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RESPECT. The Collab: Pounds & Oh No Join Forces on – ‘Borgata’

RESPECT. Staff — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 01:20:47 +0000

Rapper Pounds returns to RESPECT. today with a short, but vast, new project alongside illustrious west coast producer Oh No. Combining gritty rhymes over stirring instrumentals is Pounds’ forte, and this collaboration is nothing less than notable.

POUNDS makes it very clear that he’s cut from a similar anti-hero, mafioso-rap cloth that led to so many classic records over the years. Armed with his unique voice and meditative delivery, he draws inspiration from the artists he listened to growing up (Mobb Deep, Sean Price, Nas) and pens gritty street tales that are all his own.

Be sure to give it a spin at the top of the post, and be on the look out for limited ‘Borgata‘ vinyl coming soon!

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New Music: Gangrene – “Driving Gloves” ft. Action Bronson

RESPECT. Staff — Sun, 19 Jul 2015 16:11:28 +0000

Cali hip-hop duo Gangrene (Alchemist and Oh No) recruits Queens rapper, Action Bronson for their riotous new visuals, “Driving Gloves”. In the Jason Goldwatch-directed video, the troublesome trio menacingly accost a White Dodge from an unsuspecting car dealership and take it for a ‘test drive’ (much to the dismay of the bewildered car salesman), completely trashing it in the process.

The track is off Gangrene’s upcoming album, You Disgust Me, which drops August 7^th. The album features a host of revered emcees, including Evidence, Your Old Droog, Sean Price, Fashawn and more.

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New Music: Gangrene feat. Earl Sweatshirt and Future Islands’ Sam Herring – “Play It Cool”

RESPECT. Staff — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:46:42 +0000

The upcoming release of the highly-anticipated video game Grand Theft Auto V has brought with it an array of intriguing musical collaborations on its soundtrack, including the previously released Action Bronson and Danny Brown‘s “Bad News” and Flying Lotus and DOOM‘s collab “Masquatch.” Perhaps the most interesting yet of these tracks is “Play It Cool,” a new hit by rappers Oh No and The Alchemist, together referred to as the duo Gangrene.

The track also features Earl Sweatshirt and Samuel T. Herring of indie rock band Future Islands for an unexpectedly satisfying twist to the catchy song; Earl delivers tight rhymes while Herring provides a melodic hook that mixes perfectly with the jazzy beat that dominates the track.

“Play It Cool” is the first single released off of Gangrene’s upcoming album, The Alchemist and Oh No Present: Welcome to Los Santos, due to be released in accompaniment the new game on April 14th. The full-length was created as an expansion to the score Gangrene originally created for Grant Theft.

Listen to the track below and stay tuned for more collaborations off this exciting soundtrack.

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