Tag: El Gant

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: maticulous and El Gant Share Eerie and Menacing “House of Cards”

Pittsburgh-born, Brooklyn-based producer maticulous will be teaming up with veteran New York emcee El Gant on the collaborative album, House of Cards, which is slated for a summer release. The album will include the previously released “Wordle,” which featured a guest spot from beloved indie emcee Brother Ali and the album’s title track “House of Cards.”

El Gant dexterously spits rapid fire bars over a menacing production featuring a looping woozy and twinkling key-driven sample paired with a droning bass and boom bap. Much like its immediate predecessor, “House of Cards” captures our particular moment, one in which we all find ourselves at some sort of crossroads in a crooked, fucked up world on the verge of collapse.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

Poughkeepsie-born, New York-based emcee El Gant has carved out a name for himself for his witty and often rapid-fire delivery — and for being one third of the hip-hop group Jamo Gang, which also features Ras Kass and J57.

With his long-awaited solo debut, O.S.L.O., the Poughkeepsie-born, NYC-based emcee boldly steps into the limelight as a solo artist. The album features production from the legendary DJ Premier, Marco Polo and the aforementioned J57 and collaborations with Atmosphere‘s Slug and Slipknot’s Sid Wilson, Jamo Gang bandmate Ras Kass, Killah Priest, Planet Asia, King Magnetic and more.

O.S.L.O.‘s latest single, the DJ Premier-produced “Leave It Alone” pairs the Poughkeepsie-born, NYC-based emcee’s rapid-fire witty word play and dexterous wordplay with a the producer’s world renowned tweeter and woofer rattling boom bap, a menacing bass line, twinkling keys and a soulfully delivered vocal hook. Simply put, it’s an anachronistic banger; it sounds as though it could have been released in 1995, 2005 — or today.