Has-Lo and Castle, two of Mello Music Group's perhaps msot popular artists, have been working on a collaborative full-length album on the low for quite some tme. The fourteen tracks deep opus is titled "Live Like You're Dead" and features the grim reaper (on the cover anywayz). Both artists doubles as both producers and emcees and are skilled in both forums, so as you can expect this project combines and flows like water. It's definitely a fun project with a lot of weird stuff going on but it's far from a joke, this is pure hip-hop no doubt so don't hesitate to press play on the stream below. An interesting fact is that this actually marks the second time the pair has functioned as a duo - following Has-Lo's reivist of Castle's debut album ("Gasface") which was then released as "Return Of The Gasface" last year. Check this quote on the LP from the press release
"Coming out of that projects intense creative process, Has-Lo and Castle decided to let loose. In true collaborative fasion, both produced, both emceed, and they decided to have som fun with an all nre, original project". So yessir, the album drops on June 29 and can be pre-ordered @ iTunes amongst other sites. Also the first single is now available, check out the groove infected "Go To Work" and get your head reay for some neck-break nodding.
Mello Music Group artist Castle's "Gasface" album from last year gets an interesting touch-up courtesy of label mate Has-Lo and released as "Return Of The Gasface" [The Has-Lo Passages]. Instead of simply adding new beats to old accapellas, Has-Lo and Castle instead uses the remix album as a concept to take a fresh approach to previously released music. From the press release: "MMG vet Has-Lo built the album from the ground up - having Castle re-spit verses, adding verses, ad-libs, a guest verse from Has, and even a pair of new tracks". Definitely sounds interesting on paper and as of now I'm a few cuts in and it's got a nice vibe fo' sho' sho'.
If you checked The Lost Tapes yesterday, I hope your head was nodding to Blueprint's remix of "Opium"; the lead single of MMG signee Castle's self-produced debut album "Gasface". Featuring eleven songs, this release is full of clever rhymes and well crafted beats that you need to check out ASAP. You can purchase it from iTunes or Mello Music Group's Bandcamp for the cheap price of $7.99, but as is almost always the case these days you can take the LP for a test drive first via a free stream. Turn up the volume, lean back in your favorite chair and enjoy this experimental hip-hop.
We all know that Mello Music Group got the goods, and their latest signee is a North Carolina producer, emcee and graphic designer who goes by CASTLE. He's been working in the shadows for several years; creating the artwork and art design for Has Lo's two first projects, while shopping a beat tape demo to MMG which lead to his signing to the label for a couple of projects. Now, this July 23rd, the first of those projects is here; his first solo album which is titled "Gasface". It's a little different from what you normally expect to hear from the label but it's definitely some pretty cool shit, and as the album drops today Castle unveils the first single to get you hyped about the project; the exclusive single in question is a remix of the LP track "Opium" remixed by none other than Rhymesayers and Soul Position legend Blueprint. Buy "Gasface" @ iTunes and let the headnodding begin! Shouts to the homie Chris Moss for putting me on to the goods!
