Old meets new and Brooklyn meets Brazil when BROOKZILL! takes the stage September 14th for its first-ever live show at New York City's SOB's.
The supergroup quartet collective of
Prince Paul (Stetsasonic, Gravediggaz), Ladybug Mecca (Digable Planets), Rodrigo Brandão (aka Gorila Urbano), and Don Newkirk (The Dix) is set to drop its debut album Throwback To
The Future on Oct 7th via Tommy Boy Ent, featuring the smoking lead single "Saudade Songbook (feat. Count Bass D)"
In anticipation of the album release and the live show,
Prince Paul drops the second of three bandmate-inspired Mixtapes, BROOKZILL!
Mixtape #2 - Ladybug Mecca Mix exclusively via
Pitchfork today. You can also stream & share via SoundCloud.
Speaking of the project, Brazilian MC Rodrigo Brandão (aka Gorila Urbano) describes upcoming live show as a "spiritual hip hop ceremony and culture clash inna b-boy stance", much like the album itself.
Throwback To
The Future is the sonic link between New York and Brazil, Hip-Hop's future with its far-reaching past. In addition to the major players, the album also features collaborations with a host of Brazilian artists, keyboardist Brian Jackson, MCs Del The Funky Homosapien and Count Bass D, turntablists Kid Koala, Mr. Len, and more. Ten years in the making, recorded in five cities across two nations and two continents, BROOKZILL! is an international family of four core artists and myriad collaborators who've joined forces to become one.
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