The Witzard Premiere: Words Hurt (ALASKA & Lang Vo) Announce New Album SOUL MUSIC FOR THE SOULLESS & Unleash "World's Worst Life Coach"
<a href="http://wordshurt.bandcamp.com/album/soul-music-for-the-soulless">Soul Music for the Soulless by WORDS HURT</a>
"The single is called
"World's Worst Life Coach."
It is from the album
SOUL MUSIC FOR THE SOULLESS
, which drops on Tuesday, November 28th and is available for pre-order. It is a comical take on
New Age
bullsh*t, personal branding, life coaches, and modern conformity,"
Words Hurt
said within statement accompanying
"World's Worst Life Coach,"
premiering right here at
The Witzard
.
Words Hurt
consists of emcee
ALASKA
and producer
Lang Vo
, who first worked together on
from
Lang Vo... Is Just An A**hole
(2005.)
ALASKA
has been rhyming for nearly a quarter century and as part of the late 90's
New York Indie-ground
scene, his group
Hanger 18
was once signed to
El-P
's world-renown
Definitive Jux
AKA
Def Jux
imprint. He's also part of
The Atoms Family
collective and has released projects with
Cryptic One
as
IT
, Crack Epidemic with Kojo,
ATOMS
, Zilla Rocca's Wrecking Crew, and is currently prepping his long-awaited solo debut for
Pig Food Records
to be released March 2018.
Lang Vo
, on the other hand, has released a slew of solo albums/EP's, as well as various
with
Brian Cox
, Jeremy Roberts,
steven hand
, Clint Watson,
Kwamizzle
as
REINFORCED STEEL
, and even produced
"RAIDERS FREESTYLE"
from multi-disciplinary artist
Kool A.D.
's 2016 mixtape,
PARADIZA INFINITI
.
<a href="http://wordshurt.bandcamp.com/track/king-of-summer">King of Summer by WORDS HURT</a>
Words Hurt
's
Bandcamp Bio
fittingly describes themselves as "the merger between rapper
ALASKA
and producer
Lang Vo
. Together, they're the embodiment of using spite and self-deprecation to block out the rest of the a**holes clamoring for your attention." After submitting a verse for
"Impulse Control,"
alongside fellow emcee
Elsphinx,
Lang Vo
returned the favor by mixing
ALASKA
's 2015
OutKast
-sampling
ALKAST EP
. He then, took it upon himself to hi-jack and effectively remix the entire collection as
, which ended up being issued as the first proper
Words Hurt
release. It was soon followed up with two 2016 digi-singles and before too long, their full-length debut,
F**k That Pretty Boy Sh*t
. Today, right here at
The Witzard
,
Words Hurt
are graciously premiering
"World's Worst Life Coach"
from their upcoming album,
SOUL MUSIC FOR THE SOULLESS
, which I've heard and can assure you, is without a doubt, worth your lunch money.
"World's Worst Life Coach"
is an interesting listen in today's cultural landscape, as it's penned and produced by two 40-something artists doing their best to rise above today's slew of "Mumble rappers" and
Soulja Boy
clones.
ALASKA
ferociously rhymes: "art is so arduous / Let's have online arguments /
flame wars 'til your brain pours / out our eyes and die from incompetence" over
Lang
's hard-as-nails
Bad Boy Records
-evoking beat.
SOUL MUSIC FOR THE SOULLESS
is currently available for pre-order on
Words Hurt
's
page and I can promise you, this is just Part 1 of a special 3-pronged
The Witzard x Words Hurt
collaborative initiative leading up to the album's 11/28 release.