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. Nickname: Hotlanta, The Big Peach, The ATL, A-Town Location in Fulton County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Fulton, Dekalb Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area    - City 343. ... Gotee Records (established 1994) is a record company founded by dc Talk member Toby McKeehan (professionally known as tobyMac), Todd Collins, and Joey Elwood. ... Manchild is a British television comedy / drama series that ran for two seasons of seven fifty-minute episodes each on BBC Two between February 2002 and April 2003. ...

Mars ILL is noted for its quality music and its strong Christian witness. manCHILD is a convert to Catholicism. Manchild is a British television comedy / drama series that ran for two seasons of seven fifty-minute episodes each on BBC Two between February 2002 and April 2003. ...

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. Manchild is a British television comedy / drama series that ran for two seasons of seven fifty-minute episodes each on BBC Two between February 2002 and April 2003. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Kensington in London, in the United Kingdom. ... Gotee Records (established 1994) is a record company founded by dc Talk member Toby McKeehan (professionally known as tobyMac), Todd Collins, and Joey Elwood. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ...

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)

Compilation Contributions

• Hip Hope 2007 (2006)
• Hip Hope 2005 (2004)
• Phatmass: Massmatics (2003)
• Uprok Mixtape Vol. 2 (2003)
• Hip Hope 2004 (2003)
• Full Plates: Mixtape Vol. 2 (2001)
• Uprok Records Sampler (2001)

External links

Official

• Official Mars Ill website)
• Official Gotee Records website (requires Macromedia Flash
• Official Deepspace5 website
• Mars ILL Lyrics

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References

• Interview with Dust and Manchild