Earthgang have previewed Robophobia, the second installment in their Earthgang vs the Algorithm series, with a funky new single titled “Blacklight.” Stream it below ahead of the EP’s release on November 17th.
Produced by Nandish “Dish” Patel, “Blacklight” sees Earthgang members Olu (aka Johnny Venus) and WowGr8 (aka Doctur Dot) encouraging their love interests to expose their flaws without any fear of judgment. “Uh, I ain’t gon’ diagnose you, I ain’t gon’ try to fix you,” Olu raps on the second verse. “You could treat this present moment like a real-life Finsta/ All the things you did that you could never tell your mom or sister/ All that shit you pray about that weigh you down, yeah, I forgive you.”
In late September, Earthgang dropped Rip Human Art, the first EP in their Vs the Algorithm series. The five-track project included the previously released singles “Bobby Boucher” and “Die Today.
Produced by Nandish “Dish” Patel, “Blacklight” sees Earthgang members Olu (aka Johnny Venus) and WowGr8 (aka Doctur Dot) encouraging their love interests to expose their flaws without any fear of judgment. “Uh, I ain’t gon’ diagnose you, I ain’t gon’ try to fix you,” Olu raps on the second verse. “You could treat this present moment like a real-life Finsta/ All the things you did that you could never tell your mom or sister/ All that shit you pray about that weigh you down, yeah, I forgive you.”
In late September, Earthgang dropped Rip Human Art, the first EP in their Vs the Algorithm series. The five-track project included the previously released singles “Bobby Boucher” and “Die Today.
- 11/3/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
What a difference two years make. On 2019’s Mirrorland, Earthgang conjured a stew of Black music idioms – trap, sampled soul, Southern blues, percussive polyrhythms – with audible joy. Breaking into Billboard’s top 40 albums chart, the album established Olu (a.k.a. Johnny Venus) and WowGr8 (a.k.a. Doctur Dot) as one of the more imaginative hip-hop acts to emerge in recent years, albeit one bedeviled by comparisons to Atl’s greatest duo, Outkast. Yes, Olu harmonizes with a yelp reminiscent of Andre 3000 at his most animated. But Earthgang is...
- 2/25/2022
- by Mosi Reeves
- Rollingstone.com
The two Atlanta rappers in Earthgang know their music has a tendency to cover a lot of ground. The duo, comprised of Olu (a.k.a. Johnny Venus) and WowGr8 (born Eian Parker), have spent the past few years reinventing Southern rap at a pace as dizzying as it’s been dazzling. For their second major-label album, Ghetto Gods, they decided to give listeners a road map. It started with shooting a sequence of five music videos to get across the sounds and themes on the project. “We’re so creative,...
- 2/21/2022
- by Jeff Ihaza
- Rollingstone.com
Many people have found themselves back in their hometowns this year, grappling with a rapidly changing, unpredictable world from environs they’ve known all their lives. For Spillage Village — the musical collective consisting of chameleonic duo Earthgang; nimble rhymer J.I.D; soulful singer Mereba; producers Hollywood Jb and Benji; charismatic rapper Jurdan Bryant; and alt-r&b superstar 6lack — that meant heading to Atlanta, where the group formed and most of its members are from.
J.I.D had rented a house in the city to record his third solo...
J.I.D had rented a house in the city to record his third solo...
- 9/24/2020
- by Grant Rindner
- Rollingstone.com
Having the No. 1 project in the country is old hat for J. Cole, but the instant success of Dreamville’s highly-anticipated “Revenge of the Dreamers III” collection, which features collaborations with more than 25 artists, writers and producers, took many by surprise.
The first installment of the series arrived in 2014, followed by “Revenge of the Dreamers II” one year later. Both had buzz, but didn’t set the charts on fire like “ROTD3,” the result of a by-invitation-only 10-day studio session held at Tree Sounds Studios in Norcross, Georgia.
Three days before “ROTD3” dropped, Dreamville released the official documentary for the album. Directed by David Peters and produced by Scott Lazer, over 100 hours of footage were edited down into 30 minutes. Currently, the film boasts over 2.3 million views on YouTube.
In the documentary, Cole talks of trying to reach outside of what he came to believe was too insular an inner circle — saying,...
The first installment of the series arrived in 2014, followed by “Revenge of the Dreamers II” one year later. Both had buzz, but didn’t set the charts on fire like “ROTD3,” the result of a by-invitation-only 10-day studio session held at Tree Sounds Studios in Norcross, Georgia.
Three days before “ROTD3” dropped, Dreamville released the official documentary for the album. Directed by David Peters and produced by Scott Lazer, over 100 hours of footage were edited down into 30 minutes. Currently, the film boasts over 2.3 million views on YouTube.
In the documentary, Cole talks of trying to reach outside of what he came to believe was too insular an inner circle — saying,...
- 7/18/2019
- by Shirley Ju
- Variety Film + TV
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