Masta Ace – Disposable Arts T-Shirt

Description

A rapper sitting on a car seat in the street, with no car around it. That’s Masta Ace’s whole comeback in one photo.

In 2001, six years after “Sittin’ On Chrome,” the Juice Crew vet from “The Symphony” came back with a concept album about a young Brooklyn man who comes home from prison and enrolls at the Institute of Disposable Arts. It’s a full story told through skits and songs, with Jean Grae on “Hold U,” Greg Nice on “Don’t Understand,” and “Acknowledge,” the surgical diss track aimed at The High & Mighty. “Unfriendly Game” later ended up on The Wire.

The label folded weeks after it dropped, so it never got its moment on the shelves. Heads found it anyway. Disposable Arts became the start of Ace’s indie run that led into A Long Hot Summer, and proof that the grown-man, story-first lane was open for underground rap. Wearing it says you stayed in class.

Product Details

• Premium Bella Canvas 3001 – 100% combed and ring-spun cotton
• Lightweight (4.2 oz) with retail fit
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Tear-away label for comfort
• Available in Black, Navy, and Chocolate

For the heads who still run “Block Episode” back. For the ones who know Ace never fell off and just went independent. For you.