Hip Hop artist "Professor " Lyrical to release new album: “THE COLLEGE PROJECT: Through the Eyes of Pupils” Boston, MA - Lyrical, a well-known Boston area emcee who recently made headlines as a highly respected artist and adjunct college professor, is set to debut his new album entitled “THE COLLEGE PROJECT: Through the Eyes of Pupils” which will release on Tuesday, April 14th. The album is the first of its kind—featuring over 20 Boston-area students from various colleges and across disciplines by engaging their musical talents on one project with their professor. The album’s engineer is Robie Rowland, Lyrical's former mathematics student and Audio Engineering major at New England Institute of Art (AI). After earning an A in Lyrical’s math course, Rowland convinced Lyrical he could work just as hard outside of the classroom and requested an internship with his professor to learn more about the entertainment industry and Hip Hop promotions and production. Lyrical approved and started Rowland’s apprenticeship last summer with the task of producing audio segments for Lyrical’s contributions to the "SPORTS RAP UP" on Boston's JAMN 94.5 FM. Lyrical was very pleased with Rowland's work ethic and soon offered him the chance to engineer an entire album. “I’d been thinking about this for a while. I wanted to get my student's involved in a real life project that provided hands-on experience and applied their talents and education into something where they could feel some form of ownership,” Lyrical explains. “Robie was the inspiration for me to finally put the project together. When I saw how motivated he was, I knew my other students would be just as eager for this kind of opportunity.” Every beat on the project is produced by a student, each guest rapper is a student, and every artist, graphic designer, photographer and even the project coordinator are college students Lyrical has taught as an adjunct professor here in Boston. “I see their talents, or hear about them every day,” says Lyrical. “Word travels quickly that their professor is a rapper, and that starts a conversation for them about their goals, their talents, and how to put them to work." Lyrical currently teaches as an adjunct professor at three colleges (Bay State College, New England Institute of Art “AI”, Lasell College), while also balancing a career as a Hip Hop artist and co-owner of the Mass Industry Committee, promoter of Hip Hop shows and concerts, and the completion of his Masters of Mathematics (degree from UMass-Lowell) with his final course at Harvard University this spring. He has taught classes ranging in topic from Statistics and Algebra to Event Planning and Musical Comedy, and has developed and taught a curriculum for Hip Hop Music & Culture. Click here for download of “Gimme Your Love -Featuring Jamison Leff”- students featured on the project include: • Nick "Grubby Paws" Pelosi (AI) • Abner "ADogg" Valdes (AI) • Robie Rowland (AI) • Evan Schlosser (AI) • Nathan "Nate" Falconer (AI) • Reino Ortiz (AI) • Kyle "Kyle William" Anderson (AI) • Nick Pope (AI), • Xavier Aviles (Bay State) • Drew Girard (AI) • Steve Hall (AI) • Andrew "Renegade" Jones (Bay State) • Jamison Leff (AI) • Deon Bragg (Lasell) • Stafford "S 'Dot' Money" Lewis (Bay State) • Ray "Rayza" Fuschetti (Bay State) • Will Jones (Bay State) • Josh "J Goines" Gomes (AI) • Matthew Peace (Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology) • Sean Secor (AI) • Steven Hacker (AI) • Brendan Martin (AI-Graphics) • Katelyn Cross (Lasell- cover photography –Photo on page.) • Carlton Badger (AI- Radio DJ/Host) • Jeff Joseph (Bay State, photography) The first 300 CD copies of The College Project” were made available to the public at a release performance of all the album’s featured songs on April 8th at 8PM at an event planned by Entertainment Management students from Bay State College at Limelight Studios 204 Tremont St Boston, MA. "Professor" Lyrical Biography: Lyrical, or “Professor Lyrical” as he is affectionately called by his students, is a full-time Lecturer of Mathematics within Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies’ Foundation Year Freshman Cohort. A student before teacher, Lyrical is also a Doctoral of Education student where he studies Higher Education Leadership. Lyrical sites his college education at UMass Lowell, where he earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Business and a Master’s of Science in Mathematics, as crucial to his success as an educator and musician. As an award winning rapper, Lyrical has recorded songs that have topped national college radio charts and received mainstream airplay as well- from a variety of stations, across many formats. Professor Lyrical has simultaneously managed to teach at eight different Boston area colleges, in a multitude of subject areas that span from “Hip Hop Culture & Lyricism” to “Calculus.” Lyrical’s musical content and subject matter is as varied as the courses he teaches. He has been featured in scores of national and local TV programs, magazines, and other publications. He is known for creatively using the power of music and mathematics to build culture in the classroom, and to bridge connections to the larger outside communities he serves. He regularly speaks and performs at colleges and other organizations that seek to harness the power of Hip Hop culture to help foster positive change. His forthcoming album and book, Put Em All To Shame, will be released at the very end of 2012. For more information on Lyrical or The College Project: YOU CAN FOLLOW PROFESSOR LYRICAL ON Twitter @ProfLyrical