First Words is a Canadian hip hop group, consisting of Halifax beatmaker Jorun, DJ STV and emcees Sean One & Above. The trio released two albums and an EP, as well as contributing tracks to several hiphop compilations.
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First Words recorded a song "Down With Putting Raps Down", which was featured on the National Campus and Community Radio Association's Dig Your Roots hip hop compilation album in 2004.
Also in 2004 First Words released a 16 track self-titled album of original material, and received a postive review in Exclaim!. The album was Deadbeats Entertainment's first release, kicking off the label's focus on local music. Their pre-release peaked at #1 on the top 30 and hip hop charts of Fredericton, New Brunswick's CHSR, which landed them at #13 on earshot's national hip hop charts in December, 2004.
A First Words EP only available on vinyl was released in August 2007 entitled "the anti-mixtape movement". The vinyl featured four tracks from their LP entitled "Cheaters", which was released in 2008. Cheaters also featured guest appearances from various other hiphop artists.
Deadbeats later released a four track seven-inch vinyl recording, Jorun's Way/Sean One's Way (side one with Jorun and side two with Sean One). One of the tracks, "no artificials", was a rap by First Words, and was also included on a compilation album of underground hiphop.
Working separately, Sean One has released a compilation entitled "full of it" which charted at #1 in Canada, and Jorun released a compilation entitled "joruns way" which features artists Classified, spesh k, and Ghettosocks.