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Prolific Detroit beatmaker Apollo Brown and Fresno Rap veteran Planet Asia are proud to announce their new album Sardines. Due out September 8th on Mello Music Group, Sardines is the followup to the duo’s beloved 2017 collaborative album “Anchovies.” Apollo and Planet Asia improve upon the minimalist, grimy Hip-Hop theme from the first collab with pristine execution. Along with the announcement Apollo Brown and Planet Asia share the album’s first single “Get The Dough Off.”
The new single “Get The Dough Off’ is a great teaser for what’s to come on Sardines. Akin to the sounds heard on Anchovies, the “Get The Dough Off” showcases a smooth and polished bassline in Apollo’s production along with Planet Asia’s raw raps and immaculate delivery. Apollo Brown states, “The joint “Get The Dough Off” gives you a glimpse of what the Sardines album is about lyrically, sonically, and conceptually. It’s the perfect way to open the tin can. Smell it. We’ve BEEN doing this. “…it’s for 20 year fiends”.”
Apollo Brown and Planet Asia’s 2017 album “Anchovies” was given its title due to the dirty gutural nature of the record. In addition to receiving critical praise from Complex, XXL, Exclaim!, and more, “Anchovies” was hailed by Ambrosia For Heads as “one of the best LP’s of 2017.” Aptly titled Sardines, the new album promises grime just like its predecessor. Apollo says, “With the second offering, appropriately titled, “Sardines”. And just like a can of Anchovies isn’t for everyone, the same can be said about a tin full of Sardines. You either love’em or you hate’em.
This album had to be done, and in my opinion, done better than the first. Dirt, grit, mud, sticks & stones, all that. Leave your boots on.”
The level of mutual respect that Apollo Brown and Planet Asia have for each other made it a no-brainer for the prolific artists to reunite for another album. “Everybody knows that as an emcee, Planet Asia is not only one of the best to do it, but one of MY personal favorites to adorn the mic. That being said, we just HAD to follow up the cult-like showing of “Anchovies,” states Apollo. Planet Asia concludes, “This time around was definitely one of the best sophomores from any duo. Not too many times you can get a producer and a rapper to make lightning strike twice!!”
TRACKLIST
01 Bird Food
02 Get the Dough Off
03 Panama Sun (feat. Marv Won)
04 Stones
05 Fly Anomalies
06 Wizardry (feat. TriState)
07 Jungle Juice
08 Wide Awake
09 Acid Rain (feat. Sick Jacken)
10 Peas & Onions
11 Broad Dayin'
12 '88 S-Curl (feat. Ty Farris)
13 Bazookas
14 Can You Believe It