Despot – House Of Bricks [Video]

“I’d like to say that it’s close, it feels like it’s getting closer,” the rapper told The FADER over the phone this week. He has about ten potential tracks stacked up—a number that averages out to something like one track that he “would let people hear” for each year he has been working on the project. “Me and Evan have been talking about this album since I met him, so we have hypothetically been working on this album for close to ten years,” he said. “Most of the delay has just been me deciding that I don’t like the songs that I’m making most of the time.” The swell of excitement around “House of Bricks” has, in his words, helped “grease the gears;” and today he released a music video—his first ever—for the song. Directed by Evan, the video is a literal family affair that stars Despot’s whole fam (his parents, his brother, and an iguana named Rex) and was shot in the Queens apartment he grew up in. “I felt like it was a good kind of introduction because I never made a video,” he said, adding with a laugh, “which is weird, because I’ve been putting out music for fifteen years or something.” Here’s to “We’re All Excited”, which will be out sooner if you let Despot know you like this.

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iLoveMakonnen feat. Ezra Koenig & Despot – Down 4 So Long (Remix) [Stream]

Ezra Koenig is the lead vocalist and guitarist of Vampire Weekend as well as the voice of SBTRKT’s late summer smash, ‘New Dorp, New York’. Despot is the Queens rapper, Polo connoisseur, and Smart Crew affiliate known for collaborating with everyone from Ratatat to Blood Orange and El-P. ILoveMakonnen is hip-hop’s high flyer of the year and the latest addition to Drake’s OVO clique – his self-titled EP just dropped officially on Drizzy’s label this week. Together they make for one hell of a supergroup: a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration, recorded at Red Bull Studios New York.

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TrackBlasters Radio: 07.11.14

Da Fat Friday Afternoon – The Official Soundtrack To Your Weekend Host: DJ P.R. Happy Friday ya’ll! Record Of The Day: Run The Jewels – Blockbuster Night, Part 1 Playlist Wu-Tang Clan – Ron O’Neal Wu-Tang clan – Ruckus In B-Minor **RTJ2 Tour Mix by Trackstar The DJ** RTJ – Blockbuster Night, Part 1 Despot – House Full of Bricks (Live on KEXP) RatKing feat. King Krule – So Sick Stories Killer Mike – Boondocks El-P – Sirens (Nick Hook feature) Despot – 1010 Wins (Alchemist feature) Despot/El-P – The Last Huzzah (Mr. MFn eXquire feature) RTJ2 Commercial Break Killer Mike – Frustrated Young Man (Ra Ra feature) Killer Mike – Pray Alone (Scotty Feature) RatKing – Canal RatKing – Remove Ya El-P – Piss Test Remix (A-Trak feature) Killer Mike – Black & White (Rick Ross feature) RTJ – Oh My Darling Don’t Cry RatKing – Bug Fights El-P – Severed Heads of State (Ill Bill feature) RTJ feat. Despot & Wiki – Blockbuster Night, Part 2 Killer Mike – About the Money Remix (T.I. feature) Killer Mike – Love and Respect (When Saints Go Machine feature) Despot – Hood Party (Fat Tony feature) El-P – Sit Down Man (Das Racist feature) Phantogram – Fall in Love (Ratking’s Falling Off Remix) RTJ feat. Boots – Early Download here (right click and save as…)

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