Big Dese and Confidence “Ain’t Playing Around.” New single out now from the Boston area duo is pure 90’s boom-bap bliss including Confidence’s beat-smithing and scratched-in sample hooks. Big Dese’s disrespectful bar-work and melodic sing-along chorus is at-once braggadocious, humorous and potent.
Available via all streaming services, the track will appear in the forthcoming Kool Moe Dese LP. The project will drop via Below System Records digitally on May 16th as well as in a limited vinyl edition of 100 yellow copies and 200 black.
Two other singles from the project “Strike Back” and “Melt” (featuring Oak Lonetree) have previously dropped and gotten rotation from underground hip-hop gatekeepers across the globe. Guests on the project includes fellow Massachusetts spitters Just Pete and King Author (as well as the aforementioned Oak Lonetree).
Big Dese, over two decades deep in the game, makes a masterclass of balancing lyrical disrespect and self-deprecation. Fellow Massachusetts neighbor and producer Confidence has laced tracks and projects for such notables as The Legion, Neek The Exotic, Purpose (Tragic Allies), Rashad and Edo G. He specializes in creating an ill array of head-nodders crafted from deep, dusty crates of funk, soul, disco and other vinyl sources.
The emcee and producer initially met over two decades ago. Speaking on the genesis of “Kool Moe Dese” Confidence recalled “I was working on a beat recently and found some old vocals from Dese that were never used. I put the vocals over the beat and sent them over to him. He was feeling it and decided to write new lyrics for it and we just started building from there.” Regarding the album title Dese added “I always like to do a play on words on my name for my album titles. This one had such a classic Hip Hop feel to it I decided to reference a classic Hip Hop figure.”
Clear your schedule and stretch your dance muscles, because POSITIVEMAN just dropped “WINNER” and it’s not just a song, it’s a glow-up for your soul.
Flying in from the cosmic good-vibes planet of POMAN, this masked superhero of sound is back with a track that says: You didn’t just survive. You leveled up.
An explosion of positive energy, “WINNER” is a cry of victory, inner power, and love for life. This is not your average bop. This is a motivational battle cry you can dance to.
And the music video? Oh, it’s global.
Shot between Los Angeles and Mexico, it’s dripping in rhythm, light, and emotion. Every frame pulses with hope. Every beat says: You were born for this.
POSITIVEMAN says it best with the line:
“No matter what it takes for, nacido para esto, esto.” (Translation: You were born for this, this.) 🌟
“WINNER” is a global mood swing toward joy. Whether you’re dancing in your kitchen or climbing back from a tough chapter, it is your soundtrack to rising, shining, and thriving.
So hit play. Activate your positive vibe. And remember:
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