In 2004, Priest performed numerous times with other Wu-Tang Killa Beez and also appeared on Masta Killa's album No Said Date. The video promotes the beliefs of the Black Hebrew Israelites that believe in the 12 Tribes of Israel in the name of Jesus Christ (Yahawashi Ha Mashayach). In 2009, Killah Priest launched the controversial music video "Redemption" directed by One_Over. He also appeared in the music video for the single " Made You Look" by fellow New York rapper Nas. Black August Revisited also saw Priest rediscover his Wu-Tang ties, including collaborations with Hell Razah and Ol' Dirty Bastard. Priest also released an album on the Internet titled Black August Revisited a few months after the release of Black August which shared few similarities with the original, save its title. Black August followed in 2003 on Recon Records, and was also well received. His first independent release Priesthood (2001), released on Proverbs Music, his own record label, was critically acclaimed though it suffered from very limited distribution. Priest had to leave the major labels behind after View From Masada sold poorly. However, View From Masada received mixed reviews. The album had a decidedly more commercially minded style than Heavy Mental, and introduced his new Maccabeez such as Daddy Rose, Salahudin Rose, Sant Rose and Najee Rose.featuring a crew of then-unknown rappers Who now go under Rose Cartell The album was also an important early stepping stone to stardom for producer Najee7thStar, Daddy Rose, Just Blaze, who would later go on to produce countless mainstream hip hop hits for the likes of Cam'ron, Erick Sermon, Fabolous and Jay-Z. Ras Kass and Canibus were featured on Priest's second album, View From Masada, which featured no Wu-Tang input whatsoever (though the album's liner notes included the note "Peace to Wu-Tang Clan"). We have songs recorded and we have more in store." He's been doing the Dogg Pound thing, but it's definitely going to come. He said "The Horsemen project is definitely going to come. The talks about a new album were mentioned on the entry. On Killah Priest's journal, he mentions the Horsemen a few times. It is currently unknown who handled the majority of the production on the album, although it is known that Mark Sparks was responsible for two songs. Each track featured at least two members of the group as well as an appearance by Pak Man. and was only available to purchase off the internet. It was released independently through Think Differently Music/ Proverbs Music Inc. In October 2003, Killah Priest and Dreddy Kruger released a nine track album entitled The Horsemen Project. After unsuccessful attempts by the pair to create new post-Wu Tang crews (Priest proposed a crew called the Maccabeez which would include himself, Shabazz and Timbo King among others, while Shabazz proposed a group including himself and Priest called the Sunz Of Thunder) they both effectively went their separate ways and cut their respective Wu-Tang ties.Īfter leaving the Wu stable, and consequently also effectively leaving Sunz Of Man, Priest helped form the hip hop supergroup The HRSMN with Ras Kass, Canibus and Kurupt. Sunz Of Man released their debut album The Last Shall Be First later in 1998, but by that time Priest's ties to the Wu were beginning to weaken, as he and long-time friend Shabazz clashed with RZA (their business ties with the Wu also began to weaken after the GZA Entertainment management agency, which they were both signed to, dissolved in 1996). The album was mostly produced by the Wu-Elements producers, a group of in-house Wu-Tang producers mentored by Wu leader RZA. It mostly expanded on the themes of "B.I.B.L.E.", featuring religious references and allegory woven into commentary on African American society and history. Killah Priest's first solo album was Heavy Mental, released on Geffen Records on February 24, 1998. Initially Sunz Of Man included Shabazz the Disciple, who had previously been in a duo with Priest called The Disciples Of Armageddon. Also in 1995, Priest's group Sunz Of Man with rappers Hell Razah, 60 Second Assassin, Prodigal Sunn, Shabazz the Disciple were signed to Wu-Tang Records and released three 12" singles through the label. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)". Liquid Swords in fact included a Killah Priest solo track titled "B.I.B.L.E. Killah Priest first made himself known to the hip hop world rapping on two songs on the Gravediggaz album 6 Feet Deep (which are " Diary of a Madman" and "Graveyard Chamber") in 1994, and followed this with two appearances on each of two Wu-Tang Clan solo albums, Ol' Dirty Bastard's Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version and GZA's Liquid Swords, both from 1995 (see 1995 in music).
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