Toronto's three-headed rap monster, Swamp Thing (Timbuktu, Chokeules, & Savilion), have a ritual of delivering dark, b-movie inspired, heavy duty thunderclaps, every Halloween. This year they've teamed up with Danny Miles (July Talk, Tongue Helmet), to collectively release Golden Crab. The first single, 'Water into Wine' will be released on all streaming platforms on September 29th.
The record was produced by Danny Miles who crafted a majority of the beats out of his Hamilton based home studio, The Pillow Fort, while Timbuktu, Savilion, and Chokeules recorded the album in Timbuktu's Toronto based studio, FUN.
Golden Crab features turntable cuts by DJ iRATE, and vocal features from Moka Only, Ghettosocks, Jesse Dangerously, Bazooka Joe, Wordburglar, and More or Les.
Golden Crab is a dark, grimy, Halloween party, with a resonating slap that gets bodies moving. It's a record in which the beats informed the writing, resulting in 13 cohesive spooky tracks, that equally highlight Danny's production and Swamp Thing's lyrical delivery. Chokeules explains,
"The music is generally just inspired by our love of making music together, and trying to impress one another. The beats always inspire the vibe, plus whatever concepts they conjure."
"Our process is all about writing music WE want to hear" Timbuktu adds, "...and trying to impress each other with the bars and the cuts and the beats."
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Toronto’s three-headed rap monster, Swamp Thing (Timbuktu, Chokeules, & Savilion), have a ritual of delivering dark, b-movie inspired, heavy duty thunderclaps every Halloween. Their newest release titled “Noise Machine”, marks the eleventh consecutive year of Halloween releases.
“Gorgo” is the second single from the album ‘Golden Crab’, now available via URBNET. The track, produced by Danny Miles, delivers a captivating blend of BoomBap and Alternative Hip-Hop. With a stellar feature from Ghettosocks, the song showcases the collaborative prowess of the artists involved.
In future tracks, consider exploring even deeper into the nuances of delivery to add an extra layer of dynamism to your collaborative efforts. The foundation is solid, and a slight tweak in production could further elevate the resonance of the music.
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Toronto's three-headed rap monster, Swamp Thing (Timbuktu, Chokeules, & Savilion), have a ritual of delivering dark, b-movie inspired, heavy duty thunderclaps every Halloween.
This album has some awesome beats incredible raps and rhymes, WordBurglar has an amazing flow and has a bunch of his friends on some tracks adding some extra flavor, my top pick song on the album is venomous ideology dreadknock