Woof by Lord Rao + Cupp Cave + Herrmutt Lobby

Herrmutt Lobby + Lord Rao + Cupp Cave Release Name: WOOF
Formats: Tape & Digital
Catalog #: Detund ltd 12

“This rap shit is cool but it’s easier climbing mountains.”

In 2009, Herrmutt Lobby released a criminally underrated album called “Hunter“, a perfect marriage between the sort of hip-hop production that has come to define the so-called beat scene (known in Belgium as offbeat, a most appropriate name) and raw raps from L.A. rapper Non, of Shadowhuntaz fame. It was an album that captured a beautiful moment in time. “WOOF“ is a similar tour de force, one that Herrmutt - who produced the music with help from their longtime partner Cupp Cave - describes as a raw homage to hip-hop and its disciplines.

This time the raps come courtesy of Lord Rao, the Kryptonian sun god that inhabits the strange universe of Kashmere’s mind. A self-confessed “Kool Keith baby,” Kashmere has a penchant for aliases. And just like Keith, he’s also nifty with the punchlines, cultural references, and fantastical scenarios.

“The Feds are watching you watching porn back in Africa.”

“WOOF“ was recorded over distance, using email and imagination. It starts with the beats: gritty, dusty, bumpy. A bag of woozy melodies, furious scratches, digital sonorities, and pulsating bass lines coming at you with no attachment to the grid, only your inner funk. It continues with a vibe, from which Kashmere constructs his raps. At the end of it are conspiracy theories (‘Foil Helmet’), sexual fantasies (‘Freakazoid’), existentialist crisis (‘Donuts’), video game trips (‘Break’), and environmental eulogies (‘Inhale’).

A famous rapper once said: “rap is something you do, hip-hop is something you live.” But that was then, and this is now. Rap can make sense of our lives just as hip-hop can help us understand the world around us. Or not. The choice is up to you.
(Text by Laurent Fintoni)

Tracklist: 
1.Woof
2. Foil Helmet
3. Naughty
4. Final Flash
5. Dungeon Room (feat. Mugshot One) 6. Life is a malfunction
7. Freakazoid
Additional info:
8. Cosmokidz
9. Over 9000 (feat. No Names) 10. Donuts (feat. Booda French) 11. Break
12. Inhale
13. Sale Taupe 

Herrmutt Lobby online: www.herrmuttlobby.com www.facebook.com/herrmuttlobby
Bio: press.herrmuttlobby.com/bio/
Pictures & Cover: https://slack-files.com/T02BFNWQ1-F0T00B007-8da534d9c6 Promo Mix: www.mixcloud.com/Herrmutt_Lobby/woof-promo-mix/
Herrmutt Lobby comms contact: jerome@hlo.io
Detroit Underground online: detroitunderground.net

Tracklist

1.	Woof	1:02

2.	Foil Helmet	2:49

3.	Naughty	1:29

4.	Final Flash	1:47

5.	Dungeon Room	1:56

6.	Life is a malfunction	2:29

7.	Freakazoid	3:37

8.	Cosmokidz	1:28

9.	Over 9000	3:03

10.	Donuts	3:16

11.	Break	2:14

12.	Inhale	4:38

13.	Sale Taupe	0:27

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released April 3, 2016

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