Description
Nobody Planning To Leave is the new album from Curly Castro and PremRock, aka ShrapKnel, which was entirely produced by Controller 7. Featuring Open Mike Eagle, Onry Ozzborn, Lungs, Breezly Brewin, D-Styles (of the legendary Beat Junkies), and ELUCID, the title represents a duality—both a boastful claim and also a resigned recognition. Sometimes, you're planting your flag, and sometimes, you acknowledge that it's all ultimately out of your control. Except in a few cases, nobody plans to leave. Nobody plans to abandon their passion, either. Usually, the slow grind of necessity chooses that for you. What started as a few DMs between Castro and Controller 7 in 2021 slowly morphed into a fully fleshed opus. Close your eyes and imagine De La Soul is Dead if the Plugs were steeped in the murky tea of the early aughts independent scene. It's a propulsive, cohesive listen that finds the rappers forging new ground both sonically and stylistically. The first ShrapKnel LP was wind, a self-titled sheer force that awoke the masses to the New. The second album was fire, forged in a Metal Lung, seasoned by smoke and libation. This third offering is earth, rooted in our influences, from soil-turned-vines-turned blades that scale the highest structures.
Tracklist:
A1 Metallo
A2 Dadaism 3 Featuring – Open Mike Eagle
A3 Bogdan Interlude
A4 LIVE Element
A5 Steel Pan Labyrinth Featuring – Lungs, Onry Ozzborn
A6 Human Form
A7 Nutcracker Blues Featuring – Breezly Brewin, D-Styles
B1 Deep Space 9 Millie Pulled A Pistol
B2 Kaishakunin
B3 8-Finga Piano Featuring – D-Styles
B4 Uru Metal Featuring – Elucid
B5 Sadatay
B6 Illusions of P
B7 Worry Doll
