Featured article
|
 Saudade | Featured album
 Album cover art, released November 2014. Author: Centrist16
Project: Altverse II
Artist: Q-Lo
Genres: Hip hop, experimental
Label: Skid Row Productions
Summary: Saudade (sawˈdadʒi) is the fourth studio album by Sierran hip hop recording artist Jermaine Carter Williams, under his stage name Q-Lo. It was released on November 8, 2014 by Skid Row Productions and Step Aside Records under the distributor company, O.P. Entertainment. The album was created in response to Williams' personal issues with his estranged then-wife, whom he had just married the same year the album was released. He alongside fellow artists from Skid Row Productions helped produce the bulk of the album's tracks and audio from his private residence in Kauai from April to October in 2014. Williams also remixed previously recorded, but unpublished tracks he had made earlier in the year, and repurposed them into the album, releasing four of them early as singles, including "Broken Glass", "A Melancholic Friday", "Overdose", and "Momentarily".
The album has been widely regarded as Williams' greatest work yet, and received universal acclaim among critics, and mixed responses among fans. Saudade dealt heavily with themes of confusion, depression, heartbreak, and hopeless romanticism, while also exploring the continued exploits and injustice of the people living in the Styxie, his home region, and was noted for its extensive use of two non-traditional instruments in hip-hop: the percussion and guitar. The album's style drew influence from trap music, alternative rock, synthpop, and trance.
The longest album by Williams to date, it features 19 songs as well as 3 bonus tracks, and was heavily promoted by Williams for three months leading up to Saudade's release. Saudade debuted at number one on the Sunset 100, selling 420,000 copies in its first week of release, and topped the charts in 17 other countries including Brazoria, Astoria, and the United Commonwealth. It received widespread appraisal and critical recognition, and won eight awards from four major award organizations, and named the best album of the year on numerous polls and lists conducted at the end of the year. By March 2015, Saudade had been certified Platinum in five countries: Sierra, Brazoria, Astoria, the United Commonwealth, and finally, Superior. (more...)
See the complete list of featured articles here. |
Conworlds Announcements
|
- The Constructed Worlds Wiki is currently undergoing a massive categorization overhaul. Check out the Recent Changes for updates!
- Please review our Policies and guidelines and Principles page before submitting articles or editing.
- Anyone with a suspicious username (eg 'Hjzc871x6x') will be deleted on-the-spot. This is due to vandalism concerns. Please make sure that when you sign up, you have an appropriate username, preferably the same one as on Wikia (if you have one).
|
Need Help?
|
|
|
|
|
In the News
|
Current eventsAll news mentioned are canonical to Altverse unless otherwise noted.
- Rich Strike wins the 2022 Kentucky Derby, held in the United Commonwealth, with an odds of 80-1.
- More than ninety are killed in a tornado outbreak in the Ohio Valley of the United Commonwealth.
- Following large-scale protests Eydis Stefanic, Chairwoman of the Nororist Party of Isokyria, (pictured) announces a new constitution will be adopted within the coming months allowing the first multi-party elections since 1935.*
- Sierran governors in the Styxie form a pact to reopen business in the coming weeks despite a national stay-at-home order.
- As a result of heavy fighting, the Dalmatian army approached the outskirts of Sarajevo, the city itself is clearly visible. Experts suggest that the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina may trigger the start of the Third Balkan War due to the fact that Dalmatia claims the territories of Bosnia and Herzegovina controlled by the Serbian army.
* Non-Altverse
- Ongoing: El Norte dispute, Second Cold War, Persian Gulf Crisis, Tourneser Freedom Front insurgency, 2020 Macedonian coup d'état
- Recent deaths: Norman Hunter • Joe Brown • Adam Alsing • Margit Feldman • Kerstin Meyer • Hank Steinbrenner
|
Featured media
|
|
|
The Continental Dollar known officially as the United Commonwealth dollar (symbol: Ȼ; code: UCD also abbreviated UCȻ) is the official legal tender of the United Commonwealth. In 1919 partisan forces of the Continentalist Party seized nearly 4,500 metric tons of gold reserves belonging to the Federal Reserve during a series of heists. It was the largest seizure of wealth in recorded history and dismantled the Federalist dollar, sending the global economy into a financial panic and finally a recession. Continental forces quickly attempted to alleviate the fears of international trading partners, printing a new series of tender that would act as a temporary promissory for the gold. With the death of Aeneas Warren the nation began refusing to return gold reserves to adversarial nations and former businessmen. In 1925 the currency was officially transitioned into a labour voucher and in 1948 the tender was turned to a fiat note.
The five dollar bill (shown above) depicts the Chicago skyline on its obverse and on its reverse Isaiah Landon. Because of its unique style, rejection of European style security features and color patterns it is highly sought after by collectors. Zhou Xinyue, depicted on the ten dollar note, was the first Asian-American to be depicted on legal tender in North America.
|
|
.jpg)
.svg)
