Unknown Prophets
“Summer Heat” from the EP Summer Heat
Self-released, 2006
[submitted by ActionMan]
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I may have posted this song on this blog’s predecessor, but oh well, it deserves another listen as it is one of my favorite summer songs of all time. It is pure joy. Readers/listeners from Minnesota will love it, but anyone raised in a state with real winter will appreciate the lyrics. Northeast Minneapolis high schoolers MaD SoN and Big Jess formed Unknown Prophets in 2000. They became part of the fertile Twin Cities hip hop scene of the early aughts and recorded with the likes of Brother Ali and Slug of Atmosphere. Unknown Prophets was short lived and the two have since gone on to family life and other things. This tune remains their claim to fame and gets pulled out on local radio every summer. A few readers here may recognize the TV weatherman voice as that of long-time Twin Cities meteorologist Paul Douglas.
