Hell's Summer

This is going to be an awesome summer. There will be a ton of sunny days, great shows and of course, Tuesdays chock full of great releases. One of my most anticipated releases of the summer comes from Brooklyn rapper Cage. Cage is an immense talent wo has garnered more attention lately due to his friendship woth Shia Labeouf than for his actual rhyming skills. Coming down the pike is Depart From Me, the Cardboard City wordsmith's follow up to his critically worshipped 2005 dark art masterpiece Hell's Winter. Cage is one of very, very few hip hop artists in the world (P.O.S., Aesop Rock and Lupe Fiasco also make this list) who I feel really treat hip hop as a legitimate form of art instead of just beats and hooks and songs about girls and drugs. Cage hurts, and you can tell he really means it when he raps. I heard 5 songs from Depart From Me this morning and I can tell you it's going to be his best work yet. I am so excited for this record, and I hope you go check out his new Shia-directed video for the single "I Never Knew You", and pick up Depart From Me on July 7th; it's going to be the hip hop release of the summer.