A parable on how to transcend searing heartbreak through the sacred powers of peyote and a spiritual journey in the deserts of Wikiruta.
@GabeNandez
is like no other.
This is "Cortado."
Produced by
@argov_
H.T. III drops tomorrow, Wednesday, September 20.
Gothic future boom-bap wreathed in smoke and fog and shot in London cemeteries >>>
@GabeNandez
is now officially the Duke of Sussex.
H.T. III drops this Wednesday, September 20.
Another casual Thursday where
@fatboyprospect
holds a surrealist seance with the mangled minds and diseased framework of the last three centuries of American demons, tragedy, violence, and self-destruction.
“Planet Unfaithful” is out now, the latest distillation of genius from Fatboi Sharif & Roper Williams.
Featuring E L U C I D and Bruiser Wolf, this is fifteen minutes of Sharif carving up syllables over Roper’s warped & doozy beats.
Believe the hype.
Aethiopes by billy woods coming soon, featuring a hefty serving of POW's finest.
Gabe 'Nandez and Fatboi Sharif bring their respective coolness and comedic darkness to the first billy woods project in almost three years.
Pre-order at your own risk.
In 2021, POW Recordings artists dropped 6 of the best projects of the year, spanning art-damaged garage raps to sub-tropical narco-bangers, horror-infused chimeras from the dungeons of Jersey to haunted Atl graveyard trap to NYC iron horse visions.
Time to run back these gems.
Exactly ten years ago this week, the world heard a debut that sounded more like an arrival than an album.
It was conjured by
@chstrwtsn
, a 16-year old prodigy who called himself "the monotone samurai."
"PicBascassquiato" was an instant classic.
By purchasing a POW release on Bandcamp, you are paying the artist and label the equivalent of 45.2 million Spotify streams, 28.1 million Apple streams, and 19.8 million Tidal streams.
Support independent music. Our crops are dying.
An absolute pleasure releasing the deluxe edition of Fatboi Sharif x Roper Williams "Gandhi Loves Children" this July.
Still one of the most fun, absurd and idiosyncratic albums of the year as the dust settles.
Fatboi Sharif & Roper Williams return from the dungeon to bring us “Scrabble Board Pieces” feat.
@elucidwho
Sharif is in top form carving syllables with his scalpel and “approaching God with a handgun”.
The most palatable sacrilege you’ll hear today.
The inimitable force of nature
@fatboyprospect
just got profiled in
@brooklynvegan
's latest edition of their excellent magazine.
Read the whole thing here.
Congratulations to Vince Ash (
@1022VITO
), one of the best young rappers alive, who just announced his deal with Paul Rosenberg's Goliath/Interscope imprint.
The first member of the POW family to sign a major label deal. Listen to "Vito" and get familiar.
New praise for
@fatboyprospect
in
@RollingStone
“His punctilious, every-word-counts lyricism makes your head hurt in a good way, like GZA’s Liquid Swords, Ghostface Killah’s Supreme Clientele, and RZA’s Gravediggaz work all congealed in a thrilling sonic stew.”
✍️:
@andrejgee
The first single from
@ZillaRocca
's "Future Former Rapper" is here.
Introducing "Favors are Bad News" featuring Armand Hammer
Produced by
@DiscoVietnam
Noir rap. South Philly shit. One block from the churchyard.
Everyone wish a happy birthday to the incomparable
@GabeNandez
, a rapping force that continues to get better with each verse.
Revisit last year’s “Ox”, where Gabe raps better on a stoop than most do in stadiums
You asked, you waited, and now it's here. Presenting
@chstrwtsn
's "A Japanese Horror Film" --the vinyl double LP.
In the words of Pitchfork, "a self contained world with magnetic monotone and intricate, evocative raps."
Pre-order now. Shipping soon.
If you want to support independent artists and labels, it's always best to buy the album on Bandcamp because 1 purchase equals 13 million DSP streams, 93.2 million YouTube plays & 498 million on Pandora.
POW Recordings: it's regular but not normal.
It is impossible to pick a best verse on Blockhead's preposterously stacked "The Aux", but Fatboi Sharif is as good a pick as anyone. The Garden State Gargoyle bull dozing every beat in his path.
Song: “1970s Post Apocalyptic Skin Flick”
One year ago, Fatboi Sharif and Roper Williams dropped the original version of "Gandhi Loves Children," a demented journey deep into the horrors of the imagination. A masterpiece. Salute these mad men.
@fatboyprospect
x
@Roper_Williams
Unless you're woefully misinformed, you know
@fatboyprospect
is leading the pack of innovative rap.
"Preaching in Havana" is out now, a collaboration with noface
An album unlike anything you've heard, call it "horrorcore" and you might get slapped.
DON'T COME TO LA
The best rap show of the year, presented by POW &
@rosecransavenue
Performances: G Perico, JPEGMAFIA, Cam and China, & Big Swift & Cypress Moreno DJing.
TOMORROW NIGHT - Mar 29
…
Gabe ‘Nandez coming in hard for the new year with a cold three minutes over the “Thun” instrumental.
Channeling 2000s Wayne and rinsing beats in front of hermetic texts.
“Thun” Freestyle out now.
Archibald Slim's long-awaited "Fell Asleep Praying," drops Thursday.
In the meantime, rewind "When the Light Hits," some soul-scarred, existential rap. A powerful song about real life consequences and the price required to survive.
@archibaldmygovt
"A thoughtful, skillful display of rap that proposes
@GabeNandez
as a chief antithesis to tired claims of lyricism’s death."
"Object Permanence" was featured in
@andrejgee
's outstanding new "No Filler" column in Rolling Stone.
We're teaming up with
@VinylMePlease
to release CHAIN OF COMMAND, a masterpiece from WiFiGawd (
@7WIFIGAWD7
)
Dropping 2/23, you can pre-order the deluxe 12" pressed on hypnotic orange. Limited to 250 copies.
Spread the gospel, you know who got you hip.
If you haven't heard
@fatboyprospect
x
@Roper_Williams
's new single, "Scrabble Board Pieces," run it now in preparation for the release of "Planet Unfaithful" next week.
An irreverent board game ballad featuring the one and only E L U C I D (
@elucidwho
)
The new mix from the maestro, DJ PORNO CYBORG (aka
@fatboyprospect
)
Created for the February POW Radio show on
@dublab
.
Mach-Hommy to the Butthole Surfers, Redman to Ras G, Divine Styler to ZULU.
Impeccable taste. A spellbinding & bizarre 2-hour ride
!! Announcing L.A. Show !!
@7WIFIGAWD7
will be at The Smell on April 1st performing tracks from his CHAIN OF COMMAND masterpiece (and hopefully the Usher remix)
With support from YUNGMORPHEUS, U.A.P. and Earoh.