Mars ILL

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Mars Ill is a hip hop duo from Atlanta, Georgia signed to Gotee Records. Mars ILL has several national releases. It is made up of Gregory Lamar Owens (manCHILD) and Nathan Corrona (DJ Dust). They are also part of the larger hip-hop collective Deepspace5.

Mars ILL is noted for its quality music and its strong Christian witness.

1 ProPain Delays
2 Discography
3 Compilation Contributions
4 External links
- 4.1 Official
- 4.2 Mars iLL Links
5 References

[edit] ProPain Delays

Following the 2003 release of "Backbreakanomics", Dust and manCHILD began work on a new album titled "ProPain" with a 2004 release date. As excitment built for the new album, EMI executives began to get involved to the project which they planned to release as a major Gotee Records release. However, on review of the track line-up, they discovered that certain tracks had uncleared samples(snippets of music from old records), and they put the project on hold until further notice. As Dust worked to clear(get permission for) the samples for some tracks and redo others, the release dates was continually pushed back. To ease fans dissapointment and frustration, the group released "PirateRadio", showing their resilliance through this trial. ProPain's legal issues continued, however, and anticipation mounted through a premature release and recall, and several re-releases of previous albums. The waiting finally paid off in mid-2006 when the CD finally came out shy a few tracks of the original, but with new songs to help complete the project. Lead singles included: "More" featuring Ahmad Jones of 4th Avenue Jones[1] and Anthony David, and the revolutionary minded "Sound Off". Mars ILL continues to be a staple to the underground especially in Atlanta.

[edit] Discography

ProPain (May 2nd, 2006)
Backwaterprophets (2005)
Pirate Radio +Plus (2005) (no vocals, instrumental versions of songs on Pirate Radio)
The Blue Collar Sessions EP (re-release 2005)
Pirate Radio (2004)
Sound Methods 2.0 (re-release 2004)
backbreakanomics (2003)
Sound Methods (2002)
The Blue Collar Sessions EP (2002)
Raw Material (2001, Uprok)
Raw Material (2000, Sphere of Hip Hop)