{"id":111910,"date":"2016-11-07T09:02:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T08:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=111910"},"modified":"2016-11-06T23:06:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T22:06:43","slug":"stream-la-coka-nostras-new-album-to-thine-own-self-be-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/stream-la-coka-nostras-new-album-to-thine-own-self-be-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Stream La Coka Nostra&#8217;s New Album &#8220;To Thine Own Self Be True&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"111911\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/stream-la-coka-nostras-new-album-to-thine-own-self-be-true\/fee654a236014a7d84156ddb14a9da09\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/fee654a236014a7d84156ddb14a9da09.jpg?fit=600%2C399&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,399\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"la coka nostra\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/fee654a236014a7d84156ddb14a9da09.jpg?fit=540%2C359&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/fee654a236014a7d84156ddb14a9da09.jpg?fit=600%2C399&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/fee654a236014a7d84156ddb14a9da09.jpg?fit=640%2C359&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"la coka nostra\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-111911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/fee654a236014a7d84156ddb14a9da09.jpg?resize=540%2C359&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/fee654a236014a7d84156ddb14a9da09.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Always known for tackling controversial topic matter, the group\u2019s new album, To Thine Own Self Be True, finds them once again in torch-bearing mode, addressing subjects that most artists shy away from. &#8220;This album was created during a time of unique and individual transformation for each member of the group\u201d ILL Bill stated.  \u201cSpeaking for myself, it\u2019s been a heavy last couple of years. It&#8217;s definitely the most personal record we&#8217;ve made under the La Coka banner and we needed to make a record like this right now, not only for the fans, but for ourselves. I got alot off my chest on this one. Making music can be extremely therapeutic and making To Thine Own Self Be True was a rebirth and a re-ignition for me.&#8221; Slaine had a similar take on the projects therapeutic manifestation \u201cYou don&#8217;t put as many years in the game as we have without having ups and downs. We all have gone through struggle and adversity\u2014personally and professionally\u201d Slaine lamented.  \u201cThis album was recorded as I walked out of a very dark time toward a place of truth and understanding. This album is a moment in time. It is visceral and real.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/261645958&amp;color=000000&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Always known for tackling controversial topic matter, the group\u2019s new album, To Thine Own Self&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-t70","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}