ashes [prefixmag review]". Prefixmag. Retrieved August 17, 2007– via Wayback Machine.
6. Ketchum III, William (October 12, 2004). "Outerspace :: Blood and Ashes – RapReviews". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved February 15, 2024.

External links

• Outerspace – Blood And Ashes at Discogs (list of releases)