New Audio: maticulous Teams Up with El Gant and Brother Ali on Politically Charged “Wordle”

maticulous is a Pittsburgh-born, Brooklyn-based producer, who can trace the origins of his music career to being an on-air DJ at Indiana University of Pennsylvania‘s WIUP‘s The Underground while in college. Soon after relocating to Brooklyn back in 2004, he landed an internship at beloved, now-long shuttered, local underground hip-hop record shop Fat Beats. He quickly moved up the ranks: He was a buyer managed by DJ Eclipse and then became an A&R/sales representative for Fat Beats Records and Fat Beats Distribution.

Being fully immersed in hip-hop cemented the Pittsburgh-born, Brooklyn-based producer’s true passion and desire — to create and release his own original music. His debut effort 2011’s The maticulous EP featured the critically applauded “Body The Beat,” featuring Ruste Juxx, R.A. The Rugged Man and Heltah Skeltah‘s Rock. The accompanying video eventually amassed over 130,000 YouTube views.

maticulous’ full-length debut, 2015’s The maticulous LP features guest spots from Masta Ace, M.O.P.’s Lil Fame, Rah Digga, Guilty Simpson, Blu, and Your Old Droog while highlighting his versatility as a producer. Back in 2017, a chance meeting with Justo The MC at SiriusXM led to a long running collaboration that began with 2019’s Mind of a Man, an album that was named one of Bandcamp‘s Top Albums in the month of its release — January 2019. They quickly followed up with that summer’s Bonus Room EP. They capped off a busy year with Mind of a Man landing on several Best Of the Year lists. They continued their collaboration with 2020’s County of Kings.

2021’s no caps featured guest spots from Homeboy Sandman, Skyzoo, Breeze Brewin, Uptown XO, Guilty Simpson, yU and a lengthy list of others. Continuing a now, long-held reputation for being prolific, the Brooklyn-based producer released two more albums, 2022’s Three and 2024’s The Expanse.

maticulous will be teaming up with New York scene veteran emcee El Gant and beloved indie emcee Brother Ali on a collaborative album House of Cards, which is slated for a summer release. House of Cards‘ first single, “Wordle” sees El Gant and Brother Ali trading fiery and impassioned verses tackling socioeconomic inequality with astute observations of our late stage capitalistic hellscape over a boom bap-driven production that seemingly channels BDP‘s DJ Scott La Rock and DJ Premier. Arguably one of the most politically-charged songs of the Pittsburgh-born, Brooklyn-based producer’s growing catalog, it’s a song that captures the frustration and desperation to survive that many of feel right now.

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