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Big Dese drops “Word To Mick”

Published

11 months ago

October 31, 2025

Hittin harder than Ted Williams in his heyday, Big Dese & Mike Martinez return. New single “Word To Mick” is another dose of grown man rap for the boom bap set. Taken from the recently released No Respect 2 LP, Dese said of the track, “I think this song pretty much hammers home the no respect theme. Putting out numerous dope projects and getting very little traction in the game, on top of dealing with aggravation of everyday life, it’s like the song says, I get no satisfaction.”

Stream “Word To Mick” here: https://youtu.be/G3vccyV-V6A?si=gqrZTmRxChsdDBgU

“Word To Mick” follows a flurry of other recent singles from the album including “Just Passin’ By” and “Meteor” which also got a video treatment (links below).

Stream “Just Passin’ By”: https://mikemartinez.bandcamp.com/track/just-passin-by

Watch the official video for “Meteor” here: https://youtu.be/yub1GhBt9Yw?si=9C5DFrpBRknwd_jA

With a strong chemistry and work ethic, No Respect 2 is actually the tenth collaborative project that Big Dese and Mike Martinez have dropped within the last two years. That’s also in between Dese’s recent full-length with Producer Confidence and Martinez also releasing projects with G Fam Black, Jezus Martinez and his own solo material.

Speaking on the link-up Martinez said “I think the reason me and Dese click so well is that we have both have over twenty years invested in hip-hop and not a lot to show for it (outside of our skills). One of the first songs we did was called “Love/Hate Relationship” and that sums it up.”

Taking its title and interludes from the late/great stand-up icon, Rodney Dangerfield the album is a lot of punchlines, unfiltered opinions and disrespectful bars over a variety of musical moods from a creator inspired by 90’s sample-based boom-bap.
No Respect 2 is out now via digital platforms and the duo revealed that they currently have three projects cued up and ready to go in the near future as well.

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Hieroglyphics drop new LP & video

Published

3 days ago

September 8, 2026

Rob Ducketts

All Said And Done, the latest chapter of Hieroglyphics is here! The third official full-length album from the Oakland, California super-crew is now available via streaming, vinyl and CD editions (links below) with hand-drawn album cover courtesy of Shomari Smith. A legendary amalgamation of hip-hop entities, Hieroglyphics is composed of Casual, Souls Of Mischief (a quartet composed of A-Plus, Opio, Phesto and Tajai), Del The Funky Homosapien, Domino, DJ Toure and Pep Love.

Recorded over a nine-month period in 2025, All Said And Done (the first official Hieroglyphics release since 2013 mixtape The Kitchen) is a fully self-produced affair (with tracks handled by A-Plus, Domino, DJ Toure with the only additional assistance from multi-instrumentalist Jim Greer and cuts on one track by DJ D-Styles of The Beat Junkies). Speaking on the album title, Casual stated that “it refers to this album being the skill level that we would like to be remembered for.” He also says that the album track “Uplifted” is a personal highlight that will “last to tell the story of HIero if no other song does.”

An official video for the track “The Way That It Be” featuring performances from Casual, Pep Love and Tajai was just released (link below).

Watch the official video for “The Way That It Be”: https://youtu.be/FlDWQ89MCcg?si=qB8Ct-Lp4GWrdzwq

The crew also just completed a North American run promoting the release of the album, which hyped the track “Drum Talk” (featuring Casual, Phesto Dee, Tajai and Del The Funky Homosapien).

Listen to “Drum Talk”: https://promo.theorchard.com/OTf4THL8AWSMaUDoZPgu

The tour culminated in the 2026 edition of the annual Hiero Day celebration in San Francisco. However this Saturday (September 12) will be the launch of the first Hiero Day Canada (to take place at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver)

Stream/Purchase LP/CD All Said And Done: https://hieroglyphics.com/