"The title means 'ballads,' these are low-level ballads," comments Estee Nack, the prolific Dominican lyricist, about his upcoming collaborative album with German producer Superior. "BALADAS" will be released digitally and on CD on March 20th via Below System Records and on vinyl via Tuff Kong Records. But if the word "ballads" leads you to believe Nack composes romantic ballads, you'd be mistaken. This is more like the hip-hop version of narcocorrido (drug ballad) for street-level dealers, with intricate and sometimes abstract lyrics. He fans the flames of boom-bap while distilling gems for the youth.