"A Long Story Short" is finally here! After a phe­nom­e­nal dis­play of lyri­cism, wit, charm, appeal and ded­i­ca­tion on his fresh­man solo mix­tape "Great Expectations", URB Magazine NEXT 1000 can­di­date Element, of the crit­i­cally acclaimed Los Angeles based Hip-Hop col­lec­tive, Custom Made returns with his highly antic­i­pated suc­ces­sion "A Long Story Short."

After wrap­ping up the lat­est Custom Made mix­tape "The Lost Weekend", the offi­cial group LP under Babygrande "Original Dynasty," and sell­ing over 43,000 copies world­wide of his first solo project "Great Expectations," Element con­tin­ues to deliver an array of pas­sion­ate, real life sto­ries that his fans yearn for. “Its extremely impor­tant that I spit the truth,” explains Element. “Things I see in my every­day life, things I‟ve been through, sto­ries that were told to me from my elders, or just a reg­u­lar con­ver­sa­tions I've had; I feed off of all of that then write about what touches me the most. That‟s where the pas­sion comes from.”

Even though this is a mix­tape; with all orig­i­nal pro­duc­tion and all new music, it sounds more like an album. This time around, All of the pro­duc­tion is han­dled by Custom Made pro­ducer, Abstrakt Soundz.

"A Long Story Short" fea­tures Custom Made cohorts Bluff, Scoobs, Six, Skitzo and the lovely voice of singer Dena Fleming. It is the sec­ond install­ment of Element's mix­tape series and is also here to hold fans over while he pol­ishes up his Official LP titled “Battle Cry.” With this release, Element is def­i­nitely defin­ing his tal­ents as a poet, his unique­ness as an emcee and his sin­cer­ity as a per­son all in “A Long Story Short.”

CUSTOM MADE PROUDLY PRESENTS A LONG STORY SHORT (DOWNLOAD HERE)

Custom Made Presents: A Long Story Short

Artist: Element (of Custom Made) // Produced by Abstrakt Soundz

Label: Custom Made Recordings

1. Radio ft Scoobs

2. Controlled Media (interLISTEN)

3. The Shining

4. My Dawgz ft Bluff, Scoobs, Six and Skitzo

5. Mic 2 The Thrizzoat

6. Self Explanatory

7. Black History Month

8. The Truth

9. Story (interLISTEN)

10. EveryDay

11. Got It Made

12. A Long Story Short ft Dena

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Previously on HipHopIsCoolAgain.Com

• 09/07/2009 -- Crate Cinema & Nikkel Plate Productions Presents… Crates & Mics 2: The Beat Club Co-op L.A. Launch Party
• 06/03/2009 -- Custom Made – The Lost Weekend (Mixtape)
• 05/27/2009 -- Custom Made – New Life
• 05/08/2009 -- Custom Made – Somebody’s Hurting
• 03/25/2009 -- VIDEO: Custom Made – Sunday Money

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