Lex The Hex Grasp & Jake Palumbo
“Swing The Katana”
Official Music Video

SpaceLAB Recordings in affiliation with Shadow Military Productions presents the discharge of “Swing The Katana” – the 2nd single from the upcoming collaborative LP ‘Hearth & Lead’ from Lex The Hex Grasp and Jake Palumbo – which is accessible now to stream and cop on all main digital streaming companies by way of SpaceLAB Recordings/Soulspazm Data, together with a music video directed by Moe Dutches.

The tune wastes no time from the opening piano keys, with producer Jake Palumbo stepping from behind the boards to rhyme, declaring he “don’t affiliate with any bottom-feeding shellfish” & delivering the scathing, sardonic bars he’s develop into synonymous with.

Lex The Hex Grasp anchors the tune with a trademark sing-songy refrain earlier than dropping his personal apocalyptic 16 bars, welcoming listeners to his multiverse of darkish imagery & morbid humor.

The ‘Hearth & Lead’ album is a collaborative effort supposed to bridge gaps of kinds – Lex The Hex Grasp has made a reputation for himself within the horrorcore finish of the hip-hop spectrum, having been signed to Detroit-based label Majik Ninja Leisure since 2016 and touring with artists akin to Twiztid, Esham, and others.

However being born and raised in Queens, he’s a lyrical New York emcee at coronary heart.

Jake Palumbo is often filed below the East Coast growth bap class, having lived in Brooklyn for half his life.

However his Tennessee roots shine via in his Southern-fried manufacturing and vocals, whether or not in his solo work or producing for artists akin to El Da Sensei, Ruste Juxx, Smif-N-Wessun, Royce Da 5’9”, and extra.

Since 2019, Lex and Jake made a number of visitor appearances on the opposite’s respective albums earlier than in the end teaming up for the full-length ‘Hearth & Lead’ LP.

“Swing The Katana” follows up the profitable first single “Amen”, which discovered Lex main the choir in a triumphant anthem that appears like an quaint church revival occurring throughout the e book of Revelations.