One of many snippets of Mic Nickels’s newest work, the good album, ‘Bars for Days’, the brand new video for ‘El Matador’, launched final month, on July twenty first. The music pairs two of New York Metropolis’s finest emcees on a vibrant instrumental to provide an superior combine. That includes Nickels alongside the internationally recognised rapper Technique Man on the monitor, the 2 play off one another extremely nicely, making a clean move for 2 and a half minutes, from begin to end. This good music (and newly-released accompanying video) are only one a part of Nickels’s most up-to-date album, which launched in 2021.

Mic Nickels and Technique Man are each twentieth-century veterans of the NYC hip hop scene, legendary in their very own methods. Performing with all kinds of award-winning artists and emcees of their historical past, together with their very own teams (Nickel and Dime Ops/the Wu-Tang Clan respectively), the 2 have gained notoriety for his or her affect on completely different genres of New York hip hop, with Mic Nickels serving to to function an inspiration for indie artists throughout the town, and Technique Man turning into one of many recreation’s most well-respected and profitable rappers, collaborating with mainstream and underground artists alike. Now, the 2 move collectively on ‘El Matador’, only one a part of Nickels’s first solo venture in practically a decade, ‘Bars for Days’.

The music is constructed off of a catchy tune, with work completed by government producer Al Machera, who additionally labored on The Infamous B.I.G.’s ‘Life After Dying’, and Organized Konfusion’s self titled album. As at all times, Nickels and Technique Man flawlessly move via unimaginable lyrics, with a few of hip hop’s most good lyricism put collectively into one monitor’s value of traces. On high of the lyrics, the standard growth bap instrumental retains your head shifting all over the 2 and a half minute monitor. The newly launched music video depicts the 2 emcees in a cartoonish fashion – whereas additionally that includes a tribute to the late nice MF DOOM, who handed away in October 2020, and was initially meant to be featured on the music in Technique Man’s place – and a boatload of hidden particulars you’ll solely spot when re-watching it. Nickels and Technique Man have made one other monitor for the ages right here – ‘El Matador’ is unquestionably value lending your ears to for all its runtime. Nickels additionally launched 3 completely different remixes of the music alongside the video, that are all equally as good as the unique.

Watch the music video down beneath and go to Nickels’s web site, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Fb.

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