Vast and Vordul will, after 12 years, finally drop a follow-up their debut album The Cold Vein later this year, and as a warm-up they’ve let loose this trio of songs as a maxi-single. Check all three cuts out, produced by Bill Cosmiq, down bottom, and cop them on Amazon.
… and fans of the legendary group can head down bottom for the show’s information.
Copywrite, El-P, Camu Tao, Tage Future, Cannibal Ox, Jakki Da Motamouth and Yak Ballz. Remember that line-up? Well, to celebrate the release of MHz Legacy’s self-titled debut album, they’ve let loose this vaulted track for the masses. Says Copywrite…
“Back in 2001, 2002, Camu and I where living in Middletown, New York. Cage lived there too, which is why I moved out there. We where supposed to go on a tour with all of the Eastern Conference Records artists, but Mad Skillz pulled out to vacation, so the tour fell through. Cage wasn’t too fond of Camu back then but ‘Mu expressed to me how bad he wanted to go to pursue music with me and I told him to come along. In those days, we would always drive my Ford Explorer from Middletown to Manhattan to record at DJ Mighty Mi’s spot on Lexington, and then we’d go visit El-P in Brooklyn and crash for several nights at a time. Vast Aire and Vordul Mega, of Cannibal Ox, had their own room downstairs and El’s studio was right next door, so there was always music going on.”
“This song was recorded around the time I was working on my debut album, The High Exhaulted, and Cannibal Ox was working on their album, The Cold Vein. It was a rare occasion to have Tage Future, Camu Tao, Jakki Da Motamouth, Cage, Cannibal Ox, El-P, and myself all in the same room at once, so I told them we needed to seize the moment and record something. El started pulling up beats and we all instantly agreed on this one. The beat played and we wrote – whoever had their verse first hit the mic booth, which, at that time, was El-P’s closet, and the rest is history. Camu was probably smokin’ a blunt with Vordul, so neither of them is on the song; I don’t know why El didn’t drop a verse. Back then we titled it “The Only Weathermen Song,” since it was so tough to get all of us together at the same time.”
Enjoy.
The long-awaited Cannibal Ox reunion is here, and they bring the Chef along for the festivities. Vast Aire’s OX 2010: A Street Odyssey is available now via iTunes.
DOWNLOAD: Vast Aire – Thor’s Hammer f. Raekwon & Vordul Mega | Mediafire
Around the beginning of the new millennium my musical playlist consisted of about 75% indie hip hop. Any and everything Rhymesayers / Definitive Jux / QN5 / Demigodz / Stones Throw / Weathermen / Psycho+Logical related dropped, I copped. Simple as that. Everyone from Sage Francis to Aesop Rock, Atmosphere to Cunninlynguists, Dilated Peoples, Cage, Copywrite, Louis Logic, Apathy, Celph Titled, Eyedea & Abilities, Mr. Lif, Brother Ali, DOOM… you get the point. And while the percentage might have changed a bit throughout the past few years (be it running 2dbz, indie artists releasing less material, the need for some random ignorance in my life, etc), I will always hold those years close to my heart. And with that sappy story said, I’ve put together a compilation of some of the songs that frequented my CD player. I’m sure this won’t be the last.
Tracklist + Download link after the jump…
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We premiered the video for this the other day and I finally got my hands on the .mp3. I saw there were a few fans in the comments so you know I had to share it. Along with a few tid bits. Vordul’s upcoming album, Megagraphitti, will be dropping August18th. CanOx fans can rejoice as there are two tracks featured. What do people think about a new CanOx album? It would be incredibly hard to top Cold Vein. Hit the jump for the tracklist…
DOWNLOAD: Vordul Mega – Megagraphitti (prod. Zach One)
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Title track of Vorudl Mega’s upcoimng solo effort, Megagraphitti. With the LP dropping August 19th, there will be production from El-P, Bronze Navareth & Sid Roams. There will also be two Can Ox cuts so we got some stuff to look forward to for sure!
Although this is Vast‘s joint with a feature from Vordul Mega, I couldn’t help myself but say CanOx. You don’t even know how happy I was when I got this email from my man Matt this morning. If you don’t know, CanOX released one of the undergrounds most revered albums in… ever. Cold Vein was and still is my shit. Iron Galaxy anyone? Pigeon? Yes! Add Pete Rock to the mix and you are bound for hot’ness. Vast is dropping a new solo effort on June 24, entitled Dueces Wild. Be sure to cop that!
DOWNLOAD: Vast Aire – Mecca & the OX f. Vordul Mega (prod. Pete Rock)
