If you're familiar with the Oakland's spoken word and hip hop scenes you probably already know the deal with iLL-Literacy. If you're new to the game then this new digital download is a great primer to one of the areas most well known and longest running performance groups.

The 5 member ill-Lit squad blends words and rhymes into their own unique style that gets a the full blown digital treatment on iB4the1.1, their 3 chapter debut album.  The 1st chapter dropped yesterday and the finished album will be available on reusable flash drives rather then CD.  

Check out the tracks below and download the whole album at their site. Tell them Oakland Local sent you.

http://ill-literacy.com/

About Kwan Booth

Kwan Booth is the co founder and Sr. Community Manager for Oakland Local. A West Oakland resident, Booth is also a creative writer, media consultant and cultural curator. He was recently a recipient of the Society of Professional Journalist’s Sigma Delta Chi award for a series on air quality and health issues in West Oakland. He writes at Boothism.com