Premier: Frank Leone – “Walnut Tableture”

RESPECT. Staff — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 17:00:38 +0000

Today, we give thanks to Frank Leone for dropping one of the most enjoyable minutes-plus of hip-hop that we’ve seen in some time. “Walnut Tableture,” the latest tide-me-over as we wait for Frank‘s Enter Wild LP, finds Frank rapping over “igital_Short” from Chuk Le Garcon‘s EchoLocation tape, found here. In just a few releases, Frank has already displayed immense variability, covering moods ranging from dark and disturbed, to jittery and slick (to sunken malice), to now, jazzy and light. The bars are among some of Frank’s strongest, particularly in the tongue-twisting and name-checking department:”So gon and prove nothing and hope that it don’t stick / Stop living on the Innanet you ain’t like Vic / Gadd Mic Vic Vicious onna Mic roll a swish and wish.” A further testament to the young Chicago talent’s many abilities: he’s responsible for the album artwork too. Enjoy “Walnut Tableture” below.

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New Video: Frank Leone – “LiFE”

RESPECT. Staff — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 16:02:28 +0000

Meet Frank Leone, a slick-tongued 18-year-old rapper/producer from Chicago with a knack for strange musical left turns. Both of those attributes are on great display here for this double video, which begins with the rolling rapids of “JuneLiFE,” and takes a lean-inspired swerve into darkness for “DOOM Life.” While “JuneLiFE” is the more lively and accessible of the two, both literally showing us the artist in plain daylight and figuratively putting his sound (and double time ability) on clear display, it’s “DOOM Life,” that proves even more impressive as it features a murkier Frank who weaves in and out of his shadowy beat, occasionally swallowing his own voice with a demonic pitch-shift. In 30 seconds flat, “DOOM Life,” which is the world’s first taste of Frank‘s next project, Enter Wild, steals the show and incites serious excitement for what’s to come.

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Premier: Frank Leone – “Walnut Tableture”

New Video: Frank Leone – “LiFE”