Legendary Hieroglyphics crew member, Casual, and producer DEAD PERRY return with a new single "Nothing To Toy With" as they prepare to drop their collaborative project later this month. The posse cut is pure verbal mayhem on wax as Casual enlists a trio of underground talents, P-Dirt, Crimeapple, and ETO who have been making waves in their own right. Bolstered by DEAD PERRY's ominous production made up of eerie strings, dark trippy riffs, and a laidback crunchy drum groove. From the vivid and off-kilter lyricism and stoic pose of each emcee, listeners are afforded a mix of styles dominating the underground scene from the East to the West coast.
Shawn Johnson handles the visuals and he brings something different to the table. Inspired by the pulp art and comics of yesteryears, he captures the hypnotic and eerie aesthetic of the track with a plethora of art and animation ranging from fantasy, sci-fi to thriller and splices them with performance shots of the rappers.
"Nothing To Toy With" is taken from Casual and DEAD PERRY's forthcoming LP The Art Of Reanimation scheduled for January 28th. The result is an eighteen-track deep affair that both remixes tracks from his Casual's Big Head ScienceLP from 2020 and includes four new tracks. DEAD PERRY produced the majority of the project while L Nasty is involved with a handful of tracks as well.
Casual is a longtime founding member of the legendary eight-person, alternative hip hop collective known as Hieroglyphics.
